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*''Japanese'': 先手旗本 ''(sakite hatamoto)''
''Sakite hatamoto'', or "messenger bannermen," were ''[[hatamoto]]'' who served as messengers and go-betweens in communicating between a given ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' and the [[Tokguawa shogunate]].
Each ''daimyô'' was served by a group of dedicated ''sakite hatamoto'' who handled a great proportion of the communications and negotiations between that ''daimyô'' and the shogunate.
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==References==
*[[Luke Roberts|Roberts, Luke]]. ''Performing the Great Peace: Political Space and Open Secrets in Tokugawa Japan''. University of Hawaii Press, 2012. p81.
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