武ぶ士し団だん

noun

band of warriors; samurai group

Historical term for a local armed group in medieval Japan, often organized around kinship or lord-vassal ties.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だい後こう期きには、各かく地ちで武ぶ士し団だんが形けい成せいされた。

  In the late Heian period, bands of warriors were formed in various regions.

• 源げん氏じの武ぶ士し団だんは強きょう力りょくな軍ぐん事じ力りょくを持もっていた。

  The Minamoto clan's samurai group possessed strong military power.