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民
Historical term
people belonging to a hereditary occupation group (Yamato period)
Historical term; Derogatory
new commoner; former members of the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition in 1871
Historical term; Law
parts of the civil code relating to kinship and inheritance that were rewritten in 1947
Historical term; Law
old civil code (drafted by French scholar Gustave Émile Boissonade for Japan, but never implemented)
Historical term
Nationalist Government (of the Republic of China; 1924-1948)
Historical term
complete state ownership of land and citizens (proclaimed by the Taika reforms; ritsuryō period)
Historical term
politics of the people (democratic theory of Sakuzō Yoshino, 1878-1933)
Historical term
Japan Democratic Party (1954-1955)
Historical term
Democratic Party (of Japan; 1947-1950)
Historical term
land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent
Historical term
National Revolutionary Army (Republic of China; 1925-1947)
Historical term
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half
Historical term
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR