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*''Japanese'': 旗本 ''(hatamoto)''
Hatamoto, lit. "bannermen," were a class of roughly six thousand middle-ranking samurai of the [[Edo period]] who, instead of serving a ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' or being ''daimyô'' themselves, were direct retainers of the [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogun]].
They held small territories in fief, enjoyed stipends of anywhere from 100 to nearly 10,000 ''[[koku]]'', and held various middle- or upper-middle-level government posts. Some had their own retainers in turn.
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==References==
*Craig, Teruko (trans.). ''Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai''. University of Arizona Press, 1988. p.xii.
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Hatamoto, lit. "bannermen," were a class of roughly six thousand middle-ranking samurai of the [[Edo period]] who, instead of serving a ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' or being ''daimyô'' themselves, were direct retainers of the [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shogun]].
They held small territories in fief, enjoyed stipends of anywhere from 100 to nearly 10,000 ''[[koku]]'', and held various middle- or upper-middle-level government posts. Some had their own retainers in turn.
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==References==
*Craig, Teruko (trans.). ''Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai''. University of Arizona Press, 1988. p.xii.
[[Category:Ranks and Titles]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]