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    3. 藩主

    藩主

    藩はん主しゅ

    feudal lord

    KMT9News #23+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab23 strokes

    蕃主

    はんしゅ

    Noun

    1.
    feudal lord, daimyo
    historical term

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    藩はん主しゅは領りょう地ちを治おさめる人ひとでした。

    The feudal lord was the person who governed the territory.

    KMT7History
    江え戸ど時じ代だい、各かく藩はんにはそれぞれ藩はん主しゅがいました。

    During the Edo period, each domain had its own feudal lord.

    KMT9History
    藩はん主しゅの権けん力りょくは絶ぜつ大だいで、領りょう民みんの生せい活かつに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえました。

    The feudal lord's power was immense, greatly affecting the lives of the domain's people.

    KMT9History
    徳とく川がわ家いえ康やすは多おおくの藩はん主しゅを従したがえ、天てん下かを統とう一いつしました。

    Tokugawa Ieyasu brought many feudal lords under his command and unified the country.

    KMT9History
    藩はん主しゅは参さん勤きん交こう代たいで江え戸どと領りょう地ちを行いき来きしました。

    The feudal lords traveled back and forth between Edo and their domains for sankin-kōtai.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    藩
    clan・enclosure
    主
    ぬし・おも・あるじ…(6)
    lord・chief・master・main thing・principal
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