noun
township-neighbourhood system
Historical administrative system used in Japan between 715 and 740 CE, restructuring the earlier province-district-neighbourhood system into 50-home townships composed of 2–3 neighbourhoods each. Related to 国郡里制.
See also: 国郡里制
郷里制は奈良時代の地方行政制度の一つである。
The township-neighbourhood system was one of the local administrative systems of the Nara period.
Compound of 郷 (township), 里 (neighbourhood), and 制 (system). The term refers to a specific historical administrative reform.