勤きん王のう

noun

loyalty to the emperor; imperial loyalism

Historical term referring to devotion and service to the Japanese emperor, especially prominent during the late Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.

• 幕ばく末まつには勤きん王のうの志し士しが多おおく現あらわれた。

  Many imperial loyalists appeared at the end of the Edo period.