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Pages in category "Video games set in 16th-century Sengoku period" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Rulettes for 16th Century Naval Warfare (Wargames Research Group, 1978) Samurai Warfare (Adams & Clarke, ~1979) Sword And Pistol (Tabletop Games, 1985) The Road To Osaka (Daisho Publications, 1995) The Universal Soldier (RAFM Company, 1977) Wargames Rules - Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Century (1490–1660) (George Gush, Wargames Research ...
The longest tachi (considered a 15th-century ōdachi) in existence is 3.7 metres (12 ft) in total length with a 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) blade, but is believed to be ceremonial. In the late 1500s and early 1600s, many tachi blades were modified into katana , their cut tangs ( o-suriage ) removing the smiths' signatures from the swords.
From around the 16th century, many Japanese swords were exported to Thailand, where katana-style swords were made and prized for battle and art work, and some of them are in the collections of the Thai royal family. [76] Mounting for a sword of the itomaki no tachi type with design of mon (family crests). 1600s. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
[15] [16] However, the main weapons on the battlefield in the Sengoku period in the 16th century were yumi, yari, and tanegashima, and katana and tachi were used only for close combat. During this period, the tactics changed to a group battle by ashigaru (foot soldiers) mobilized in large numbers, so naginata and tachi became obsolete as ...
Maeda Toshiie (前田 利家, January 15, 1538 – April 27, 1599) was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi–Momoyama period. His preferred weapon was a yari and he was known as "Yari no Mataza" (槍の又左), Matazaemon (又左衛門) being his common name.
The Takeda clan (武田氏, Takeda-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan active from the late Heian period until the late 16th century. The clan was historically based in Kai Province in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture. [1] [2] The clan reached its greatest influence under the rule of Takeda Shingen, one of the most famous rulers of the period.
A 16th-century Japanese "Atakebune" coastal naval war vessel, bearing the symbol of the Tokugawa Clan. Murakami Navy's Atakebune model. Atakebune (安宅船) were Japanese warships of the 16th and 17th century used during the internecine Japanese wars for political control and unity of all Japan.