Umamawarishu - Umamawarishu

…A system of direct retainers, equivalent to the hatamoto of early modern times, was created on the periphery of the Kinju in the narrow sense, and they formed the Shogun's direct command army (banshu). These Kinju and Banshu were distinguished from ordinary Gokenin and called "Tosan no Gokenin," and their wartime role was the "Umamawarishu." The Kinju and Banshu were directly connected to the Shogun, and their relationship was extremely close, forming the military, political, and economic basis of the Shogun's power. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…狭義の近習の外辺に近世の旗本にあたる直勤御家人の体制が生み出され，将軍直轄軍を構成した(番衆)。これら近習･番衆は，一般御家人と区別されて〈当参の御家人〉と呼ばれ，その戦時の姿がすなわち〈馬廻衆〉である。近習･番衆は将軍と直接的に結合しその関係はきわめて親密で，将軍権力の軍事的･政治的･経済的な基礎をなした。…

※「馬廻衆」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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