藩はん中ちゅう

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

within a feudal domain

Historical term referring to matters or people inside a single feudal domain (藩) during the Edo period. Often used in the pattern 藩中の～ to mean 'within the domain'.

• 藩はん中ちゅうの武ぶ士したちは、藩はん主しゅの命めい令れいに従したがった。

  The samurai within the domain obeyed the orders of the feudal lord.

• 藩はん中ちゅうの財ざい政せいは厳きびしかった。

  The finances within the domain were tight.