監げん

noun, noun, used as a suffix

special Nara-period administrative division

Historical term for a special administrative division in the Nara period, specifically for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi). Archaic; not used in modern administrative contexts.

• 奈な良ら時じ代だいには、吉よし野の監げんや和泉監いずみげんという特とく別べつな行ぎょう政せい区く画かくが置おかれた。

  In the Nara period, special administrative divisions called Yoshino-gen and Izumi-gen were established.

noun

secretary; third highest-ranking official in the Dazaifu

Archaic official title; refers to the third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu (the regional government in Kyushu). Not used in modern bureaucracy.

See also: 大宰府

• 大宰府だざいふには、帥そち・大だい弐に・少しょう弐にに次つぐ監げんという官かん職しょくがあった。

  In the Dazaifu, there was an official post called gen, ranking below the Sochi, Daini, and Shōni.