On the morning of 21 June 1582, Tokugawa Ieyasu was sitting in a teahouse in Sakai when a messenger arrived…
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Sanada Yukimura defended Ōsaka against Tokugawa Ieyasu's army – and became an icon of the honourable last stand. History, myth…
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Date Masamune was 17 years old when he took control of Oshu, and nearly unified Japan. The story of the…
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Sekigahara 1600 — Japan's largest samurai battle, decided by betrayal. Course, strategy, consequences. Exhibits at the Samurai Museum Berlin.
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Ashikaga Takauji overthrew Emperor Go-Daigo and founded the Muromachi shogunate – yet is still regarded as a traitor in Japan.…
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Tomoe Gozen – warrior, legend, question. What do we really know about Japan's most famous onna-musha? History & fact-check at…
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Uesugi Kenshin was deemed invincible – a Buddhist monk who fought in the name of the war god Bishamonten. History,…
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Kusunoki Masashige – guerrilla tactician, imperial loyalist, myth. Who was the most loyal samurai really? History, facts & exhibits at…
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For 56 years, Japan was ruled by two emperors at once. The Nanboku-chō period: civil war, the collapse of loyalty,…
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The Meiji Restoration ended 700 years of warrior rule. How Saigō Takamori, the sword ban and Shiroyama sealed the end…
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