Kagariyaban - Kagariyaban

...The burden of the Obanyaku varied depending on the era and the size of the estate, but in the middle period, the rule was that one officer was assigned to 12 units, with one officer working for six months. The official burden of the Gokenin was mainly in the form of guard duties, and there were other guard duties such as the Kamakura Obanyaku (12 units, January shift), which was mainly performed by Gokenin from the eastern provinces, the Foreign Guard Service (4 units, March shift), which was newly established for Kyushu samurai after the Mongol invasion, and the Nagato Guard Service, which was mainly performed by Gokenin from the Chugoku region. In addition, certain Gokenin who had territories in the western provinces lived in Kyoto as residents, and served as kagariya guards and tairotonoi guards under the command of the Rokuhara Tandai. Furthermore, certain vassals with distinguished ties from the eastern provinces generally resided in Kamakura, and belonged to the Kosamurai-dokoro, where they served as night watchmen (Kosamurai-ban, Koban, number 6, working one night a day), and held various guard posts within the palace, such as attendant guard, Shinji-ban, eaves guard, and lattice guard.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…この大番役の負担は時代と所領規模によって異なるが，中期には12番編成，1番6ヵ月勤務が原則であった。御家人の公的負担は主として警固番役の形式をとり，番役としては，ほかに，東国御家人がおもに勤めた鎌倉大番役(12番編成，1月勤番)，蒙古襲来を機に新設された九州の武士の異国警固番役(4番編成，3月勤番)，中国地方の御家人が主となった長門警固番役などがあり，また西国に所領をもつ特定の御家人は在京人として京都に常住し，六波羅探題の指揮下で篝屋（かがりや）番や大楼宿直（たいろうとのい）番などを勤めた。また東国の由緒ある特定の御家人は原則として鎌倉に常住し，小侍所に属して宿直番(小侍番･小番，6番･1日1夜勤務)を勤め，近習番，申次番，廂（ひさし）番，格子上下番などの御所内諸番役に当たった。…

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