薩長土肥

薩(さっ) (Sa', Clipping of 薩摩) + 長(ちょう) (Chō, Clipping of 長州) + 土(ど) (Do, Clipping of 土佐) + 肥(ひ) (Hi, Clipping of 肥前)

• IPA^(key): [sa̠t̚t͡ɕo̞ːdo̞çi]

薩長土肥(さっちょうどひ) • (Satchōdohi) 

1. (history) the four feudal domains in Edo-period Japan:

   i.e. Satsuma (薩摩藩), Chōshū (長州藩), Tosa (土佐藩) and Hizen (肥前藩).

   1. the four of the influential Imperialist tozama domains

      Synonym: 西南雄藩 (Seinan yūhan, “the southwestern influential domains”)

   2. the Meiji oligarchy: the new ruling class of Meiji era.

      Synonym: 藩閥 (Hambatsu, “domain clique”)

• 幕(ばく)末(まつ) (bakumatsu, “the final years of the Edo era”)
• 明(めい)治(じ)維(い)新(しん) (Meiji ishin, “the Meiji Restoration”)