TheGoseibai Shikimoku (御成敗式目) or theFormulary of Adjudications was the legal code of theKamakura shogunate inJapan, promulgated by thirdshikkenHōjō Yasutoki on 27 August 1232.[1] It is also calledJōei Shikimoku (貞永式目) after theera name.
Before enacting the Goseibai Shikimoku, the Kamakura shogunate conducted trials without formal laws. After theJōkyū War, an increasing number of land disputes between itsvassals, aristocrats and peasants made fair trials indispensable. Thereafter Hōjō Yasutoki compiled the outline with 51 article headings and 13 Hyojoshu (councilors) completed it.
Supplementary articles to the Goseibai Shikimoku, called Tsuika (追加), were issued afterward. TheMuromachi shogunate also adopted the Goseibai Shikimoku as the basic law. The Goseibai Shikimoku was largely repealed during theEdo period, though parts of it stayed in used until 1868, but was widely used as a textbook for writing intemple schools.[2]
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