Krieger & Schwerter

松林蝙也斎

Matsubayashi Henyasai

Founder of the Musō Gan-ryū, Nicknamed "the Bat" for His Freely Leaping Swordsmanship

## Origins Matsubayashi Henyasai is said to have been born in 1593 in Kaizu, Shinano Province (prese...

島田虎之助

Shimada Toranosuke

One of the three great swordsmen of the Bakumatsu era and teacher of Katsu Kaishū

## Origins and Training Shimada Toranosuke (1814-1852) was a swordsman of the late Edo period. Born...

ねね（高台院）

Nene (Kōdai-in)

The Consort Who Outlasted an Era

## The Birth of Kita no Mandokoro Nene (later Kōdai-in), born in Owari Province in Tenbun 18 (1549),...

寺尾孫之允

Terao Magonojō

Chief Disciple of Miyamoto Musashi Who Received the Book of Five Rings Shortly Before Musashi's Death, Second Grandmaster of the Niten Ichi-ryū

## Life Born in 1611 as the son of a warrior serving the Hosokawa house, then lords of Buzen Kokura ...

上杉氏憲（禅秀）

Uesugi Ujinori (Zenshū)

Kantō Kanrei and Head of the Inukake Uesugi — Leader of the Uesugi Zenshū Rebellion Against the Kamakura Kubō

## Life Uesugi Ujinori, known by his Buddhist name Zenshū, was born as the son of Uesugi Tomomune, h...

宇喜多直家

Ukita Naoie

The Dark Strategist of Bizen

## The Birth of a Kyōyū Born in Bizen Province in Kyōroku 2 (1529), Ukita Naoie was a kyōyū (a ruthl...

石田三成

Ishida Mitsunari

The Loyal Strategist of Sekigahara

## The Sankencha Anecdote and Rise to Prominence Born in Eiroku 3 (1560) in Ishida village, Sakata D...

後藤又兵衛

Gotō Matabē

One of the Five Warriors of Osaka Castle—The Last Hero of the Militarist Faction Who Left the Kuroda Clan and Fell at Osaka Castle

## Feud with Kuroda Nagamasa Gotō Matabē (Mototsugu), born in Harima Province in Eiroku 3 (1560), is...

大内義弘

Ōuchi Yoshihiro

Ouchi Yoshihiro (1356-1399) was a military commander and daimyo from the Nanbokucho to the Muromachi...

細川幽斎

Hosokawa Yūsai

The Pinnacle of Literary and Martial Arts: The Greatest Scholar-Warrior of the Sengoku Period Who Preserved the Kokin Denju

## Embodiment of Literary and Martial Arts Born in Tenbun 3 (1534), Hosokawa Yūsai (Fujitaka) was th...

今川氏親

Imagawa Ujichika

Lord of Suruga and Tōtōmi Who Laid the Foundations of the Imagawa as Sengoku Daimyō, Father of Imagawa Yoshimoto

Imagawa Ujichika (1473-1526) was the head of the Imagawa clan in the early Sengoku period and is kno...

北条幻庵

Hōjō Gen'an

Senior retainer and cultural figure of the Later Hōjō clan; uncle of Ujiyasu, the third-generation daimyo of Sagami

Hōjō Gen'an (birth year unknown–1589) was born as a son of Hōjō Sōun, founder of the Later Hōjō clan...