National people - Kunishu

Japanese: 国衆 - くにしゅう

〘 noun 〙 (also "kunishu")① People of a province. Residents of a provincial government territory. Kokunin.② In the Middle Ages, among the retainers of a shugo daimyo, local warriors of that territory. ※Kitano Shake Nikki - September 14, 1493 (Meiō 2) "When Furuichi entered _Yamashiro _Province , a great battle _ensued . _Two hundred kokushu _were _killed ."③ Another name for a kuni-mochi daimyo _in the Edo period.④ A term used in Edo and other places to refer to local samurai. ※Sharakuhon Tatsumi no Sono (1770) "They appeared to be kokushu, wearing flower-coloured kosode with light yellow linings and yellowed underwear that had been washed and peeled off."⑤ People from the same hometown. Also a term used to refer to people from their hometown in a city. Country people. [Nippo Jisho (1603-04)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「くにしゅ」とも)① 国の民。国衙領の住人。国人(こくにん)。② 中世、守護大名の家来のうちで、その領分の土着の武士。※北野社家日記‐明応二年（1493）九月一四日「於_二山城国_一古市令_二入国_一、大合戦在_レ之。国衆弐百人計被_レ討由在_レ之」③ 江戸時代、国持大名の別称。④ 江戸などで、地方の侍をいう語。※洒落本・辰巳之園（1770）「御国衆とみへて、花色小袖に、浅黄裏を付、洗ひはげたる、黄むくの下着」⑤ 郷里を同じくする人々。また、都会にあって郷里の人をいう語。田舎の人。〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕

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