水戸黄門

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	戸	黄	門
み Grade: 1	と Grade: 2	こう Grade: 2	もん Grade: 2
kun'yomi		kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
水戶黃門 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 水戸 (Mito, a domain in present-day Ibaraki Prefecture) +‎ 黄門 (kōmon, a rank in equivalence to a “middle councillor” in medieval Japan).

Proper noun

水(み)戸(と)黄(こう)門(もん) • (Mito Kōmon) ^{←みとくわうもん (Mito Kwaumon)?}

1. (historical) a nickname of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the second daimyo of Mito Domain

See also

• 中納言(ちゅうなごん) (chūnagon, “middle councillor”)