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| − | Japanese:郷士( | + | *''Japanese'': 郷士 ''(goushi)'' |
| − | + | ''Gôshi'' (lit. "countryside/village warrior") were [[Edo period]] [[samurai]] who remained situated in the countryside rather than residing in [[castle town]]s. This was possible only in a few parts of the archipelago, including chiefly in [[Satsuma han]], which had the highest samurai to non-samurai ratio of any [[han|domain]], and which was powerful enough to exact from the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] exceptions to policies such as that removing samurai from the land. | |
| − | == | + | ''Gôshi'' thus had more personal, direct power over the peasants of their local area, though many also worked the land themselves. |
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| + | ==Famous Gôshi== | ||
*[[Sakamoto Ryoma]] | *[[Sakamoto Ryoma]] | ||
*[[Kiyokawa Hachiro]] | *[[Kiyokawa Hachiro]] | ||
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*[[Saito Yakuro]] | *[[Saito Yakuro]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | *Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 155. | ||
[[Category:Terminology]] | [[Category:Terminology]] | ||
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Revision as of 23:16, 12 November 2013
- Japanese: 郷士 (goushi)
Gôshi (lit. "countryside/village warrior") were Edo period samurai who remained situated in the countryside rather than residing in castle towns. This was possible only in a few parts of the archipelago, including chiefly in Satsuma han, which had the highest samurai to non-samurai ratio of any domain, and which was powerful enough to exact from the Tokugawa shogunate exceptions to policies such as that removing samurai from the land.
Gôshi thus had more personal, direct power over the peasants of their local area, though many also worked the land themselves.
Famous Gôshi
References
- Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, A Brief History of Japanese Civilization, Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 155.
