小しょう藩はん

noun

small feudal domain; small han

Historical term referring to a minor feudal domain in the Edo period, typically with a lower kokudaka (rice yield) and less political influence than larger domains.

See also: 藩

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、小しょう藩はんの大だい名みょうは幕ばく府ふの役やく職しょくに就つくことが難むずかしかった。

  During the Edo period, daimyo of small domains found it difficult to obtain posts in the shogunate.