yashikin.
/ˈjaʃiki/ The residence of a Japanese feudal nobleman, including the palace or mansion and grounds, and the quarters for his retainers.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > manor house
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manor-place1392
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country seat1615
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yashiki1863
seigneury1895
stately home1934
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1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan II. ix. 486 Sokkokf Dai Mio Jassiki, that is, Palaces and houses of the princes and Lords of the Empire.]
1863 R. Alcock Capital of Tycoon II. xiii. 280 The Daimios' Yaskis are merely a low line of barracks of the same construction, rather higher in the roofs.
1871 A. B. Mitford Tales Old Japan II. 206 The principal yashikis (palaces) of the nobles are for the most part immediately round the Shogun's castle.
1906 R. A. Cram Impressions Japanese Archit. iii. 57 The arrangement of these ‘yashiki’ varied but little: a hollow square..was formed by the barracks for the daimyo's retainers; these barracks were usually two stories in height.
1959 R. Kirkbride Tamiko ix. 65 It was at once obvious to him that it was part of the ruins of a magnificent yashiki, destroyed by fire during the war.
1970 J. W. Hall Japan x. 170 All daimyo were obliged to build residences (yashiki) in Edo where they kept their wives and children.
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