Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, Hidetada Confirmed as a letter "red seal" of three people from all over the world September 14, 5:22
Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Hidetada confirmed three letters called "red seals" stating that they would recognize their interests in the organization that was in charge of police operations in Kyoto, and investigated them. According to the expert who conducted the survey, "It is very valuable to understand the relationship between this organization and the people of the world comprehensively."
In Kyoto from the Muromachi period to the Edo period, an organization called "Shizazoushiki", which consists of four houses, was in charge of police operations such as managing wax shops and guarding VIPs.
A man in Tokyo purchased about 80 documents, which are believed to have been transmitted to one of the houses, from an antique dealer, and the Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo investigated them.
According to Associate Professor Yuki Murai, who conducted the survey, three of these were judged to be the original letters issued by Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, and Hidetada Tokugawa.
A copy of each posterity is left, but it is newly found that it was a "red seal" issued by the person in the upper position to the current person.
Of these, Nobunaga's letter states that he will continue to grant the rights and tax exemptions that had been granted by the Muromachi Shogunate, and that Hideyoshi and Hidetada's will recognize the territory of the land.
Associate Professor Murai said that it can be seen that each authority recognized the ability of "Yozoshiki" and then instructed the work, "The relationship between Zoshiki and Tenkajin is comprehensively understood, and the red seal of Tenkajin. It is also very valuable to find them in good condition. "