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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
26 entries
Kondō Isami
Commander of the Shinsengumi
Kondō Isami was the commander of the Shinsengumi who dominated Bakumatsu-era Kyoto as a master sword...
Takasugi Shinsaku
Founder of the Kiheitai · Revolutionary of Choshu Domain
Takasugi Shinsaku (1839–1867) was a samurai of Choshu Domain (present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture) and ...
Jinbo Yukiko
A Tragic Woman of the Aizu Boshin War
Jinbo Yukiko was born in 1845 (Kōka 2), the daughter of Inoue Kyūgu, a retainer and military scholar...
Katsura Kōgorō
One of the Three Heroes of the Meiji Restoration, Strategist of Choshu Domain
Katsura Kōgorō (1833-1877), later renamed Kido Takayoshi, was a Choshu domain samurai counted among ...
Kiyokawa Hachirō
The Hokushin Ittō-ryū Swordsman Whose Rōshigumi Sparked the Birth of the Shinsengumi
## Life Born in 1830 in Kiyokawa village, Shonai domain in Dewa Province (present-day Shonai Town, ...
Nagakura Shinpachi
Commander of the Shinsengumi's Second Squad—Master swordsman of Shinto Munen-ryu, who charged frontline at the Ikedaya Incident, the strongest practical combat swordsman of the late Edo period, and the last senior executive to survive into the Meiji era
## Master of Shinto Munen-ryu Born in Tenpō 10 (1839) as the son of a samurai of the Matsumae domain...
Sannan Keisuke
Shinsengumi General—A scholar-swordsman of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū and its first general, who met a tragic end through seppuku at Okita Sōji's hands for desertion
## The Intellectual Swordsman: Sannan Keisuke Sannan Keisuke, born in Tenpō 4 (1833), was an intelle...
Todo Heisuke
8th Unit Captain of the Shinsengumi — Genius swordsman of Hokushin Itto-ryu, severely wounded at the Ikedaya Incident, who died young as a member of the Goryoeji
Todo Heisuke, born in Kooka 1 (1844), was a swordsman who mastered Hokushin Itto-ryu, one of the mos...
Nakano Takeko
Female Samurai
## Daughter of an Aizu Retainer Nakano Takeko was born in Edo (Musashi Province) as the daughter of ...
Katsu Kaishū
The Man Who Saved Edo Without Drawing His Sword
Katsu Kaishū was one of the most extraordinary figures of the Bakumatsu era — a master swordsman of ...
Saitō Hajime
Captain of the Shinsengumi Third Division
Saitō Hajime, captain of the Shinsengumi's Third Division, was regarded alongside Okita Sōji as one ...
Saigō Takamori
The Last Samurai — Commander of the Final Battle Where Japanese Swords Clashed in War
Saigō Takamori is one of the most celebrated figures in Japanese history — a giant both physically a...