A shōen (荘園 or 庄園, shōen) was a field or manor in Japan. The Japanese term comes from the Tang dynasty Chinese term "莊園" (Mandarin: zhuāngyuán, Cantonese:...

comparison. Shōen painted another version of The Beauty of Four Seasons for the exposition and received an award for the painting. Shōen drew from her...

Mark V. Shoen (born 1951) is an American billionaire businessman and vice-president of the moving equipment and storage rental company U-Haul, which was...

foundations, acquired ever larger shōen and greater wealth during the early tenth century. By the early Heian period, the shōen had obtained legal status, and...

Honederamura Shōen ruins (骨寺村荘園遺跡, Honederamura Shōen iseki) is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a large-scale shōen manor from the Kamakura...

Edward Joseph Shoen (born March 28, 1949) is an American billionaire businessman and lawyer. He is the president, chairman, and chief executive officer...

Leonard Samuel Shoen (February 29, 1916 – October 4, 1999) was an American entrepreneur who founded the U-Haul truck and trailer organization in Ridgefield...

The Nitta shōen (新田荘遺), also known as Nitta-no-shō, was a vast shōen, or landed estate dating the from Heian period which existed in Kōzuke Province (present-day...

The Yugeshima Shōen site (弓削島荘遺跡, Yugeshima-shō iseki) is an archaeological site consisting of the ruins of a Heian to Kamakura period shōen located on the...

that has been in operation since 1945. The company was founded by Leonard Shoen and Anna Mary Carty in Ridgefield, Washington, who began it in a garage...

foundations, acquired ever larger shōen and greater wealth during the early tenth century. By the early Heian period, the shōen had obtained legal status, and...

Shōen-ji (正圓寺) is a Buddhist temple in Abeno-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 939. Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Osaka Wikimedia Commons has...

The Hine shōen (日根荘), also known as Hine-no-shō, was a vast shōen, or landed estate which existed in Izumi Province (present-day city of Izumisano, Osaka...

The Shoen Library was a library on the now defunct Marylhurst University campus, in Marylhurst, Oregon, United States. The building was completed in 1968...

name from his shōen named "Mōri" in Aikō District, Sagami Province. After the Jōkyū War, Suemitsu was appointed to the jitō office of a shōen in Aki Province...

decapitated. After his death, Princess Takiyasha continued living in the ruined shōen, or rural manor-house, of the Sōma clan, Masakado's former residence. This...

The Yokoe Shōen site (横江荘遺跡, Yokoe-no-shō iseki) is an archaeological site consisting of the ruins of a Heian period to Sengoku period shōen located in...

Kamakura also appointed stewards, or jitō, to positions in the manors (shōen). These stewards received revenues from the manors in return for their military...

province. During the Heian period, the province was divided into numerous shōen controlled by local samurai clans, primarily the Chiba clan, which sided...

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tax-exempt status for their private shōen manors. By the eleventh century, more land in Japan was controlled by shōen owners than by the central government...

Corporation Stephen A. Schwarzman, 1972 – founder of Blackstone Group Joe Shoen, 1973 – billionaire chairman of AMERCO Martin A. Siegel, 1971 — former Kidder...

Donald Strout Alex Boxall as Sgt. Monroe Thornton Elan Butler as Lt. Robert Shoens Lino Facioli as Lt. Adams Christopher Lakewood as Col Thomas Jeffery Dimitri...

"Bei Mir Bistu Shein" (Yiddish: בײַ מיר ביסטו שעהן, or Yiddish: בײַ מיר ביסטו שיין, [ˌbaj ˈmir ˌbistu ˈʃejn], "To Me You're Beautiful") is a popular Yiddish...

Aristocracy, History, Japan, Asia – Taika reforms, clan chieftain, sesshu, shoen, land redistribution". www.countriesquest.com. Archived from the original...

needed] During the Heian period, the province was divided into numerous shōen controlled by local samurai clans. However, by the Sengoku period, the province...

aristocracy, the remnants of the imperial governmental systems, the daimyōs, the shōen system, the great temples and shrines, the sōhei, the shugo and jitō, the...

National Historic Site since 1981. It was the first ruin of a shōen to receive such status. The shōen or landed estates were private, tax-free, and autonomous...

the old Shōtoku land reform systems declined. By the mid-eighth century, shōen (landed estates), one of the most important economic institutions in prehistoric...

Nihonga Honō (焔, Flame) by Uemura Shōen, 1918. Tokyo National Museum. This work was inspired by Lady Rokujō, the ikiryō from The Tale of Genji and the...