桂けい庵あん

noun

employment and marriage agency (Edo period); mediator; go-between

Historical term for an agency that arranged domestic servants and marriages during the Edo period. Also refers to the person acting as intermediary.

See also: 口入れ屋

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、桂けい庵あんが奉ほう公こう人にんの口くち入いれや縁えん談だんの仲ちゅう介かいを行おこなった。

  In the Edo period, keian agencies arranged employment for servants and mediated marriages.

noun

flattery; flatterer

Rare, possibly archaic usage. Refers to insincere praise or a person who flatters.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは「桂けい庵あん」が追つい従しょうやお世せ辞じを言いう人ひとを指さすことがある。

  In old texts, 桂庵 can refer to a person who flatters or uses insincere praise.

noun

Keian era (1648–1652)

Only when written 慶安

Japanese era name spanning 1648 to 1652. Written exclusively with the kanji 慶安.

• 慶けい安あん年ねん間かんに起おきた慶けい安あんの変へんは、幕ばく府ふにとって大おおきな事じ件けんだった。

  The Keian Uprising, which occurred during the Keian era, was a major incident for the shogunate.