Steward - Flatfish

Japanese: 家令 - かれい

〘Noun〙① Under the Ritsuryo system, an official was appointed to the households of princes of ranks 1st rank or below and nobles of rank 3rd or higher. They oversee all household affairs. After the Heian period, they also came to be appointed to other powerful households. Keryō. ※Ryo Gikai (718), official status of a household steward: "One household steward. ( _Oversees _all household affairs ₎ " ※Azuma Kagami - 29th leap year of the 7th month, 1224, "Fuji Taminbe no Daifu Yukimori was _{appointed as} the steward of the _{administrative} office, and Bito Sakon no Shokan Kagetsuna was appointed as _the guardian of _Busan . Previously there were only _two _household stewards. This time _one _will _{be appointed} ." ② One of the officials attached to the imperial family. They oversee the affairs of the imperial family to which they belong and oversee staff such as household servants and household attendants. ※The Imperial Family Personnel Ordinance (1907), Article 1: "The following personnel shall be attached to members of the Imperial Family who have been granted the title of Miya. Household Steward, Household Assistant, and Household Servant." ③ Employees of the nobility. They manage the household affairs and supervise the members. [Revised and Supplemented Japanese English Forest Collection (1886)] ※Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun - October 24, 1893 (Meiji 26), "Both the head housekeeper Soma (omitted) and the house assistant (omitted) are named as defendants."

Ke-ryo ...ryau [house steward]

〘Noun〙 ("ke" and "ryo" are the Go-on pronunciations of "house" and "council" respectively) = Karei (house steward) ①※Iroha Jiruisho (1177-81) "House steward Keryau"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 令制で、一品(いっぽん)以下四品(しほん)までの親王家、および三位以上の貴族の家に設置すると定められた職員。家務を総括する。平安以降、他の権勢家にも置かれるようになった。けりょう。※令義解（718）家令職員「家令一人。〈掌_レ惣_二知家事_一〉」※吾妻鏡‐元仁元年（1224）閏七月二九日「藤民部大夫行盛補_二政所執事_一、又尾藤左近将監景綱為_二武州後見_一。以前二代無_二家令_一。今度被_レ始_二置之_一」② 皇族付き職員の一つ。所属の皇族の事務を総理し、家扶、家従などの職員を監督する。※皇族附職員官制（明治四〇年）（1907）第一条「宮号を賜はりたる皇族には左の職員を附属せしむ。家令・家扶・家従」③ 華族の傭人。その家務を管理し、諸員を監督するもの。〔改正増補和英語林集成（1886）〕※東京日日新聞‐明治二六年（1893）一〇月二四日「相馬家元家令〈略〉同家扶〈略〉の両名を被告として」