Historical Background Miyamoto Musashi is probably one of the best-known Japanese Ronin, not only as the undefeated swordsman but also as the autho...

Historical Background Date Masamune(September 5, 1567 - June 27, 1636) was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through the early Edo p...

Historical Background Sanada Yukimura (1567-June 3, 1615) was a samurai who was active from Azuchi-momoyama period to the early Edo period. He and ...

Historical Background Uesugi Kenshin was one of the many powerful lords of the Civil War period of Japan in Echigo province. He is famed for his pr...

Historical Background Tokugawa Ieyasu is one of the most important figures throughout the Japanese history. He was the founder and the first Tokuga...

Historical Background Maeda Toshimasu, better known as Maeda Keiji, was a Japanese samurai of the Civil War Period through the early Edo Period. Wh...

Historical Background Saito Hajime(February 18, 1844 - September 28, 1915) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who most famously served ...

Historical Background Hijikata Toshizo (May 31, 1835 - June 20, 1869) was the deputy leader of the Shinsengumi, a skilled and formidable military l...

Historical Background Count Katsu Kaishu(1823-1899) was a Japanese naval officer and statesman during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji per...

Historical Background Kijinmaru Kunishige, a master swordsmith of the Edo period, crafted blades that became the stuff of legend. Among his most r...

Background of this Koshirae Abarenbo Shogun, translated as Rowdy Shogun, was a long-running televised series that features the eighth Shogun of Tok...

Historical Background Despite his life going on a downward spiral by the twist of fate, Okada Izo was a skilled Samurai warrior. Being a natural-bo...

Historical Background Akechi Mitsuhide was a renowned Japanese samurai and a masterful tactician whose strategic brilliance left an indelible mark ...

Historical Background Tokugawa Yoshimune was the eighth Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1716 until his abdication in 1745, h...

Historical Background Kijinmaru Kunishige, a master swordsmith of the Edo period, crafted blades that became the stuff of legend. Among his most r...

Historical Background Sakamoto Ryoma was a leader of the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate during the late Edo period, best known as th...

Historical Background A Dodanuki, meaning "sword that cuts through torsos", is a Japanese swordsmith school and the sword design was first develope...

Historical Background Yagyu Jubei was a swordsman and a writer in the early Edo period. Although there is very little known about his life, he grew...

Historical Background Tsukahara Bokuden was a famous swordsman of the Sengoku period, widely known as Kensei(剣聖), the sword saint. He served as an ...

Historical Background Hattori Hanzo (1542 - 1596), also known as Hattori Masanari, was a famous Samurai of the Sengoku era to the early Edo period....