Senyo Ruishuu - A compilation of selected articles

Japanese: 撰要類集 - せんようるいしゅう

A collection of Edo Shogunate laws. It compiles and classifies legal precedents and laws related to court cases and administration handled by the Edo magistrate's office from 1716 (Kyoho 1) to 1736 (Genbun 1), including detailed articles on the legislative process such as petitions and instructions between senior councilors, decisions by the Hyojosho, and precedents that were investigated. It has 7 volumes. It is believed that the northern and southern magistrate's offices compiled the documents and exchanged information to incorporate it into their articles, but the extant collection is only that of the southern magistrate's office, which originally had magistrate Ooka Tadasuke compile the documents up to 1725 by group yoriki Uesaka Masakata, and then added additional edits up to 1736.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸幕府の法令集。1716年(享保1)から36年(元文1)まで江戸の町奉行所で取り扱った裁判･行政関係の判例･法令を，老中との間の上申･指示や評定所の決定，調査した先例など立法過程の詳しい記事を含めて分類編纂したもの。7巻。南北両町奉行所で編纂し，相互に情報を交換して記事に組み入れていたと認められるが，現存するのは南町奉行所の分で，はじめ奉行大岡忠相（ただすけ）が1725年までを組与力上坂正形に編纂させ，その後36年まで追加編集したものである。

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