名みょう主しゅ

noun

nominal holder of an allocated rice field (ritsuryō system)

Historical term from the ritsuryō period; refers to a person registered as the official holder of a state-allocated rice field (myōden). Archaic and not used in modern contexts.

See also: 名田 (みょうでん)

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、名みょう主しゅは名みょう田での名義んのめいぎ上じょうの保ほ有ゆう者しゃとされた。

  Under the ritsuryō system, the myōshu was considered the nominal holder of the myōden.