Hanhajime - Hanhajime

Japanese: 判始 - はんはじめ

One of the Shogunate events. Modeled on the Imperial Court's "Kitsushiyo-Sou" ceremony, the Kamakura Shogunate held a ceremony called "Kitsushiyo-Hajime" for the opening of government offices, the beginning of the year, the start of a new Shogunate, appointments, and the change of era, in which the magistrate would write a letter of approval, make a clean copy, and present it to the Shogun for inspection, who would then affix his seal (kao) to the letter. During the Muromachi period, the ceremony in which the seal was affixed to a letter for the first time after the Shogun took office, that is, after the Shogun's succession, came to be called "Gohan-Hajime" and distinguished from other "Kitsushiyo-Hajime" ceremonies. The Shogun wore a "tateeboshi" (tate-eboshi hat) and a "hita-tare" (hita-tare jacket), and signed the official seal on the official document presented by the magistrate.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

幕府行事の一つ。朝廷の吉書（きつしよ）奏の儀にならい，鎌倉幕府では役所の開設や年首，将軍代始，任官，改元等にあたり，吉書始と称して，奉行が吉書を草し，清書して将軍の御前に進めて御覧に入れ，将軍が吉書に判(花押)をすえる儀が行われていた。それが室町時代になると，将軍の代替すなわち就任後に初めて吉書に判をおす儀を，とくに御判始と称して，他の吉書始と区別するようになった。御判始の儀は幕府殿中にて行われ，将軍は立烏帽子（たてえぼし）に直垂（ひたたれ）を着し，奉行が進める御教書に御判を署した。

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