参さん勤きん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

going to serve one's lord

Historical term for a samurai's journey to attend upon his lord, often used in the context of the Edo-period sankin kōtai system.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、大だい名みょうは参さん勤きんのために江え戸どへ向むかった。

  In the Edo period, daimyo traveled to Edo to serve the shogun.

noun

daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service

Abbreviation of 参勤交代; refers specifically to the system requiring daimyo to reside in Edo in alternate years.

See also: 参勤交代

• 参さん勤きん交こう代たいは、大だい名みょうの財ざい政せいを圧あっ迫ぱくした。

  The sankin kōtai system put financial pressure on the daimyo.