noun
place of exile
Historical term for a location where someone was sent as punishment, often in pre-modern Japan. Not used for modern exile or deportation.
彼は配所で生涯を終えた。
He ended his life in the place of exile.
Compound of 配 (exile, distribution) and 所 (place). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with banishment locations in pre-modern Japan.