関せき守もり

noun

barrier keeper; checkpoint guard

Historical term for a person who guarded a barrier station (関所) along major roads in pre-modern Japan, checking travelers and collecting tolls.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、関せき守もりは旅たび人びとの通つう行こう手て形がたを厳きびしく調しらべた。

  In the Edo period, barrier keepers strictly inspected travelers' passes.