Senior lady-in-waiting (老女)
The senior lady-in-waiting (`Rojo`) was the most senior high ranking woman serving a samurai or a noble.
It is also called otoshiyori (a lady who controls the servants in O-oku) in O-oku (the inner palace of Edo Castle.)
Notable Individuals who worked in Senior lady-in-waiting Roles
Ikushima (senior lady-in-waiting associated with Tenshoin - the wife of Iesada TOKUGAWA, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan)
Ejima (senior lady-in-waiting associated with Shogun Ietsugu TOKUGAWA, the 7th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, the mid Edo period)
Konoshima (lady-in-waiting associated with the Edo residence maintained by the Satsuma Domain, the end of the Edo period)
Kameoka (senior lady-in-waiting for Tadahiro KONOE of the Konoe family)
Takiyama (senior lady-in-waiting for Iesada TOKUGAWA, the 13th Shogun and Iemochi TOKUGAWA, the 14th Shogun)
Noriko TSUZAKI (senior lady-in-waiting for Tadahiro KONOE of the Konoe family)
YAJIMA no Tsubone (wet nurse for Ietsuna TOKUGAWA, the 4th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, then senior lady-in waiting during the Ietsuna's period)