Representative - Brother

Japanese: 名代 - みょうだい

〘 noun 〙① To stand in someone's place. To act as a proxy. Also, that person. Substitute. Substitute. ※Chuu-u-ki - August 13, 1105, Choji 2 "Long ago, in the 10th year of Tenpyo, May 11th, Tachibana no Sukune, the Minister of the Right, Junior Third Rank, and Nakatomi no Ason, the Earl of Shinto, Junior Fourth Rank, acted as a proxy." ※Toraakirahon Kyogen - Chichikiriki (late Muromachi period - early modern period) "I will be the one to be the myaudai, and I will have the wago-ryo stand in for them." ② = myodai katoku (principal head of the family) ※Uesugi family documents - October 9, 1520, Eisho 17, Mori Hiroharu's draft "However, after the first generation, five people will be killed, and I will appoint a myaudai, as I have requested." ③ Guardian. Ushiromi. ※Ashikaga Kiseki (1487-1569) Katsugun Jizo Gunki "Because Naganori's son is still a child, Ami Mimasaka no Kami is appointed as the Yuza representative and Kawachi Shugodai." ④ In Edo Yoshiwara, when a prostitute has two or more customers at the same time, a shinjo will act as a substitute for one of the customers. Also, the shinjo. ※Zappai Kuchiyosegusa (1736) "When the representative is persuaded, the enemy's voice comes out." ⑤ An abbreviation of "myodai zashiki (the representative room)." ※Yume no Onna (1903)〈Nagai Kafu〉10 "After going around to the representatives in the lower rooms, he comes back up the back ladder."

Na-dai [representative]

〘noun〙① A name to indicate. A name to be held up as a title. A title. ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Iro-zato Sansho Kaido (1688), "In Osaka, Kaido-mochi means a person who uses Taito as their name representative and enjoys being selfish in private."② (adjective) A reputation that comes with a name. Also, something that is famous or the state of being famous. Famous. Renowned. Naute. Also refers to such goods and stores. ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Koshoku Nidai Otoko (1684), volume 8, "Even for a man who is a name representative , even if he clings to love, he will not do so."③ In Edo period performances, the holder of performance rights granted by the magistrate's office. In Edo, this name was not used because it was the same as the theater owner or performance manager, and it was used exclusively in the Kyoto and Osaka regions. ※Tangihon Nemushigusa (1763-69) Mae "The tayumoto's nadai was also destroyed" ④ In the Edo period, this refers to the nominal owner of the storehouses of each feudal domain in Osaka. At that time, only the two domains of Matsuyama and Tsu were permitted to own houses within the three towns of Osaka, so houses were rented from merchants to be used as storehouses and storehouse officials were stationed there. The nominal owner who represented the storehouse officials was called a nadai. ※Gofucho - December 23, 1755 (5th year of the Horeki era) "Instructions for those carrying ships and luggage used as nadai to be issued with a name certificate"

Na-shiro [representative]

〘Noun〙 Private citizens of the royal family before the Ritsuryo system. They were taken from the kuni no miyatsuko of each province, given the title of miya, and served as vassals to the imperial court, paying tribute and providing duties to the imperial court. These included the Shirakamibe, Kodomasebe, and Tajihibe . →Minashiro (substitutes for the imperial court). [Shogenjiko Setsuyoshu (1717)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 人の代わりに立つこと。代理を務めること。また、その人。身がわり。代人。※中右記‐長治二年（1105）八月一三日「昔天平十年五月辛卯、右大臣正三位橘宿禰諸兄、神祇伯従四位下中臣朝臣名代」※虎明本狂言・乳切木（室町末‐近世初）「身共がみゃうだいに、わごりょがいてはたひてくれさしめ」② ＝みょうだいかとく（名代家督）※上杉家文書‐永正一七年（1520）一〇月九日・毛利広春置文案「それかし一世の後は、五人の者共たんがうせしめ、おうゑのきをもんて、みゃうたいをたてべく候」③ 後見人。うしろみ。※足利季世記（1487‐1569頃）勝軍地蔵軍記「長教の子息いまだ幼稚なればとて安見美作守を遊佐名代に河内守護代に定めらるる」④ 江戸吉原で、女郎に二人以上の客が重なった時、一方の客に新造が代理で出ること。また、その新造。※雑俳・口よせ草（1736）「名代を口説き落せば敵の声」⑤ 「みょうだいざしき（名代座敷）」の略。※夢の女（1903）〈永井荷風〉一〇「軈て下座敷の名代を廻って、再び裏梯子を上って来ると」

な‐だい【名代】

〘名〙① 標示する名。名目としてかかげる名。名義。※浮世草子・色里三所世帯（1688）中「大坂に世帯持といふは太鞁を名(ナ)代にして内証は我まましてのたのしみ」② (形動) 名に伴う評判。また、名高いことやそのさま。著名。高名。なうて。そうした品物や店をもいう。※浮世草子・好色二代男（1684）八「男も名代(ナダイ)の者は、たとへ恋はすがるとてもせぬ事ぞかし」③ 江戸時代の興行で、奉行所から許可を得た興行権の所有者。江戸では、劇場主・興行責任者と一致したのでこの名称は用いられず、京坂地方でもっぱら使われた。※談義本・根無草（1763‐69）前「太夫元の名代もつぶれける」④ 江戸時代、大坂で、各藩の蔵屋敷の名義上の持ち主をいう。当時は、松山・津の両藩のほかは、大坂三郷内に屋敷を持つことが許可されていなかったので、商人から借家をして蔵屋敷とし、蔵役人を置いた。その蔵役人を代表する名義人を名代といった。※御触帳‐宝暦五年（1755）一二月二三日「名代用聞廻船并荷物所持之者、名前書付可指出之事」