Eternal prohibition on the sale and purchase of farmland - Denpatai ei baibaikin shirei

Japanese: 田畑永代売買禁止令 - でんぱたえいたいばいばいきんしれい

Along with the law Bunchi Shigenori (1673) which prohibited the buying and selling of hon-ryo (rice fields) by the Edo Shogunate in 1643, this was one of the basic agricultural policies. It prevented land confiscation and farmers leaving their villages, and aimed to maintain the hon-ryo (rice fields) and secure annual taxes. Violators of the law, both buyers and sellers, were punished with a felony, but in practice, the law was violated through pawning and writing in (mortgage contracts). It was later relaxed, and the ban was lifted in 1872 (Meiji 5) after the Meiji Restoration.

Source: Obunsha Japanese History Dictionary, Third Edition About Obunsha Japanese History Dictionary, Third Edition

Japanese:

1643年，江戸幕府が本田畑の売買を禁止した法令
分地制限令（1673）などとともに農政の基本政策の一つ。土地兼併や農民の離村などを防ぎ，本百姓を維持して年貢の確保をはかった。違反者は売買両者とも重罪に処されたが，質流れや書入 (かきいれ) （抵当契約のこと）などの形で事実上破られた。のち緩和され，明治維新後の1872（明治５）年，禁が解かれた。

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