Below the level of an audience - Omemiei ka

Japanese: 御目見以下 - おめみえいか

〘 noun 〙 In the Edo period, among the samurai who served directly with the shogun, those who were not eligible to receive an audience with the shogun. These were the people known as gokenin. It was used as a word to express the status of the samurai. ⇔ Above the level of an audience with the shogun. ※Financial and Economic Documents - Volume 6, Finance, Territory and Land Affairs, Daimyo Territory, August 1722 (7th year of Kyoho), "Over 17,390 gokenin below the level of an audience with the shogun"

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Japanese:

〘名〙江戸時代、将軍直参の武士のうち、将軍に謁見する資格がないもの。御家人といわれるものがこれに当たる。武士の格式を表わす語として用いられた。⇔御目見以上。※財政経済史料‐六・財政・領地及地行・大名領地・享保七年（1722）八月日「御目見以下御家人壱万七千三百九拾人余」

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