探たん題だい

noun

local commissioner (Kamakura/Muromachi)

Historical term for a regional official in the Kamakura and Muromachi periods. Not used in modern contexts.

• 鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいの探たん題だいは、幕ばく府ふの地ち方ほう統とう治ちを担になった。

  The tandai officials of the Kamakura period were responsible for regional governance under the shogunate.

noun

drawing lots for a poetry theme; composing poetry by lot

Refers to the practice in classical poetry gatherings of drawing a topic by lot and then composing a poem on that theme. Rare and literary.

• 歌うた会かいでは探たん題だいによって題だいを決きめ、即そっ興きょうで和わ歌かを詠よんだ。

  At the poetry gathering, they decided the theme by lot and improvised waka poems.