命みょう婦ぶ

noun

title for high-ranking court ladies

Archaic title used in the Heian period and earlier for women of the fifth rank or above serving at the imperial court. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

• 『源げん氏じ物もの語がたり』には、命みょう婦ぶと呼よばれる女にょ官かんが登とう場じょうする。

  In The Tale of Genji, court ladies called myōbu appear.