Although of peasant status, such individuals held regional power, were appointed as village officials (eg. headman) at the lowest end of the ruling structure, or their children were used as common foot soldier by the Satsuma clan. |
百姓身分ではあるが、彼らは地域の有力者として支配の末端に位置する庄屋などの村役人に任ぜられたり、あるいはその子弟が足軽(薩摩藩)として用いられたりした。 |