改かい易えき

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

forfeiture of samurai status and fief; Edo-period punishment

Historical term for a severe Edo-period punishment in which a samurai lost his rank, stipend, and land, often with the entire household being disbanded.

• その大だい名みょうは幕ばく府ふによって改かい易えきされた。

  That daimyo was stripped of his status and domain by the shogunate.

• 改かい易えきは江え戸ど時じ代だいの重おもい刑けい罰ばつの一ひとつだった。

  Kaieki was one of the severe punishments during the Edo period.