城じょう代だい

noun

castle keeper; chamberlain

Historical title for the samurai entrusted with guarding a castle in the lord's absence during the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、城じょう代だいは城じょう主しゅが不ふ在ざいのときに城しろを守まもる重じゅう要ような役やく職しょくだった。

  In the Edo period, the jōdai was an important post responsible for guarding the castle when the lord was away.