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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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Magara Takamoto
Echizen Asakura Warrior Who Fell Alongside His Father at the Battle of Anegawa, Wielder of the Great Sword Jirō-tachi
## Life His year of birth is unknown. He was the son of Magara Naotaka, a formidable warrior who ser...
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 Inoue Genzaburo, born in Bunsei 12 (1829), was one of the long...
Ōtomo Yoshimune
The Last Daimyo of the Bungo Ōtomo House: A Tragic Warlord Who Withdrew from the Korean Campaign and Was Stripped of His Domain
## The Heavy Responsibility Inherited as Ōtomo Sōrin's Eldest Son Ōtomo Yoshimune, born in Eiroku 1...
Nagao Akinaga
Head of the Ashikaga Nagao Clan Who Commissioned the Sword Yamanba Giri Kunihiro, a Border Lord Between Oda and Hōjō
## Life Born in 1556 as the second son of Yura Narishige. His elder brother was Yura Kunishige. In 1...
Imai Kanehira
Foster-Brother and Loyal Retainer of Minamoto no Yoshinaka — One of the "Four Guardians of Yoshinaka" Who Died with His Lord at Awazu
## Life Imai Kanehira was born in 1152, the son of the Shinano warrior Nakahara no Kanetō. Kanetō wa...
Tsuchiya Masatsune
The Loyal Retainer Who Stayed with Takeda Katsuyori to the End — Remembered for the Legendary "One-Handed Thousand-Man Slaying" at Tenmokuzan
## Life Tsuchiya Masatsune was born in 1556, the fifth son of Kanamaru Chikuzen-no-kami. He is said ...
Miura Yoshizumi
The Sagami Retainer Who Supported Minamoto no Yoritomo — Elder Statesman of the Kamakura Shogunate's "Council of Thirteen"
## Life Miura Yoshizumi was born in 1127, the son of Miura Yoshiaki, a powerful local lord of Sagami...
Miyamoto Musashi
Sword Saint
## The Birth of a Sword Saint Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Musashi-no-Kami Fujiwara no Genshin), said ...
Amago Tsunehisa
Hegemon of Izumo: The Cunning Warlord Called the "Saint of Stratagems"
Amago Tsunehisa (1458–1541) was a Sengoku-period daimyo based in Izumo Province (present-day Shimane...
Yamagata Masakage
One of the Takeda Four Heavenly Kings • Fierce General of the Akazonae
Yamagata Masakage (?–1575) was one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Takeda," serving both Takeda Shing...
Ono Jiroemon Tadaaki
Master of Ittō-ryū and Shogunal Sword Instructor
## Ittōsai's Foremost Disciple Ono Jiroemon Tadaaki, born in Eiroku 8 (1565), was a swordsman who in...
Shima Sakon
Chief Retainer of Ishida Mitsunari, Fierce General of the Sengoku Era
Shima Sakon (birth year unknown-1600) was one of the foremost warriors of the Sengoku period. His re...