侍じ講こう

noun

tutor to a daimyo or feudal lord

Historical term for a scholar who served as a personal tutor and advisor to a daimyo or other high-ranking feudal lord during the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、侍じ講こうは藩はん主しゅに儒じゅ学がくを教おしえた。

  During the Edo period, the jikō taught Confucianism to the domain lord.

noun

tutor to the emperor or crown prince

Historical term for a scholar who served as a personal tutor to the emperor or crown prince, especially during the Meiji period.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だい、侍じ講こうは天皇てんのうや皇こう太たい子しに西せい洋ようの学がく問もんを講こう義ぎした。

  In the Meiji period, the jikō lectured the emperor and crown prince on Western learning.