Scientific and technical provisions

This is a collection of legislative materials, "Kujikata Osadamegaki" and "Osadamegaki ni tsukoru Reisho", in two volumes with one appendix. "Kujikata Osadamegaki" was established in 1742 (Kanpo 2) with the active involvement of the eighth shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune, but it was compiled to prevent the records of the legislation from being scattered and to store and refer to them. The proposal of the Hyojosho officials was taken up by the three magistrates (temples and shrines, accounting, and town magistrates), who presided over the compilation under the guidance of the senior councilor Matsudaira Takemoto, and it was completed in 1767 (Meiwa 4). It was actually used by the Hyojosho as a standard for the interpretation and application of "Kujikata Osadamegaki", and was a top-secret document that was not shown to anyone other than the three magistrates and the Hyojosho's retainers, and not even one article was allowed to be omitted. Even today, it remains an important historical source for research into the "Kujikata Osadamegaki," and the "Tokugawa Kinrei Ko" (Thoughts on Tokugawa Prohibitions), published by the Ministry of Justice in 1895 (Meiji 28), is a compilation of the entire "Kajo Ruiten" with additional related historical materials.

[Yoshiro Hiramatsu]

“Tokugawa Kinryoko, edited by the Legal History Society, 11 volumes (1959-61, Sobunsha)”

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「公事方御定書(くじかたおさだめがき)」および「御定書ニ添候例書」の立法資料集で、上下2巻・付録1冊。「公事方御定書」は8代将軍徳川吉宗(よしむね)の積極的関与によって1742年（寛保2）成立したが、立法にあたっての記録文書が散逸するのを防いで保管、参照するために編集された。評定所吏員の発議を三奉行(ぶぎょう)（寺社・勘定・町奉行）が取り上げ、老中(ろうじゅう)松平武元のもとで三奉行が編集を主宰し、1767年（明和4）完成した。「公事方御定書」の解釈適用の基準として評定所において実際に用いられ、三奉行、評定所留役(とめやく)以外にはみせず、一条たりとも書き抜きを許さぬ極秘文書であった。現代においても「公事方御定書」の研究上重要な史料であり、1895年（明治28）司法省刊行の『徳川禁令考』後聚(こうしゅう)は『科条類典』を全録し、さらに関係史料を付加したものである。

［平松義郎］

『法制史学会編『徳川禁令考』全11巻（1959～61・創文社）』

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