廃はい藩はん置ち県けん

noun

abolition of the han system and establishment of prefectures (1871)

Historical term referring to the 1871 Meiji government reform that replaced feudal domains (han) with modern prefectures (ken).

See also: 藩

• 廃はい藩はん置ち県けんは明めい治じ政せい府ふの中ちゅう央おう集しゅう権けん化かの重じゅう要ような一いっ歩ぽだった。

  The abolition of the han system and establishment of prefectures was an important step toward centralization by the Meiji government.