Official management - Kansho

Japanese: 官掌 - かんしょう

〘Noun〙① A subordinate of the Daijokan who performs menial duties. Officials below the Daijokan's Benkan. There are two on each side. It is also called "Kajo" as a reading habit. ※Shoku Nihongi - Houki 5th year (774), June Kogo " _{Under the initial order, the two} Daijokan officials on the left and right _hold _a scepter." ② Various lower-ranking officials. ※Joruri - Ashiya Doman Ouchi Kagami (1734) 1 "Even the lowest officials ( _kuhanshau ) attended without disrupting the order."

Ka-jo Kwa-jau [Court]

〘 noun 〙 (From the absence of the glottal stop "n" in "kansho," which became a reading habit) A subordinate of the Daijokan who performs menial tasks. An official under the Benkan of the Daijokan. Two on each side. Kansho. [Myomokusho (around 1457)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 太政官の下僚で雑役をつとめる者。太政官の弁官の下にいる官。左右各二人。読みくせとして「かじょう」ともいう。※続日本紀‐宝亀五年（774）六月庚午「始令_下二太政官左右官掌_一把笏_上」② 下級の諸役人。※浄瑠璃・蘆屋道満大内鑑（1734）一「末(すゑ)々の官掌(ク_ハンシャウ)迄次第を乱さず参列し」