Japan -- History; Japan -- Politics and government
* All San kin (those Daimios officially resident in Yedo) are to make a
present (or rather pay a tax) to the Gorogiu, and to the under officers
of state. Those whose incomes exceed 10,000 koku are to give gold, or
kin badai--_i.e._, gold instead of a horse; if below 10,000 koku, they
give silver (gin badai) to each of the high officers. Wealthy Daimios,
with large official incomes, are to give much, those with small incomes
are to give little. This money the Gorogiu is to appropriate to the
expenses of the office.
* Among the servants of the Shiogoon are those who have much ability
and influence, and those who have little of either; they are to act
together, and mutually to assist one another. By this means the
government will work smoothly. Men must be divided according to their
abilities and dispositions, but they must be rewarded or punished
according to their actions.
* When I built the Danring (eighteen temples) before mentioned, I put,
_or_ I made them, San mong (hill-doors). [The San mong temple of Hiyay
san near Miako is a copy of the Tien Tai shan of China.] The Ten dai no
zass (head of the Buddhists) asked me why I had built these San mong or
hill-doors, saying that he was the same as the center of heaven, and
had his seat upon the three stars (San tai say, three sets of stars).
I returned no answer. Now it is my wish that long life may be given
to the Mikado (10,000 years); therefore in the sixty-six provinces I
built seventy-three. I have written in a book the names and numbers
of these temples, and have sent this to the temple of Ten dai san (in
Miako), therefore be it known that no other San mong temple is to be
built.--This San mong must allude to some kind of Buddhist temples of
that name.
* All oo rin kay (military) officers and others under the Shiogoon
have since the time of Kamakura dono (Yoritomo) received a commission
from the Mikado. All these are under the commands of the Shiogoon. The
business is the same as that of the Jin nee kang, office of the gods in
old time. Therefore, when a death occurs in my palace, or among those
who come to my residence (_i.e._, Yedo), the customs of the Jin nee
kang are to be observed.--The custom is to consider, when a death takes
place in a house, all connected with it as temporarily unclean. In the
Emperor’s family women at certain times move to another house; when
a child is born, the father and mother are considered unclean for a
time, and cannot go to office or to a temple; when a death takes place,
persons entering a house either do not take off their shoes, or put on
others for the purpose, and there should be neither smoking, eating,
nor drinking in the house for three days.
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