遠おん流る

noun

banishment to a distant place; the most severe exile under the ritsuryō system

Historical term referring to the harshest form of banishment in ancient Japan, sending criminals far from the capital. Often contrasted with 中流 (ちゅうる) and 近流 (こんる).

See also: 三流 (さんる)

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、遠おん流るは最もっとも重おもい流る罪ざいとされていた。

  Under the ritsuryō system, 遠流 was considered the most severe form of banishment.

• 彼かれは遠おん流るに処しょされ、都みやこから遠とおく離はなれた地ちへ送おくられた。

  He was sentenced to 遠流 and sent to a place far from the capital.