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*''Japanese'': 同心 ''(doushin)''
 
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''Dôshin'' were minor officials who served under ''[[bugyo|bugyô]]'' (magistrates). They ranked below the ''[[yoriki]]''. 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>
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''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>
    
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