Messenger - Otsukaiban

Japanese: 御使番 - おつかいばん
Messenger - Otsukaiban

…Originally, this was the role of the person with the greatest military achievements, and a four-quarter-five-character sashimono was used as a battlefield marker. Incidentally, among the ladies-in-waiting of the Ooku, there was also a messenger (lower than the level of an audience), who delivered letters and gifts from the kitchen and higher-ranking ladies-in-waiting to the Ohiroshiki officials. [Kitahara Akio]…

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Oshiban" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…本来は武功第一の者の務める役柄であり,戦場の標識として四半五之字の指物を用いた。ちなみに,大奥女中のなかにも御使番(御目見以下)があり,御台所や上級の女中の書簡,進物などを御広敷役人に受渡しをした。【北原 章男】。…

※「御使番」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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