倹けん約やく令れい

noun

sumptuary edict; thrift ordinance; laws regulating expenditures

Historical term referring to official decrees that restricted luxury and enforced frugality, especially in Edo-period Japan.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、幕ばく府ふがたびたび倹けん約やく令れいを出だして、庶しょ民みんの贅ぜい沢たくを禁きんじた。

  During the Edo period, the shogunate frequently issued sumptuary edicts to prohibit extravagance among commoners.