This legislation was promoted on the pretext that it would help to build an enormous Hall of the Great Buddha, thus providing divine salvation for the populace.
This legislation was promoted on the pretext that it would help to build an enormous Hall of the Great Buddha, thus providing divine salvation for the populace. It was put into effect the same day as an edict which prohibited piracy, and it was followed by the Edict on Changing Status and the Separation Edict. It probably was an attempt to limit the possibility of uprising by the ikki, groups of peasants and monks. It resulted in a sharp separation of the warrior and peasant classes ►upon its institution in 1588. FTP, name this act by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, which forbid commoners from possessing weapons. 
This legislation was promoted on the pretext that it would help to build an enormous Hall of the Great Buddha, thus providing divine salvation for the populace.
Sword Hunt (or Sword Hunt edict, or Great Sword Hunt, or Katana-gari) 