Torii Suneemon Shouted the Opposite of What He Was Told
Torii Suneemon was a foot soldier. Not a samurai, not a retainer with a landed stipend, not a man who […]
Samurai & Warlords
Profiles of samurai, daimyō and military leaders — biography, battles, legacy, and how to visit sites associated with them today.
Miyamoto Musashi Was a Painter Who Killed People
The thing that nobody tells you about Miyamoto Musashi is that he was a better painter than he was a
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi Tried to Legislate Kindness
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi has the worst nickname of any Tokugawa shōgun, and it is not his fault. The “Dog Shōgun” —
The Viper of Mino: How Saitō Dōsan Stole a Province
There was a generation of Sengoku warlords who gave themselves names and a generation who got their names from other
Sassa Narimasa: The Warlord Who Crossed the Japanese Alps
The reason I keep coming back to Sassa Narimasa, and the reason the other samurai of his generation kept talking