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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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Sanada Nobutada
Sanada Clan, Tokugawa Hatamoto
Sanada Nobutada (c.1547–1632) was a warrior of the Sengoku to early Edo period. The fourth son of Sa...
Kitabatake Akiie
The Winter General — teenage commander of Mutsu who twice marched his army from Tohoku to the capital
Kitabatake Akiie (1318–1338) was a prodigious young commander who became one of the foremost militar...
Miyamoto Musashi
Sword Saint
Miyamoto Musashi, author of The Book of Five Rings and undefeated in over sixty duels, is the most i...
Miura Yoshimura
The scheming Sagami warrior who navigated Kamakura's power struggles as head of the Miura clan
## Life Miura Yoshimura (d. 1239) headed the powerful Miura clan of Sagami Province and, alongside ...
Natsuka Masaie
One of Toyotomi's Five Magistrates, Near-Omi Administrator Who Supported Hideyoshi's Regime with Arithmetical Genius
Natsuka Masaie (1562-1600) was one of the five magistrates (go-bugyō) of the Toyotomi administration...
Yoshida Shōin
Head of Shōka Sonjuku, Teacher of Bakumatsu Patriots
Yoshida Shōin (1830-1859) was a Bakumatsu patriot, thinker, and educator born into the family of a l...
Shimazu Yoshihiro
Oni-Shimazu (The Demon Shimazu)
Shimazu Yoshihiro, feared as 'Oni-Shimazu' (the Demon Shimazu), was the fiercest warlord of Kyūshū, ...
Chōsokabe Motochika
The Prodigy of Tosa, Great General Who Unified Shikoku
Chōsokabe Motochika (1539-1599) was an outstanding warrior who achieved the unification of all of Sh...
Nasu no Yoichi
Master Archer Who Shot the Fan Target at Yashima
Nasu no Yoichi (exact dates uncertain, c. 1169-c. 1232) was a late Heian period warrior and master a...
Maeda Toshitsune
Second lord of Kaga domain, famed for feigning foolishness to protect the million-koku domain
## Origins and Succession Maeda Toshitsune (1594-1658) was born on 16 January 1594 as the illegitim...
Ii Naotora
Woman Daimyo—The Solitary General Who, as the Sengoku Era's Only Female Ruling Lord, Defended Tōtōmi Ii no Ōya to the End
## The Sengoku Era's Only Woman Daimyo Born around Tenmon 4 (1535) in Ii no Ōya, Tōtōmi Province (pr...
Nitta Yoshioki
Courageous general of the Southern Court; second son of Nitta Yoshisada, slain by treachery
Nitta Yoshioki (1331–1358) was a samurai of the Nanboku-chō period and the second son of Nitta Yoshi...