Kashiwagi Sanbo

...The Domyonchu were a fighting group, with magistrates and annual ceremonies, their own rules, and organized the peasants into wakato (young party) groups, governing a certain territory. The three Domyonchu, Yamanaka, Tomo, and Minobe, united to form Kashiwagi Sanpo, and further formed the Koga-gun Chuso by various clans and Domyonchu in Koga-gun. The Domyonchu, Sanpo, and Gunchuso mediated the adjustment of mutual interests and arbitrated disputes, governing Koga-gun. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kashiwagi Mikata" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…同名中は戦闘集団であり，奉行，年行事をもち，独自の掟を作り，百姓を若党に組織し，一定領域を支配した。山中と伴と美濃部の3同名中が連合して柏木三方を作り，さらに甲賀郡内の諸氏･同名中による甲賀郡中惣を形成した。同名中，三方，郡中惣は相互利害の調整や紛争の裁定を行い，甲賀郡を支配した。…

※「柏木三方」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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