Foot Warrior Samurai

…A rank of samurai in the Edo period, and the rank of the samurai. The foot soldiers, also called foot soldiers and samurai, were light-ranking samurai who were not allowed to ride horses and were found in the households of shoguns, feudal lords, and high-ranking samurai. They were treated as samurai along with samurai who were allowed to ride horses, and were distinguished from low-ranking ashigaru (foot soldiers) and chugen (middle-ranking soldiers). …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…江戸時代の武士の一身分，また武家の職制。武士身分としての徒士は，徒士侍とも称され，将軍･大名，大身の武士の家中にみられる，騎乗を許されない徒歩の軽格の武士をいう。騎乗を許された侍とともに士分として扱われ，足軽･中間（ちゆうげん）の軽輩とは区別されていた。…

※「徒士侍」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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