Words — 138 found
こくじん
国人
1. indigenous person; inhabitant of a country
2. local; nativeOnly applies to くにびと
3. local lords and samuraiHistorical term
4. daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)Historical term, Only applies to くにうど, Only applies to くにゅうど, See also 在国衆
国人 【くにびと】、国人 【こくにん】、国人 【くにうど】、国人 【くにゅうど】
めみ
お目見え
1. audience (with a lord, dignitary, etc.); interview
2. first (public) appearance; debut; coming out (on the market)
3. trial service (of a servant); probationHistorical term
4. audience with a shogun (granted to a vassal; Edo period); right to have an audience with a shogunHistorical term
お目見得 【おめみえ】
お目見得: Rarely-used kanji form.
てらうけせいど
寺請制度
1. terauke system; system established by the Edo shogunate that required citizens to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist (i.e. non-Christian) faithHistorical term
しんせんぐみ
新選組
1. Shinsengumi; Edo-period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activitiesHistorical term
新撰組 【しんせんぐみ】
ぼしんせんそう
戊辰戦争
1. Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)Historical term
かぶなかま
株仲間
1. merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)Historical term
1. regent to the shogunate
あずまかがみ
吾妻鏡
1. Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate
吾妻鏡 【あづまかがみ】、東鑑 【あずまかがみ】、東鑑 【あづまかがみ】
じしゃぶぎょう
寺社奉行
1. governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
ぶけしょはっと
武家諸法度
1. law decreeing rules for daimyo during Tokugawa shogunateHistorical term