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Hatamoto: Samurai Horse and Foot Guards 1540-1724

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Hatamoto: Samurai Horse and Foot Guards 1540-1724 - Turnbull, Stephen
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Osprey's elite series title for Japan's samurai horse and foot guards, from 1540 to 1724. Each great samurai warlord, or daimyo, had a 'household division' of troops, known as the Hatamoto - 'those who stand under the flag'. The Hatamoto included the personal bodyguards, both horse (uma mawari) and foot (kachi); the senior generals (bugyo), the standard bearers and color-guard, couriers, and other samurai under the warlord's personal command. Apart from bodyguard and other duties in immediate attendance on the daimyo, both ...

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Hatamoto: Samurai Horse and Foot Guards 1540-1724 2010, Osprey Publishing (UK), New York

ISBN-13: 9781846034787

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