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*''Established: [[1805]]''
*''Japanese'': 関東取締出役 ''(Kantou torishimari shutsuyaku)''
The Kantô Regulatory Patrol was a shogunal police force charged with the pursuit of gangsters, gamblers, troublesome ''[[ronin|rônin]]'', and other criminals and undesirable elements within the [[Kanto region|Kantô region]].
They were empowered with the ability to travel across the Kantô ignoring [[han|domainal]] boundaries. Beginning in [[1827]], they also oversaw "reform leagues" (''kaikaku kumiai'') formed as groups of local villages in efforts to revitalize and reform countryside society.
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==References==
*David Howell. "The Social Life of Firearms in Tokugawa Japan." ''Japanese Studies'' 29:1 (2009), 71.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Political Institutions]]