Kobushin shihai is a post to hire temporarily gokenin (low ranking vassal) or hatamoto (shogun's retainer) with low income and no official position as a part of relief measures and manage them when carrying out kobushin.
-小普請をする際に収入が少なく役職の無い御家人や旗本を救済する意味も兼ねて臨時雇用しその采配をする役職。