水みず仕し女め

noun

female kitchen servant

Historical term for a female servant who worked in the kitchen, especially in samurai or noble households during the Edo period. Related to 水仕事 (kitchen work).

See also: 水仕事

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの武ぶ家け屋や敷しきでは、水みず仕し女めが台だい所どころ仕し事ごとを担たん当とうしていた。

  In samurai residences of the Edo period, female kitchen servants were in charge of kitchen work.