ハタモト
Meanings
Noun
1. headquarters (on the battlefield)
2. direct retainer of a shogun (Edo period); shogunal vassal; hatamoto
Pitch accent
ハ
タモト
Composed of
flag; pataka (banner); banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
hatamoto-yakko; samurai bandits, organized into gangs, who wore flamboyant clothing and engaged in violent and antisocial behaviour (Edo period)
the Tokugawa shogunate's eighty thousand guards (comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals)