Han - Japan

Japan

  • Han (administrative division) (藩), a term for feudal clan or fief in Japan
  • Han, a wooden board hanging throughout a temple complex in a Zen monastery to alert monks of mealtime when out of range of the umpan
  • Han characters
  • Han school, an educational establishment during the Edo period

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