侍じ読どく

noun

imperial tutor

Historical title for a scholar who tutored the emperor or imperial family, especially in classical Chinese texts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、侍じ読どくは将しょう軍ぐんや大だい名みょうにも置おかれた。

  In the Edo period, jidoku were also appointed for shoguns and feudal lords.