闕所

けっしょ

Also written 欠所

Meanings

1. Noun gap; hole
2. confiscation of property (Edo period)
3. punishment involving exile and expropriation (Edo period)
4. estate lacking a feudal lord (Kamakura and Muromachi periods) (orig. meaning)

Kanji

• 闕 lack; gap; fail. Read as ケツ.
• 所 place. Read as ショ.

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