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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.
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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>
  
 
==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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Latest revision as of 09:56, 22 May 2020

A restored kôsatsuba at Futagawa-juku along the Tôkaidô.
  • Japanese: 高札 (kousatsu) or 制札 (seisatsu)

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 post-horses to carry luggage as far as the next station or river-crossing.[1]

References

  • Plaque on-site at restored kôsatsuba, Futagawa-juku, Toyohashi, Aichi.[2]
  1. Gallery labels, Futagawa-juku honjin shiryôkan.[1]