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Japanese: 会符 - えふ

In the Edo period, when the shogunate, feudal lords, imperial court, nobles, temples and shrines transported luggage, they attached tags to indicate that the luggage belonged to them. They were also called denfu or gyorigfu. They were also written as efu. Kaifu were mostly made of wood, and there were two types: efu, which were hung from luggage with a string through a hole drilled at the top of the board, and tachiefu, which were attached to luggage with a handle attached to the bottom. Those for the shogunate and imperial court were written with "Goyo" (official business) in ink under the chrysanthemum or chrysanthemum crest, while those for daimyo had the name of the castle town location written under their respective family crest, and those for temples and shrines had "Chion-in Goyo" written under their crest, for example.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代，幕府や大名，朝廷，公家，寺社などが荷物運送に際して，自分の荷物であることを明示するため荷物につけた証札で，伝符，行李符ともいう。絵符とも書く。会符は，多くは木札で，板札の上部に穴をあけて紐を通して荷物につるすもの(絵符)と，板札の下に柄をつけて荷物に立てて標示するもの(立絵符)との2種類があった。幕府や朝廷のものには葵や菊の紋章の下に〈御用〉と墨書し，大名の場合は各家の紋章の下に城下所在地名，寺社などは紋章の下に例えば〈知恩院　御用〉などと記した。

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