Edo-period justice
Penalties and punishments
CHAPTER 3 Civil authority and policing
The highest ranks
The sh
Machi-bugy
Yoriki
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Criminal investigations
Hitsuke t
Komono
Goy
Okappiki
Yomawari
Guard houses and police stations
Patrolling the countryside
Feudal police in popular entertainment
CHAPTER 4 Arrests and arresting implements
Kusurigama
Manriki-kusari
Jutte
Parts of the jutte
Symbols of official authority
Tassel and cord colors
Terms for jutte
Origins of the jutte
Hachiwari
Sai
Chinese influences
Hana-neji
Jittetri-ryu
Jutte after the feudal era
Hibuki
Tessen
Yawara-b
Metsubushi
Hojo-jutsu (restraining arts)
Torinawa (arresting ropes)
CHAPTER 5 Long arms of the law
Yori-b
J
Hanb
Torimono sand
Sodegarami (sleeve entangler)
Sasumata (spear fork)
Tsukub
Modern police pole-arms
CHAPTER 6 Arts and practice of taiho-jutsu
Wearing a jutte
Gripping the jutte
Kamae (stance)
CHAPTER 7 Defensive techniques
Parrying techniques
CHAPTER 8 Offensive techniques
Striking techniques
Throwing techniques
CHAPTER 9 Arrest and restraining techniques
Control techniques
Disarming techniques
Strangulation techniques
Preface
After publication of my first book, Secret Weapons of Jujutsu, I discovered that my readers shared a wide variety of interests in Japanese culture and history. I received numerous questions, comments, and even additional tidbits of information from hundreds of martial arts practitioners, historical re-enactors, chambara fans, and Japanese sword and armor collectors. Many are genuinely interested in learning about and preserving historical traditions from the Edo period. During our discussions and correspondence, though, I was surprised by how many also seem to share a somewhat distorted view of the people and lifestyles of this era. The samurai is often viewed as a chivalrous knight-errant, strictly adhering to a well-defined code of conduct. If considered much at all, commoners are often viewed as subservient, meekly deferring in their submissiveness to the samurai elite.
I decided to begin a new book, this time focusing on Edo-period arresting arts and implements and including new information gleaned from my ongoing investigations. I also wanted to discuss many of the social and political influences that impacted all classes of the Japanese feudal society.
About this time, I obtained a copy of the out-of-print book Jutte Torinawa