Horseback riding page - Kibakosho

…Many of the feudal lords of the Warring States period and the Oda and Toyotomi clans organized them into jobs, and in some cases they were organized into groups of pages and groups of pages. In some cases, they were divided into Oku-kosho, who were involved in odd jobs in the inner palace, Kaike-kosho (page groups), who accompanied their lord on horseback when he went out, and On-foot-kosho (middle-aged pages), who accompanied him on foot. In addition, young pages who served close to the lord before coming of age were called Ko (ko) kosho.…

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…戦国大名諸氏や織田･豊臣家などでは多く職制化されており，小姓組，小姓衆として番体制がとられている例もある。奥むきの雑用にたずさわる奥小姓，主君外出の際に騎馬で随従する騎馬小姓(小姓組)，徒歩で随従する歩行小姓(中小姓)などと区別される場合もあった。また元服以前に近侍する若年の小姓を小(子)小姓といった。…

※「騎馬小姓」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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