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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
Serizawa Kamo
First Chief Commander of the Shinsengumi — Powerful Shinto Munen-ryu swordsman who wielded an iron fan, the founding leader who was assassinated by his own organization
## A Mito Ronin and Shinto Munen-ryu Swordsman Serizawa Kamo's birth year is unknown; he is said to...
Yamaoka Tesshū
One of the Three Great Ships of Bakumatsu
## Birth of a Sword Master Daimyo Born in the seventh year of Tenpō (1836) as the son of a hatamoto ...
Hijikata Toshizō
The Demon Vice-Commander
## Birth of the Demon Vice-Commander Born in Tenpō 6 (1835) in Ishida Village, Tama District, Musash...
Kawai Tsugeunosuke
Treasure of Nagaoka Domain, Echigo — Revolutionary Military Reformer Who Introduced the Gatling Gun, Tragic Hero of the Northern Boshin War
## Treasure of Nagaoka, Echigo Born in Bunsei 10 (1827) as the son of samurai Kawai Daiuemon in Naga...
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...
Nakazawa Koto
The Cross-Dressed Swordswoman of the Hōshin-ryū — Traditionally the Shinchōgumi's Only Female Member
Nakazawa Koto (c. 1839-1927) was a swordswoman from Tone District, Kōzuke Province (present-day Numa...
Inoue Genzaburo
6th Unit Captain of the Shinsengumi — Veteran from the Shieikan days who anchored the organization, killed in action at the Battle of Toba-Fushimi
## Veteran Swordsman of the Shieikan Born in Bunsei 12 (1829), Inoue Genzaburo was one of the long-...
Saitō Yakurō
Founder of the Renpeikan, one of the Three Great Dojos of late Edo, who trained Kido Takayoshi, Takasugi Shinsaku and other architects of the Meiji Restoration
## Origins and Swordsmanship Training Saitō Yakurō (1798-1871) was born in 1798 to a farming family...
Harada Sanosuke
10th Unit Captain of the Shinsengumi — Master of the cross-spear and man of extraordinary valor, the only prominent spearman in an organization of swordsmen
## An Exceptional Spear Practitioner Around Tenpō 11 (1840), Harada Sanosuke, said to have been bor...
Okita Sōji
Captain of the Shinsengumi First Division
Okita Sōji, captain of the Shinsengumi's First Division, was hailed as the strongest swordsman withi...
Sakamoto Ryōma
The Revolutionary of Bakumatsu
Sakamoto Ryōma, the Bakumatsu-era visionary who brokered the Satsuma-Chōshū Alliance and helped brin...
Takahashi Deishū
A master spearman counted among the "Three Boats of the Bakumatsu," who quietly helped bring about the bloodless surrender of Edo Castle
Takahashi Deishū (1835-1903) was a shogunate retainer active from the Bakumatsu period into the Meij...