Occupation - Oryo

Japanese: 押領 - おうりょう

〘 noun 〙① (━suru) In ancient times, to supervise and command soldiers. ※Shoku Nihongi - Tenpyo Houji 3rd year (759), November Shinwei "Each province was assigned _2,000 troops, and _each of the provincial governors was assigned _one of _each to seize land and quickly provide relief."② (━suru) (adjective-verb) To forcibly take (land, etc. ) from another person. Also, the state of doing so. Oshichigyo. Embezzlement. Oshiryo. ※Tounan-in documents - March 14, 991 (Shoreki 2), Yamato envoy letter: "We request that the temple family's land, Kasuga Manor, called Utari-sha, Kofuku-ji, suddenly seize it." ※Western Affairs (1866-70) <Fukuzawa Yukichi> First: "Since the Romans seized this country, we have been teaching them various arts and sciences." ③ The official position of the envoy from the Bohai Kingdom who visited Japan during the Nara period. [Shoku Nihongi - Houki 10 (779)] [Additional notes] This was often used in the Middle Ages to mean seizing land, but as the objects came to include not only land but also money and goods, it may have changed to "embezzlement." → Additional notes on "ouryo (embezzlement)"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① (━する) 古代、兵卒を監督、統率すること。※続日本紀‐天平宝字三年（759）一一月辛未「国別差_二発二千已下兵_一、択_二国司精幹者一人_一押領、速相救援」② (━する) (形動) （領地などを）他の者からむりやりに奪うこと。また、そういうことをするさま。押知行(おしちぎょう)。横領。おしりょう。※東南院文書‐正暦二年（991）三月一四日・大和国使牒「寺家所領春日庄田、称菟足社田興福寺俄以押領、望請」※西洋事情（1866‐70）〈福沢諭吉〉初「羅馬人此国を押領せしより諸術学を伝へ」③ 奈良時代、来朝した渤海国使の官職。〔続日本紀‐宝亀一〇年（779）〕[補注]所領を奪う意で中世に多用されたが、対象が土地だけではなく金品に及ぶようになって「横領」へと変化していったものか。→「おうりょう（横領）」の補注

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