旗はた本もと八はち万まん騎き

noun

the Tokugawa shogunate's eighty thousand guards

Historical term for the collective body of hatamoto and lower-ranking direct vassals of the Tokugawa shogunate, often cited as numbering around 80,000. Used in discussions of Edo-period military organization.

See also: 旗本

• 旗はた本もと八はち万まん騎きは江え戸ど幕ばく府ふの軍ぐん事じ力りょくの中ちゅう核かくをなしていた。

  The hatamoto hachiman-ki formed the core of the Edo shogunate's military strength.