− | ''Dôshin'' were patrolmen who served under ''[[yoriki]]'' (constables), and answered to the Edo City Magistrates (''[[machi bugyo|Edo machi bugyô]]''). There were typically around two hundred ''doshin'' active in [[Edo]].<ref>Katô Takashi, "Governing Edo," in James McClain (ed.), ''Edo & Paris'', Cornell University Press (1994), 51.</ref> | + | ''Dôshin'' were patrolmen who served under ''[[yoriki]]'' (constables), and answered to the Edo City Magistrates (''[[machi bugyo|Edo machi bugyô]]''). There were typically around two hundred ''doshin'' active in [[Edo]], and most held their positions in a hereditary manner.<ref>Katô Takashi, "Governing Edo," in James McClain (ed.), ''Edo & Paris'', Cornell University Press (1994), 51.</ref> |