Hyōjō-shū

Japanese history [13th century]
Also known as: Council of State

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    In Japan: The Hōjō regency

    …a Council of State (Hyōjō-shū). In 1232 the council drew up a legal code known as the Jōei Formulary (Jōei Shikimoku). Its 51 articles set down in writing for the first time the legal precedents of the bakufu. Its purpose was simpler than that of the ritsuryō, the old…

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