開かい発はつ領りょう主しゅ

noun

local developer-lord

Historical term for local warriors or officials in medieval Japan who reclaimed and developed paddy fields, often gaining local power.

• 開かい発はつ領りょう主しゅは、中ちゅう世せいの日本にほんで新しん田でん開かい発はつを進すすめた在ざい地ちの有ゆう力りょく者しゃである。

  The kaihatsu ryōshu were local influential figures in medieval Japan who promoted the development of new rice fields.