The ', usually translated as "Great Watch," was a contingent of troops dedicated to protecting the
Home Provinces (畿内, ''kinai'') and safeguarding the
Throne
A throne is the seat of state of a potentate or dignitary, especially the seat occupied by a sovereign (or viceroy
A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory ...
. The Watch existed in one form or another across Japanese feudal history, serving under the
Ashikaga shogunate as well as the
Tokugawa.
References
*Sansom, George (1961). ''A History of Japan: 1334-1615.'' Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
Japanese warriors
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