天てん領りょう

noun

shogun's demesne; area under direct control of the shogun

Historical term for lands directly governed by the Tokugawa shogunate, as opposed to domains held by daimyo.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、天てん領りょうは幕ばく府ふの直ちょっ轄かつ地ちだった。

  During the Edo period, tenryō were territories under the direct control of the shogunate.

noun

imperial lands; area under direct control of the Emperor

Historical term for lands directly governed by the Emperor, distinct from shogunate-controlled tenryō.

• 明めい治じ維い新しん後ご、旧きゅう天てん領りょうは天皇てんのうの直ちょっ轄かつ地ちとして再さい編へんされた。

  After the Meiji Restoration, former imperial lands were reorganized as territories under direct control of the Emperor.