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Uwai Kakuken (上井覚兼) (1545–1589) also known as Satokane was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Shimazu clan. Uwai Kakuken was a Shimazu clan chief retainer and one of Shimazu Yoshihisa's top councilors. [1] Parts of his diary survives as a glimpse into the court of a 16th Century daimyō. [1]
Nakahama Manjirō (中濱 万次郎, January 27, 1827 – November 12, 1898), also known as John Manjirō (or John Mung), [1] was a Japanese samurai and translator who was one of the first Japanese people to visit the United States and an important translator during the opening of Japan.
A samurai in his armour in the 1860s. Hand-colored photograph by Felice Beato. Samurai or bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]) were members of the warrior class in Japan.They were most prominent as aristocratic warriors during the country's feudal period from the 12th century to early 17th century, and thereafter as a top class in the social hierarchy of the Edo period until their abolishment in the ...
Ōtomo clan (大友氏, Ōtomo-shi) was a Japanese samurai family whose power stretched from the Kamakura period through the Sengoku period, spanning over 400 years. The clan's hereditary lands lay in Kyūshū.
Kusunoki Masashige (楠木 正成, 1294 – 4 July 1336) was a Japanese military commander and samurai of the Kamakura period remembered as the ideal loyal samurai. Kusunoki fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in the Genkō War to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate and restore power in Japan to the Imperial Court .
The Uesugi clan (上杉氏, Uesugi-shi, historically also Uyesugi) is a Japanese samurai clan which was at its peak one of the most powerful during the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (14th to 17th centuries). [1] At its height, the clan had three main branches: the Ōgigayatsu, Inukake, and Yamanouchi.
Saitō Hajime (斎藤 一) (born Yamaguchi Hajime (山口 一); February 18, 1844 – September 28, 1915) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who most famously served as the captain of the third unit of the Shinsengumi. He was one of the few core members who survived the numerous wars of the Bakumatsu period.
The Hosokawa clan (細川氏, Hosokawa-shi) is a Japanese samurai kin group or clan. [1] The clan descends from the Seiwa Genji, a branch of the Minamoto clan, and ultimately from Emperor Seiwa, through the Ashikaga clan. [2] It produced many prominent officials in the Ashikaga shogunate's administration.