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There was [243] also a particular class of soldier-farmers, called goshi, some of whom possessed privileges and powers exceeding those of the lesser daimyo.
Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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Opening Song - "Senaka goshi ni Sentimental" by Miyasato Kumi
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Kakar, 1979, p. 209, notes three kinds of tolls applied to Khaibar Pass traffic alone, goshi, rawanagi, and badraqagi.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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We then went into mental tai sabaki, and eventually I mentally threw him with a one-point harai goshi.
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These goshi, who were independent landowners, for the most part, formed a kind of yeomanry; but there were many points of difference between the social position of the goshi and that of the English yeomen.
Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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One very warm afternoon he was sitting under this tree with two of his friends, fellow-goshi, chatting and drinking wine, when he felt all of a sudden very drowsy, -- so drowsy that he begged his friends to excuse him for taking a nap in their presence.
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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In the district called Toichi of Yamato Province, (1) there used to live a goshi named Miyata Akinosuke ...
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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[Here I must tell you that in Japanese feudal times there was a privileged class of soldier-farmers, -- free-holders, -- corresponding to the class of yeomen in England; and these were called goshi.]
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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Oatsurae Jirokichi goshi [1931] Japanese Silent Movie 1/6
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Oatsurae Jirokichi goshi [1931] Japanese Silent Movie 1/6
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