内ない教きょう坊ぼう

noun

Inner Palace Music Bureau; imperial dance training hall

Historical term for a section of the imperial palace where dancing girls were trained, used during the Nara and Heian periods. Archaic; encountered only in historical contexts.

• 内ない教きょう坊ぼうは、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宮きゅう中ちゅうに置おかれた舞ぶ踊よう教きょう習しゅうの場ばである。

  The Naikyōbō was a dance training facility established in the imperial palace from the Nara through Heian periods.