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Les guerriers légendaires du Japon et les sabres qu'ils chérissaient
La culture des sabres dans les grandes forteresses du Japon
Les lames légendaires qui ont marqué l'histoire
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Takuan Sōhō
The Rinzai Master Who Fused Zen and the Sword — Author of the Fudōchi Shinmyōroku
Takuan Sōhō (1573-1646) was a Rinzai Zen priest of the early Edo period whose writings linking sword...
Natori Masazumi
Author of Shōninki — The Martial Theorist Who Synthesized Ninjutsu and Swordsmanship
## The Author of Shōninki Natori Masazumi, said to have been born around 1624 (Kanei era) in Kii pro...
Yagyū Munefuyu
Heir to Yagyū Shinkage-ryū — Swordsmanship Instructor to Shoguns Ietsuna and Tsunayoshi
Yagyū Munefuyu was an Edo-period swordsman and daimyō, the third son of Yagyū Munenori — the first l...
Ishida Mitsunari
The Loyal Strategist of Sekigahara
## The Three-Cup Tea Anecdote and Rise to Prominence Born in 1560 in Ishida village, Sakata district...
Kobayakawa Hideaki
The Defector of Sekigahara — The Man Who Decided Japan's Fate
## As the Nephew of Hideyoshi In Tenshō 10 (1582), Kobayakawa Hideaki was born as the nephew of Nene...
Tsuchiya Yasuchika
Master Sword Fittings Artisan of the Mid-Edo Period
Tsuchiya Yasuchika (1670-1744) was a representative sword fittings artisan (kinko) of the mid-Edo pe...
Kuki Yoshitaka
Master of the Sengoku Seas Who Commanded the Iron-Clad Warships
## The Sengoku Master Who Dominated the Seas Born in Tenmon 11 (1542) in Shima Province (present-da...
Ōmura Masujirō
Father of the Meiji Army, Reformer of Modern Military System
Ōmura Masujirō (1824-1869) was a scholar of military science and military system reformer from the C...
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
Mito Kōmon — Scholar-Lord Who Compiled the Great History of Japan
## Scholar-Lord Tokugawa Mitsukuni, born in Kan'ei 5 (1628) as the third son of Tokugawa Yorifusa, d...
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...
Chiba Jūtarō
Leading Swordsman of the Okechō Chiba Dojo, Sword Companion of Sakamoto Ryōma
Chiba Jūtarō (March 31, 1824 – May 7, 1885) was a swordsman of the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods, the ...