五ご色しきの賤せん

noun

five lowly castes of the ritsuryō system

Historical term referring to the five categories of low-status people under the ancient Japanese ritsuryō legal codes. Rarely used outside historical or academic contexts.

See also: 律令制

• 律りつ令りょう制せい下かでは、五ご色しきの賤せんと呼よばれる身み分ぶんが定さだめられていた。

  Under the ritsuryō system, social classes called the five lowly castes were established.