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*''Japanese'': 八王子千人同心 ''(Hachiouji sennin doushin)''
The Hachiôji One-Thousand ''[[Doshin|Dôshin]]'' were a special detachment of guards based at [[Hachioji castle|Hachiôji]] and assigned to defend the border of [[Musashi province]] with [[Kai province]].
Named "one thousand" as a result of having numbered roughly that many during the [[battle of Sekigahara]], the group was maintained down into the [[Edo period]]. They stand apart from many similar guardsmen detachments in that the Hachiôji guards were of farmer/peasant lineage, and yet acted as [[samurai]], too, in their role as guardsmen.
The house of the detachment's leader has been maintained and restored, and can be visited at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, in Koganei Park, in western Tokyo.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, Koganei Park.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
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The Hachiôji One-Thousand ''[[Doshin|Dôshin]]'' were a special detachment of guards based at [[Hachioji castle|Hachiôji]] and assigned to defend the border of [[Musashi province]] with [[Kai province]].
Named "one thousand" as a result of having numbered roughly that many during the [[battle of Sekigahara]], the group was maintained down into the [[Edo period]]. They stand apart from many similar guardsmen detachments in that the Hachiôji guards were of farmer/peasant lineage, and yet acted as [[samurai]], too, in their role as guardsmen.
The house of the detachment's leader has been maintained and restored, and can be visited at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, in Koganei Park, in western Tokyo.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, Koganei Park.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Groups]]