Who is Hikoshiro from Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai and what is their importance? Musui's_Story:_The_Autobiography_of_a_Tokugawa_Samurai English & Literature Hikoshiro | Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai

Hikoshiro is Musui's older half-brother. He is described as a respectable, civic-minded, virtuous man. Musui sometimes aspires to be like his brother, but he can never quite manage it. Hikoshiro works for the government, collecting taxes from peasants and settling disputes. He does not approve of Musui's laziness, thievery, and deception, and even builds a cage to imprison Musui when he is tired of his antics. Musui credits the cage building as a result of Saburoemon's lies about him. It is, however, clear Musui deserves punishment.