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Ono Jiroemon Tadaaki
Master of Ittō-ryū and Shogunal Sword Instructor
## High Disciple of Ittōsai Ono Jiroemon Tadaaki, born in the eighth year of Eiroku (1565), was the...
Maehara Issei
Disciple of Shōka Sonjuku, Leader of the Hagi Rebellion
Maehara Issei (1834-1876) was a Bakumatsu patriot and early Meiji-era samurai from the Chōshū domain...
Saitō Hajime
Captain of the Shinsengumi Third Division
Saitō Hajime, captain of the Shinsengumi's Third Division, was regarded alongside Okita Sōji as one ...
Tokugawa Yoshimune
The Shogun Connoisseur — The Eighth Shōgun Who Systematized Sword Culture
Tokugawa Yoshimune, the eighth Tokugawa shōgun, is best known for his Kyōhō Reforms, which revitaliz...
Hosokawa Yūsai
Supreme Warrior-Poet — Guardian of the Kokin Denjū and First Owner of Kasen Kanesada
## Embodiment of Both Martial and Literary Excellence Born in Tenbun 3 (1534) as the son of Mitsumi...
Shimazu Iehisa
The Iron Fist of Satsuma — The General Who Slew Ryūzōji Takanobu at Okitanawate
## The Youngest of the Four Shimazu Brothers: Iehisa Born in Tenbun 16 (1547) in Satsuma Province, ...
Miyoshi Chōkei
Hegemon Before Nobunaga, Master of the Kinai Region
Miyoshi Chōkei (1522–1564) was a Sengoku daimyo who might be called the "first lord of all Japan"—he...
Niwa Nagahide
One of Oda's Four Generals, Governor of Echizen and Wakasa
## Life and Background Niwa Nagahide (1535–1585) was a military commander from the Owari Province wh...
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
3rd Shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate, Builder of the Golden Pavilion, Pioneer of Ming Trade
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408) was the 3rd Shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate and the most powerful f...
Kuroda Nagamasa
Lord of Chikuzen — Son of the Great Strategist Kanbei, Key Architect of the Tokugawa Victory at Sekigahara
## As the Son of Kanbei Kuroda Nagamasa, born in Eiroku 11 (1568), was the eldest son of Kuroda Kan...
Otokoyama Nobutomo
Master of Jikishin Kage-ryū, the Sword Sage Revered in the Late Edo Period
Otokoyama Nobutomo (1798-1864) was a shogunal retainer and swordsman who flourished in the late Edo ...
Hayashizaki Jinsuke Shigenobu
Founder of Iaijutsu
## Birth of the Founder of Iaijutsu Hayashizaki Jinsuke Shigenobu, born in Tensho 11 (1542) in Hayas...