Iga police officers

...In 1582 (Tensho 10), Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been in Kyoto and was in Sakai, Senshu at the time, encountered the Honnoji Incident and was returning to his domain of Mikawa in a hurry to avoid the disaster. On the way back, he was summoned to Iga Pass for his service as a guard. Those who accompanied him to Ise-ji were appointed as direct retainers, and 200 people who accompanied him to Kabutogoe (Iga Pass) and returned home halfway were entrusted to Hattori Hanzo Masanari and called Iga Doshin. Later, they became Doshin of the Iga group, one of the four hundred-man groups, and the various units of the vanguard. In addition to them, there were also those who were summoned from Owari, and these were said to have been mainly assigned as spies in the camp. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Iga Doshin" is listed below.

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…1582年(天正10)，当時上洛して泉州堺にあった徳川家康が本能寺の変に遭遇し，急きょ難をさけて領国三河に帰還する途中，その〈伊賀越〉に身辺警護の功があって召し出されたという由緒をもつ。このときに伊勢路まで供奉した者は直参に取り立てられ，鹿伏兎越（かぶとごえ）(伊賀越)まで供奉して途中から帰国した者200人は服部半蔵正成に預けられて伊賀同心と称し，のち百人組4組のうちの伊賀組や先手（さきて）の諸隊の同心となった。また彼らとは別に尾張で召し出された者があり，これらはもっぱら陣中で間諜に任じたという。…

※「伊賀同心」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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