List: historical term

historical term  yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic) 

• return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor

yojijukugo  historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign)

irregular kanji usage  historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• quiver (cylindrical and worn on the back or hip)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• itai-itai disease, mass cadmium poisoning in Toyama Prefecture starting in the 1910s caused by industrial waste

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• banishment (to a location far from the capital), the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system

historical term  expression 

• out of Asia and into Europe

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• daimyo's spare residence or emergency refuge
• residence of a daimyo's successor

yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic)  historical term 

• (possession of) one feudal domain and one castle, being independent (acting without compromise or assistance)
• establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• kanazōshi, early Edo-period genre written entirely in kana or in a mixture of kana and kanji, primarily intended for women and children

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• kabukimono, Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior