おおきんだちのつかさ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of おおきんだちのつかさ – see the following entry.
正親司おおきみのつかさ
[proper noun] (history, government) a 律令 (Ritsuryō) department under the 宮内省 (Kunaishō, Ministry of the Imperial Household), responsible for managing nametags, stipends and clothing for the Emperor's relatives down from the second to the fourth generation (only including (ō) and 女王 (joō), excluding 親王 (shinnō) and 内親王 (naishinnō))
(This term, おおきんだちのつかさ (ōkindachinotsukasa), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)