Separation Edict

The Separation Edict (身分統制令, Mibun Tōsei Rei, literally the “Social Status Control Edict”) was a law composed of three articles which was promulgated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi on 8 October 1591, the 19th year of the Tensho era during the Azuchi–Momoyama period.

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