武ぶ鑑かん

noun

book of heraldry; samurai directory

Historical term for a directory listing samurai families, their crests, ranks, and domains, used in the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、武ぶ鑑かんが武ぶ士しの家か紋もんや石こく高だかを調しらべるために使つかわれた。

  In the Edo period, books of heraldry were used to look up samurai family crests and stipends.