Okuue Police Judgment - Okuue Police Judgment

… The latter, unwritten decrees were generally issued by aristocrats and samurai of the fourth rank or lower to their local or local government officials, and were used when a person other than the shogunate appoints state affairs on the orders of the feudal lord, when the shogun appoints state affairs other than those of the kankoku, when the shogun appoints state affairs when the shogun appoints state affairs, or ... such as Minamoto no Yoritomo and Ashikaga Takauji, were issued to their vassals. Usually the issuer himself signed the document, but depending on the position of the signature, there are three types: sode decrees, okukami decrees, and kusaka decrees. The sode decrees are the most arrogant and the kusaka decrees are the most polite, but generally speaking, sode decrees are for those of the fourth rank or higher, okukami decrees for those of the fourth or fifth rank, and okushita and kusaka decrees for those of the sixth rank or lower. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Okukami Police Station Judgment" is listed below.

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…　後者の差出所非記入式下文は，だいたいにおいて四位以下の貴族･武士が在地や地下に下すもので，受領以外の者が知行国主の命で国務を沙汰するとき，受領が管国以外の国務を沙汰するとき，領家が所領を支配するとき，あるいは源頼朝や足利尊氏等武士の棟梁が臣下に下す文書に用いられた。普通発給主体者自身が単独で署判を加えるが，署判の位置によって，袖判下文，奥上署判下文，日下署判下文の三つに分けられる。袖判が最も尊大で，日下署判が最も鄭重な形であるが，だいたいにおいて袖判は四位以上，奥上署判は四，五位，奥下･日下署判は六位以下の者と考えることができる。…

※「奥上署判下文」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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