町まち触ふれ

noun

town order (Edo period); official proclamation affecting a whole town

Historical term for an order issued by a shogun or daimyo and disseminated by town officials during the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、町まち触ふれによって町ちょう人にんに法ほう令れいが伝つたえられた。

  During the Edo period, laws were communicated to townspeople through town orders.

• この町まち触ふれは、火か事じの予よ防ぼうについて細こまかく定さだめている。

  This town order lays out detailed fire prevention rules.