常じょう寧ねい殿でん

noun

ladies' pavilion (Heian Palace)

A specific building within the inner Heian Palace, one of the 七殿 (Seven Halls) or 十七殿 (Seventeen Halls). Used as a residence for imperial consorts and ladies-in-waiting.

See also: 七殿 · 十七殿

• 常じょう寧ねい殿でんは平へい安あん宮きゅう内だい裏りの七しち殿でんの一ひとつで、后こう妃ひの住すまいとして使つかわれた。

  Jōneiden was one of the Seven Halls of the inner Heian Palace and was used as a residence for imperial consorts.