Hatamoto

English navigator who travelled to Japan

Japanese admiral, cabinet minister (1836-1908)

Japanese scholar and official (1657–1725)

Japanese noble, statesman and naval engineer (1823–1899)

Japanese military leader (1835-1869)

Japanese swordsman (1834–1868)

thumb|right|Enomoto Takeaki, a of the late [[Edo period ]] A was a high ranking samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. While all three of the shogunates in Japanese history had official retainers, in the two preceding ones, they were referred to as . However, in the Edo period, were the upper vassals of the Tokugawa house, and the were the lower vassals. There was no precise difference between the two in terms of income level, but a had the right to an audience with the , whereas did not. The word literally means "origin/base of the flag", with the sense of 'a

Dutch sailor

English interpreter

samurai and daimyo of the early Edo period (1571-1646)

Japanese swordsman (1839–1915)

Japanese military leader and diplomat

Japanese samurai

samurai (1840–1868)

samurai of the early Edo period

Japanese samurai

Japanese spy

Confucian scholar (1698-1769)

Japanese philosopher and politician (1829–1897)

samurai

Japanese samurai

Japanese warrior

Japanese journalist and politician (1843–1890)

samurai

Christian pastor (1857-1925)

samurai (1793–1855)

daimyo

daimyo

Japanese writer and philosopher

daimyo

15 Feb 1828 - 20 Apr 1887

Japanese politician (1839–1909)

samurai

Japanese admiral (1830–1901)