殿御

とのご

gentlemen

御殿

ごてん

palace, court

紫御殿

むらさきごてん

wandering jew (Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea'); purple secretia; purple-heart; purple queen

御殿女中

ごてんじょちゅう

waiting woman in a shogun or daimyo's palace

奥

おく

interior, inner part, inside

御湯殿上日記

おゆどののうえのにっき

Oyudono no ue no nikki (Collection of diaries on the daily life in the imperial court)

殿

との しんがり どの

form of address used for official letters and business letters, and in letters to inferiors, Mr.

奥付

おくづけ

colophon, publication data, production notes, printer's mark, publisher's emblem

堂奥

どうおう

secret knowledge, interior of a temple

深奥

しんおう

esoteric doctrines, mysteries

奥方

おくがた

lady, nobleman's wife

山奥

やまおく

deep in the mountains, mountain recesses

奥書

おくがき

postscript (to a book), verification, publication (in a book)

蘊奥

うんのう うんおう

inner mysteries (of a field of study), secrets

陸奥

Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

最奥

deep inside; innermost place

奥印

おくいん おくしるし

official seal

中奥

なかおく

area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life

奥地

おうち おくち

interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions