本ほん領りょう安あん堵ど

noun

shogunate recognition and guarantee of a samurai's inherited estate

Historical term from the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods. Refers to the shogunate's official acknowledgment and protection of a samurai's ancestral land rights in exchange for loyalty.

• 鎌かま倉くら時じ代だい、御ご家け人にんは幕ばく府ふから本ほん領りょう安あん堵どを受うけることで所しょ領りょうを保ほ障しょうされた。

  In the Kamakura period, retainers had their estates guaranteed by receiving honryō-ando from the shogunate.