雲うん客かく

noun

courtier; court official

Archaic term for a nobleman or official who had access to the imperial court. Cross-referenced with 殿上人 (てんじょうびと), a more common historical term for a courtier allowed into the imperial presence.

See also: 殿上人

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの雲うん客かくは、清せい涼りょう殿でんの殿てん上じょう間かんに昇のぼることが許ゆるされた。

  In the Heian period, a 雲客 was permitted to ascend to the courtiers' hall of the Seiryōden.