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{{'''Kenin'''|家人|house man}} was a vassal rank in the [[Feudal Japan hierarchy|Japanese feudal system]], the third of the [[Japanese castes under the ritsuryō|five low castes]] of the ''[[ritsuryō]]'' system<ref name="IK">Iwanami Kōjien</ref>. A privately-owned servant, it had a better social status than that of slaves {{nihongo|''shinuhi''|私奴婢}}, could be inherited but not bought or sold, and could participate to the life of the family<ref name="IK"/>. |
{{nihongo|'''Kenin'''|家人|house man}} was a vassal rank in the [[Feudal Japan hierarchy|Japanese feudal system]], the third of the [[Japanese castes under the ritsuryō|five low castes]] of the ''[[ritsuryō]]'' system<ref name="IK">Iwanami Kōjien</ref>. A privately-owned servant, it had a better social status than that of slaves {{nihongo|''shinuhi''|私奴婢}}, could be inherited but not bought or sold, and could participate to the life of the family<ref name="IK"/>. |
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Revision as of 08:07, 2 January 2009
Kenin (家人, house man) was a vassal rank in the Japanese feudal system, the third of the five low castes of the ritsuryō system[1]. A privately-owned servant, it had a better social status than that of slaves shinuhi (私奴婢), could be inherited but not bought or sold, and could participate to the life of the family[1].
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- Iwanami Kōjien (広辞苑) Japanese dictionary, 5th Edition (2000), CD version
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