奥おく女じょ中ちゅう

noun

maid in the inner palace of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

Historical term for a female servant working in the private quarters of a high-ranking samurai household during the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、大おお奥おくには多おおくの奥おく女じょ中ちゅうが仕つかえていた。

  During the Edo period, many maids served in the inner palace of the shogun.