description: The reprint of the 1906 work by Hall. Numerous pictures are included showing dress and modes of punishment as well as much description of the law itself. There are 4 parts, Hojo, Ahikaga (1336), Tokugawa and two main parts on Tokugawa legislation. This is followed by plates on punishments and tattooing.
language: English
title: Japanese Feudal Law: The Institutes of Judicature: Being a Translation of "Go Seibai Shikimoku"; the Magisterial Code of the Hojo Power-holders (A.D. 1232)
titlecomplete: Japanese Feudal Law: The Institutes of Judicature: Being a Translation of "Go Seibai Shikimoku"; the Magisterial Code of the Hojo Power-holders (A.D. 1232) (Japan Studies: Studies in Japanese Law and Government)
publisher: Yokohama