兵へい農のう分ぶん離り

noun

separation of farmers and samurai

Historical term referring to the policy, implemented from the Azuchi-Momoyama period through the Edo period, that legally separated the warrior and peasant classes, disarming peasants and consolidating military power in the samurai class.

• 兵へい農のう分ぶん離りは豊とよ臣とみ秀ひで吉よしの刀かたな狩がりによって大おおきく進すすんだ。

  The separation of farmers and samurai advanced greatly through Toyotomi Hideyoshi's sword hunt.