封ほう土ど

noun

feudal estate; fief; daimiate

Historical term for land granted to a daimyo or samurai in feudal Japan. Used in discussions of pre-modern Japanese history.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、各かく大だい名みょうは将しょう軍ぐんから封ほう土どを与あたえられた。

  In the Edo period, each daimyo was granted a fief by the shogun.

• 彼かれの先せん祖ぞはこの地ちに封ほう土どを持もっていた。

  His ancestors held a feudal estate in this area.