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Kenin (家人, house man) was a vassal caste in the Japanese feudal system, the third of the five lower 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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	{{nihongo\|'''Kenin'''\|家人\|house man}} was a vassal caste 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 caste in the [[Feudal Japan hierarchy\|Japanese feudal system]], the third of the [[Japanese castes under the ritsuryō\|five lower 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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