Hōkōshū (奉公衆) were high-ranking samurai guard-officials and close retainers (gokenin) to the Ashikaga shogun in Muromachi period Japan. The hōkōshū were...

period. Not to be confused with the Later Hōjō clan (see below). Hōkōshū (奉公衆) – During the Muromachi period, the Gokenin part of the shōgun's personal...

scratching the floor with long fingernails... 7 "Public Phone" "Kōshūdenwa"公衆電話 August 18, 2019 (2019-08-18) A door-to-door insurance saleswoman named Chie...

從曹公。」繡曰：「袁彊曹弱，又與曹為讎，從之如何？」詡曰：「此乃所以宜從也。夫曹公奉天子以令天下，其宜從一也。紹彊盛，我以少衆從之，必不以我為重。曹公衆弱，其得我必喜，其宜從二也。夫有霸王之志者，固將釋私怨，以明德於四海，其宜從三也。願將軍無疑！」繡從之，率衆歸太祖。) Sanguozhi vol....