政所まんどころ

noun

official in charge of administration of noble families' domains (Heian period)

Historical term for an official managing the household affairs and estates of powerful noble families from the mid-Heian period onward.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの貴き族ぞくの家いえには、政所まんどころと呼よばれる役やく人にんがいた。

  In the Heian period, noble households had an official called a mandokoro.

noun

titled lady; legal wife of an important official

Honorific abbreviation of 北の政所; refers to the principal wife of a high-ranking official or noble.

See also: 北の政所

• 北きたの政所まんどころは、しばしば単たんに政所まんどころとも呼よばれた。

  The kita-no-mandokoro was often simply called mandokoro.

noun

government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)

Historical administrative office handling financial and general affairs under the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates.

• 鎌かま倉くら幕ばく府ふの政所まんどころは、財ざい政せいや政せい務むを担たん当とうした。

  The mandokoro of the Kamakura shogunate handled finances and administration.

noun

clerk working for large temples and shrines

Historical term for a clerical official serving at major Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines.

• 大おおきな寺じ社しゃでは、政所まんどころが事じ務むを処しょ理りしていた。

  At large temples and shrines, a mandokoro handled administrative tasks.