esquire of daimyo

[archita]

i'm not sure but who is the person that carry katana behind daimyo when he is seated ? sametime this person is a woman also. It's part of hatamoto team of lord ?

[archita]

i found this ! he/she is known like Koshō ( 小姓 ) that means "following a noble" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kasuga/sandbox

[RubiconDecision]

It entirely depends upon time period, status, wealth, and the number of vassals. It might be a go-kenin or gokenin, it is spelled both ways:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gokenin

They were either vassals to a hatamoto, but they might be a vassal to a daimyo or even the shogun. I'd look up both and see which one you're trying to describe.
http://books.google.com/books?id=DRO...ed=0CDMQ6AEwAQ
http://books.google.com/books?id=-0-...okenin&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=lCd...okenin&f=false