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Tokugawa Ieyasu
About Japan | History | Samurai

Tokugawa Ieyasu

ByJapan World September 21, 2022

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the first of the Tokugawa Shogun. Born January 31 1543 at Okazaki Castle in Aichi Prefecture, the…

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The Battle of Shizugatake
About Japan | Great Battles | Samurai

The Battle of Shizugatake

ByJapan World September 21, 2022

The Battle of Shizugatake was fought on Mt. Shizugatake in Omi Province on the northeastern ridge between Lake Biwa and…

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Oda Nobunaga (June 23 1534-June 21 1582)
About Japan | Samurai

Oda Nobunaga (June 23 1534-June 21 1582)

ByJapan World September 21, 2022

The first of the three Unifiers of Japan, Oda Nobunaga was born in 1534 during the height of the civil strife…

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The Battle of Mitagahara
Great Battles | History | Samurai

The Battle of Mitagahara

ByJapan World September 21, 2022

6 January 1573 Takeda Shingen (28,000) 
VS 
Tokugawa Ieyasu (11,000, including 3,000 Oda troops) The Battle of Mikatagahara almost changed…

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Shimazu Yoshihiro
History | Samurai

Shimazu Yoshihiro

ByJapan World September 21, 2022September 21, 2022

Shimazu Yoshihiro(August 21, 1535 – August 30, 1619) Yoshihiro was a brave and skilled general who contributed greatly to the…

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Honda Tadakatsu
History | Samurai

Honda Tadakatsu

ByJapan World April 20, 2021September 21, 2022

Honda Tadakatsu (also known as Heihachiro) was born in Okazaki, Mikawa (Modern day Aichi Prefecture) and was one of the…

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Date Masamune
About Japan | Samurai

Date Masamune

ByJapan World April 20, 2021September 21, 2022

One of the easiest to recognize of all the samurai thanks to his distinctive armour, and most distinctive maedate, is…

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The Dog Shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
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The Dog Shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi

ByJapan World November 29, 2020September 21, 2022

The fifth Tokugawa Shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, was brought up as a scholar instead of a warrior, as it was feared…

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Battle of Nagashino
History | Samurai

Battle of Nagashino

ByJapan World October 23, 2020September 21, 2022

Siege and Battle, 28 June 1575, Mikawa (Aichi Prefecture) Takeda Katsuyori (12,000) 
VS 
Oda Nobunaga (30,000) and Tokugawa Ieyasu (8,000)…

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Battle of Komaki Nagakute
Samurai

Battle of Komaki Nagakute

ByJapan World October 22, 2020September 21, 2022

On the outskirts of Nagoya is one of the major battlefields of the Samurai era, Nagakute. Like many of the…

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Sassa Narimasa
About Japan

Sassa Narimasa

ByJapan World September 26, 2020September 21, 2022

Sassa Narimasa was born in Hira Castle (Currently the site of Kotsuji Temple, Nishi-Ku, Nagoya) in 1536. He became a…

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Japanese Floor Mats, Tatami
About Japan

Japanese Floor Mats, Tatami

ByJapan World September 19, 2020September 21, 2022

The image of a traditional Japanese room includes the shoji, paper-covered wooden frame windows called shoji, fusuma, being sliding doors…

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Japan’s Three Sacred Treasures, Symbols of Imperial Rule

ByJapan World September 4, 2020September 21, 2022

According to the Kojiki, (the Record of Ancient matters, a collection of myths concerning the origins of Japan) the Three…

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Samurai Signatures, Kao (花押)
History | Samurai

Samurai Signatures, Kao (花押)

ByJapan World July 6, 2020September 21, 2022

Kao (花押) were stylised identification signatures used on important papers by the lords and nobility of Japan since the Heian…

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