Han System
The han (藩, han?) or domain was the name of the estate belonging to a warrior in Japan after the 17th century. The fiefs of the daimyo of the samurai class of Japan during the Edo period were called han.
Read more about Han System: Edo Period, Comparison With Provinces, Bakufu, Rank, Etymology
Famous quotes containing the words han and/or system:
“Certes this dream, which ye han met tonight,
Cometh of the great superfluity
Of your redde colera,”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
“A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.”
—Socrates (469–399 B.C.)