本領安堵

Reading

Kana: ほんりょうあんど
Romaji: honryōando
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

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)

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: リョウ、 えり
Meanings: jurisdiction, dominion, territory, fief, reign
Readings: アン、 やす.い、 やす.まる、 やす、 やす.らか
Meanings: relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful
Readings: ト、 かき
Meanings: fence, railing, enclosure