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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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Minamoto no Sanetomo
3rd Shogun of Kamakura Shogunate and Poet
Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192-1219) was the 3rd Shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate and a remarkable warri...
Kajiwara Kagetoki
The "master of slander" — Yoritomo's trusted retainer behind Yoshitsune's downfall
## Life Kajiwara Kagetoki (d. 1200) was a warrior from Sagami Province who initially fought for the...
Minamoto no Yorimasa
Slayer of the Nue
## The Hero of the Nue Hunt In the first year of Chōji (1104), Minamoto no Yorimasa was born as a w...
Musashibō Benkei
The Warrior Monk of Standing Death
Musashibō Benkei is the most famous warrior monk in Japanese history, celebrated as the loyal retain...
Kusunoki Masashige
The Paragon of Loyalty
## The Birth of Kusunoki Masashige Born in Kawachi Province in Einin 2 (1294), Kusunoki Masashige i...
Nitta Yoshisada
The Warrior Who Cast His Sword into the Sea
Nitta Yoshisada, descendant of the Minamoto line, destroyed the Kamakura Shogunate in 1333 with a bo...
Ashikaga Tadafuyu
Illegitimate Son of Ashikaga Takauji, Kyushu Tandai
## Birth and Early Life Ashikaga Tadafuyu (c. 1327–1400) was a warrior of the Nanboku-cho period an...
Hosokawa Yoriyuki
Kanrei Who Saved the Ashikaga Shogunate — The Great Pillar of the Muromachi Order
## The Strategic General Supporting the Ashikaga Shogunate Hosokawa Yoriyuki, born in the fourth ye...
Minamoto no Yorimitsu
Slayer of Demons — The Heian Warrior Who Founded the Legend of the Four Heavenly Kings
Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948–1021) was the founding patriarch of the Settsu Genji and the preeminent m...
Kusunoki Masatsura
The Young楠公 — Loyal Son of the Southern Court Who Fell at Shijōnawate
## Birth of the Young Kusunoki and His Father's Instruction Born around 1326 (Karyaku 1) as the leg...
Hōjō Yoshitoki
2nd Regent of Kamakura Shogunate
Hōjō Yoshitoki (1163-1224) was a warrior who established the Hōjō clan's political foundation as the...
Kusunoki Masanori
Kusunoki Clan Head and Supreme Commander of the Southern Court
## Life and Origins Kusunoki Masanori (c. 1330–1389) was a warrior of the Nanboku-cho period, the t...