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  2. Samurai - Wikipedia

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    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.Originally provincial warriors who served the Kuge and imperial court in the late 12th century, they eventually came to play a major political role until their abolition in the late 1870s during the Meiji era.

  3. Saigō Takamori - Wikipedia

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    Saigō Taka (sister) Saigō Yasu (sister) Saigō Takamori (or Takanaga) (西鄕 隆盛 [隆永], January 23, 1828 – September 24, 1877) was a Japanese samurai and nobleman. He was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration. Living during the late Edo and early Meiji ...

  4. Shogun - Wikipedia

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    Shogun (English: / ˈʃoʊɡʌn / SHOH-gun; [1] Japanese: 将軍, romanized: shōgun, pronounced [ɕoːɡɯɴ] ⓘ), officially sei-i taishōgun (征夷大将軍, " Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians"), [2] was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. [3]

  5. History of Japan - Wikipedia

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    History of Japan. The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. [ 1 ] The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new inventions were introduced from Asia.

  6. Oda Nobunaga - Wikipedia

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    Oda clan mon (Japanese emblem) Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長, [oda nobɯ (ꜜ)naɡa] ⓘ; 23 June 1534 – 21 June 1582) was a Japanese daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the Tenka-bito (天下人, lit.'person under heaven')[ a ] and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.

  7. Takeda clan - Wikipedia

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    Takeda is a playable faction in Shogun: Total War and Shogun 2. Takeda is a playable nation in Europa Universalis IV. The Takeda clan in feudal Japan is in the manga and the anime of Inuyasha. Takeda Shingen and his peasant doppelgänger are the main subjects of Kagemusha, directed by Akira Kurosawa.

  8. Date clan - Wikipedia

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    They were born to the Date clan but were nominally adopted by other families. The first name is the person who was nominally adopted. Tamura Muneyoshi (1637–1678) [8] Tamura Takeaki (1656–1708) – first Tamura daimyō of Ichinoseki han [8] Tamura Akihiro (1659–1696) Tamura Akinao (1662–1706) Tamura Akinori (1664–1733)

  9. Miyamoto Musashi - Wikipedia

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    Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵), born Shinmen Takezō (新免 武蔵, c. 1584 – 13 June 1645), [1] also known as Miyamoto Bennosuke and by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, [2] was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 ...