在ざい国こく衆しゅう

noun

feudal lord who stayed in his domain; lord who did not travel to the capital

Historical term from the Muromachi period referring to a feudal lord who remained in his own territory instead of going to Kyoto to serve the shogun.

• 在ざい国こく衆しゅうは、京きょう都とに出しゅっ仕しせずに自じ領りょうにとどまった。

  The zaikokushū stayed in their own domains without attending the shogun in Kyoto.

• 室むろ町まち時じ代だいの在ざい国こく衆しゅうは、幕ばく府ふとの関かん係けいが希き薄はくになりがちだった。

  During the Muromachi period, zaikokushū tended to have weak ties with the shogunate.