権少納言

See also: 權少納言

Japanese

Kanji in this term
権	少	納	言
ごん Grade: 6	しょう Grade: 2	な Grade: 6	ごん Grade: 2
goon	on'yomi	kan'yōon	goon

Alternative spelling
權少納言 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 権の少納言 (gon no shōnagon)

Etymology

From 権 (gon-, “interim, provisional”) +‎ 少納言 (shōnagon, “lesser counselor”).

Noun

権(ごん)少(しょう)納(な)言(ごん) • (gon-shōnagon) ^{←ごんせうなごん (gon-seunagon)?}

1. (politics, historical) an acting lesser counselor in the 太政官 (Daijō-kan)
   • 785, Shoku Nihongi (Enryaku 4, twelfth day of the first month)

     從五位下藤原朝臣乙叡爲_二權少納言_一。

     Lower Junior Fifth Rank Fujiwara no Asomi Takatoshi becomes gon-(no-)shōnagon.