Please refrain from meeting me

…In addition, when a samurai's close relatives or retainers were punished, he should have voluntarily taken disciplinary measures. Usually, he would submit a request for retirement, called a sashihikaeukagai, to his superior, and under his command, he would be ordered to refrain from attending the guard or to refrain from meeting the shogun. The guard was a prohibition on duty, and one must not travel anywhere or stay in one's home even during the sakayaki. The omime-en-shogu was a prohibition on seeing the shogun, and one was excluded from service during the ceremonies of meeting the shogun and the visit, but was allowed to attend work otherwise. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Omemienryo" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…また武士は一定範囲の近親，もしくは家来が処罰されたときには，自発的に謹慎すべきであった。通常上司に差控伺（さしひかえうかがい）といういわば進退伺を出し，その指揮によって御番遠慮，御目見（おめみえ）遠慮などが命ぜられた。御番遠慮は勤務の禁止で，他行せず，月代（さかやき）もそらず籠居するもの，御目見遠慮は将軍の拝顔を遠慮するもので，御目見の儀式，および御成（おなり）の場合，勤仕から除かれるが，その他の出勤は許された。…

※「御目見遠慮」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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