音おん博士はかせ

noun

professor of kanji readings in Confucian classics

Historical title from the Heian period; a scholar who specialized in the correct Chinese-derived readings of characters in Confucian texts. Rarely used outside historical contexts.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいには、音おん博士はかせが経きょう典てんの漢かん字じの読よみ方かたを教おしえた。

  In the Heian period, the professor of readings taught how to read the kanji in the classics.