ritsuryō
Sign in to saveAlso known as ritsuryo, ritsu-ryō
is the historical legal system based on the philosophies of Confucianism and Chinese Legalism in Feudal Japan. The political system in accord to Ritsuryō is called "Ritsuryō-sei" (). Kyaku () are amendments of Ritsuryō, Shiki () are enactments.
~11 min read
Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Main achievements
- Government and administration
- Centralization of authority
- Establishment of court rank
- Criminal code
- Handen-Shūju
- Castes
- Evolution of Ritsuryō application
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
is the historical legal system based on the philosophies of Confucianism and Chinese Legalism in Feudal Japan. The political system in accord to Ritsuryō is called "Ritsuryō-sei" (). Kyaku () are amendments of Ritsuryō, Shiki () are enactments.
Ritsuryō defines both a and an .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ritsuryō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.