noun
feudal decree; edict by a daimyo
Historical term referring to an official order or decree issued by a daimyo within a feudal domain (han) during the Edo period.
藩命により、彼は江戸へ赴いた。
By order of the domain, he went to Edo.
この文書は当時の藩命を記録したものだ。
This document records a feudal decree from that time.