Five-point bulletin board - Gobo no Keiji

This shows the basics of the Meiji government's policy towards the people. On March 15, 1868 (Keio 4), the day after the Five Articles Oath was made, the government removed the old shogunate's high notices and replaced them with five official notices. The first recommended the five virtues and forbade murder, arson, and theft, the second prohibited gangs, violent petitions, and desertion, and the third prohibited Christianity and heretical sects. These were the traditional policies of the old shogunate that governed the common people, and were made into three fixed notices and were considered to be permanent laws. The fourth then ordered opening the country to peace and friendship, and the fifth prohibited samurai and commoners from deserting their home countries. These two articles were only temporary notices, that is, they were only posted for a short time. In this way, the new government demonstrated an open and enlightened attitude by proclaiming its commitment to public discussion through the Five Articles of Oath, but at the same time, it also retained the traditions of the former shogunate.

[Masaru Sasaki]

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明治政府の対民衆政策の基本を示したもの。五か条の誓文の翌日、1868年（慶応4）3月15日、政府は旧幕府の高札(こうさつ)を撤去し、かわりに立てた5条の制札で、第一は五倫の道を勧め、殺人、放火、窃盗を禁じ、第二は徒党、強訴、逃散(ちょうさん)を禁止し、第三では切支丹(きりしたん)、邪宗門を禁じた。ここまでは旧幕府の伝統的な庶民統治策を継承したもので、定三札とし永世法であるとされた。ついで第四で開国和親を命じ、第五では士民の本国脱走を禁じた。この2条は覚札(おぼえさつ)すなわち一時の掲示である。このように、新政府は五か条の誓文で公議を標榜(ひょうぼう)し開明的な姿勢を示したが、一方で、旧幕府の伝統をも継承する体質をもっていた。

［佐々木克］

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