遠侍とおさぶらい

noun

guard house in a samurai-style residence (Kamakura period)

Historical architectural term referring to a guard house or gatehouse within a 武家造 (samurai-style) compound, used during the Kamakura period.

See also: 武家造り

• 鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいの武ぶ家け屋や敷しきには、遠侍とおさぶらいと呼よばれる詰つめ所しょが設もうけられていた。

  In samurai residences of the Kamakura period, a guard post called 遠侍 was provided.