Japanese Samurai

Sakai Tadatsugu

Sakai Tadatsugu

Sakai Tadatsugu (酒井 忠次, 1527) was one of the most accomplished and favored military commanders in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late Sengoku period. He is considered one...

Sakai Tadatsugu

Sakai Tadatsugu (酒井 忠次, 1527) was one of the most accomplished and favored military commanders in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late Sengoku period. He is considered one...

Sakakibara Yasumasa

Sakakibara Yasumasa

Sakakibara Yasumasa (榊原康政, born 1548, died June 19, 1606) was a Japanese general and daimyo of the Tokugawa shogun Ieyasu during the Sengoku era of Japanese history. He is considered...

Sakakibara Yasumasa

Sakakibara Yasumasa (榊原康政, born 1548, died June 19, 1606) was a Japanese general and daimyo of the Tokugawa shogun Ieyasu during the Sengoku era of Japanese history. He is considered...

Niimi Nishiki

Niimi Nishiki

Niimi Nishiki or Shinmi Nishiki (jap. 新見 錦; b. 1836 in Mito;  October 19, 1863 in Kyōto) was one of three commanders, later vice-commander, of the Shinsengumi, a Japanese police...

Niimi Nishiki

Niimi Nishiki or Shinmi Nishiki (jap. 新見 錦; b. 1836 in Mito;  October 19, 1863 in Kyōto) was one of three commanders, later vice-commander, of the Shinsengumi, a Japanese police...

Nakagawa Kiyohide

Nakagawa Kiyohide

Nakagawa Kiyohide (中川 清秀, 1542-June 6, 1583) was a samurai of the Azuchi Momoyama period. His childhood name is "Nakagawa Toranosuke" (中川 虎之助) and his working name is "Nakagawa Sebe"...

Nakagawa Kiyohide

Nakagawa Kiyohide (中川 清秀, 1542-June 6, 1583) was a samurai of the Azuchi Momoyama period. His childhood name is "Nakagawa Toranosuke" (中川 虎之助) and his working name is "Nakagawa Sebe"...

Sanada Nobuyuki

Sanada Nobuyuki

Sanada Masayuki (真田 安房守 昌幸, 1547 - July 13, 1611) was a Japanese lord and daimyō of the Sengoku period. He was the head of the Sanada clan, a regional...

Sanada Nobuyuki

Sanada Masayuki (真田 安房守 昌幸, 1547 - July 13, 1611) was a Japanese lord and daimyō of the Sengoku period. He was the head of the Sanada clan, a regional...

Shimazu Yoshihiro

Shimazu Yoshihiro

Shimazu Yoshihiro (島津義弘 ; August 21, 1535 - August 30, 1619), also cited as Shimazu Tadahira (島津忠平) and known as Hyogo no kami, was the second son of Shimazu Takahisa...

Shimazu Yoshihiro

Shimazu Yoshihiro (島津義弘 ; August 21, 1535 - August 30, 1619), also cited as Shimazu Tadahira (島津忠平) and known as Hyogo no kami, was the second son of Shimazu Takahisa...