御ご用よう人にん

noun

steward; manager; high-ranking retainer in charge of general management and accounting (Edo period)

Historical role in a samurai family during the Edo period, ranking just below the chief retainer. The term is honorific (御).

See also: 用人

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、御ご用よう人にんは藩はんの財ざい政せいや日にち常じょう業ぎょう務むを管かん理りする重じゅう要ような役やく職しょくだった。

  In the Edo period, the goyōnin was an important position that managed the domain's finances and daily operations.