Announcement of the 5 prohibitions

museum sign; Meiji
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Item n° 15.18.14
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Description:
  • 5 go/no-go
  • Length: 98 cm
  • Width: 42 cm
  • Thickness: 72 cm
  • Material: coniferous wood
  • Age: 7 April 1868
  • Condition: Bumped, wormholes, rather backside


An important document of the time, very rare: The first proclamation-bans of the Meiji government (Gobo no keiji).

5 Commandments:
1. observance of the 5 relations of Confucius
2. prohibition of conspiracy, submission of direct petitions and abandonment of one's own land to escape taxation
3. star prohibition of Christianity
4. prohibition of harming foreigners physically or in any other way
5. travel ban; not allowed to leave Japan


 


Japanese billboards

Elaborately carved billboards or signboards shaped the streetscape of old Japan. They can still be admired, especially in restored streets.
Design and form were often realized with the inclusion of a beautiful wood grain.
The craft of the wood carver is not yet extinct. To this day, this type of plaque is newly made and used.
We try to translate the meaning of the respective characters.

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