In a narrow sense, hatamoto indicated direct retainers of the shogun with a 200 koku (200 straw bags) or more but less than 10,000 koku of rice crop, excepting the families with the Kotaiyoriai status, the Koke families and the Kiregawa clan that was treated as a daimyo though earned less than a less than 10,000 koku of rice crop.
狭義の旗本は、200石（200俵）以上、1万石未満の将軍直属の家臣で、交代寄合、高家、及び1万石未満でありながら大名扱いを受けた喜連川氏を除くということになる。