鴻こう臚ろ館かん

noun

guesthouse for foreign envoys (Nara–Heian period)

Historical term for official residences that accommodated foreign diplomats and visitors in ancient Japan, particularly during the Nara and Heian periods.

• 鴻こう臚ろ館かんは、奈な良ら時じ代だいから平へい安あん時じ代だいにかけて外がい国こく使し節せつをもてなすために使つかわれた施し設せつです。

  The Kōrokan was a facility used to entertain foreign envoys from the Nara period through the Heian period.