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Die legendären Krieger Japans und ihre geschätzten Schwerter
Die Schwertkultur der großen Festungen Japans
Legendäre Klingen, die Geschichte schrieben
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Musō Gonnosuke
Founder of Shintō Musōryū Jōjutsu; martial artist who established the origins of modern Jōdō
Musō Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi (dates of birth and death unknown; active in the first half of the 17th ce...
Nabeshima Mitsushige
Second daimyo of Saga domain — banned junshi, ranked the branch domains, and was known as a poet
## Origins and Succession Nabeshima Mitsushige (1632-1700) was born in 1632, the eldest son of Nabe...
Shimazu Toshihisa
The Third of the Shimazu Four Brothers—A Fierce Satsuma General Who Resisted Toyotomi Hideyoshi to the End and Died for Righteousness
## A Wise Strategist and Fierce Warrior among the Four Shimazu Brothers Born in Satsuma Province in...
Ii Naosuke
Great Elder (Tairō) of the Bakumatsu Era — Lord of Hikone Who Marked History with the Ansei Purge and the Sakuradamon Incident
Ii Naosuke (1815-1860) was the daimyō of the Hikone Domain in Ōmi (present-day Hikone City, Shiga Pr...
Takeda Nobuyoshi
Ieyasu's fifth son who revived the Takeda house and became young lord of Mito's 150,000-koku domain
## Origins and the Revival of the Takeda House Takeda Nobuyoshi (1583-1603) was born in 1583 in Ham...
Ueda Sōko (Ueda Shigeyasu)
Warrior, Tea Master, and Garden Designer
## Life Born in 1563 in Owari Province, he lost his father at an early age. After serving Niwa Nagah...
Gamō Katahide
Lord of Hino Castle, Ōmi Province
## Life Born in 1534 as the son of Gamō Sadahide, a senior retainer of the Rokkaku clan in Ōmi Provi...
Sakai Tadakatsu
Iemitsu's "Right Hand" — Rōjū, Tairō and First Lord of Obama
Sakai Tadakatsu (1587-1662) was an early Edo Period bakufu official and daimyo who served as rōjū an...
Honami Kōetsu
Early Edo Artist and Cultural Figure Born into the Honami Family of Sword Appraisers
Honami Kōetsu (1558-1637) was an outstanding artist and cultural figure representative of the early ...
Mori Nagayoshi
Oni Musashi—The Fiercest Warlord Who Swept Across Battlefields, Elder Brother of Ranmaru and the Sengoku Era's Last Mad Knight
## The Birth of Oni Musashi Born in Eiroku 1 (1558) as the second son of Mori Yoshinari, a formidabl...
Akizuki Tanezane
16th Head of the Akizuki Clan
## Life Born in 1545 or 1548 as the second son of Akizuki Fumitane, a local lord of Chikuzen Provinc...
Yamaga Sokō
Theorist of Bushidō and Master of Military Science
## The Birth of a Military Scholar In Genna 8 (1622), Yamaga Sokō was born in Aizu in Mutsu Province...