旗はた本もと

noun

headquarters (on the battlefield)

Original meaning: the place where the commander's banner was set up, i.e., the military headquarters. Now mainly a historical term.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、旗はた本もとは大たい将しょうのいる本ほん陣じんを指さした。

  In the Warring States period, 旗本 referred to the headquarters where the commander was stationed.

noun

direct retainer of a shogun; hatamoto

In the Edo period, a hatamoto was a samurai who served the shogun directly and had the right to an audience. The term is well-known in historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、旗はた本もとは将しょう軍ぐん直ちょく属ぞくの家か臣しんだった。

  In the Edo period, hatamoto were direct retainers of the shogun.

• 彼かれの先せん祖ぞは旗はた本もとだったと聞きいた。

  I heard that his ancestor was a hatamoto.