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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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Kiso Yoshinaka
The Rising Sun General — mountain warrior who shook the Heike and burned bright before his fall
Kiso Yoshinaka (1154–1184), called the Rising Sun General (Asahi Shogun), was the fierce mountain wa...
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...
Ōuchi Yoshitaka
Lord of the Western Provinces and Patron of the Chinese Trade
## The Greatest Daimyo of Western Japan Born in Eishō 4 (1507) in Suō Province (present-day Yamaguc...
Tsutsui Junkei
Daimyo
## From Kōfuku-ji Monk-Warrior to Master of Yamato Tsutsui Junkei was born in 1549 (Tenbun 18), the ...
Rusu Masakage
Uncle of Date Masamune, Key Figure in Developing Sendai Castle Town
Rusu Masakage (1549–1607) was a senior retainer of the Date clan and uncle of Date Masamune, a polit...
Yamauchi Kazutoyo
Founder of Tosa Domain — The Late-Blooming Lord Whose Wife's Wisdom Won Him a Domain
## A Late-Blooming Great General—Yamauchi Kazutoyo Born in Tenbun 15 (1546) as the son of Yamauchi ...
Sassa Narimasa
Fierce General of Etchu, Hero of the Sarasa Mountain Crossing
Sassa Narimasa (1536-1588) was a warrior who grew from being Shibata Katsuie's ally to becoming a da...
Ōkubo Tadachika
The de facto first rōjū who supported Tokugawa Ieyasu — first daimyo of Odawara domain, later stripped of his lands
## Origins and First Battle Ōkubo Tadachika (1553-1628) was born in Mikawa Province in 1553, the el...
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 ...
Yamaga Sokō
Theorist of Bushidō and Master of Military Science
## The Birth of a Military Theorist Born in Genwa 8 (1622) in Aizu, Mutsu Province, Yamaga Sokō stan...
Hijikata Toshizō
The Demon Vice-Commander
## Birth of the Demon Vice-Commander Born in Tenpō 6 (1835) in Ishida Village, Tama District, Musash...
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...