I have a question for any historians who may see this:

In pre-modern Japan, specifically the turning point of the Sengoku to the Edo period (~1600 CE), how did the process of marriage work?

Doing my own research I'm getting a lot of hits about marriage customs and traditions, especially amongst the nobility, but I don't need details about ceremonies or common wedding gifts or anything like that. What I'm interested in is, was there some legal aspect of it, especially for commoners? Did they have to go somewhere to register or sign a contract or have it witnessed, or was it just a "Hey, we're married now!" agreement between two consenting adults?

Like… if two people, with no family to worry about, were lovers and already living together, and they decided to get married… were they just married, like, automatically, due to making that decision together? Could they just start calling themselves husband and wife, or did they have to do something specific to make that designation real?

I'm having some real trouble doing the research for this on my own, I'm not getting the answer I'm looking for. 

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1927-28: HISTORY NOTES AND OFUJI NOBURO

The good news is that Ofuji made a lot of good animation in these two years. The bad news is that his nation's politicians were merrily driving Japan off a cliff.

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True History

• Taira no Masakado's Rebellion occurred around the mid-10th century. Masakado declared himself the new emperor. The rebellion was short-lived, and Masakodo was killed.

Legend

• Takiyasha-hime was Masakado's daughter. After her father's defeat, she sought revenge against those who had wronged her family.
• She mastered Frog Sorcery and used her sorcery to summon spirits and undead creatures to aid her in her quest for vengeance.
• She, too, was defeated.

My World

• She now inhabits the city of Willow and Ash in Kakuriyo/Shadow World 隠り世(あの世) as a powerful spirit.

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