Buke shohatto (samurai regulations, early form)

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Buke shohatto (samurai regulations, early form) was an early Tokugawa-era legal code that set strict rules for the conduct, governance, and military obligations of Japan’s samurai class and feudal lords.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tokugawa-era law
legal code
samurai regulation
appliesTo daimyō
feudal lords
samurai class
associatedWith bushidō ideals
containsRulesOn domain administration
loyalty to the shogun
military preparedness
public order
country Japan
culturalContext Japanese feudal society
documentType normative legal text
enforcedBy Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
governingBody bakufu NERFINISHED
historicalRole foundation of Tokugawa military governance
instrument of centralization of power
influenced later Tokugawa samurai regulations
language Classical Japanese NERFINISHED
legalArea administrative law
feudal law
military law
legalForm ordinance issued by shogunate
legalStatus binding code of conduct
legalSystem Tokugawa shogunate legal system
mainSubject conduct of samurai
governance of domains
military obligations
purpose to control feudal lords
to define military service obligations
to maintain political stability
to regulate behavior of samurai
regulates alliances among daimyō
behavior at court
construction of castles
military mobilization of daimyō
relations between domains and shogunate
relatedTo Buke shohatto (later Tokugawa revisions) NERFINISHED
scope nationwide within Tokugawa-controlled Japan
socialFunction to define samurai duties and privileges
to reinforce social hierarchy
targetGroup military aristocracy
timePeriod early Edo period

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Tokugawa Ieyasu notableWork Buke shohatto (samurai regulations, early form)