bestowing peerage by imperial edict (in ancient China); document bestowing peerage
feudal era; feudal times; feudal period; feudal age; age of feudalism
accredited Chinese envoy to neighbouring kingdoms
forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate
feudal estate; daimiate; fief; feoff; fee
to invest someone with a fief; to enfeoff
ancient Chinese sacrificial ritual
tributary system (of Imperial China)
feudalistic thought or thinking
stipend given to a designated person, such as a noble, and which was paid by a designated household (ritsuryō system)
to invest someone with a fief; to enfeoff
succession to a fief; inheriting a domain
enfeoffment (incl. bestowal of government post and court rank)
household of which half of the taxes were given to a designated person (ritsuryō system); vassal household allotted to a courtier
greedy and cruel; (lit.) large wild boar and long snake