Calligraphy - Kakiage

Japanese: 書上 - かきあげ

A report of a particular matter from a lower rank to a higher rank or institution, or the document itself. This term was used frequently in the Edo period, and is often used to refer to reports submitted by townspeople or villages to feudal lords. Ledger-type documents are also called shojocho or shodatsucho. For example, the shogunate had regular or temporary market prices written down for important commodities such as gold, silver, and coins, as well as rice, soybeans, and oil, for the purpose of price control, and these were called shojo yakai (market prices). In addition, the machikata shojo and mura seishojocho (town and village records), which required townspeople and villagers to write down general information such as the number of households, number of people, land, and occupation, are typical examples of shojo (registers).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

特定の事項を調査して，下位から上位の者･機関に上申すること，あるいはその文書。江戸時代に多く使われた用語であるが，とりわけ町方や村方から領主に差し出された上申文書にこの呼称を持つものが多い。帳面体のものは，書上帳，書出帳とも言っている。たとえば，幕府は金･銀･銭の三貨や米･大豆･油などの重要商品について，物価調節などの目的から定期ないし臨時に相場を書き上げさせたが，これを〈書上相場〉と言った。また，町や村ごとに家数，人数，土地，生業などの概況を書き上げさせた〈町方書上〉や〈村明細書上帳〉は，書上(帳)の代表的なものである。

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