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Oda Nobukatsu
Second Son of Nobunaga — Successor of the Oda Clan Who Allied with Ieyasu Against Hideyoshi at the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute
Oda Nobukatsu (1558-1630) was born as the second son of Oda Nobunaga and was a warrior and daimyō wh...
Sakuma Nobumori
Senior Elder of Oda Nobunaga, Supreme Commander of the Siege of the Hongan-ji
Sakuma Nobumori (1528-1582) was a senior elder who supported Nobunaga for many years, but his later ...
Hōjō Ujinao
Last Head of the Odawara Hōjō Clan — Tragic Daimyō Who Surrendered to Hideyoshi's Odawara Campaign, Ending the Hōjō's Rule of the Kantō Region
Hōjō Ujinao (1562-1591) was the fifth head of the Later Hōjō clan (Odawara Hōjō family), which was b...
Ii Naosuke
Great Elder (Tairō) of the Bakumatsu Era — Lord of Hikone Who Marked History with the Ansei Purge and the Sakuradamon Incident
Ii Naosuke (1815–1860) was a domain lord of Ōmi Hikone Domain (present-day Hikone City, Shiga Prefec...
Mizuno Katsushige
Demon of Hyuga, From Invincible Sengoku Warrior to Celebrated Tokugawa General
Mizuno Katsunari (1564-1651) was a military commander who was the cousin of Tokugawa Ieyasu and one ...
Magara Naotaka
Asakura Retainer and Mighty Warrior
Magara Naotaka (?–1570) was a warrior of the Sengoku period who served Asakura Yoshikage, the daimyō...
Oda Nobutaka
Oda Clan General
Oda Nobutaka (1558-1583) was the third son of Oda Nobunaga, initially adopted into the Kanbe clan as...
Hōjō Sōun
The First Sengoku Daimyō
## The Dawn of the Sengoku Era Around Eikō 4 (1432), Ise Shinkurō (later known as Hōjō Sōun), born ...
Oda Nobutomo
Lord of Kiyosu Castle
Oda Nobutomo (1534-1555) was a Sengoku-period warlord who served as deputy protector (shugodai) of O...
Mōri Motonari
The God of Stratagems
Mōri Motonari rose from a minor lord of Aki Province to rule ten provinces across the Chūgoku region...
Sakai Tadatsugu
Head of the Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa — Fierce General Who Supported Tokugawa Ieyasu Throughout His Life as a Model of Mikawa Warriors
Sakai Tadatsugu (1527–1596) was a warrior from Mikawa Province (present-day eastern Aichi Prefecture...
Honjō Shigenaga
Uesugi Retainer, Agakita-shū
Honjō Shigenaga (1540–1614) was a warrior from the Sengoku to early Edo period, a senior retainer of...