検けん校ぎょう

noun

highest-ranking blind court official

Historical title for the top rank among blind court officials in the medieval and early modern periods, often associated with the guild of blind musicians and masseurs.

See also: 盲官

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、検けん校ぎょうは盲もう人じんの最さい高こう位いだった。

  In the Edo period, kengyō was the highest rank for blind persons.

noun

temple or shrine administrator; manor administrator

Historical administrative role in temples, shrines, or manors. The specific duties varied by institution and period.

• 中ちゅう世せいの寺じ院いんでは、検けん校ぎょうが寺じ領りょうの管かん理りを任まかされていた。

  In medieval temples, the kengyō was entrusted with managing the temple estate.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

inspection; inspector

Archaic meaning; used in classical contexts for the act of inspecting or an official inspector. Rare in modern Japanese.

• 古こ文もん書じょには「検けん校ぎょうする」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  The expression 'kengyō suru' (to inspect) appears in old documents.