Garden - That

Japanese: 園 - その

A type of farmland in ancient and medieval times. Also written as sono. Under the Ritsuryo Code, enchi was cultivated land that was given in equal shares according to the amount of land, i.e. public land, and cultivation of mulberry and lacquer was encouraged. However, there was no limit to the area owned, and it was freely sold and bought after going through the prescribed procedures, so it was land with strong private ownership. With the decline of the Ritsuryo state, the term orchid disappeared. In the Middle Ages, sono was seen mainly in southern Kyushu as a type of zaike (lay residence). A sono was a unit that included the inhabitants, their residences, and the surrounding farmland, and was understood by the lord, forming a unit of rule. A sono with an actual farmer was called an izono.

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Japanese:

古代・中世における畠地の一形態。薗とも記される。律令では園地(えんち)として，土地の多少に従って均分に与える耕地，すなわち公地とされ，桑・漆の栽培が奨励されていた。ただし所有面積の制限がなく，所定の手続きを経れば売買は自由な，私的所有権の強い地であった。律令国家の衰退に伴って園地の用語は消失した。中世には主に南九州で在家(ざいけ)の一種としての薗がみられる。薗は住民・居屋敷・その周囲の畠地が一体となって領主に把握され，その支配の単位を構成した。実際に耕作者がいる薗は〈居薗(いぞの)〉とよばれた。

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