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*''Japanese'': 御家人 ''(gokenin)''
''Gokenin'', or "housemen," were in the [[Kamakura period|Kamakura]] and [[Muromachi period]]s direct retainers to the [[shogun]]; they held a somewhat lower station in the [[Edo period]], below the ''[[hatamoto]]'' ("bannermen") who filled that role of being the direct retainers to the shogun.
It is believed there were roughly 20,000 ''gokenin'' in Edo period Japan. They held low-level government posts within the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], enjoyed smaller stipends than ''hatamoto'', and were not entitled to audiences with the shogun.
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==References==
*Craig, Teruko (trans.). ''Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai''. University of Arizona Press, 1988. p.xii.
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''Gokenin'', or "housemen," were in the [[Kamakura period|Kamakura]] and [[Muromachi period]]s direct retainers to the [[shogun]]; they held a somewhat lower station in the [[Edo period]], below the ''[[hatamoto]]'' ("bannermen") who filled that role of being the direct retainers to the shogun.
It is believed there were roughly 20,000 ''gokenin'' in Edo period Japan. They held low-level government posts within the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], enjoyed smaller stipends than ''hatamoto'', and were not entitled to audiences with the shogun.
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==References==
*Craig, Teruko (trans.). ''Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai''. University of Arizona Press, 1988. p.xii.
[[Category:Ranks and Titles]]
[[Category:Kamakura Period]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]