Same name group - Doumyoushu

Japanese: 同名衆 - どうみょうしゅう

A group of warriors who shared the same family name and acted together in the late Muromachi period. From the late Heian period to the Kamakura period, warriors formed warrior groups centered around the head of a clan, and some clans even formed organizations called "to" (parties). However, in the Muromachi period, party ties weakened and the size of the group gradually decreased, and the word "shu" (group) began to be used to refer to the group. For example, in the Sengoku period, the Mino Three-Lord Group, the Yamaga Three-Person Group, the Kuishiki Group, the Mukawa Group, the Nasu Group, and the Miyoshi Three-Lord Group were famous groups.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

室町時代末期，同じ苗字を持ち行動をともにした武士の集団。平安時代の後期から鎌倉時代にかけて，武士は惣領を中心に武士団を形成し，中には一族が党という組織を作ることもあったが，室町時代になると党結合は弱くなり，規模もしだいに小さくなり，それとともに党にあたる語にも衆という語が用いられるようになった。たとえば戦国時代では，美濃三人衆，山家三方（やまがさんぼう）衆，九一色（くいしき）衆，武川（むかわ）衆，那須衆，三好三人衆等の衆組織が有名である。

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