Estates were given to them, whether restored or newly bestowed, and they were treated much as were the hatamoto of the Yedo shogunate in later times.
The ordinary censors had to exercise surveillance over the samurai of the hatamoto and were under the jurisdiction of the waka-doshiyori.
It is unnecessary to describe the organization and duties of the military guards to whom the safety of the castle was entrusted, but the fact has to be noted that both men and officers were invariably taken from the hatamoto class.
The hatamoto were samurai forming the special military force of the Shogun.
The title of Hatamoto exists no more, and those who until a few months ago held the rank are for the most part ruined or dispersed.
Hatamoto named Sano, having received his sentence in the supreme court-house, disembowelled himself in the garden in front of the prison.
Thus, in the days of the Shoguns' power, a Hatamotowho had divorced his wife reported the matter to the Shogun.
There is a strange story of this nature in the house of Asai, belonging to the Hatamoto class.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hatamoto" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.