番所

Japanese

Kanji in this term
番	所
ばん Grade: 2	しょ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞]

Noun

番(ばん)所(しょ) • (bansho) 

1. guardhouse, sentry station
   • 1903, Hōsei ronsan [Compiled legislation], page 1123:

     寛(かん)永(えい)八(はち)年(ねん)より吳(ご)服(ぶ)橋(はし)內(うち)の番(ばん)所(しょ)は南(みなみ)番(ばん)所(しょ)となり堂(どう)盤(ばん)橋(はし)內(うち)へ北(きた)番(ばん)所(しょ)新(あら)たに建(た)つ、是(ここ)より雨(あめ)所(しょ)となる。

     Kan'ei hachi-nen yori Gobu Hashiuchi no bansho wa minami bansho to nari Dōban Hashiuchi e kita bansho arata ni tatsu, koko yori Amesho to naru.

     From the eighth year of Kan'ei [1631], the guardhouse of Gobu Hashiuchi became the southern station, and Dōban Hashiuchi changed to the newly built northern sentry station, from now at Amesho.