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はん
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province; clan
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藩主

蕃主
はんしゅ
feudal lord; daimyo
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藩士

はんし
feudal retainer or warrior
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廃藩置県

はいはんちけん
abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871)
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藩校

藩黌
はんこう
clan school; han school
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藩邸

はんてい
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
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脱藩

だっぱん
becoming a lordless samurai
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支藩

しはん
subsidiary domain; sub-fief
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列藩

れっぱん
many feudal clans
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藩閥

はんばつ
clanship; clannism; clan favoritism; clan favouritism