Opinion-based

...This was replaced by the so-called Gozen-satai, which was based on the Shogun's personal judgment, but on the other hand, the people who actually controlled the entire process of a trial, from the acceptance of the lawsuit to the preparation of the verdict, were the magistrates, who were of extremely low rank under the Shogunate's official system. The opinion system was created to fill the gap between this institutional appearance and reality, and the opinion letter was used for this purpose. The opinion letter was first seen in the Eikyo era (1429-41), and it is believed that the opinion system itself was launched around this time based on the political policy of the new Shogun Yoshinori, who was a reaction against the dictatorial system of the previous Shogun Yoshimochi. ...

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…これに代わったのが，将軍親裁をたてまえとするいわゆる御前沙汰であるが，逆に訴訟の受理から判決案の作成に至る裁判の全過程を，実質的に把握していたのは，幕府官制上はきわめて低身分の奉行人層であった。このような制度上のたてまえと実態の懸隔を埋めるために出現したのが意見制であり，そこで用いられたのが意見状である。意見状の初見は永享年代(1429‐41)であり，前代義持の独裁制に対する反動としての新将軍義教の政治方針にもとづいて，意見制そのものもこのころ発足したものと推定されている。…

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