List: historical term

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• civil defense unit (Japan, 1939-1947), voluntary guards

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• leggings, gaiters

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• pornographic book (Edo period)

historical term  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

• inn, tavern, hatago, Edo-period lodging for travellers
• basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies
• basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder

noun  noun (generic)  historical term 

• losing one's means of livelihood
• suspension of a samurai's annual rice stipend
• fish swimming upwards after biting a fishhook

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• head of a prisoners' group (Edo period)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• principle of excluding foreigners (late Edo period)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• room for confining criminals or lunatics (Edo period)

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• post horse, mounted courier, express messenger on horseback
• fast horse, swift horse

historical term  noun  noun (generic) 

• Office of Monastic Affairs (ancient Buddhist ecclesiastical authority)