くわんぬし

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くわんぬし – see the following entry.

【官奴司かんぬし】

[noun] [from 718] (historical) during the Ritsuryō system, the government office or officer in charge of family registration, agricultural land management, and taxes for the indentured servants and slaves of the imperial household

(This term, くわんぬし, is a historical hiragana spelling of the above Sino-Japanese term.)