Kanto Shikimoku

…In 1232 (Joei 1), under the initiative of the regent Hojo Yasutoki, the 51 articles of the Kamakura Shogunate Law were drafted by legal experts such as Ota Yasutsune, Yano Michishige, and Saito Joen. They are also called the Joei Code or Kanto Code. There is a theory that the 51 chapters (documents) were first decided under Yasutoki, and the corresponding contents (main text) were consulted and discussed by the 13 people who participated in the compilation, resulting in articles such as Articles 9 and 50 lacking concrete main texts that matched the documents. …

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…1232年(貞永1)執権北条泰時のイニシアティブのもとに，太田康連，矢野倫重，斉藤浄円ら法曹系評定衆を起草者として制定された51ヵ条の鎌倉幕府法。貞永式目，関東式目とも呼ぶ。51の篇目(事書)が泰時のもとでまず決定され，それに対応する内容(本文)が13人の編さん参加者に諮問審議されたため，9,50条のように事書に見合う具体的な本文を欠く条文ができたとする説もある。…

※「関東式目」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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