Key number - key number

Japanese: 鍵番 - かぎばん

〘noun〙① A job title under the Finance Magistrate in the Edo Shogunate. They managed the keys to the doors of the Lower Finance Office, checked the names and seals of the financers who came to work, watched over outsiders, and acted as fire watchers. [Thoughts on Prohibitions - Collection No. 1, Volume 3, 24, 1723 (8th year of the Kyoho era)]② A person who managed the keys to the prison cells at the Edo Denmacho Prison, as well as the Asakusa and Shinagawa Tame . ③ A person who managed the room keys at hotels, etc. *Casual Clothes in the Soviet Union (1955) by Watanabe Zenichiro - High prices make it difficult to live "There was a room key attendant at the front of the stairs"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 江戸幕府、勘定奉行配下の職名。下勘定所戸口の鍵を管理し、出勤の勘定衆の姓名、印形などを点検し、外来者を監視し、火の番などをもつかさどった。〔禁令考‐前集・第三・巻二四・享保八年（1723）〕② 江戸伝馬町牢屋をはじめ、浅草、品川両溜(ため)などで、牢屋溜の鍵を管理したもの。③ ホテルなどで部屋の鍵の管理をする者。※ふだん着のソ連（1955）〈渡辺善一郎〉暮しにくい物価高「階段の前に部屋のカギ番がいたが」

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