朝ちょう敵てき

noun

enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial court

Historical term used primarily in pre-modern contexts to refer to those who opposed the imperial court or emperor. Not used in modern political discourse.

• 鎌かま倉くら時じ代だい、後ご鳥と羽ば上じょう皇こうは北ほう条じょう義よし時ときを朝ちょう敵てきとみなした。

  In the Kamakura period, the Retired Emperor Go-Toba regarded Hōjō Yoshitoki as an enemy of the imperial court.