旗本

はたもと

Meanings

1. Noun headquarters (on the battlefield)
2. direct retainer of a shogun (Edo period); shogunal vassal; hatamoto

Kanji

• 旗 flag. Read as はた.
• 本 origin. Read as もと.

Words containing 旗本

• 旗本奴 (はたもとやっこ) hatamoto-yakko
• 旗本八万騎 (はたもとはちまんき) the Tokugawa shogunate's eighty thousand guards (comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals)

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