刀かたな狩がり

noun

sword hunt; sword confiscation

Historical term referring to the confiscation of swords from non-samurai classes, most famously ordered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1588.

• 豊とよ臣とみ秀ひで吉よしは1588年ねんに刀かたな狩がりを実じっ施しした。

  Toyotomi Hideyoshi carried out a sword hunt in 1588.

• 刀かたな狩がりによって農のう民みんから武ぶ器きが取とり上あげられた。

  Weapons were confiscated from farmers through the sword hunt.