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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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Tokugawa Yoshinobu
15th and Final Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Tokugawa Yoshinobu (October 28, 1837 (Tenpō 8/9/29) – Taishō 2 (1913)) was the fifteenth Seii Taishō...
Ashikaga Motouji
First Kamakura Kubō
## Overview Ashikaga Motouji was the fourth son of Ashikaga Takauji, founder of the Muromachi shogu...
Matsudaira Katamori
Kyoto Shugoshoku (Protector of Kyoto) · Aizu Domain Lord · Tragic General of the Boshin War
Matsudaira Katamori (1836-1893) was a late Edo-period daimyō who served as the 9th lord of the Aizu ...
Sakai Tadatsugu
Head of the Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa — Fierce General Who Supported Tokugawa Ieyasu Throughout His Life as a Model of Mikawa Warriors
Sakai Tadatsugu (1527–1596) was a samurai commander from Mikawa Province (present-day eastern Aichi ...
Anayama Nobutada
Senior Retainer of the Takeda Clan, Anayama Baisetsu, Nephew of Shingen and Witness to the Fall of Takeda
Anayama Nobutada (1541–1582) was a senior retainer of the Takeda family, known by the go Anayama Bai...
Ikoma Chikamasa
First lord of the Sanuki Takamatsu Domain; served Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi and rose to daimyō
Ikoma Chikamasa (1526-1603) was a warlord who went from a retainer of Oda Nobunaga to a vassal of Ha...
Nagao Kageharu
Instigator of the Nagao Kageharu Rebellion, who defied the Yamanouchi Uesugi and fought Ota Dokan
Nagao Kageharu came from the Shirai Nagao family, retainers of the Yamanouchi Uesugi, and was the so...
Mizuno Katsunari
Demon of Hyuga, From Invincible Sengoku Warrior to Celebrated Tokugawa General
Mizuno Katsunari (1564–1651) was a cousin of Tokugawa Ieyasu and one of the strongest warriors of th...
Yagyū Toshitoshi
Yagyū Hyōgonosuke, third-generation head of Shinkage-ryū and founder of the Owari Yagyū line
## Origins Yagyū Toshitoshi (1579-1650) was a swordsman active from the Azuchi-Momoyama period into...
Sanada Yukimura
Japan's Greatest Warrior
## Sanada Yukimura's Birth Born in Eiroku 10 (1567; also given as Genki 1 (1570)) as the second son ...
Susukida Kanesuke
Toyotomi horse-guard captain who died at Dōmyōji, later linked in legend to the swordsman Iwami Jūtarō
## Origins and Early Life Susukida Kanesuke's birth year is unknown, and almost nothing is recorded...
Oniwa Yoshinao
The aged Date retainer known as "Oniwa Sagetsusai" who died covering Masamune's retreat at Hitotoribashi
## Life Oniwa Yoshinao (1513–1586) was born as the son of Oniwa Motozane, lord of Koyadate Castle i...