Taboo edict - Bukkiryo

Japanese: 服忌令 - ぶっきりょう

This law stipulates the period of mourning for the death of a close relative. In many cases, it also includes provisions regarding the practice of impurity. The so-called "fukui-rei" (laws of mourning) were first created at Ise Shrine and other shrines in the Middle Ages, but they were basically a combination of the "fukui-rei" (laws of mourning and funerals) and the "keniyo-rei" (laws of temporary rest), which replaced the "ka" (time off for mourners) with "ki" (time of mourning) as a period of avoiding the impurity of death. Based on these, the Edo Shogunate enacted and promulgated the "fukui-rei" (laws of mourning) in 1684 (Jokyo 1) under the fifth shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, with the participation of Confucian scholars Hayashi Hoko, Kinoshita Junan, and Shintoist Yoshikawa Koretari, and after several revisions, it was finalized in 1736 (Genbun 1) (see table).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

近親の死に際して喪に服すべき期間を定めた法。ほかに触穢（しよくえ）に関する規定も付されていることが多い。服忌令と称するものは，中世伊勢神宮その他の神社で作成されたのが初めであるが，それらは基本的には喪葬令服紀条と仮寧（けによう）令を組み合わせ，喪に服するものが与えられる休暇たる仮（か）を，死穢を忌む期間としての忌に変えたものであった。江戸幕府では，これらをもとにして5代将軍徳川綱吉の1684年(貞享1)儒者林鳳岡（ほうこう），木下順庵，神道家吉川惟足（これたり）らの参画の下に，服忌令を制定公布，その後数次の改正の後，1736年(元文1)最終的に確定した(表参照)。

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