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Hatamoto

A hatamoto (旗本; "Guardian of the banner") was a high ranking samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. While all three of the shogunates in Japanese history had official retainers, in the two preceding ones, they were referred to as gokenin. However, in the Edo period, hatamoto were the upper vassals of the Tokugawa house…

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Famous hatamoto

Hatamoto and the martial arts

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Hatamoto

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related to history · 31
Hatamoto → Akamatsu, Also, Asano Daigaku, Asano Naganori, Ashikaga, Besshō, Governors, Hatakeyama, However, Hōjō, Imagawa, In, Kamakura, Kanamori, Many, Mikawa, Mogami, Muromachi, Nagai, Oda
related to References · 29
Hatamoto → Bolitho, Cambridge, Charismatic Bureaucrat, Chicago, Chicago Press, Edo, Harold, Harvard University Press, Herman, ISBN, Japan Encyclopedia, Kashiwa-shobō, Kyōichi, Käthe Roth, Kōdansha, Louis Frédéric, Matsudaira Sadanobu, New Haven, OCLC, Ooms
related to In popular culture · 20
Hatamoto → Age, Edo, Empires, Empires III, Empires IV, Fūunjitachi Bakumatsu-hen, Hatchōbori, Hidamari, In, Lord Toranaga, Osamu Tezuka's, Pilot John Blackthorne, Recent, Samurai Bannermen, Shichinin, Shōgun, The, The Asian Dynasties, TV, William Adams
related to Famous hatamoto · 12
Hatamoto → Enomoto Takeaki, Famous, Hijikata Toshizō, Jan Joosten, Jidayu Koizumi, Katsu Kaishū, Lodensteijn, Nagai Naoyuki, Nakahama Manjirō, Tadasuke, Tōyama Kagemoto, Westerners William Adams
related to Ranks and roles · 10
Hatamoto → All, Another, At, Edo, However, In, Japan, The, Throughout, Tokugawa
related to Hatamoto and the martial arts · 5
Hatamoto → Edo, Munenori's, Two, Yagyū Munenori, Yamaoka Tesshū

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tokugawa edo two gokenin income koku samurai japan retainers 000 term direct isbn men however period house lords shogunate shogun

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Hatamotorelated to Famous hatamotoFamous0.60section
Hatamotorelated to Famous hatamotoJidayu Koizumi0.60section
Hatamotorelated to Famous hatamotoNakahama Manjirō0.60section
Hatamotorelated to Famous hatamotoTadasuke0.60section
Hatamotorelated to Famous hatamotoTōyama Kagemoto0.60section
Hatamotorelated to Famous hatamotoKatsu Kaishū0.60section
Hatamotorelated to Famous hatamotoEnomoto Takeaki0.60section
Hatamotorelated to Famous hatamotoHijikata Toshizō0.60section
Hatamotorelated to Famous hatamotoNagai Naoyuki0.60section
Hatamotorelated to Famous hatamotoWesterners William Adams0.60section
Hatamotorelated to Famous hatamotoJan Joosten0.60section
Hatamotorelated to Famous hatamotoLodensteijn0.60section

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