旗はた本もと奴やっこ

noun

hatamoto-yakko; Edo-period samurai gangsters

Historical term for bands of lower-ranking samurai (hatamoto) who formed gangs, dressed flamboyantly, and engaged in violent or antisocial behavior in Edo.

• 旗はた本もと奴やっこは江え戸ど時じ代だい初しょ期きに町まち奴やっこと対たい立りつしたことで知しられる。

  The hatamoto-yakko are known for their conflicts with the machi-yakko in the early Edo period.

• 旗はた本もと奴やっこの派は手でな服ふく装そうは、当とう時じの武ぶ士しの常じょう識しきを超こえていた。

  The flamboyant clothing of the hatamoto-yakko went beyond the norms of samurai at the time.