政所

まんどころ

Also written まどころ, まつりごとどころ

Meanings

1. Noun official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period)
2. titled lady (legal wife of an important official) See also: 北の政所 (きたのまんどころ).
3. government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
4. clerk working for large temples and shrines

Kanji

• 政 government. Read as まん.
• 所 place. Read as ところ.

Words containing 政所

• 北の政所 (きたのまんどころ) legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State

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