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Die legendären Krieger Japans und ihre geschätzten Schwerter
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Hōjō Yasutoki
Third Regent of the Kamakura Shogunate Who Established the Goseibai Shikimoku—The Exemplary Lord Who Laid the Foundation for a Samurai Rule-of-Law State
## The Exemplary Lord Who Accomplished the Codification of Samurai Government Law Born in Juei 2 (1...
Imagawa Ujichika
Patriarch of the Imagawa Restoration Who Unified Suruga and Tōtōmi, Father of Imagawa Yoshimoto
Imagawa Ujichika (1473–1526) was the head of the Imagawa clan in the early Sengoku period and is kno...
Kuroda Kanbei
Kuroda Josui, The Strategist
## Birth of a Strategist Born in Harima Province, Himeji in Tenbun 15 (1546), Kuroda Kanbei (Takatak...
Ono Jiroemon Tadaaki
Master of Ittō-ryū and Shogunal Sword Instructor
## High Disciple of Ittōsai Ono Jiroemon Tadaaki, born in the eighth year of Eiroku (1565), was the...
Maehara Issei
Disciple of Shōka Sonjuku, Leader of the Hagi Rebellion
Maehara Issei (1834-1876) was a Bakumatsu patriot and early Meiji-era samurai from the Chōshū domain...
Saitō Hajime
Captain of the Shinsengumi Third Division
Saitō Hajime, captain of the Shinsengumi's Third Division, was regarded alongside Okita Sōji as one ...
Tokugawa Yoshimune
The Shogun Connoisseur — The Eighth Shōgun Who Systematized Sword Culture
Tokugawa Yoshimune, the eighth Tokugawa shōgun, is best known for his Kyōhō Reforms, which revitaliz...
Hosokawa Yūsai
Supreme Warrior-Poet — Guardian of the Kokin Denjū and First Owner of Kasen Kanesada
## Embodiment of Both Martial and Literary Excellence Born in Tenbun 3 (1534) as the son of Mitsumi...
Shimazu Iehisa
The Iron Fist of Satsuma — The General Who Slew Ryūzōji Takanobu at Okitanawate
## The Youngest of the Four Shimazu Brothers: Iehisa Born in Tenbun 16 (1547) in Satsuma Province, ...
Miyoshi Chōkei
Hegemon Before Nobunaga, Master of the Kinai Region
Miyoshi Chōkei (1522–1564) was a Sengoku daimyo who might be called the "first lord of all Japan"—he...
Niwa Nagahide
One of Oda's Four Generals, Governor of Echizen and Wakasa
## Life and Background Niwa Nagahide (1535–1585) was a military commander from the Owari Province wh...
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
3rd Shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate, Builder of the Golden Pavilion, Pioneer of Ming Trade
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408) was the 3rd Shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate and the most powerful f...