Chapter 18 Part 1 - Since I was reborn as Saito Yoshitatsu, I'm aiming to hand over the territory to Oda Nobunaga and live longer!
1536 (Tenbun era, year 5)
TL: YuinaChapter 18: You're too capable to be a servant, aren't you, Mitsuhide?
Inabayama Castle, Mino Province
As I celebrated his my coming of age ceremony, I became close with to our vassals who were the same age as me, the so-called Kosho [1].
They will play the role of my bodyguards until they reach a certain age.
Some chores would continue to be done by Shinshichi, Sachi, Toyo, but for the rest, the things related to samurai and being a feudal lord, they were left to them.
Incidentally, the shugo Toki Yorinori-sama's eldest son, Chakunan Iboshimaru-sama is also celebrating his coming of age ceremony very soon. So, they are looking for more Kosho to add to the already existing ones, but I heard that the Kokujin-shu [2] are not very positive about it. I've rarely met him, and each time I've only seen him sitting on the seat of honor from afar, but rumor has it that he's got a wild personality.
Because there was no human resource that could be sent over from my father, Sakon no daibu, he is said to be dissatisfied with him. At present, the focus would be mainly centered on his retainers, the local lords and samurai, as well as Ibi Goro Mitsuchika, his younger brother's children. The crowd's going to be made up of a lot of yes-men.
[1] The term is derived from the word 'kosho' or 'koju' (attendant of a noble person) which from the middle ages was a post that meant serving in close proximity to a busho (Japanese military commander) and taking care of daily chores and affairs.
During the Sengoku Period (period of warring states), Kosho took charge of secretarial affairs, in particular acting as a human shield to protect their lord at the risk of losing their own lives; for this reason, Kosho had to not only be knowledgeable and have impeccable manners, but also be skilled in the military arts. As they grew up, many Kosho demonstrated brilliant performances as a close retainers to their lords. Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI and Ieyasu TOKUGAWA took sons from daimyo lords as hostages under the pretext of taking them on as kosho. (from Japanese wiki corpus)
[2] Kokujin-shu - These people, also called "kokushu," are local lords, excluding farmers and merchants. In other words, the local ruling families.
It originally meant a small-scale samurai force that lived in various regions, this appellation started to be used from the Kamakura period (1185-1333).
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