改かい易えき

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

forfeiture of samurai status and fief; Edo-period punishment

Historical term for a severe Edo-period punishment in which a samurai lost his rank, stipend, and land, often with the entire household being disbanded.

• その大だい名みょうは幕ばく府ふによって改かい易えきされた。

  That daimyo was stripped of his status and domain by the shogunate.