Royal residence - Oryo

Japanese: 御寮 - おりょう

〘 noun 〙 (meaning "goryo-nin") 1. Bikuni (nuns) , nuns, especially those in charge of policing as their chief. → Oan. ※Tenshohon Kyogen, Bikusada (late Muromachi period - early modern period) "They say they will turn the ignorant oryo into an honorable man." 2. One of the Kyogen masks. Used in plays featuring old nuns, such as " Bikusada" and " Iori no Ume ." 3. In the Edo period, the name given to singing nuns and kanjin nuns, who were a type of prostitute. Especially the head of the group. ※Kanazoshi, Miyako Fuzoku Kan (1681), vol. 4 "The address of a nun is (abbreviated) : after they have served for a long time, they are called oreu. "

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「御寮人」の意)① 比丘尼(びくに)、尼、特にその長として取り締まりに当たる者。→御庵(おあん)。※天正本狂言・比丘貞（室町末‐近世初）「うとくなるおりゃうをゑぼしおやにせんとゆふ」② 狂言面の一つ。「比丘貞(びくさだ)」「庵の梅(いおりのうめ)」など、老尼の登場するものに用いる。③ 江戸時代、売春婦の一種であった歌比丘尼、勧進比丘尼の称。特にその元締め。※仮名草子・都風俗鑑（1681）四「比丘尼の住所は〈略〉功齢(こうれう)へては御寮(オレウ)と号す」

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