Cargo detention - detention

Japanese: 荷留 - にどめ

〘noun〙① During the Muromachi period, a method of confiscating goods from those who violated the privileges of the za. Merchants who joined the za (zanin and zashu) were granted exclusive rights to certain goods by the honjo, but other merchants had to pay tax on them, and if these privileges were violated, the zashu would seek a ruling from the honjo or the shogunate and take countermeasures by confiscating goods. ② A policy of controlling prohibited goods implemented by warring lords and others to control distribution within their domains. *Yuki Clan New Laws (1556), Article 76: "When laws are established and maintained, no one should complain that they should be deemed to _{be unconstitutional} ."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 室町時代、座の特権を侵害するものに対する貨物没収の手段。座に加入した商人（座人・座衆）は本所から特定商品に対して専売権を賦与されていたが、それ以外の商人はこれに年貢銭を納入しなければならず、その特権を侵した場合は、座衆は本所または幕府の裁決をあおいで商品没収の対抗措置をとった。② 戦国大名などが領内の流通統制のため行なった禁輸物の統制政策。※結城氏新法度（1556）七六条「法度をおき、にとめ候時、これは無_レ拠候、とをされべきと、たれも侘言すべからず」

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