封ほう爵しゃくじ字FuriganaMeanings1nounenfeoffment; grant of peerageHistorical term referring to the granting of a title of nobility, often accompanied by a court rank or government post. Used in contexts of pre-modern Japanese and Chinese history.江え戸ど時じ代だいには、功こう績せきのあった大だい名みょうに封ほう爵しゃくが行おこなわれた。In the Edo period, enfeoffment was granted to daimyo who had rendered distinguished service.