公く家げ衆しゅう

noun

court nobles; courtiers; people of the Imperial Court

Collective term for the kuge, the aristocratic class serving the Imperial Court in pre-modern Japan. Often contrasted with 武家衆 (buke-shū), the warrior class.

See also: 武家衆

• 公く家げ衆しゅうは朝ちょう廷ていの儀ぎ式しきに参さん加かした。

  The court nobles participated in the ceremonies of the Imperial Court.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、公く家げ衆しゅうと武ぶ家け衆しゅうの交こう流りゅうが増ふえた。

  During the Warring States period, interaction between the court nobles and the warrior class increased.