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Die legendären Krieger Japans und ihre geschätzten Schwerter
Die Schwertkultur der großen Festungen Japans
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Enomoto Takeaki
Shogunate Retainer Who Led the Ezo Republic in the Hakodate War and Later Served in the Meiji Cabinet
Enomoto Takeaki was a shogunate retainer in the Bakumatsu period who later became a minister in the ...
Matsuzaki Namishirō
Kurume Domain Swordsman Who Fought Famous Bouts Against Momoi Shunzō and Ueda Umanosuke, an Adept Active into the Meiji Era
## Biography Born in 1833 in Kurume, Mii District, Chikugo Province (present-day Kurume, Fukuoka Pre...
Ueda Umanosuke
One of Momoi Shunzō's "Four Heavenly Kings" of the Shigakukan Who Helped Found Metropolitan Police Swordsmanship
## Life Born in 1831 into a retainer family of the Higo Kumamoto Shindenhan domain, Ueda entered the...
Harada Sanosuke
Captain of the 10th Unit of the Shinsengumi — A Spear Master and Valiant Warrior, the Shinsengumi's Spearman Remembered More for the Spear Than the Sword
## An Unusual Figure: A Master of the Spear Harada Sanosuke, said to have been born around Tenpō 11...
Henmi Sōsuke
Son of the Tatsumi-ryū Head Who Built Metropolitan Police Swordsmanship, Praised by Yamaoka Tesshū as a Master of "True Swordsmanship"
## Life Henmi was born in 1843 (by another account, 1834), the son of Henmi Nobutaka, a retainer of ...
Kirino Toshiaki (Nakamura Hanjirō)
One of the "Four Great Assassins" of the Bakumatsu Era, Imperial Army Major General
## Life Born in 1838 in Kagoshima, Satsuma Province, as the third son of Nakamura Yoemon (also known...
Hijikata Toshizō
The Demon Vice-Commander
## The Birth of the 'Demon Vice-Commander' In 1835 (Tenpō 6), Hijikata Toshizō was born in Ishida Vi...
Kondō Isami
Commander of the Shinsengumi
## Becoming Commander Kondō Isami (born Miyagawa Katsugorō) was born in 1834 (Tenpō 5) in Kami-Ishiw...
Saigō Takamori
The Last Samurai — Commander of the Final Battle Where Japanese Swords Clashed in War
## The Three Great Nobles of the Restoration Born in Bunsei 10 (1828) in the castle town of Kagoshim...