public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court
high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit
courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court
Dog Shogun (nickname of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi)
paddy administered directly by a ruler
Kujikata Osadamegaki; Tokugawa law code of Shogun Yoshimune (introduced in 1742)
kumon; official documents submitted to the central government (ritsuryō system)
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
Kumon method (of learning)
Gongyang Zhuan (Chinese classical work); Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals; Commentary of Gongyang
land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryō system); land given to pay for the expenses of a government office
being called upon to give a Buddhist service (or lecture, etc.) at the Imperial Court; monk called upon to give a Buddhist service (or lecture, etc.) at the Imperial Court