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Each person signs his name in a REGISTRY book and presents condolence money koden , which is contained in a special envelope that has a thin black and white ribbon wrapped around it.
Tagruato Voicemail - Memorial Service Dennis 2007
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These koden were originally of limited tenure, but that condition soon ceased to be observed, and the koden fell into the same category with manors
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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There were also three other kinds of special estates, namely, iden, or lands granted to mark official ranks; shokubunden, or lands given as salary to office-holders; and koden, or lands bestowed in recognition of merit.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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Cultivated land (koden) was the great source of official revenue.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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Finally, there were koden, or lands bestowed in recognition of distinguished public services.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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But they had been made, for the most part, to civilian officials, by whose serfs they were farmed, the proceeds being forwarded to Kyoto for the support of their owners; whereas the koden bestowed on Taira officers were, in effect, military fiefs.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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Manors, large estates, shoen; attempts to regulate; koden, tax free, granted to Taira after Heiji tumult; Yoritomo's memorial on; abuses of, remedied by appointment of constables and land stewards; distribution after restoration of Kemmu; gifts of Takauji
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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Jaiku blir open source (det vill säga att vem som helst kan använda koden till tjänsten och utveckla den efter eget behov) och samtidigt flyttas över till Google
bisonblog 2009
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