imperial investiture of a vassal lord (ancient China); document conferring peerage
Historical term referring to the Chinese practice of the emperor formally granting a title and fief to a subordinate ruler, often accompanied by a written edict. The term is not used in modern Japanese governance.
Sakuhō was a ceremony in ancient China where the emperor granted peerage to feudal lords.
A replica of the document used during the investiture is on display at this museum.
accredited Chinese envoy to neighboring kingdoms
tributary system (of Imperial China)
Standard kanji form for this historical term.
From Chinese 冊封 (cèfēng), composed of 冊 'document, edict' and 封 'to enfeoff, grant territory'. The term entered Japanese as a historical concept related to ancient Chinese political practices.