These rules were called 'Muraokite (village rules)', 'Murasadame (village statute)', 'Murakisoku (village regulations)', and almost all villages had a written set rules, as far as they had Satoyama as their common land.
これらの規則は「村掟」「村定」「村規則」などと呼ばれ、里山を入会地として持つ村であればほぼ確実にこの種の規則を文書として備えていた。