semi-officials

Updated: July 25, 2026

Characteristic of the elaborate etiquette observed at the shogun's castle was the existence of semi-officials called tamarizume, whose chief duty in ordinary times was to repair to the castle once every five days, and to inquire through the roju as to the state of the shogun's health.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era