Edict to Open National Ports
((it would be great if someone found a Japanese translation for that))
I. The number of ports allowed to trade with the Nanban foreigners will be extended from the single port of Dejima in Nagasaki to one major port for each region of Nippon. Trade in these ports will fall under the surveillance of the local Daimyos or their appointed administrators.
II. Trade in these newly opened ports will be allowed only to the Nanban who accept to pay the customary gift to either the Shogun, the local Roju or the local Daimyo. Gifts must have the form of Nanban weaponry and the knowledge of how to use them. Nanban traders who attempt to trade in these ports without presenting an appropriate gift will be forcefully expelled.
IIa. Only the Daimyos, the Shogun and their authorized enforcers and Samurai are allowed to claim Nanban weaponry as their own. All peasants found in possession of unauthorized Nanban weaponry will be put to death. All Nanban traders are prohibited from selling these weapons to anyone but the Daimyos, the Shogunate and their authorized enforcers, under pain of death. All Samurai found in possession of Nanban weaponry that wasn't given to them by their lords will be dishonored and shall have their weapons seized from them.
III. The ports opened to trade with the Nanban, in addition to the already established Dejima port in Nagasaki, are the following: Kagoshima, in the Kyushu region; Kochi, in the Shikoku region; Matsue, in the Chugoku region; Wakayama, in the Kansai region; Toyama, in the Chubu region; Edo, in the Kanto region; Sendai, in the Tohoku region.
IV. All other restrictions to the presence of Nanban within the sacred borders of Nippon remain in place. Westerners may not leave the open ports without a special authorization, and all attempts to sneak inside the country or communicate with the peasantry of the interior will be followed by harsh punishment ranging from the seizing of the Nanban's property to summary execution. Violation of Japanese law within the open ports by the Nanban will lead to similar consequences.
V. Up to three Nanban will also be allowed to serve the Daimyos as advisers and servants, should the honorable Daimyos desire so. A Nanban under the service of a Daimyo will be allowed to move and speak freely as much as his master allow him to do, but it is generally advised to limit contact between the peasantry and the Nanban.