月げっ卿けい雲うん客かく

noun

court nobles and high-ranking courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace

A classical yojijukugo referring collectively to the nobility and high officials who had the privilege of entering the imperial court. Used in historical or literary descriptions of the Heian court.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの物もの語がたりには、月げっ卿けい雲うん客かくが華はなやかな宮きゅう廷てい生せい活かつを送おくる様よう子すが描えがかれている。

  Tales from the Heian period depict court nobles and high-ranking courtiers leading a brilliant life at the imperial court.