Kaisen shikimoku
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- Japanese: 廻船式目 (kaisen shikimoku)
The Kaisen Shikimoku ("Law Code of Shipping") or Kaisen Daihô ("Great Laws of Shipping") was a compilation of customary codes observed by those involved in the shipping business.
Though the codes are sometimes said to have been compiled in 1223 by Hôjô Yoshitoki or by Emperor Go-Horikawa, they were most likely in fact compiled no earlier than the 16th century, recording practices already standard. Judging from style and contents, shippers from Bônotsu in Satsuma, Urado in Tosa, and Hyôgo-no-tsu were likely involved in the compilation. The law code originally contained thirty-one items, with an additional ten items being added in the early Edo period.
References
- Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), Rethinking Japanese History, University of Michigan (2012), 95-96.
