藩 - clan, enclosure

feudal lord; daimyo

han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province

clanship; clannism; clan favoritism; clan favouritism

retainer of a daimyo

feudal lord; daimyo

becoming a lordless samurai

subsidiary domain; sub-fief

jiedushi (regional military governor in ancient China)

domain administration (Edo period); clan administration

each (feudal) domain; each fief

(Confucian) scholar retained by a feudal lord or daimyo

han school; school established by a daimyo for educating the children of the domain's retainers