Receipt - Receipt

Japanese: 請取状 - うけとりじょう

Ancient documents from the Middle Ages onwards in Japan. Documents submitted by recipients as proof of receipt when receiving various things such as money, goods, documents, etc. A typical example would be a receipt for the price of sold farmland. Most are short sentences with receipt phrases such as "so-request-like-item" or "so-request-like-item." They affirm the fact of receipt and compliance with the various obligations that arise with it, and in terms of document format they can be said to have differentiated from ukebun. In this respect they are distinguished from hensho (which was originally an administrative receipt issued by government offices under the Ritsuryo system).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本の中世以降の古文書。金銭，物品，文書などのさまざまなものを受け取るにあたって，請取人がその受領の証拠として差し出す文書。例えば売却田畠の代価の請取状などが普通の例である。多く短文で，〈所請如件〉〈所請取如件〉などの請取文言を有する。受領の事実とそれにともなって発生した諸義務の順守を確言する意味があり，文書様式上は請文から分化したものといえる。この点で返抄(律令制において官司の発給する行政的領収証を本来の形とした)とは区別される。

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