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*''Japanese'': 高札 ''(kousatsu)'' or 制札 ''(seisatsu)''
*''Japanese'': 高札 ''(kousatsu)'' or 制札 ''(seisatsu)''
''Kôsatsu'' were signboards hung in [[Edo period]] towns to notify people of local laws, ordinances, and annoucements.
''Kôsatsu'' were signboards hung in [[Edo period]] towns to notify people of local laws, ordinances, and announcements.
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>
==References==
==References==
*Plaque on-site at restored ''kôsatsuba'', Futagawa-juku, Toyohashi, Aichi.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/46302537891/sizes/l/]
*Plaque on-site at restored ''kôsatsuba'', Futagawa-juku, Toyohashi, Aichi.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/46302537891/sizes/l/]
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