蕃ばん社しゃ

noun

aboriginal village (Taiwan under Japanese rule)

Historical term used during the Japanese colonial period in Taiwan to refer to villages of indigenous peoples. The character 蕃 is now considered derogatory.

• 日に本ほん統とう治ち時じ代だいの台たい湾わんでは、先せん住じゅう民みんの集しゅう落らくを蕃ばん社しゃと呼よんだ。

  During the Japanese colonial period in Taiwan, indigenous settlements were called bansha.