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    藩

    藩はん

    han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods)

    KMT8News #13+1Noun, SuffixHistoryKanji Vocab18 strokes

    はん

    Noun, Suffix

    1.
    han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods), feudal domain, fief, province
    historical term

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    江え戸ど時じ代だいには多おおくの藩はんがありました。

    There were many feudal domains during the Edo period.

    KMT7History
    薩さつ摩ま藩はんは幕ばく末まつに大おおきな影えい響きょう力りょくを持もっていた。

    The Satsuma domain had great influence at the end of the Edo period.

    KMT8History
    各かく藩はんは独どく自じの文ぶん化かや経けい済ざいを発はっ展てんさせました。

    Each domain developed its own unique culture and economy.

    KMT8HistoryCulture & TraditionsBusiness & Finance
    廃はい藩はん置ち県けんにより、それまでの藩はんは県けんへと再さい編へんされました。

    Through the abolition of the han system and establishment of prefectures, the former domains were reorganized into prefectures.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law
    長ちょ州うしゅ藩うは、明んは治めい維じい新しんの原げん動どう力りょくの一ひとつとなりました。

    The Chōshū domain became one of the driving forces of the Meiji Restoration.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law

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    藩
    clan・enclosure
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