According to [[Otori Keisuke|Otori Keisuke's]] memoir, the leaders of each small unit were Hatamoto's sons but the general soldiers were farmers or merchants sons and there were plenty of gang men in the Denshutai. | According to [[Otori Keisuke|Otori Keisuke's]] memoir, the leaders of each small unit were Hatamoto's sons but the general soldiers were farmers or merchants sons and there were plenty of gang men in the Denshutai. |