also: しきでん
noun
land granted to high-ranking officials under the ritsuryō system
Historical term referring to a specific type of land allotment in ancient Japan's ritsuryō legal system. Compare with 職分田 (しょくぶんでん).
See also: 職分田
職田は律令制のもとで高官に与えられた土地である。
Shokuden were lands granted to high-ranking officials under the ritsuryō system.
職分田 is a similar historical land grant, but the exact distinction may vary by rank or office; 職田 is often used as a broader or overlapping term.
Compound of 職 (shoku, 'official position') and 田 (den, 'rice field'). The reading しきでん uses the older reading しき for 職.