A Study on the Tokugawa Prohibition

A collection of Edo Shogunate laws. Many ministries published collections of historical materials related to their jurisdictions in the early Meiji period, and among them, the Ministry of Justice's "Tokugawa Kinrei Ko" (62 volumes) and "Tokugawa Kinrei Ko: Goshu" (40 volumes) are outstanding. The former classifies and records Edo Shogunate laws into categories of nobles, samurai, temples and shrines, commoners, the whole country, and foreign countries, while the latter is based on the "Kajo Ruiten" (1767), which records the historical materials of the compilation of the Kujikata Osada Megaki (Civil Affairs Laws) enacted by the Shogunate in 1742 (Kanpo 2), and adds related laws, precedents, etc. to it. It goes without saying that both are essential books for research on the legal history of the Edo Shogunate, but they are also essential books for research on the economy, politics, society, etc. of the same period. There are several published versions, but the most recent is compiled by the Legal History Society and edited by Ishii Ryosuke, and includes a separate volume that includes a chronological index of laws and regulations in addition to relevant historical materials.

[Ryosuke Ishii]

"Thoughts on the Tokugawa Prohibitions," edited by the Legal History Society and edited by Ryosuke Ishii, Vol. 1 and 2 and a supplementary volume, total of 11 volumes (1959-61, Sobunsha)"

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江戸幕府の法令集。明治初年に各省ではその管轄事項に関する史料集を刊行したことが多いが、そのなかで、司法省の『徳川禁令考』62巻、『徳川禁令考　後聚(こうしゅう)』40巻は出色のものである。前者は、江戸幕府の法令を公家(くげ)、武家、寺社、庶民、全国総類、外国に分類収録し、後者は、1742年（寛保2）に幕府の制定した公事方御定書(くじかたおさだめがき)の編纂(へんさん)の史料を、各条ごとに収録した『科条類典』（1767）を基礎にして、これに関係法令、先例などを加えたものである。両者が江戸幕府の法制史の研究に必備の書であることはいうまでもないが、同時代の経済、政治、社会などの研究にも必携の書である。いくつかの刊本があるが、最新のものは、法制史学会編・石井良助校訂のもので、関係史料のほか法令の編年索引を加えた別巻がある。

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『法制史学会編、石井良助校訂『徳川禁令考』前集・後集および別巻全11冊（1959～61・創文社）』

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