| rdfs:comment | - Hatamoto hosted the November 2006 meeting of the Golden Kids, going with a Japanese theme, including wait staff dressed as Geisha.
- The position commanded great respect and influence, as the daimyo had chosen the individual for this task. When a daimyo traveled it was common for the Hatamoto to be left in charge of the daimyo's estate. To be a hatamoto meant your lord regarded your advice highly, and the title was so that all would know you were one of his favored subjects. Sometimes the title brought with it a certain amount of land, where the hatamoto was expected to live and continue in the service to their lord. Hatamoto was similar to military titles, in the way that they brought great responsibility and glory.
- The term hatamoto originated in the Sengoku period. The term was used for the direct retainers of a lord; as the name suggests, the men who were grouped "at the base of the flag". Many lords had hatamoto; however, when the Tokugawa clan achieved ascendancy in 1600, its hatamoto system was institutionalized, and it is to that system which we mainly refer today when using the term. Many hatamoto fought in the Boshin War of 1868, on both sides of the conflict.
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| abstract | - The term hatamoto originated in the Sengoku period. The term was used for the direct retainers of a lord; as the name suggests, the men who were grouped "at the base of the flag". Many lords had hatamoto; however, when the Tokugawa clan achieved ascendancy in 1600, its hatamoto system was institutionalized, and it is to that system which we mainly refer today when using the term. In the eyes of the Tokugawa Shogunate, hatamoto were retainers who had served the family from its days in Mikawa onward. However, the ranks of the hatamoto also included people from outside the hereditary ranks of the Tokugawa house. Retainer families of formerly defeated provincial strongmen like Takeda, Hōjō, or Imagawa were included, as were branch families of feudal lords. Also included were heirs to lords whose domains were confiscated (for example, Asano Daigaku, the brother of Asano Naganori), local power figures in remote parts of the country who never became daimyo; and the families of Kamakura Period and Muromachi Period Shugo (Governors) : some of these include the Akamatsu, Besshō (branch of the Akamatsu), Hōjō, Hatakeyama, Kanamori, Imagawa, Mogami, Nagai, Oda, Ōtomo, Takeda, Toki, Takenaka (branch of the Toki), Takigawa, Tsutsui, and Yamana families. The act of becoming a hatamoto was known as . Many hatamoto fought in the Boshin War of 1868, on both sides of the conflict. The hatamoto remained retainers of the main Tokugawa clan after the fall of the Shogunate in 1868, and followed the Tokugawa to their new domain of Shizuoka. The hatamoto lost their status along with all other samurai in Japan following the abolition of the domains in 1871.
- The position commanded great respect and influence, as the daimyo had chosen the individual for this task. When a daimyo traveled it was common for the Hatamoto to be left in charge of the daimyo's estate. To be a hatamoto meant your lord regarded your advice highly, and the title was so that all would know you were one of his favored subjects. Sometimes the title brought with it a certain amount of land, where the hatamoto was expected to live and continue in the service to their lord. Hatamoto was similar to military titles, in the way that they brought great responsibility and glory. In the absence of his lord he could speak with authority on his behalf, and even to agree minor contracts and negotiations for their family. In the battlefield several Hatamoto were part of his general's Command Group, providing his lord with important information regarding developments on the field of battle and then ensure that the general's instructions were carried out.
- Hatamoto hosted the November 2006 meeting of the Golden Kids, going with a Japanese theme, including wait staff dressed as Geisha.
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