Kamiyashiki

Japanese: 上屋敷 - かみやしき

〘 noun 〙 In the Edo period, a mansion where a high-ranking or wealthy feudal lord or vassal of a shogun usually lived. Kamiyakata. → Nakayashiki (middle mansion) and Shimoyashiki (lower mansion). ※Ashina Family Record (around 1598) 1 "The upper mansion was located in Sannomaru, but the mansion was also taken away, and a small area in the west of Yomedai was _made the upper mansion."

Agari-yashiki [Upper mansion]

〘 noun 〙 During the Edo period, a mansion confiscated from a criminal and made government-owned. ※Joruri: Saimyoji-den Hyakunin Joro (1699) Vol. 1 "Since the Kenryaku era, there have been many mansions that have been used as government-owned properties by the government's subordinates ."

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Japanese:

〘名〙江戸時代、高位または裕福な大名や旗本が平常居住した屋敷。かみやかた。→中屋敷・下屋敷。※蘆名家記（1598頃）一「上屋敷は三の丸に有しを、屋敷をも取上げ、米代の西の方にて、少の所を上屋敷に被_レ下」