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Die legendären Krieger Japans und ihre geschätzten Schwerter
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Hirayama Shikōzō
Master of the 18 Martial Arts, Military Scholar Revered as a 'War God' in the Late Edo Period
Hirayama Gyōzō (1759-1828) was a shogunal retainer, military scholar, and martial artist who flouris...
Shibata Katsuie
One of Oda's Four Generals, Lord of Kitanosho Castle
## Life and Origins Shibata Katsuie (birth year debated, with theories including 1522; died 1583) w...
Rokkaku Sadayori
Strategist Who Dominated Southern Omi in the Late Muromachi Period, Restorer of the Rokkaku Clan
Rokkaku Sadayori (1495-1552) was the head of the Rokkaku clan, which dominated southern Omi Province...
Wakisaka Yasuharu
One of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake and Commander of the Toyotomi Navy
## Life and Origins Wakisaka Yasuharu (1554–1626) was born in Wakisaka, Omi Province. He first serv...
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
The Genroku Shogun—The Fifth Shogun Who Stirred Controversy with the Edict of Compassion for Living Things, Patron of Genroku Culture
## The Cultural Apex of Genroku Born in Edo Castle in the third year of Shōhō (1646), Tokugawa Tsun...
Katakura Kojūrō
The Right Eye of the One-Eyed Dragon — The Brilliant Strategist Who Was Masamune's Closest Counselor
## The One-Eyed Dragon's Right Arm Katakura Kagetsuna (Kojūrō), born in Kōji 3 (1557), was Date Mas...
Sakakibara Kenkichi
The Sage of Striking Sword Exhibitions — Last Guardian of Jikishinkage-ryū in the Meiji Era
### The Mightiest Swordsman of the Late Edo Period Sakakibara Kenkichi, born in Tenpō 1 (1830) in Ed...
Kusunoki Masanori
Kusunoki Clan Head and Supreme Commander of the Southern Court
## Life and Origins Kusunoki Masanori (c. 1330–1389) was a warrior of the Nanboku-cho period, the t...
Inoue Genzaburo
6th Unit Captain of the Shinsengumi — Veteran from the Shieikan days who anchored the organization, killed in action at the Battle of Toba-Fushimi
## Veteran Swordsman of the Shieikan Born in Bunsei 12 (1829), Inoue Genzaburo was one of the long-...
Kono Michiari
Commander of Iyo Navy, Hero of the Mongol Invasions
## Life and Origins Kono Michiari (c. 1250–1311) was a warrior of Iyo Province active during the mi...
Kakizaki Kageie
The Fiercest Vanguard Commander of the Uesugi Army
## Life and Origins Kakizaki Kageie (c. 1513–1575) was born as the son of Kakizaki Toshiie, a local...
Okudaira Nobumasai
Lord of Komoro Domain
Okudaira Nobumasai (1555-1615) was a Sengoku-Edo period daimyo who became son-in-law of Tokugawa Iey...