Record of Filial Piety - Kougiroku

Japanese: 孝義録 - こうぎろく

A record of filial sons, virtuous women, loyal servants and extraordinary people in the Edo period. 50 volumes. In 1789 (Kansei 1), as part of the Kansei Reforms' public education measures, the shogunate ordered reports on commendations for good deeds from farmers and townspeople across the country since the early Edo period, and further reports in 1798, which were collected and edited at the Shoheizaka Gakumonsho and published as an official edition in 1801 (Kyowa 1). A total of 8,614 people are listed in the list, and the period during which commendations were given spans two centuries, from 1602 (Keicho 7) to 1798, but 81% of the total, or 6,985 people, were commended in the second half of the 18th century, from the Horeki era to the Kansei era.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代の孝子，節婦，忠僕および奇特者の記録。50巻。1789年(寛政1)，寛政改革の民衆教化策の一環として，幕府は江戸初期以来の全国の農民･町人の善行表彰者の報告を命じ，さらに98年追加報告させて，それらを昌平坂学問所に集めて編集し，1801年(享和1)官版として出版した。所載の表彰者総数8614名，表彰の時期は1602年(慶長7)から1798年までの約2世紀に及ぶが，全体の81％，6985名は宝暦から寛政までの18世紀後半に表彰されたもの。

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