Ashigaru Town - Ashigaru Town

…The residences of the senior vassals were located closest to the lord's mansion, and the tenement houses of foot soldiers and others were located at the furthest end. Just because a samurai town was a samurai town did not necessarily mean it was located within the castle grounds, and foot soldiers and others were often located outside the castle grounds. Also, while the towns where foot soldiers and others lived were given names, the residences of the senior vassals sometimes did not have names, and the roads there were simply named after small streets. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ashigaru Town" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…領主の館に近いところに重臣層の屋敷が置かれ，いちばん遠くに足軽などの長屋が置かれていた。武家町だからといって必ずしも郭内に入っているわけではなく，足軽町などは郭外に置かれることが多かった。また足軽などの居住する町には町名もついたが，重臣層の屋敷地などは町名をつけず，道路に小路名がついているだけの場合がある。…

※「足軽町」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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