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:...

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

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

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...

Uemura Shōen (上村 松園, April 23, 1875 – August 27, 1949) was the pseudonym of an artist in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japanese painting. Her real...

family. The economy mostly existed through barter and trade, while the shōen system enabled the accumulation of wealth by an aristocratic elite. Even...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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 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...

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...

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...

"Bei Mir Bistu Shein" (Yiddish: בײַ מיר ביסטו שעהן [baɪ ˈmɪr ˈbɪstʊ ˈʃɛɪn], "To Me You're Beautiful") is a popular Yiddish song written by lyricist Jacob...

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...

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

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

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

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...

Time but Was Worth It". The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2018. Shoen Mackey, Jaimie (June 16, 2015). "Go Inside CBS News Correspondent Margaret...

bought fields and expand their shōen manors. Following the manner of denzu, they draw maps of their shōen. The oldest known shōen map is called Sanukikoku yamadagun...

iseki) is an archaeological site consisting of the Heian period ruins of a shōen located in what is now the Tanaka neighborhood of the town of Nyūzen in...

States Court of Appeals (Ninth Circuit) in Shoen v. Shoen, 5 Frd 1289 (9th Cir. 1993) and in Shoen v. Shoen, 48F 3d 412 (9th Cir.1995). These established...

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several ownership changes then ensued. The property was purchased by Sam Shoen of U-Haul and opened as a theme park. U-Haul's private advertising agency...

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...

Daisen-ji and Sanbutsu-ji. By the beginning of the Kamakura period (1185–1333) shōen estates were established to directly support the Imperial court and various...