御ご殿てん女じょ中ちゅう

noun

maid-in-waiting in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

Historical term for a female servant who worked in the inner palace (奥) of a shogun or daimyo during the Edo period.

• 大おお奥おくでは多おおくの御ご殿てん女じょ中ちゅうが仕つかえていた。

  Many maids-in-waiting served in the inner palace of the shogun.