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Takeda Katsuyori
4th Head of the Takeda Clan, Warrior of the Battle of Nagashino
Takeda Katsuyori (1546-1582) was a Sengoku period warrior and the fourth head of the Takeda clan of ...
Uesugi Kenshin
Dragon of Echigo, God of War
Uesugi Kenshin, revered as the 'God of War,' was a warrior of profound righteousness and an equally ...
Torii Mototada
Loyal Warrior Who Fell at Fushimi Castle — Fierce General Who Supported Ieyasu's Conquest of the Land with His Life as One of the Sixteen Generals of Tokugawa
Torii Mototada (1539-1600) was a warrior from Mikawa Province (present-day Aichi Prefecture), renown...
Sanada Yukitaka
Founder of the Sanada Clan's Ascendance, Strategist Who Served Shingen
Sanada Yukitaka (1513-1574) was a warrior of Shinano Province (present-day Nagano Prefecture) celebr...
Iizasa Chōisai
Founder of Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, Creator of Japan's Oldest Martial Arts School
Iizasa Chōisai (1387–1488) was a legendary martial strategist born near the sacred precincts of Kato...
Furuta Oribe
Leading disciple of Sen no Rikyū and epitome of the warlord tea master; creator of Oribe ware and aesthete daimyo who embodied Momoyama culture
Furuta Oribe (1543–1615) was a warlord active from the Sengoku through early Edo periods and a leadi...
Shima Sakon
Chief Retainer of Ishida Mitsunari, Fierce General of the Sengoku Era
Shima Sakon (dates uncertain - 1600), formally named Shima Kiyooki, was one of the foremost swordsme...
Ashikaga Yoshiaki
15th and Last Shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate
Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537-1597) was the 15th and final shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate. In the twilig...
Anayama Nobukimi
Senior Retainer of the Takeda Clan, Anayama Baisetsu, Nephew of Shingen and Witness to the Fall of Takeda
Anayama Nobukimi (1541-1582) was born as the nephew of Takeda Shingen (son of his elder sister Nansh...
Asano Nagamasa
Chief of the Five Commissioners Who Directed Hideyoshi's Land Surveys
## Life and Origins Asano Nagamasa (1547–1611) was born in Owari Province as the son of Yasui Shige...
Oda Nobutaka
Oda Clan General
Oda Nobutaka (1558-1583) was the third son of Oda Nobunaga, adopted in 1568 into the Kanbe clan of I...
Yamakita Masakage
One of the Takeda Four Heavenly Kings • Fierce General of the Akazonae
Yamakita Masakage (1529–1575) was one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Takeda," serving both Takeda Sh...