Terauke shomon was a certificate issued by Buddhist temples to danka (supporter of a Buddhist temple) in order to prove that they were actually the danka of the relevant temple under the Terauke seido (the system in which the public should be registered in any one of the designated temples to prove their Buddhist faith) in Edo period. |
寺請証文(てらうけしょうもん)は、江戸時代の寺請制度において、寺院が檀家に対して自己の檀家であることを証明するために発行した文書のこと。 |