noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
forfeiture of samurai status and fief; Edo-period punishment
Historical term for a severe Edo-period punishment in which a samurai lost his rank, stipend, and land, often with the entire household being disbanded.
その大名は幕府によって改易された。
That daimyo was stripped of his status and domain by the shogunate.
改易は江戸時代の重い刑罰の一つだった。
Kaieki was one of the severe punishments during the Edo period.