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    3. 旗本

    旗本

    旗はた本もと

    shogunal vassal

    KMT9News #33+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab19 strokes

    はたもと

    Noun

    1.
    shogunal vassal, direct retainer of a shogun

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    旗はた本もとは江え戸ど幕ばく府ふの直じき参さん家か臣しんだった。

    Hatamoto were direct vassals of the Edo shogunate.

    KMT7History
    旗はた本もとは将しょう軍ぐんに直ちょく接せつ謁えっ見けんできる身み分ぶんであった。

    Hatamoto held a status that allowed them to have direct audiences with the shogun.

    KMT9History
    多おおくの旗はた本もとは、江え戸ど城じょう下かに屋や敷しきを持もち、幕ばく府ふの要よう職しょくを担になった。

    Many hatamoto owned residences in Edo Castle town and held important positions in the shogunate.

    KMT9History
    旗はた本もとと御ご家け人にんは、禄ろく高だかによって区く別べつされていた。

    Hatamoto and gokenin were distinguished by their stipends.

    KMT9History
    幕ばく末まつには、財ざい政せい難なんに苦くるしむ旗はた本もとも少すくなくなかった。

    In the late Edo period, many hatamoto suffered from financial difficulties.

    KMT9History

    Kanji that make up this word

    旗
    はた…(1)
    national flag・banner・standard
    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
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