
(from the article `Japan`) ...landlords (kokujin), he at first recognized them, regarding them as an important adjunct to the strengthening of his military power and using them ...
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A survey of the boundaries of land parcels.
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A cadastral survey is a detailed survey of the lands of a country, their extent, divisions, and subdivisions, nature of culture, etc. They are in most countries executed by the government as the basis of an assessment for fiscal purposes.
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