騎兵大将軍

騎兵大将軍

See also: 騎兵大將軍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
騎	兵	大	将	軍
き Grade: S	へい Grade: 4	たい Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 6	ぐん Grade: 4
kan’on				kan’yōon

Alternative spelling
騎兵大將軍 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 騎兵 (kihei, “cavalry, cavalryman”) +‎ 大将軍 (taishōgun, “commander in chief”).

Noun

騎(き)兵(へい)大(たい)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) • (kihei taishōgun) ^{←きへいたいしやうぐん (kifei taisyaugun)?}

1. (military, historical) a commander in charge of the cavalry during imperial visits or on the arrival of foreign envoys [from late-Asuka period to mid-Nara period]
   • 705, Shoku Nihongi (Keiun 2, thirteenth day of the eleventh month)

     十一月己丑日、徴_㆓發諸國騎兵_㆒、爲_㆑迎_㆓新羅使_㆒也。以_二正五位上紀朝臣古麻呂_一、爲_㆓騎兵大將軍_㆒。

     On the Earth Ox day of the eleventh month, requisition the cavalries from the provinces, meet the Silla envoy. Make Shōgoi no Jō (Senior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade) Ki no Asomi Komaro a Kihei Taishōgun.