Kadota

Japanese: 門田 - かどた

〘Noun〙 A rice field near a gate. A rice field in front of a house. Monden. Kandoda. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 8/1596 "The thought of going to see my sister's gate rice field and hitting it with my sword is so touching on this moonlit night." ※Genji (around 1001-14) Tenarai "When I was harvesting rice from the gate rice field, I put it in the place and imitated it." [Etymology] Under the Ritsuryo system of the Land Distribution Law, private ownership of "kakitsuta (rice field within a fence)" and "kadota (rice field within a gate)" was recognized. This was born as a way to secure private land by taking advantage of a blind spot in the law that if a field was surrounded by a fence, it would be considered private land within the mansion.

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Japanese:

〘名〙門の近くにある田。家の前にある田。もんでん。かんどだ。※万葉（８Ｃ後）八・一五九六「妹が家の門田(かどた)を見むと打ち出来し情(こころ)もしるく照る月夜かも」※源氏（1001‐14頃）手習「門田の稲刈るとて、所につけたる、物まねびしつつ」[語誌]班田収授法の令制下で、「かきつた（垣内田）」と「かどた（門田）」には私有が認められた。垣をめぐらすことによって屋敷内の私有田と見なされるという、法の盲点をついた私有田確保の方策として生まれたもの。

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