本ほん貫かん

also: ほんがん

Meanings

registered domicile (ritsuryō period); hometown

historical term

Historical term for one's officially registered place of residence under the ritsuryō system; also used more loosely for one's hometown or ancestral home.

律りつ令りょう制せいでは、人ひと々びとは本ほん貫かん地ちに戸こ籍せきを置おいていた。
Under the ritsuryō system, people had their family register in their registered domicile.
彼かれの本ほん貫かんは信濃国しなののくにだったと伝つたえられている。
His registered domicile is said to have been Shinano Province.