貢こう納のう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

paying tribute; tribute payment

Historical term referring to the act of paying tribute, especially in the context of feudal or imperial systems. Often used in historical or academic texts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、諸しょ藩はんは幕ばく府ふに貢こう納のうを行おこなった。

  In the Edo period, the domains paid tribute to the shogunate.

• この地ち域いきは古ふるくから朝ちょう廷ていに貢こう納のうを続つづけてきた。

  This region has long continued to pay tribute to the imperial court.