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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
123 entries
Takayanagi Matashirō
The Silent Blade — Master Swordsman of the Nakanishi Dojo
Takayanagi Matashirō (born 1808, date of death unknown) was a late Edo-period swordsman who trained ...
Shinagawa Yajirō
Disciple of Shōka Sonjuku, Minister of Home Affairs of Meiji Government
Shinagawa Yajirō (1843-1900) was a Bakumatsu patriot and Meiji-era politician from the Chōshū domain...
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...
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...
Hirayama Shikōzō
Master of the 18 Martial Arts, Military Scholar Revered as a 'War God' in the Late Edo Period
Hirayama Gyōzō (1759-1828) was a shogunal retainer, military scholar, and martial artist who flouris...
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
The Genroku Shogun—The Fifth Shogun Who Stirred Controversy with the Edict of Compassion for Living Things, Patron of Genroku Culture
## The Cultural Apex of Genroku Born in Edo Castle in the third year of Shōhō (1646), Tokugawa Tsun...
Sakakibara Kenkichi
The Sage of Striking Sword Exhibitions — Last Guardian of Jikishinkage-ryū in the Meiji Era
### The Mightiest Swordsman of the Late Edo Period Sakakibara Kenkichi, born in Tenpō 1 (1830) in Ed...
Susukida Kanesuke
Toyotomi horse-guard captain who died at Dōmyōji, later linked in legend to the swordsman Iwami Jūtarō
## Origins and Early Life Susukida Kanesuke's birth year is unknown, and almost nothing is recorded...
Gamō Katahide
Lord of Hino Castle, Ōmi Province
## Life Born in 1534 as the son of Gamō Sadahide, a senior retainer of the Rokkaku clan in Ōmi Provi...
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...
Ikeda Mitsumasa
Lord of Bizen Okayama, Enlightened Ruler Who Promoted Neo-Confucianism and Excelled in Both Arts and Arms
Ikeda Mitsumasa (1609-1682) was the lord of the Bizen Okayama domain, celebrated as an 'enlightened ...
Ōno Harufusa
Leader of the hardline war faction at Osaka Castle, who charged Tokugawa Hidetada's headquarters in the Summer Campaign
## Origins Ōno Harufusa came from a family based at Ōno village in Hagurigun, Owari Province. His f...