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    Masakado. He was wanted for tyranny by Fujiwara no Korechika, an Kokushi (国司, imperial court official) who oversaw the province of Hitachi province, and...
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    Kokushi (国司, also read Kuni no tsukasa) were provincial officials in Classical Japan. They were nobles sent from the central government in Kyoto to oversee...
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    Kunishi Motosuke (国司 元相, 1492 – February 11, 1592) was a Japanese samurai of the 16th century, who served the Mōri clan. The son of Kunishi Arisuke, Motosuke...
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    numerous ways depending on the government agency; in the case of the Kokushi (国司, "Governor's Office"), the kanji is 守 which means "protector". The knife first...
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  • The court ranks of Japan, also known in Japanese as ikai (位階), are indications of an individual's court rank in Japan based on the system of the state...
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    Masakado. He was wanted for tyranny by Fujiwara no Korechika, an Kokushi (国司, imperial court official) who oversaw the province of Hitachi, and Fujiwara...
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    bureaucrats in the Yamato Court, and Yakamochi served as a provincial governor (国司, kokushi) in several provinces. He was the nephew of Ōtomo no Sakanoue no...
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    established local corvée at a provincial level by orders of the kokushi (国司), a corvée at the Capital (although the corvée at the capital could be replaced...
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    1507–1593), fought in nearly all of Motonari's battles. Kunishi Motosuke (国司元相, 1492–1592), fought with distinction at the Siege of Koriyama. Later, he...
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    shoki-shōen who usually had been assigned by the central government as a kokushi (国司, a head or officer of kuni) appointed a local chief of the peasants to be...
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