May 17, 2014 23:04
9 yrs ago
English term

han

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Aoba Festival

The xxx Aoba Festival descended from the "Sendai Festival," which was the greatest festival in the xxx Domain (xxx-han), has the spirit of the Date people.

Do you think that "Domain" is OK for "han"? There is other words feudal domain and feudal fief.

The han (藩, han) or domain is the Japanese historical term for the estate of a warrior after the 12th century or of a daimyo in the Edo period and early Meiji period. (Wikipedia)
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4 domain
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PRO (2): Christine Andersen, acetran

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Discussion

Piyush Ojha May 18, 2014:
There is another closely related word, 'demesne', which is used in Ireland and perhaps elsewhere too. Its dictionary meaning is 'land attached to a manor and retained by the owner for their own use'. May not be appropriate for an estate in Japan.
I'd keep han (e.g. 'the Aizu han'; alternatively: 'Aizu-han', but I prefer the former), but domain will also be fine.

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domain

Domain is fine.
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