御庭番

Japanese

Kanji in this term
御 庭 番
お
Grade: S		 にわ
Grade: 3		 ばん
Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Noun

御庭番 (hiragana おにわばん, rōmaji oniwaban)

  1. A group of onmitsu, government-employed undercover agents, established by the 8th Tokugawa shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684–1751). Sometimes described as ninja.

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