Letter of Compliance - Jungyojo

A formal name for an ancient document. During the Nanboku-cho and Muromachi periods, it refers to documents issued by the Shugo of each province to relay and convey the Shigyojo (execution letter) issued by the Shitsuji or Kanrei upon the Shogun's orders (during the Nanboku-cho period, there was also the Hikitsuke Tounin's Hikitsuke Hosho). The system by which the Shogunate ordered Shugo to stop seizing land in territorial disputes was called Jungyō, and became the basic official authority of the Shugo after the Nanboku-cho period. At that time, documents issued by the Shugo, and even by Shugodai who received the Shugo's Jungyō, were both called Jungyōjō.

[Noriko Kurushima]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

古文書の様式上の名称。南北朝・室町時代、将軍の命令を受けて執事(しつじ)もしくは管領(かんれい)が出す施行状(しぎょうじょう)（南北朝期では、加えて引付頭人(ひきつけとうにん)の出す引付奉書(ほうしょ)）を、各国の守護(しゅご)が取り次ぎ伝達するために出した文書をいう。幕府が所領相論などで押領停止を守護に命ずる制度は、遵行とよばれ、南北朝期以降、守護の基本的職権となったが、このとき、守護、さらには守護の遵行状を受けた守護代の出す文書を、ともに遵行状とよんだ。

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