The Tokugawa shogunate took a thorough political stabilization policy, and established a complete law-abiding system controlling feudal lords (daimyo) and the imperial court by enacting Laws Governing Military Households (Buke Shohatto) and Laws Governing the Imperial Households and Court Nobles (Kinchu narabini Kuge Shohatto).
徳川幕府は徹底的な政局安定策をとり、武家諸法度の制定や禁中並公家諸法度など諸大名や朝廷に対し、徹底した法治体制を敷いた。