Furthermore, there was the word 'bankoku no koho' (same as bankoku koho) on Gobo no keiji (five edict boards) (the fourth board), and the government announced that the Imperial Court would handle foreign diplomacy and told common people not to do something impolite to foreigners.
さらに民衆向けに掲げられた五榜の掲示（第4札）にも「万国の公法」という字句が登場し、外交は朝廷が担い、条約を遵守するので、庶民は外国人に不法なことをしないようにと命じている。