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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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Sakai Tadakatsu
Iemitsu's "Right Hand" — Rōjū, Tairō and First Lord of Obama
Sakai Tadakatsu (1587-1662) was an early Edo Period bakufu official and daimyo who served as rōjū an...
Honami Kōetsu
Early Edo Artist and Cultural Figure Born into the Honami Family of Sword Appraisers
Honami Kōetsu (1558-1637) was an outstanding artist and cultural figure representative of the early ...
Kikkawa Tsuneie
The Castellan of Tottori Who Took Responsibility with His Own Life
Kikkawa Tsuneie (1547-1581) was a warrior affiliated with the Mōri who served as castellan during Ha...
Mori Nagayoshi
Oni Musashi—The Fiercest Warlord Who Swept Across Battlefields, Elder Brother of Ranmaru and the Sengoku Era's Last Mad Knight
## The Birth of Oni Musashi Born in Eiroku 1 (1558) as the second son of Mori Yoshinari, a formidabl...
Akizuki Tanezane
16th Head of the Akizuki Clan
## Life Born in 1545 or 1548 as the second son of Akizuki Fumitane, a local lord of Chikuzen Provinc...
Yamaga Sokō
Theorist of Bushidō and Master of Military Science
## The Birth of a Military Scholar In Genna 8 (1622), Yamaga Sokō was born in Aizu in Mutsu Province...
Ando Chikasue
The "Northern Star" Who Reunited the Ando Clan of Dewa
Ando Chikasue was a Sengoku daimyo of northern Dewa Province (present-day northern Akita Prefecture)...
Ankokuji Ekei
The Diplomat-Monk of the Mōri Clan Who Foresaw Nobunaga's Fall and Hideyoshi's Rise — Executed After Sekigahara
## Life Ankokuji Ekei is said to have been born around 1537 or 1539 into the Takeda clan of Aki Prov...
Henmi Sōsuke
Son of the Tatsumi-ryū Head Who Built Metropolitan Police Swordsmanship, Praised by Yamaoka Tesshū as a Master of "True Swordsmanship"
## Life Henmi was born in 1843 (by another account, 1834), the son of Henmi Nobutaka, a retainer of ...
Itabeoka Kōsetsusai
Diplomat-Monk Who Served Three Generations of the Later Hōjō, Remembered Through His Sword Kōsetsu Samonji
## Life He is said to have been born in 1537 (by another account, 1536) as the son of Tanaka Yasuyuk...
Mori Ranmaru
Oda Nobunaga's page—the young hero who fell with his lord during the Honnō-ji Incident
## The Page Most Favored by Nobunaga Mori Ranmaru (Nagasada), born in Eiroku 8 (1565), served Oda No...
Kirino Toshiaki (Nakamura Hanjirō)
One of the "Four Great Assassins" of the Bakumatsu Era, Imperial Army Major General
## Life Born in 1838 in Kagoshima, Satsuma Province, as the third son of Nakamura Yoemon (also known...