Sahwaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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sahwa pl (複数形 only)

1. (historical) A series of political purges in the late 15th and 16th centuries, during which sarim scholars were persecuted by political rivals.
   • 1999, Keith L. Pratt, ‎Richard Rutt, ‎James Hoare, Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary (page 217)

     Executed during the sahwa of 1722.

   • 2020, Ching Young Choe, The Rule of the Taewŏnʾgun, 1864–1873 (page 205)

     The origins of factionalism in Yi Korea can probably be traced back to the sahwa (literati purges).