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Shimazu Toshihisa
The Third of the Shimazu Four Brothers—A Fierce Satsuma General Who Resisted Toyotomi Hideyoshi to the End and Died for Righteousness
## Master Strategist and Fierce General of the Shimazu Four Brothers Born in 1537 in Satsuma Provin...
Date Masamune
One-Eyed Dragon
## The Birth of the One-Eyed Dragon Born in Yonezawa Castle, Dewa Province in Eien 10 (1567), Date M...
Senhime
Daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada and Principal Wife of Toyotomi Hideyori, a Princess of the Shogunal House Who Survived the Fall of Osaka and Sought Happiness in Remarriage
## A Princess Born to the Shogunal House Senhime (1597-1666) was born in Fushimi as the eldest daugh...
Matsudaira Katamori
Kyoto Shugoshoku (Protector of Kyoto) · Aizu Domain Lord · Tragic General of the Boshin War
Matsudaira Katamori (1835–1893) was a daimyo of the late Bakumatsu period and the 9th lord of the Ai...
Tachibana Ginchiyo
Sole Daughter of Tachibana Dosetsu and the Only Confirmed Female Castle Lord in History, the Heroine of Chikuzen Who Inherited Tachibanayama Castle at Seven
## The Sole Daughter of Oni Dosetsu Tachibana Ginchiyo (1569-1602) was born in Chikuzen Province (pr...
Kimura Shigenari
The Young Toyotomi Retainer Who Perfumed His Helmet Before His Final Battle
## Life Though his birth year is uncertain, Kimura Shigenari was likely born around the same time a...
Chiba Sadakichi
Master of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū 'Okechō Chiba' Dojo, Teacher of Sakamoto Ryōma
Chiba Sadakichi (c.1797 – December 5, 1879) was a late Edo to early Meiji-period swordsman, the youn...
Komatsuhime (Inahime)
Daughter of Honda Tadakatsu and principal wife of Sanada Nobuyuki—a resolute woman who armed herself to refuse entry to her father-in-law Sanada Masayuki at Numata Castle
## Daughter of Honda Tadakatsu, One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa Komatsuhime (Tennshō 1/1...
Hosokawa Tadaoki
Sansai—Husband of Gracia, the Greatest Sword Collector under Heaven, a Cultured and Martial Daimyo Who Lived Through an Era of Tea, Blades, and Passionate Conflict
## A Daimyo of Both Culture and Martial Prowess Born in Eiroku 6 (1563) as the eldest son of Hosokaw...
Mori Nagayoshi
Oni Musashi—The Fiercest Warlord Who Swept Across Battlefields, Elder Brother of Ranmaru and the Sengoku Era's Last Mad Knight
## Oni Musashi's Birth Born in the first year of Eiroku (1558) as the second son of Mori Yoshinari, ...
Kunohe Masazane
Leader of the Kunohe Rebellion, the final battle of Hideyoshi's unification of Japan
## Life Kunohe Masazane (1536-1591) headed the Kunohe clan, a branch of the Nanbu family in Mutsu P...
Ōishi Kuranosuke
Leader of the Forty-Seven Rōnin — The Living Embodiment of Samurai Loyalty
Ōishi Kuranosuke (1659–1703), chief retainer of the Akō domain in Harima Province, is the central fi...