It is particularly easy to confuse goshi with individuals in this third category: upper-rung peasants and wealthy merchants, dressed the same as samurai, permitted to adopt a surname and wore a pair of swords. |
特に混同しがちなのは3点目の上層農民や豪商などで苗字帯刀御免など武士並の格式をもつ者であろう。 |