Kokushi (国司, also read Kuni no tsukasa) were provincial officials in Classical Japan. They were nobles sent from the central government in Kyoto to oversee...

numerous ways depending on the government agency; in the case of the Kokushi (国司, "Governor's Office"), the kanji is 守 which means "protector". The knife first...

Masakado. He was wanted for tyranny by Fujiwara no Korechika, an Kokushi (国司, imperial court official) who oversaw the province of Hitachi province, and...

The court ranks of Japan, also known in Japanese as ikai (位階), are indications of an individual's court rank in Japan based on the system of the state...

Masakado. He was wanted for tyranny by Fujiwara no Korechika, an Kokushi (国司, imperial court official) who oversaw the province of Hitachi, and Fujiwara...

bureaucrats in the Yamato Court, and Yakamochi served as a provincial governor (国司, kokushi) in several provinces. He was the nephew of Ōtomo no Sakanoue no...

established local corvée at a provincial level by orders of the kokushi (国司), a corvée at the Capital (although the corvée at the capital could be replaced...

Kunishi Motosuke (国司 元相, 1492 – February 11, 1592) was a Japanese samurai of the 16th century, who served the Mōri clan. The son of Kunishi Arisuke, Motosuke...

"Kokushi 1334" (国司1334) "Wanting to Die 1334" (死にたがり1334, Shinitagari 1334) "Nasty Drunk 1334" (悪酔い1334, Waruyoi 1334) "General 1334" (将1334, Shō 1334)...

shoki-shōen who usually had been assigned by the central government as a kokushi (国司, a head or officer of kuni) appointed a local chief of the peasants to be...

and the central government appointed administrative governors, kokushi (国司), divided into four levels (the Shitōkan), kami, suke, jo and sakan to each...

1507–1593), fought in nearly all of Motonari's battles. Kunishi Motosuke (国司元相, 1492–1592), fought with distinction at the Siege of Koriyama. Later, he...

samurai Kiyohara no Motosuke (清原 元輔) (908–990), Japanese poet Kunishi Motosuke (国司 元相) (1492–1592), Japanese samurai Motosuke Takahashi (高橋 資祐) (1941–2007),...

Kunishi Shinano (国司 信濃, July 22, 1842 – December 9, 1864) was a Japanese samurai in the service of the daimyō Mōri Takachika of Chōshū as a senior retainer...

provinces called kuni (国), which were administered by governors kokushi (国司) appointed by the Daijō-kan. The provinces were then further divided into...

1635, Satsuma Domain ordered Ryūkyū's rulers to use the title of kokushi (国司, lit. "provincial governor") instead of "king". After that, the Ryukyuan ruler...

the Realm, an official or honorary title given to Buddhist masters in Japan 国司 - Kokushi (official), in the government of Classical Japan 国師 - Kokushi (regent)...

Abukuma and Azuma Mountain Ranges. From the bottom of the valley, Kokushisawa (国司沢) seems to stand at a nearly perfect right angle. There are ladders to reach...

kugen), 30.0–338 cm (11.8–133.1 in) Official Request from Sanuki Province (讃岐国司解, sanuki no kokushinoge), 30.3–266 cm (11.9–104.7 in) Request from the Ōtomo...

Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 105. OCLC 5850691. 国司 [Provincial officials] (in Japanese). Kotobank. Archived from the original...