組くみ屋や敷しき

noun

residence for low-ranking samurai police (Edo period)

Historical term for a residence area assigned to low-class samurai serving in Edo-period police forces, such as 与力 or 同心.

See also: 与力 · 同心

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、組くみ屋や敷しきには与よ力りきや同どう心しんが住すんでいた。

  In the Edo period, yoriki and dōshin lived in the kumiyashiki.