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Hosokawa Yoriyuki
Kanrei Who Saved the Ashikaga Shogunate — The Great Pillar of the Muromachi Order
## The Strategic General Supporting the Ashikaga Shogunate Hosokawa Yoriyuki, born in the fourth ye...
Minamoto no Yorimitsu
Slayer of Demons — The Heian Warrior Who Founded the Legend of the Four Heavenly Kings
Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948–1021) was the founding patriarch of the Settsu Genji and the preeminent m...
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...
Kusunoki Masatsura
The Young楠公 — Loyal Son of the Southern Court Who Fell at Shijōnawate
## Birth of the Young Kusunoki and His Father's Instruction Born around 1326 (Karyaku 1) as the leg...
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...
Tamiya Heibei
Founder of Tamiya-ryū Iaijutsu, Swordsman Who Laid the Foundation of Iaido
Tamiya Heibei (exact dates unknown, active first-second half of 17th century) was an Edo period swor...
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...
Chiba Sana
Master Swordswoman of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū — Traditionally Remembered as Sakamoto Ryōma's Betrothed
Chiba Sana (given name Sanako, 1838-1896) was born the daughter of Chiba Sadakichi, master of the Ok...
Gamō Ujisato
Direct Retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Great Lord of Aizu 910,000 Koku
Gamō Ujisato (1556-1595) was a leading daimyo of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, a famous general who he...
Hōjō Yoshitoki
2nd Regent of Kamakura Shogunate
Hōjō Yoshitoki (1163-1224) was a warrior who established the Hōjō clan's political foundation as the...
Fujita Nobuyoshi
Senior Retainer of Uesugi Kagekatsu, Strategist Who Defected to Ieyasu on the Eve of Sekigahara
Fujita Nobuyoshi (1559–1616) was a senior retainer of Uesugi Kagekatsu, connected to the Fujita clan...