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    Hatamoto: Samurai Horse and Foot Guards 1540–1724
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    Hatamoto: Samurai Horse and Foot Guards 1540–1724

    By Stephen Turnbull and Richard Hook

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    Each great samurai warlord, or daimyo, had a division of troops known as the Hatamoto, 'those who stand under the flag'. The Hatamoto included the personal bodyguards, the senior generals, the standard bearers and colour-guard, the couriers, and the other samurai under the warlord's personal command. Apart from bodyguard and other duties in immediate attendance on the daimyo, both horse and foot guards often played crucial roles in battle. Their intervention could turn defeat into victory, and their collapse meant certain defeat. As favoured warriors under the warlord's eye, members of the bodyguards could hope for promotion, and a few even rose to be daimyo themselves. All the three great leaders of the 16 and 17th centuries – including Oda, Hideyoshi and Tokugawa – had their own elite corps. Such troops were naturally distinguished by dazzling apparel and heraldry, with banners both carried and attached to the back of the armour, all of which will be detailed in an array of colour artwork specially created for this publication.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateJun 20, 2012
    ISBN9781782000167
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    Hatamoto: Samurai Horse and Foot Guards 1540–1724
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    Stephen Turnbull

    Stephen Turnbull is widely recognised as the world's leading English language authority on the samurai of Japan. He took his first degree at Cambridge and has two MAs (in Theology and Military History) and a PhD from Leeds University. He is now retired and pursues an active literary career, having now published 85 books. His expertise has helped with numerous projects including films, television and the award-winning strategy game Shogun Total War.

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      Another typically good examination by the author of a facet of samurai history. The coverage of this booklet is a bit wider than the title suggests as there is much focus on those who served "beneath the flag" as the staff officers of the samurai lords as on the men who served as guards and messengers.