Long-handed - Otenaga

...Sometimes, the role was called "Uneme, a female attendant who was appointed by imperial decree." The person who carried the food to the next room was called Tenaga, and there were many cases where the attendant was the Chunagon and the Tenaga was the Kurodo no Kami, and later the role of waiter in general came to be called "Otenaga." In the Edo period, people who performed this task at samurai banquets were called "Uneme", but eventually people who specialized in this task appeared. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…〈陪膳の采女（うねめ）〉といって，宣旨によって任命された采女が務めることもあった。次の間まで膳を運んで取り次ぐ役は手長（てなが）といい，陪膳が中納言で手長が蔵人頭といった例も少なくなく，のちには給仕役一般を〈お手長〉といった。江戸時代，武家の宴席などでこうした仕事に従う人を配膳人と呼んだが，やがてそれを専業とする者が現れた。…

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