SA-0001 / JPN
Oda Nobunaga
The revolutionary who paved the path to a unified Japan
Oda clanSengoku
BUSHI ARCHIVE INDEX
Samurai Archive
BUSHI ARCHIVE -- 29 SUBJECTS ON FILE
FEATURED SUBJECTS
T
SA-0002 / JPN
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
The peasant who rose to rule all Japan
Toyotomi clanSengoku
T
SA-0003 / JPN
Tokugawa Ieyasu
The patient warlord whose dynasty ruled Japan for 250 years
Tokugawa clanSengoku
D
SA-0004 / JPN
Date Masamune
The One-Eyed Dragon who built Sendai
Date clanSengoku
T
SA-0005 / JPN
Takeda Shingen
The Tiger of Kai whose cavalry shook the realm
Takeda clanSengoku
U
SA-0006 / JPN
Uesugi Kenshin
The Dragon of Echigo, sword-saint of the north
Uesugi clanSengoku
M
SA-0007 / JPN
Miyamoto Musashi
The undefeated swordsman who wrote The Book of Five Rings
RoninNiten Ichi-ryū
S
SA-0008 / JPN
Sakamoto Ryōma
The low-rank samurai who engineered the fall of the shogunate
TosaBakumatsu
S
SA-0009 / JPN
Sanada Yukimura
The greatest warrior of the Sengoku, dying a legend at Osaka
Sanada clanOsaka
H
SA-0010 / JPN
Hattori Hanzō
The Iga master who guarded the founder of the Tokugawa peace
IgaNinja
B
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SA-0011 / JPN
Kuroda Kanbei
The strategist Hideyoshi feared more than any enemy
Kuroda clanStrategist
I
SA-0012 / JPN
Ishida Mitsunari
The administrator who fought Tokugawa for the Toyotomi succession — and lost
Toyotomi loyalistSekigahara
S
SA-0013 / JPN
Sanada Masayuki
The mountain strategist who defeated the Tokugawa twice from a single small castle
Sanada clanUeda
T
SA-0014 / JPN
Tachibana Muneshige
The Western Invincible — a daimyō who lost everything and won it back
Tachibana clanKyūshū
M
SA-0015 / JPN
Musashibō Benkei
The warrior monk whose loyalty became Japan's most quoted legend
SōheiHeian–Kamakura
K
SA-0016 / JPN
Kusunoki Masashige
The strategist who held off the Kamakura shogunate with rocks and trickery
Genkō WarImperial loyalist
H
SA-0017 / JPN
Hosokawa Gracia
The Christian noblewoman whose death preserved her husband's place in the new order
ChristianAkechi clan
K
SA-0018 / JPN
Katō Kiyomasa
The seven-spears warrior who built the castle that survived four hundred years
Toyotomi seven spearsKumamoto
U
SA-0019 / JPN
Uesugi Yōzan
The young lord who saved a bankrupt domain through thirty years of austere reform
Edo reformYonezawa
S
SA-0020 / JPN
Sanada Nobuyuki
The eastern brother who outlived Yukimura by forty-three years and built a domain that lasted to Meiji
SanadaMatsushiro
B
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SA-0021 / JPN
Saigō Takamori
The architect of the Meiji Restoration who died fighting against the Meiji government he had built
SatsumaMeiji Restoration
T
SA-0022 / JPN
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
The last shogun who chose to surrender power rather than fight a civil war he believed Japan could not afford
TokugawaBakumatsu
M
SA-0023 / JPN
Minamoto no Yoritomo
The founding shogun who built warrior government as a system that lasted six and a half centuries
Genpei WarKamakura Bakufu
H
SA-0024 / JPN
Hōjō Masako
The widow who became the first real ruler of the Kamakura Bakufu
Hōjō clanKamakura
A
SA-0025 / JPN
Ashikaga Takauji
The founding shogun who left Japan with two emperors and a sixty-year civil war
AshikagaMuromachi Bakufu
Ō
SA-0026 / JPN
Ōkubo Toshimichi
The architect of the Meiji state who outmaneuvered Saigō and was assassinated nine months later
SatsumaMeiji oligarchy
I
SA-0027 / JPN
Ii Naosuke
The Tairō who signed the unequal treaties — and was assassinated for it at the gates of Edo Castle
HikoneBakumatsu
T
SA-0028 / JPN
Tomoe Gozen
The woman warrior of the Genpei War whose existence historians cannot quite confirm or deny
Genpei WarOnna-musha
H
SA-0029 / JPN
Hōjō Tokimune
The young regent who held off the Mongols twice — and broke the Kamakura Bakufu doing it
Hōjō regencyMongol invasions
SA-0001 / JPN
Oda Nobunaga
The revolutionary who paved the path to a unified Japan
Oda clanSengoku
T
SA-0002 / JPN
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
The peasant who rose to rule all Japan
Toyotomi clanSengoku
T
SA-0003 / JPN
Tokugawa Ieyasu
The patient warlord whose dynasty ruled Japan for 250 years
Tokugawa clanSengoku
D
SA-0004 / JPN
Date Masamune
The One-Eyed Dragon who built Sendai
Date clanSengoku
T
SA-0005 / JPN
Takeda Shingen
The Tiger of Kai whose cavalry shook the realm
Takeda clanSengoku
U
SA-0006 / JPN
Uesugi Kenshin
The Dragon of Echigo, sword-saint of the north
Uesugi clanSengoku
M
SA-0007 / JPN
Miyamoto Musashi
The undefeated swordsman who wrote The Book of Five Rings
RoninNiten Ichi-ryū
S
SA-0008 / JPN
Sakamoto Ryōma
The low-rank samurai who engineered the fall of the shogunate
TosaBakumatsu
S
SA-0009 / JPN
Sanada Yukimura
The greatest warrior of the Sengoku, dying a legend at Osaka
Sanada clanOsaka
H
SA-0010 / JPN
Hattori Hanzō
The Iga master who guarded the founder of the Tokugawa peace
IgaNinja
B
SPONSORED
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Related BooksK
SA-0011 / JPN
Kuroda Kanbei
The strategist Hideyoshi feared more than any enemy
Kuroda clanStrategist
I
SA-0012 / JPN
Ishida Mitsunari
The administrator who fought Tokugawa for the Toyotomi succession — and lost
Toyotomi loyalistSekigahara
S
SA-0013 / JPN
Sanada Masayuki
The mountain strategist who defeated the Tokugawa twice from a single small castle
Sanada clanUeda
T
SA-0014 / JPN
Tachibana Muneshige
The Western Invincible — a daimyō who lost everything and won it back
Tachibana clanKyūshū
M
SA-0015 / JPN
Musashibō Benkei
The warrior monk whose loyalty became Japan's most quoted legend
SōheiHeian–Kamakura
K
SA-0016 / JPN
Kusunoki Masashige
The strategist who held off the Kamakura shogunate with rocks and trickery
Genkō WarImperial loyalist
H
SA-0017 / JPN
Hosokawa Gracia
The Christian noblewoman whose death preserved her husband's place in the new order
ChristianAkechi clan
K
SA-0018 / JPN
Katō Kiyomasa
The seven-spears warrior who built the castle that survived four hundred years
Toyotomi seven spearsKumamoto
U
SA-0019 / JPN
Uesugi Yōzan
The young lord who saved a bankrupt domain through thirty years of austere reform
Edo reformYonezawa
S
SA-0020 / JPN
Sanada Nobuyuki
The eastern brother who outlived Yukimura by forty-three years and built a domain that lasted to Meiji
SanadaMatsushiro
B
SPONSORED
Books about Sanada Nobuyuki
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Related BooksS
SA-0021 / JPN
Saigō Takamori
The architect of the Meiji Restoration who died fighting against the Meiji government he had built
SatsumaMeiji Restoration
T
SA-0022 / JPN
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
The last shogun who chose to surrender power rather than fight a civil war he believed Japan could not afford
TokugawaBakumatsu
M
SA-0023 / JPN
Minamoto no Yoritomo
The founding shogun who built warrior government as a system that lasted six and a half centuries
Genpei WarKamakura Bakufu
H
SA-0024 / JPN
Hōjō Masako
The widow who became the first real ruler of the Kamakura Bakufu
Hōjō clanKamakura
A
SA-0025 / JPN
Ashikaga Takauji
The founding shogun who left Japan with two emperors and a sixty-year civil war
AshikagaMuromachi Bakufu
Ō
SA-0026 / JPN
Ōkubo Toshimichi
The architect of the Meiji state who outmaneuvered Saigō and was assassinated nine months later
SatsumaMeiji oligarchy
I
SA-0027 / JPN
Ii Naosuke
The Tairō who signed the unequal treaties — and was assassinated for it at the gates of Edo Castle
HikoneBakumatsu
T
SA-0028 / JPN
Tomoe Gozen
The woman warrior of the Genpei War whose existence historians cannot quite confirm or deny
Genpei WarOnna-musha
H
SA-0029 / JPN
Hōjō Tokimune
The young regent who held off the Mongols twice — and broke the Kamakura Bakufu doing it
Hōjō regencyMongol invasions
SA-0001 / JPN
Oda Nobunaga
The revolutionary who paved the path to a unified Japan
Oda clanSengoku
T
SA-0002 / JPN
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
The peasant who rose to rule all Japan
Toyotomi clanSengoku
T
SA-0003 / JPN
Tokugawa Ieyasu
The patient warlord whose dynasty ruled Japan for 250 years
Tokugawa clanSengoku
D
SA-0004 / JPN
Date Masamune
The One-Eyed Dragon who built Sendai
Date clanSengoku
T
SA-0005 / JPN
Takeda Shingen
The Tiger of Kai whose cavalry shook the realm
Takeda clanSengoku
U
SA-0006 / JPN
Uesugi Kenshin
The Dragon of Echigo, sword-saint of the north
Uesugi clanSengoku
M
SA-0007 / JPN
Miyamoto Musashi
The undefeated swordsman who wrote The Book of Five Rings
RoninNiten Ichi-ryū
S
SA-0008 / JPN
Sakamoto Ryōma
The low-rank samurai who engineered the fall of the shogunate
TosaBakumatsu
S
SA-0009 / JPN
Sanada Yukimura
The greatest warrior of the Sengoku, dying a legend at Osaka
Sanada clanOsaka
H
SA-0010 / JPN
Hattori Hanzō
The Iga master who guarded the founder of the Tokugawa peace
IgaNinja
B
SPONSORED
Books about Hattori Hanzō
Explore related books on Amazon
Related BooksK
SA-0011 / JPN
Kuroda Kanbei
The strategist Hideyoshi feared more than any enemy
Kuroda clanStrategist
I
SA-0012 / JPN
Ishida Mitsunari
The administrator who fought Tokugawa for the Toyotomi succession — and lost
Toyotomi loyalistSekigahara
S
SA-0013 / JPN
Sanada Masayuki
The mountain strategist who defeated the Tokugawa twice from a single small castle
Sanada clanUeda
T
SA-0014 / JPN
Tachibana Muneshige
The Western Invincible — a daimyō who lost everything and won it back
Tachibana clanKyūshū
M
SA-0015 / JPN
Musashibō Benkei
The warrior monk whose loyalty became Japan's most quoted legend
SōheiHeian–Kamakura
K
SA-0016 / JPN
Kusunoki Masashige
The strategist who held off the Kamakura shogunate with rocks and trickery
Genkō WarImperial loyalist
H
SA-0017 / JPN
Hosokawa Gracia
The Christian noblewoman whose death preserved her husband's place in the new order
ChristianAkechi clan
K
SA-0018 / JPN
Katō Kiyomasa
The seven-spears warrior who built the castle that survived four hundred years
Toyotomi seven spearsKumamoto
U
SA-0019 / JPN
Uesugi Yōzan
The young lord who saved a bankrupt domain through thirty years of austere reform
Edo reformYonezawa
S
SA-0020 / JPN
Sanada Nobuyuki
The eastern brother who outlived Yukimura by forty-three years and built a domain that lasted to Meiji
SanadaMatsushiro
B
SPONSORED
Books about Sanada Nobuyuki
Explore related books on Amazon
Related BooksS
SA-0021 / JPN
Saigō Takamori
The architect of the Meiji Restoration who died fighting against the Meiji government he had built
SatsumaMeiji Restoration
T
SA-0022 / JPN
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
The last shogun who chose to surrender power rather than fight a civil war he believed Japan could not afford
TokugawaBakumatsu
M
SA-0023 / JPN
Minamoto no Yoritomo
The founding shogun who built warrior government as a system that lasted six and a half centuries
Genpei WarKamakura Bakufu
H
SA-0024 / JPN
Hōjō Masako
The widow who became the first real ruler of the Kamakura Bakufu
Hōjō clanKamakura
A
SA-0025 / JPN
Ashikaga Takauji
The founding shogun who left Japan with two emperors and a sixty-year civil war
AshikagaMuromachi Bakufu
Ō
SA-0026 / JPN
Ōkubo Toshimichi
The architect of the Meiji state who outmaneuvered Saigō and was assassinated nine months later
SatsumaMeiji oligarchy
I
SA-0027 / JPN
Ii Naosuke
The Tairō who signed the unequal treaties — and was assassinated for it at the gates of Edo Castle
HikoneBakumatsu
T
SA-0028 / JPN
Tomoe Gozen
The woman warrior of the Genpei War whose existence historians cannot quite confirm or deny
Genpei WarOnna-musha
H
SA-0029 / JPN
Hōjō Tokimune
The young regent who held off the Mongols twice — and broke the Kamakura Bakufu doing it
Hōjō regencyMongol invasions
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