Osaka Castle Wall Inscription

Japanese: 大坂城壁書 - おおさかじょうかべがき

This refers to the jointly signed article by the Tokugawa, Ukita, Maeda, Mori, and Kobayakawa clans, and the additional article dated August 3, 1595 (4th year of Bunroku). The additional signatures included Uesugi Kagekatsu, bringing the total to six, and as these people were later to become known as the Five Elders of the Toyotomi clan, this article can be said to be an order to control daimyo, nobles, and head priests, signed by the Five Elders of the Toyotomi clan. This article was issued the month after Toyotomi Hideyori's succession to the family headship was confirmed and the so-called Five Elders, Five Magistrates, and daimyo in Kyoto swore allegiance in July of the same year, and can be considered the basic law of the Toyotomi government under Hideyori.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

文禄4年(1595)8月3日付け徳川･宇喜多･前田･毛利･小早川諸氏連署条目並びに同追加をいう。追加の署名には上杉景勝を加えて6名とするが，この人々は後のいわゆる豊臣氏五大老に当たるから，この条目は豊臣氏五大老の署名による大名･公家･門跡統制令ということができる。そしてこの条目は，豊臣秀頼の家督継承が確定し，同年7月いわゆる五大老･五奉行並びに在京諸大名が忠誠を誓ったその翌月発布されており，秀頼による豊臣政権の基本的法令とみなすことができる。

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