寺てら請うけ

noun

temple certification of affiliation; temple-issued certificate proving Buddhist sect membership

Historical term from the Edo period. Under the danka system, every household was required to register with a Buddhist temple, and this certificate served as proof of affiliation and, indirectly, that the holder was not Christian.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、寺てら請うけ証しょう文もんが戸こ籍せきの役やく割わりを果はたしていた。

  In the Edo period, the temple certification served as a form of family registry.

• 寺てら請うけ制せい度どは、キリシタン禁きん制せいと深ふかく結むすびついていた。

  The temple certification system was closely tied to the prohibition of Christianity.