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Die legendären Krieger Japans und ihre geschätzten Schwerter
Die Schwertkultur der großen Festungen Japans
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Itō Ittōsai
Founder of Ittō-ryū — The Sword Genius Whose Philosophy of 'Single Stroke' Shaped Japanese Swordsmanship for Centuries
## The Man Who Created the Philosophy of Ittō Itō Ittōsai Kagehisa, said to have been born during th...
Ōmura Masujirō
Father of the Meiji Army, Reformer of Modern Military System
Ōmura Masujirō (1824–1869) was a military scholar and military reformer from Chōshū Domain who was a...
Kusunoki Masanori
Kusunoki Clan Head and Supreme Commander of the Southern Court
## Life and Origins Kusunoki Masanori was a warrior of the Nanboku-chō period and the third son of ...
Fujiwara no Hidesato
Tawara Tōta — Slayer of Taira no Masakado and the Giant Centipede
## Tawara Tōta's Birth and Fame as a Hero of the Eastern Provinces In the mid-Heian period, Fujiwara...
Sagara Yoshihi
Renowned Commander of Higo and Kuma: The Kyushu Warlord Who Upheld Righteousness Between the Shimazu and Ōtomo
## Head of the Sagara Clan Rooted in the Land of Kuma Sagara Yoshihi, born in Tenbun 13 (1544), was...
Ōmura Sumitada
Daimyo
## From the Arima to the Ōmura House Ōmura Sumitada was born in 1533 (Tenbun 2) as the second son of...
Okita Sōji
Captain of the Shinsengumi First Division
## The Birth of a Genius Swordsman Okita Sōji, said to have been born in Musashi Province around Ten...
Yamaoka Tesshū
One of the Three Shū of the Bakumatsu: The Driving Force Behind the Bloodless Surrender of Edo Castle, and the Last Swordsman to Master Both the Sword and Zen and Found "Mutō-ryū"
## The Birth of a Swordsman Born in Honjo in Edo in Tenpō 7 (1836) as the son of a hatamoto, Yamaoka...
Enkyū-ni
Female Warrior — The Hyakutake Widow Who Defended a Castle
## Who Was Enkyū-ni? Enkyū-ni was the wife of Hyakutake Tomokane (Hyakutake Shima-no-kami), a warrio...
Miyoshi Yoshitsugu
Head of the Miyoshi Main Family, Lord of Wakae Castle
## Life Born in 1551 as the son of Sogō Kazumasa, younger brother of Miyoshi Chōkei. In 1563, after ...
Katakura Kojūrō
A Strategist of Wisdom and Courage Who Supported the Fate of Ōshū as Date Masamune's Trusted Right Hand
## The One-Eyed Dragon's Right Hand Katakura Kagetsuna (Kojūrō), born in Kōji 3 (1557), is a warrior...
Oda Nobutomo
Lord of Kiyosu Castle
Oda Nobutomo (died 1555) was a Sengoku-period warlord who served as deputy protector (shugodai) of O...