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In the [[Edo period]], there were a number of different types and extents of banishment to which someone might be sentenced.
*''Harai'' 払 meant banishment from a specific location. For example, ''Edo barai'' 江戸払 meant the individual was forbidden to enter Edo. ''Tokoro barai'' 所払 meant banishment from one's hometown or home region.
*''Tsuihô'' 追放, which might be directly translated as simply "banishment," was generally divided into three varieties.
**Severe banishment (''jû tsuihô'' 重追放) involved the confiscation of the individual's home and fields, and their banishment from taking up residence in their home province, the location of their crimes, or anywhere within ten ''[[Japanese Measurements|ri]]'' around [[Edo]] in all directions, in the case of a commoner. [[Bushi]] sentenced to severe banishment were banished from the above, and additionally from living anywhere within the eight provinces within the [[sekisho|checkpoints]] (around Edo), in the area around [[Kyoto]], or along the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]] highway.
**Medium banishment (''chû tsuihô'' 中追放) involved the confiscation of the individual's home and fields, and their banishment from entering [[Musashi province|Musashi]], [[Shimotsuke province|Shimotsuke]], [[Kai province|Kai]], [[Suruga province|Suruga]], [[Yamashiro province|Yamashiro]], [[Settsu province|Settsu]], [[Izumi province|Izumi]], or [[Hizen province]], as well as from taking the Tôkaidô or [[Kiso Kaido|Kiso Kaidô]] highways, and from entering within ten ''ri'' of Edo.
**Light banishment (''kei tsuihô'' 軽追放) involved banishment from one's home province and the province where the crime was committed, as well as from Kyoto, [[Osaka]], the Tôkaidô, the [[Nikko Dochu|Nikkô Dôchû]] highway, and an area ten ''ri'' around Edo. Later in the Edo period, this was simplified to being only one's home province, the province where the crime was committed, and ten ''ri'' around Edo.
*''Entô'' 遠島 meant banishment or exile to a distant island. As in earlier periods, this included [[Sado Island]], [[Hachijojima|Hachijô Island]], the [[Izu Islands]], and various locations within the [[Ryukyu Islands]], among others.
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==References==
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