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Akechi Mitsuhide
Mastermind of the Honnoji Incident, Pacifier of Tamba
Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582) was a Sengoku warrior who initiated the Honnoji Incident, one of the gr...
Saitō Dōsan
The Viper of Mino, Embodiment of Gekokujo
Saitō Dōsan (1494-1556) was a warrior who embodied the spirit of gekokujo (the low overcoming the hi...
Sasaki Kojirō
The Demon of the Western Provinces
Sasaki Kojirō is the legendary swordsman who faced Miyamoto Musashi in the famed duel on Ganryū Isla...
Okada Izō
One of the Four Great Swordsmen of the Bakumatsu Period, Swordsman of the Tosa Kinnō Party
Okada Izō (1838–1865) was a swordsman who traveled from Tosa Province (present-day Kōchi Prefecture)...
Chosokabe Nobuchika
Eldest son of Chosokabe Motochika, the fierce youth of Tosa
Chosokabe Nobuchika (1565–1586) was the eldest son of Chosokabe Motochika, a daimyo of Tosa during t...
Amakasu Kagemochi
One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Uesugi Who Held the Rearguard at Kawanakajima
## Life and Origins Amakasu Kagemochi (1529–1604) is said to have been born into the family of the ...
Katsu Kaishū
The Man Who Saved Edo Without Drawing His Sword
Katsu Kaishū was one of the most extraordinary figures of the Bakumatsu era — a master swordsman of ...
Kondō Isami
Commander of the Shinsengumi
Kondō Isami was the commander of the Shinsengumi who dominated Bakumatsu-era Kyoto as a master sword...
Nakaoka Shintarō
Commander of the Rikuentai, Bridge Between the Satsuma, Chōshū, and Tosa Alliance
Nakaoka Shintarō (1838-1867) was a Bakumatsu patriot from Tosa domain who worked tirelessly for the ...
Minamoto no Yorinobu
Minamoto no Yorinobu (968-1048) was a military commander of the mid-Heian period, renowned as the fo...
Kikkawa Motoharu
The Undefeated Right Arm of the Mōri Clan
## The Birth of an Undefeated General Born in Eishoku 3 (1530) as the second son of the great Mōri ...
Hōjō Tsunashige
Hojo Tsunashige (1515-1587) was a military commander from the Sengoku to the Azuchi-Momoyama period ...