本領安堵

ほんりょうあんど

honryouando

noun

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recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)(yojijukugo)

Related Kanji

本	book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
領	jurisdiction, dominion, territory, fief, reign
安	relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful
堵	fence, railing, enclosure