*''Japanese'': 高札 ''(kousatsu)'' or 制札 ''(seisatsu)''
*''Japanese'': 高札 ''(kousatsu)'' or 制札 ''(seisatsu)''
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Kôsatsu is a signboard to notify people of laws and ordinances.
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''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>