冊さく封ほう

noun

imperial investiture of a vassal lord (ancient China); document conferring peerage

Historical term referring to the Chinese practice of the emperor formally granting a title and fief to a subordinate ruler, often accompanied by a written edict. The term is not used in modern Japanese governance.

• 冊さく封ほうは、古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくで皇こう帝ていが諸しょ侯こうに爵しゃく位いを授さずける儀ぎ式しきだった。

  Sakuhō was a ceremony in ancient China where the emperor granted peerage to feudal lords.

• この博はく物ぶつ館かんには、冊さく封ほうの際さいに用もちいられた文ぶん書しょの複ふく製せいが展てん示じされている。

  A replica of the document used during the investiture is on display at this museum.