"Engi Kotai Ceremony"

Japanese: 《延喜交替式》 - えんぎこうたいしき

…On the other hand, the Engishiki was compiled as a compilation of all the ceremonial texts from the preceding Koninshiki and Joganshiki, as well as the implementing rules that were revised afterwards. Alongside the compilation of the Engishiki, the Engishiki Ceremonies and the Engishiki Koukaishiki, which could be considered sister codes, were also compiled. Although the Engishiki has not been handed down to us today, we can learn much about it from the texts included in the Ruiju Sandaikaku and from fragments cited in the Seiji Yoraku and other texts. …

From the [Shift Change Ceremony]

…A collection of laws and regulations compiling rules for the replacement of internal and external officials in the early Heian period. There are three types: the Enryaku Koukai Shiki, the Jogan Koukai Shiki, and the Engiki Koukai Shiki, all of which were compiled by the Kageyushi. In the Nara period, when a kokushi (local official) was replaced, a kind of accounting audit was conducted when the new kokushi took over the affairs of the previous kokushi, and the previous kokushi was given a certificate of audit, called a Geyu, before returning to the capital. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Engi Koukai Ceremony" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一方《延喜式》は先行の《弘仁式》《貞観式》の式文やその後に改定された施行細則をすべて集大成する形で編纂された。この延喜格式の編纂とならんで，その姉妹法典とも言うべき《延喜儀式》《延喜交替式》の編纂も行われた。今日《延喜格》は伝わっていないが，《類聚三代格》所収のものや，《政事要略》などに引かれた逸文によって，その大部分を知ることができる。…

【交替式】より

…平安時代初期，内外官の交替に関する規則を集成した法規集。《延暦交替式》《貞観交替式》《延喜交替式》の3種があり，いずれも勘解由使（かげゆし）によって編纂された。奈良時代には，外官(地方官)たる国司の交替に際し，後任の国司が前任の国司から事務引継ぎを受けるに当たって，一種の会計監査を行い，前任国司は解由（げゆ）という監査済の証明書をもらって都に帰任するしくみになっていた。…

※「《延喜交替式》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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