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The following is a list of Samurai and their wives. They are listed alphabetically by name. Some have used multiple names, and are listed by their final name. Note that this list is not complete or comprehensive; the total number of persons who belonged to the samurai-class of Japanese society, during the time that such a social category existed, would be in the millions.
This article is a list of shoguns that ruled Japan intermittently, as hereditary military dictators, [1] from the beginning of the Asuka period in 709 until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868. [ a ]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Appearance. move to sidebar hide. A list of samurai from the Sengoku Period (c.1467−c.1603), a sub ...
This article is part of a mini-project to produce and organize lists of samurai of lesser notability, or about whom little is known. For information and lists of samurai by clan, see Japanese clans .
Samurai normally used only a small part of their total name. For example, the full name of Oda Nobunaga was "Oda Kazusanosuke Saburo Nobunaga" (織田上総介三郎信長), in which "Oda" is a clan or family name, "Kazusanosuke" is a title of vice-governor of Kazusa province, "Saburo" is a formal nickname , and "Nobunaga" is an adult name ...
Kuge families also had used their family name (Kamei/家名) for the same purpose. Each of samurai families is called "[family name] clan (氏)" as follows and they must not be confused with ancient clan names. The list below is a list of various aristocratic families whose families served as Shugo, Shugodai, Jitō, and Daimyo
At the beginning of the 18th century, about 5,000 samurai held the rank of hatamoto; over two thirds of these had an income of less than 400 koku and only about 100 earned 5,000 koku or more. A hatamoto with 500 koku had seven permanent non-samurai servants, two swordsmen, a lancer, and an archer on standby. [8]
If polished, the hiraji appears blue-black. (see image) [4] hira-zukuri (平造) – a nearly flat blade without ridge (shinogi) or yokote. (see image) [22] hitatsura (皆焼) – temper line (hamon) with tempering marks visible around the ridge and near the edge of the blade. [16] hon-zukuri (本造, main style) – see shinogi-zukuri.