also: わたくしだ
noun
privately owned rice field
Historical term referring to a rice field under private ownership, as opposed to public or state-owned fields. Used in contexts discussing pre-modern Japanese land systems.
律令制のもとでは、私田と公田が区別されていた。
Under the Ritsuryō system, privately owned rice fields and public rice fields were distinguished.
Obsolete kana reading; it is out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
Refers to publicly owned or state-owned rice fields, the counterpart to 私田 in historical land classification.
Compound of 私 (private) and 田 (rice field). The reading しでん is the standard on'yomi; the reading わたくしだ is an obsolete kun'yomi-based reading.