Hokokamai refers to a kind of punishment for samurai warriors during the Edo period, which was the circular letter that was issued to vassal deserters or forfeiters of rank by feudal lords. |
奉公構(ほうこうかまい、ほうこうかまえ)は、江戸時代武士に対する刑の一つで、出奔した家臣又は改易された者に対し大名が出す回状のことをいう。 |