Nyobo was a female servant who did domestic matters for people in the Imperial court or a distinguished person in aristocratic circles from the Heian period to around the Edo period.
女房（にょうぼう）とは、平安時代から江戸時代ごろまでの貴族社会において、朝廷や貴顕の人々に仕えた奥向きの女性使用人。