国こく衙が領りょう

noun

provincial governorate territory

Historical term referring to lands under the direct control of a provincial governor (kokuga) from the late Heian period onward. Used in discussions of medieval Japanese landholding systems.

• 国こく衙が領りょうは、平へい安あん時じ代だい後こう期きから中ちゅう世せいにかけての土と地ち制せい度どを理り解かいする上うえで重じゅう要ような概がい念ねんです。

  Kokugaryō is an important concept for understanding the land system from the late Heian period through the medieval era.