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A hatamoto (旗本, "Guardian of the banner") was a high ranking samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. [1] While all three of the shogunates in Japanese history had official retainers, in the two preceding ones, they were referred to as gokenin.
Kashindan (家臣団) was an institution of the retainers (kashin) of the shogun or a daimyo in Japan that became a class of samurai. It was divided into the military commanders (bankata) and the civil officers (yakukata). [1] In the Nanboku-chō and Muromachi periods, the kashindan began to include members of the clan that it served.
The hōkōshū served the shogun directly as close retainers , as opposed to the retainers of daimyo, and ranked above the omemie, a samurai retainer with the right to hold an audience with the shogun. [2] The hōkōshū were organized into five guard groups called gobanshū, and were headed by a head of guards (bantō). Their daily duties ...
Karuta (カルタ金, karuta-gane) [1] was a type of armour worn by samurai warriors and their retainers during the feudal era of Japan. The word karuta comes from the Portuguese word meaning "card" ( carta ), [ 2 ] as the small square or rectangular plates that compose the armour resemble traditional Japanese playing cards.
Aki was summoned to Edo to argue his case before various councils and officials, and was involved in a number of interrogations, examinations and meetings, as were several other retainers of the Date. One retainer in particular, Harada Munesuke, was a supporter of Tsunamura and his uncles and, it is said, made a poor impression at Edo. At one ...
But a retainer is still a samurai—the term refers to a vassal in feudal Japan, usually a samurai offering military services. Hi there. Tre Watson, B.A. Asian studies, focus on Japanese history.
The Samurai-dokoro (侍所 - Board of Retainers) was an office of the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates.The role of the Samurai-dokoro was to take the leadership of gokenin, the shogun's retainers, and to be in charge of the imprisonment of criminals.
Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga (支倉 六右衛門 常長, 1571–1622) was a kirishitan Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune, the daimyō of Sendai. He was of Japanese imperial descent with ancestral ties to Emperor Kanmu.