院いん号ごう

noun

title for a retired emperor or his consort; honorific title for imperial family members

Honorific title given to a retired emperor, his empress, or imperial princesses. Used in historical and formal contexts.

• 院いん号ごうは、退たい位いした天皇てんのうやその后きさきに贈おくられる称しょう号ごうです。

  Ingō is a title bestowed upon a retired emperor or his empress.

noun

posthumous Buddhist name containing 'in'

A posthumous Buddhist name that includes the character 院. Often given to high-ranking individuals. See also 院 (sense 7).

See also: 院

• 彼かれの戒かい名みょうには院いん号ごうが含ふくまれている。

  His posthumous Buddhist name includes an ingō.