O-oku was a residential place in Edo-jo castle where the Tokugawa Shogun family's children, lawful wife and oku jochu (maids working in the domestic quarters of a shogun or feudal lords) (also called goten jochu [palace maids]) resided. |
大奥(おおおく)とは江戸城に存在した徳川将軍家の子女や正室、奥女中(御殿女中)たちの居所。 |