翰かん長ちょう

noun

Cabinet (Chief) Secretary

Archaic title for a high-ranking secretary in the imperial court or early modern government; not used in contemporary Japanese administration.

• 翰かん長ちょうは、かつての朝ちょう廷ていで重じゅう要ような文ぶん書しょを扱あつかう役やく職しょくだった。

  The Kanchō was a position in the former imperial court that handled important documents.