The areas of ju-ri (about 4km) square both of Edo and of Osaka had been an intricate mixture of tenryo (shogunal demesnes), territories of daimyo (Japanese feudal lords) and territories of hatamoto (direct retainers of the bakufu, which is a form of Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun). |
これまで江戸・大坂十里四方は、幕府領(天領)、大名領、旗本領が入り組んでいた。 |