御布令之譯. [Ofure no ke]. [Illustrated Interpretations of 70 Types of Small Civil Crimes].

Osaka.: [Manabe Busuke]. 真部武助. Meiji 9 [1876]. Black and white woodblock print on Japanese washi paper, 4 small text sheets pasted on two panels and lower margin for revisions and addendum, 38 x 68cm, This interesting kawaraban, which was published in Osaka in 1876, details over 70 types of small crimes with charming little black and white illustrations. It was published in order to explain the newly introduced civil law at the beginning of Meiji period to the Japanese public. The crimes are generally called "Ishiki Kaii Zaimoku" (Different Style Crimes). A number of the crimes depicted in the notice concern the relationships with foreigners, such as sharing accommodation with, offering lodging to foreigners without permission, or boarding a foreign boat without a boarding certificate. Some regulations are also focused on stamping out forms of behaviour which were likely to be regarded as shocking or uncivilized by foreigners - including prohibitions on running public baths with mixed bathing, punishments for the sales of erotic prints (shunga) and a prohibion (probably unenforceable) on urinating in the street. Other types of crimes relate to public safety and disturbance, such as shooting arrows on the street or playing music instruments after midnight, selling blowfish (fugu - prohibited because of the risk of poisoning) and keeping pigs in your house in built-up areas. The life of urban areas in the 1870s is captured in regulations that prohibit behaviour such as extinguishing street lights or carrying uncovered buckets of human waste outside the prescribed hours. The four articles which specify the punishments for those crimes are also noted, and they include incarceration or a penalty, as well as reporting that, there is some possibility of exemption under mitigating circumstances. Five small tipped in sheets provide information about additional regulations promulgated after the original sheet was published.

As Japan became a modern nation and introduced a new legal system, the public needed to learn the content as well as their context of small crimes and their punishments. This illustrated notice explains in detail what not to do in a newly modernised society and the consequences in case of a breach of the rules. .