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| − | ''Yoriki'' were [[samurai]] officials in the service of a magistrate (''[[bugyo|bugyô]]'') and ranking above the ''[[doshin|dôshin]]''. | + | ''Yoriki'' were [[samurai]] officials in the service of a magistrate (''[[bugyo|bugyô]]'') and ranking above the ''[[doshin|dôshin]]''. About fifty ''yoriki'' were active in [[Edo]], and answered to the Edo City Magistrates (''Edo [[machi bugyo|machi bugyô]]'').<ref>Katô Takashi, "Governing Edo," in James McClain (ed.), ''Edo & Paris'', Cornell University Press (1994), 51.</ref> |
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- Japanese: 与力 (yoriki)
Yoriki were samurai officials in the service of a magistrate (bugyô) and ranking above the dôshin. About fifty yoriki were active in Edo, and answered to the Edo City Magistrates (Edo machi bugyô).[1]
References
- Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a Brushwood Fire, University of Tokyo Press (1979), 324.
- ↑ Katô Takashi, "Governing Edo," in James McClain (ed.), Edo & Paris, Cornell University Press (1994), 51.
