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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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Ouchi Masahiro
Western Army Mainstay of the Onin War and Cultured Head of the Ouchi
Ouchi Masahiro (1446-1495) was a daimyo of the mid-to-late Muromachi period and head of the Ouchi cl...
Chōsokabe Nobuchika
Eldest Son of Chōsokabe Motochika, Young Warrior Who Fell at Hetsugigawa
Chōsokabe Nobuchika (1565–1587) was the eldest son of Chōsokabe Motochika, a Sengoku daimyo of Tosa....
Shimazu Iehisa
The Iron Fist of Satsuma — The General Who Slew Ryūzōji Takanobu at Okitanawate
## Shimazu Iehisa, the Youngest of the Four Shimazu Brothers Born in Satsuma Province in Tenbun 16 ...
Shimazu Yoshihisa
Eldest of the Shimazu Four Brothers: A Satsuma Commander Who Controlled Most of Kyūshū and Led the Strongest Army of the Sengoku Period
Shimazu Yoshihisa (1533-1611) was a Sengoku-period daimyō of Satsuma Province (present-day Kagoshima...
Yodo-dono
Biological mother of Toyotomi Hideyori and de facto mistress of Osaka Castle; a Sengoku-era woman who held the Toyotomi clan's fate in her hands
Yodo-dono (1569-1615) was born as the eldest daughter of Azai Nagamasa and Oichi, the younger sister...
Itō Yoshisuke
Sengoku Daimyo of Hyuga, Lord of the Forty-Eight Castles
## Life and Origins Itō Yoshisuke was born around Eishō 10 (1513), the son of the Sengoku daimyō It...
Hōjō Sōun
The First Sengoku Daimyō
## The Dawn of the Sengoku Period Ise Sōzui (later known as Hōjō Sōun), born into the Bitchū branch ...
Kō no Moronao
Shitsuji (Steward) of the Ashikaga Shogunate, Close Aide to Ashikaga Takauji
## Life His birth year is unknown. Born into the Kō family, which had traditionally served as househ...
Yamamoto Kansuke
The One-Eyed Strategist of Kai
## A Disabled Strategist Discovered by Shingen Yamamoto Kansuke, said to have been born around 1493 ...
Kiyokawa Hachirō
The Hokushin Ittō-ryū Swordsman Whose Rōshigumi Sparked the Birth of the Shinsengumi
## Life Born in 1830 in Kiyokawa village, Shonai domain in Dewa Province (present-day Shonai Town, ...
Hatano Hideharu
Hatano Hideharu (birth year unknown – 1 July 1579 (Tenshō 7/6/8)) was a Sengoku daimyō of Tanba Prov...
Hosokawa Tadaoki
Sansai—Gracia's Husband and Owner of Kasen Kanesada, a Warrior-Scholar Daimyō Who Lived Through a Turbulent Age of Tea, Swords, and Love and Hatred
## A Daimyō Skilled in Both Letters and Arms Born in Eiroku 6 (1563) as the eldest son of Hosokawa F...