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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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Soga no Umako
Minister
## The Great Minister Who Built the Soga Ascendancy Soga no Umako was born around 551, the son of th...
Myōinni
The Septuagenarian Commander Who Led the Defense of Kanayama and Tatebayashi Castles at Age 71
Myōinni (c. 1514 – 1594) was born as the daughter of Akai Shigehide, lord of Tatebayashi Castle in K...
Ban Naoyuki
The self-proclaimed "Night Raid Commander" of the Siege of Osaka, who fell at Kashii
## Origins and Service under Several Houses Ban Naoyuki (1567?-1615) is better known by his popular...
Sakakibara Yasumasa
Wise General Among Tokugawa's Four Heavenly Kings — Outstanding Commander Who Supported Ieyasu's Military Strategy and Founded the Tatebayashi Domain
Sakakibara Yasumasa (1548-1606) was a military commander and daimyō from Mikawa Province (present-da...
Nakagawa Kiyohide
Fierce Warrior of Settsu, Lord of Ibaraki Castle Who Fell at Shizugatake
Nakagawa Kiyohide (1542-1583) was a Sengoku-period warlord from Settsu Province (present-day Osaka P...
Uesugi Kenshin
Dragon of Echigo, God of War
## The Birth of a War God In Kyōroku 3 (1530), Uesugi Kenshin (Nagao Kagetora) was born at Kasugayam...
Sakamoto Ryōma
The Revolutionary of Bakumatsu
## The Birth of a Shishi Born in 1836 (Tenpō 6) into a gōshi (lower-ranking samurai) family in the c...
Katakura Shigenaga
Son of Katakura Kojuro, Fierce General of the Osaka Campaigns
Katakura Shigenaga (1584–1659) was the eldest son of Katakura Kagetsuna (Kojūrō), renowned as a stra...
Shinagawa Yajirō
Disciple of Shōka Sonjuku, Minister of Home Affairs of Meiji Government
Shinagawa Yajirō (1843–1900) was a late-Edo-period samurai activist from Chōshū Domain and a politic...
Itō Kashitarō
From Shinsengumi Strategist to Leader of the Goryō Eji
Itō Kashitarō (1 January 1835 (Tenpō 5/12/3) – 13 December 1867 (Keiō 3/11/18)) was a samurai and sw...
Ashikaga Yoshinori
6th Shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate, Terror of All Men
Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394-1441) was the sixth shogun of the Muromachi shogunate and, known by the epi...
Odani Nobutomo
Master of Jikishin Kage-ryū, the Sword Sage Revered in the Late Edo Period
Odani Nobutomo (1798–1864) was a retainer of the shogunate and swordsman active in the late Edo peri...