惣そう領りょう制せい

noun

sōryō system; medieval inheritance-based family organization

Historical term for the Kamakura-period system where regional landholding families were organized under a main heir (usually the eldest son) through divided inheritance.

• 鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいの武ぶ士し団だんは惣そう領りょう制せいによって統とう率そつされていた。

  Warrior bands in the Kamakura period were organized under the sōryō system.

• 惣そう領りょう制せいでは、嫡ちゃく子しが一いち族ぞくの長おさとして所しょ領りょうを管かん理りした。

  Under the sōryō system, the legitimate heir managed the family estates as the head of the clan.