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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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Matsuzaki Namishirō
Kurume Domain Swordsman Who Fought Famous Bouts Against Momoi Shunzō and Ueda Umanosuke, an Adept Active into the Meiji Era
## Biography Born in 1833 in Kurume, Mii District, Chikugo Province (present-day Kurume, Fukuoka Pre...
Oda Nobutada
Eldest Son and Heir of Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobutada (1557-1582) was the eldest son of Oda Nobunaga and was a person who was to inherit, as ...
Katayama Hisayasu
Founder of the Katayama-ryū (Katayama Hōki-ryū), an Origin School of Iai Swordsmanship, Who Performed His Secret Art Before Emperor Go-Yōzei
## Founding the Katayama-ryū (Katayama Hōki-ryū) Katayama Hisayasu is said to have received a secret...
Furuta Oribe
Leading disciple of Sen no Rikyū and epitome of the warlord tea master; creator of Oribe ware and aesthete daimyo who embodied Momoyama culture
Furuta Oribe (1543-1615) was a military commander who was active from the Sengoku period to the earl...
Nitta Yoshioki
Courageous general of the Southern Court; second son of Nitta Yoshisada, slain by treachery
Nitta Yoshioki (1331-1358) was a warrior of the Nanboku-chō period and the second son of Nitta Yoshi...
Shimizu Muneharu
Mori Retainer Who Withstood the Flooding of Bitchu-Takamatsu Castle and Took His Own Life on the Water to Save His Men
Shimizu Muneharu was a warrior of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and lord of Bitchu-Takamat...
Mōri Takamoto
The Administrator Who Sustained the Mōri Behind Motonari
Mōri Takamoto (1523–1563) was the eldest son of Mōri Motonari and the 13th head of the Aki Mōri clan...
Tsuruhime
The Sea Shrine Maiden of Ōmishima — The Legend of the Woman Warrior Who Defended the Seto Inland Sea
## The Birth of the Sea Priestess According to the 'Ōhōri-ke Ki' (Records of the Ōhōri Family), Tsur...
Imagawa Ujizane
12th Head of the Imagawa Clan • Lord of Suruga Province
Imagawa Ujizane (1538-1615) was born as the eldest son of Imagawa Yoshimoto and succeeded as the 12t...
Niiro Tadamoto
Veteran Who Served Five Generations of the Shimazu, Feared as "Oni Musashi" and Skilled in Poetry
Niiro Tadamoto was a warrior of the Shimazu house of Satsuma from the Sengoku period into the early ...
Ashikaga Yoshiharu
Ashikaga Yoshiharu was born in 1511 in Omi Province, the eldest son of the 11th shogun of the Muroma...
Horibe Yasubei
Swordsman of the 47 Rōnin of Akō, the Chivalrous Swordsman of Edo Who Made His Name at the Takadanobaba Duel
Horibe Yasubei (1670–1703) was a samurai who served the Akō Domain during the Genroku period. He was...