Yaori - Send

…In other words, the word Dou encompasses the way of the old clan lords of the eastern provinces, who developed on the basis of a family group based on the soryou system. Words used almost synonymously with Dou include Okuri and Okuri, which mean a mansion or inside a house, and show that Dou has a deep connection to a house or a mansion. As explained in the Japanese-Portuguese Dictionary as "the family members and clan members of a certain household, as well as retainers," and in the New Compendium of Hitachi Kokushi as "the meaning of a family and clan," Dou was interpreted as meaning a local group organized around a strong idea of ​​family, with a focus on a family and clan, and even non-blood-related retainers as "people belonging to the same family." …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Yuri" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…つまり洞は，惣領制的同族集団を基盤として発展した東国旧族領主の在り方を内包した言葉であった。洞とほぼ同義で使用される言葉に，屋敷，家の中を意味する〈屋裡（おくり）〉〈屋裏（おくり）〉があるが，これは洞が家や屋敷と深い関係にあることを示している。洞の語義は，《日葡辞書》が〈ある家中の家族や一族の者，および家来〉とし，《新編常陸国誌》が〈一家一門ノコトヲ云ヘリ〉と説明しているように，〈一家一門〉を中心に非血縁の家臣などをも〈同じ家に属する人々〉という強い同族観念に基づいて編成した地縁集団の意味に解されていた。…

※「屋裡」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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