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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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Ashikaga Motouji
First Kamakura Kubō
## Overview Ashikaga Motouji was the fourth son of Ashikaga Takauji, founder of the Muromachi shogu...
Torii Suneemon
Messenger of Nagashino Castle Who Chose Crucifixion Over Betrayal
Torii Suneemon (birth year unknown–1575) was an ashigaru (foot soldier) who served the Okudaira clan...
Hosokawa Masamoto
The 'Half-Shogun' — Most Powerful Regent of the Muromachi Shogunate
Hosokawa Masamoto (1466–1507) was the dominant political figure of late Muromachi Japan — so powerfu...
Nawa Nagatoshi
Loyal retainer of the Nanboku-chō period who rescued Emperor Go-Daigo and supported the Kenmu Restoration
Nawa Nagatoshi (birth year unknown–1336) was a powerful feudal lord of Hoki Province (present-day To...
Takechi Hanpeita
Leader of the Tosa Kinno-to Party and Master of the Three-Stage Thrust
Takechi Hanpeita (1829–1865) was a late Edo period loyalist and founder of the Tosa Kinno-to Party, ...
Sanada Yukimura
Japan's Greatest Warrior
## The Birth of Sanada Yukimura In Eiroku 10 (1567), born in Shinano Province, Sanada Nobushige (kno...
Ōtomo Yoshimune
The Last Daimyo of the Bungo Ōtomo Clan—A Tragic Warlord Who Faced Withdrawal from the Korean Campaign and Confiscation
## The Grave Responsibility Inherited as the Eldest Son of Ōtomo Sorin Born in Eiroku 1 (1558) as t...
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...
Kitabatake Tomonori
Sword-Saint Daimyo of Ise, Heir to Tsukahara Bokuden's Secret Technique
## Life and Origins Kitabatake Tomonori (1528–1576) was a noble-warrior daimyo of Ise Province, bor...
Saito Yoshitatsu
Daimyo of Mino, the Son Who Slew His Father Dosan
## Life and Origins Saito Yoshitatsu (1529–1561) was the eldest son of the celebrated Sengoku daimy...
Sakamoto Ryōma
The Revolutionary of Bakumatsu
Sakamoto Ryōma, the Bakumatsu-era visionary who brokered the Satsuma-Chōshū Alliance and helped brin...
Nanbu Nobunao
Sengoku Daimyo Who Inherited the Nanbu Clan of Mutsu — The Northern Lord Who Backed Tokugawa Ieyasu's Rise
Nanbu Nobunao (1546–1599) was the daimyo who consolidated the Nanbu clan's dominion over much of Mut...