Shibata Katsuie

Shibata Katsuie

male, deceased (1583)
Daimyo, Seppuku, Noto, tokugawa, castle, oni…kaga, KagaProvince, Etchu Province, Noto Province
"' (1530-1583) or Gonroku"' (権六) was a Japanese military commander during the Sengoku Period who served Oda Nobunaga. He initially supported Oda...
Maeda Toshitsune

Maeda Toshitsune

male, deceased (1658)
Daimyo, tokugawa, tokugawa shogunate, kaga, Edo period, KagaProvince…Etchu Province, Noto Province
Maeda Toshitsune a daimyo during the Edo period of the 17th century of Japan. Toshitsune was a brother of Maeda Toshinaga. Adopted as his heir, he...
Maeda Keiji

Maeda Keiji

male, deceased (1612)
Samurai, KagaProvince, Japanese, Owari Province, Sengoku period, Owari…kaga
Maeda Keiji A feudal Japanese warrior who lived during the Sengoku period to the Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 16th century. He was born to the...
Niwa Nagahide

Niwa Nagahide

male, deceased (1585)
Sengoku, Shikoku, Omi Province, KagaProvince, Azuchi castle, Wakasa Province…Echizen Province
Niwa Nagahide was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku through Azuchi-Momoyama periods of the 16th century. He served as a retainer to the Oda clan,...
Arai Hakuseki

Arai Hakuseki

male, deceased (1725)
Advisors to Tokugawa shoguns, hatamoto, Confucianism, Hotta Masatoshi, tokugawa shogunate, han…KagaProvince, Sakura province
Arai Hakuseki was a Confucianist, poet and politician in Japan during the middle of Edo Period, who advised the Shogun, Ienobu. His personal name...
Niwa Nagashige

Niwa Nagashige

male, deceased (1637)
Samurai, Shirakawa, Fukushima, Battle of Nagakute, siege of Ōsaka, KagaProvince, Wakasa Province…Echizen Province
Niwa Nagashige was a daimyo and retainer of the Oda clan. Nagashige was the eldest son of Niwa Nagahide and married an adopted daughter of Oda...
Chiyo-Ni

Chiyo-Ni

female, deceased (1775)
Japanese women writer, red house painter, Women writer, KagaProvince, morning glory, Japanese…Kaga no Chiyo
Chiyo-ni (Kaga no Chiyo was a Japanese poet of the Edo period, widely regarded as one of the greatest female haiku poets. Born in Matto, Kaga...

Honami Kōetsu

male, deceased (1637)
Raku ware, Rinpa school, lacquer, Japanese, no, Japanese tea ceremony…KagaProvince
"'"' (1558-1637) was a Japanese craftsman, potter, lacquerer, and calligrapher, whose work is generally considered to have inspired the founding of...
Uryu Sotokichi

Uryu Sotokichi

male, deceased (1937)
Samurai, admiral, russo-japanese war, captain, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral, annapolis…kaga, KagaProvince
"'"' (2 January 1857 – 11 November 1937) was an early admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, active in the Russo-Japanese War, most notably at th...

Kōsa

male
Religious leader, asakura, Japanese, Sengoku period, KagaProvince, Mōri clan
Kōsa, also known as Honganji Kennyo (1543-1592), was the 11th head of the Hongan-ji in Kyoto, and Chief Abbot of Ishiyama Hongan-ji, cathedral f...