Koto - Koto

Japanese: 勾当 - こうとう

〘noun〙① To be solely in charge of and handle a certain matter. Also, the person who does this. ※Shoku Nihongi - Tenpyo 16th year (744), October Xin Mao "He moved and built _Daian-ji Temple _at Heian Castle, and the _priests _{were responsible} _for the matter _" [Hokushi - Preface]② In the Middle Ages, those who were in charge of affairs at the Record Office, the Ministry of Finance's Head Office (Ribujo) , Nagatono (Nagato) , etc. ③ Those who were in charge of affairs under the betto in the samurai office of the regent or chancellor. ※Hogen 1 (around 1220): "Among those who visited the new Emperor's side were (omitted) the third son, the left minister Koto Masatsuna" ④ An abbreviation of "Koto's (Koto's) Naishi." ※A brief explanation of Japanese and Chinese events (1820): "The ladies-in-waiting who serve the bathhouse sometimes cut off the bath wraps. They are called koto and the like."⑤ The name of the post in charge of general affairs within the temple. They were placed in Todaiji, Shingon sect, Tendai sect, or imperial temples, and were under the betto, and were mainly in charge of administrative affairs. Koto-hoshi. Koto-bo. ※Family tradition (around 760), lower part: "The temple's parishioners, temple property, and countryside are _all controlled by the koto of monks _and _nuns , and are not _allowed to _have _any freedom."⑥ One of the posts for the blind. Lower than the kengyo and betto, and higher than the zato. Koto. ※Daikan Hon Nohkyoku Kagekiyo (around 1466): "Kagekiyo was blind in both eyes, and in his lack of ability, he let his hair down and was called koto of Hyuga."⑦ One of the ranks of priests. ※Kōyasan documents - May 1422 (29th year of the Oei era), Izumi Province, Chigi Manor annual tax ledger "Kōtō one person pays two tons of rice"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① もっぱらその事を担当して処置すること。また、それをするもの。※続日本紀‐天平一六年（744）一〇月辛卯「属遷_二造大安寺於平城_一、勑_二法師_一勾_二当其事_一」〔北史‐序伝〕② 中古、記録所や大蔵省の率分所(りつぶんじょ)、長殿(ながとの)などで事務をつかさどったもの。③ 摂政、関白家の侍所で、別当の下にあって事務をつかさどったもの。※保元（1220頃か）上「新院の御方へ参りける人々には、〈略〉三男左大臣勾当正綱」④ 「こうとう（勾当）の内侍」の略。※日中行事略解（1820）「御湯殿つかうまつる内侍、湯巻(いまき)をきる事もあり。勾当などなり」⑤ 寺内の庶務雑事をつかさどる役名。東大寺や真言宗、天台宗など、または宮寺などにおかれ、別当の下にいて、もっぱら事務をつかさどった。勾当法師。勾当坊。※家伝（760頃）下「寺檀越等統領寺家財物田園、不_レ令_二僧尼勾当_一、不_レ得_二自由_一」⑥ 盲人の官の一つ。検校、別当の下、座頭の上位にあたる。こうと。※大観本謡曲・景清（1466頃）「景清は両眼盲ひましまして、せん方なさに髪を下し、日向の勾当と名をつきき給ひ」⑦ 神官の位の一つ。※高野山文書‐応永二九年（1422）五月・和泉国近木庄年貢相折帳「勾当一人米、弐斗」

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