Koshō
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A koshō (小姓) was a type of samurai position, serving at the side of a military commander and handling various miscellaneous duties. The term originates from the homophone "扈従" (meaning a person who accompanies a noble), and can also be written as "小性".
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- Medieval Koshō
- Koshō in the Oda Administration
- Koshō in the Edo Period
- Tokugawa Shogunate Koshō
- Domainal Koshō
- Notable Former Koshō
- Notes
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A koshō (小姓) was a type of samurai position, serving at the side of a military commander and handling various miscellaneous duties. The term originates from the homophone "扈従" (meaning a person who accompanies a noble), and can also be written as "小性".
== Medieval Koshō == The term "koshō" appears in the Muromachi period, with the term "小姓衆" (koshō-shū) seen among the close attendants of the Shogun of the Muromachi shogunate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Koshō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.