御ご家け人にん

noun

immediate vassal of the shogun (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)

A direct retainer of the shogun during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, holding a relatively high status among warriors.

• 鎌かま倉くら時じ代だい、御ご家け人にんは将しょう軍ぐんに直ちょく接せつ仕つかえる武ぶ士しだった。

  In the Kamakura period, gokenin were warriors who served the shogun directly.

noun

low-ranking vassal of the shogun (Edo period)

During the Edo period, the term referred to lower-ranking direct retainers of the shogun, distinct from higher-ranking hatamoto.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの御ご家け人にんは、旗はた本もとより下したの身み分ぶんだった。

  In the Edo period, gokenin were of lower rank than hatamoto.