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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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Ōta Dōkan
The Warlord of Edo Castle—Excelling in Poetry, He Carved Out Kanto's Supremacy with Sword and Brush as Chief Retainer of the Uesugi Ōgigayatsu Clan
## Warrior of Both Letters and Arms In the 4th year of Eikyō (1432), Ōta Dōkan (personal name Sukena...
Empress Jingū
The Legendary Empress of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki — The "Armed Sovereign" of the Silla Campaign Myth
Empress Jingū is a legendary woman recorded in the Kojiki (712) and the Nihon Shoki (720). She is sa...
Hōjō Tokiyori
Fifth shikken of the Kamakura shogunate — founder of the hikitsuke and the patron whose summons to Kamakura seeded the Sōshū tradition
## Life Hōjō Tokiyori (1227-1263) was the fifth shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate. A son o...
Kira Yoshinaka
"Kira Kōzuke-no-suke" — master of shogunal ceremony and the central counterpart of the Akō incident
## Origins and Service as a Kōke Kira Yoshinaka (1641-1703) was born the son of Kira Yoshifuyu, a h...
Katagiri Katsumoto
One of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake — the ill-fated chief retainer whose actions triggered the Siege of Osaka
## Life Katagiri Katsumoto (1556-1615) was a warrior from Ōmi Province who served Toyotomi Hideyosh...
Yagyū Toshikane
Owari Domain Fencing Instructor, Ren'yasai
Yagyū Toshikane (Kan'ei 2, 1625 – Genroku 7, 1694) was a swordsman of the early Edo period and a sam...
Hōjō Tsunashige
Hōjō Tsunashige (1515–1587) was a military commander from the Sengoku through Azuchi-Momoyama period...
Asano Yoshinaga
Son of One of the Five Taiko Bugyo (Toyotomi's Five Administrators), First Daimyo of Kii (Wakayama) Domain
Asano Yoshinaga (1576–1613) was born as the eldest son of Asano Nagamasa, one of the Five Commission...
Minamoto no Mitsunaka
Founder of the Settsu Minamoto — Foundation of the Warrior Minamoto Clan's Prosperity
Minamoto no Mitsunaka (912–997) was a warrior of the mid-Heian period. As the founder of the Settsu ...
Natsuka Masaie
One of the Toyotomi Five Commissioners, lord of Minakuchi-Okayama Castle in Ōmi, who supported Hideyoshi's regime with his talent for arithmetic
Natsuka Masaie (1562-1600) was a samurai commander who handled finance and logistics administration ...
Sanada Nobutsuna
Sanada Nobutsuna (1537–1575) was a warrior of the Sengoku period and the eldest son of Sanada Yukita...
Hikita Kagetomo
Shinkage-ryū Master, Founder of Hikita Kage-ryū
Hikita Kagetomo (Tenbun 6 (1537?) – Keichō 10 (1605?)) was a military commander and martial arts mas...