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Samurai ranking system daimyô - clan Leader hatamoto - retainer to the Daimyo / second only to the Daimyo. taisho - general busho - captains / leaders of samurai units samurai - knights / warriors - mounted and foot - armed with swords, bows or spears. yari samurai - spear warrior / foot soldiers armed with a spear / trained to fight as a formation ashigaru - foot soldier / peasants armed with spears or other weapons chûgen - apprentice samurai |