渡と航こう免めん状じょう

noun

passport (historical)

Historical term for a travel permit or passport, used especially in the Edo period and early modern Japan. Not used for modern passports.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、海かい外がいへ渡と航こうするには渡と航こう免めん状じょうが必ひつ要ようだった。

  In the Edo period, a travel permit was required to go abroad.