abstract
| - Koseki was the Rokugani term of a household register, a list of all its members. A wife was erased from her family's register and added to that of her husband.
- A typical koseki has one page for the household's parents and their first two children: additional children are recorded on additional pages. Any changes to this information have to be sealed by an official registrar. The following items are recorded in the koseki. (Law of Family Register, (戸籍法), article 13.)
* family name and given name
* date of birth
* date of records and causes (marriage, death, adoption, etc.)
* names of the father and the mother and the relation to them
* if adopted, names of the adoptive father and mother
* if married, whether the person is a husband or a wife
* if transferred from another koseki, the former koseki
* registered residence honseki chi
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