Some gokenin who had assumed yakukata (an administrative post or a clerical post) such as a governmental accountant or a post at O-oku (the inner halls of Edo-jo Castle where the wife of the Shogun and her servants resided) or their soryo were promoted to Kojunin thanks to a distribution of rewards according to their merits. 官庁会計・大奥をはじめとする役方(行政職・事務職)の役職に就任していた御家人(あるいはその惣領)が論功として小十人になることがあった。 |