唐とう名みょう

noun

Chinese-style name for a high government office (ritsuryō period)

Historical term referring to the practice of using Chinese-derived names for Japanese court offices during the ritsuryō period. Primarily encountered in historical texts.

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、太政大臣だいじょうだいじんを唐とう名みょうで「相しょう国こく」と呼よんだ。

  Under the ritsuryō system, the Grand Minister was called 'Shōkoku' by its Chinese-style name.

noun

alias; pseudonym

Only with reading からな

Archaic usage, restricted to the reading からな. Refers to an assumed name or alias, similar to 偽名 or 別名 in modern Japanese.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、筆ひっ者しゃがからなを用もちいていることがある。

  In old documents, the author sometimes uses a pseudonym.