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− | Japanese: 高札 ''(Kousatsu)'' or 制札 ''(Seisatsu)'' | + | [[File:Kosatsu.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A restored ''kôsatsuba'' at [[Futagawa-juku]] along the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]].]] |
| + | *''Japanese'': 高札 ''(kousatsu)'' or 制札 ''(seisatsu)'' |
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− | Kôsatsu is a signboard to notify people of laws and ordinances. | + | ''Kôsatsu'' were signboards hung in [[Edo period]] towns to notify people of local laws, ordinances, and announcements. |
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| + | In post-stations (''[[shukuba]]''), signboards often also listed the costs of various services within the town, including the prices for hiring porters or [[denma|post-horses]] to carry luggage as far as the next station or river-crossing.<ref>Gallery labels, Futagawa-juku honjin shiryôkan.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/45579137824/sizes/4k/]</ref> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
− | [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%9C%AD J-wikipedia - Kôsatsu] | + | *Plaque on-site at restored ''kôsatsuba'', Futagawa-juku, Toyohashi, Aichi.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/46302537891/sizes/l/] |
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| [[Category:Terminology]] | | [[Category:Terminology]] |
| + | [[Category:Edo Period]] |