Nishimura Koku

Nishimura Koku

male, deceased (2002)
Nishimura Koku (1915 - June, 2002) was a master Japanese bamboo flute player, teacher, and craftsman. He played an especially raw style of flute he...
Ishida Mitsunari

Ishida Mitsunari

male, deceased (1600)
Ishida Mitsunari (1560 - November 6, 1600) was a samurai who led the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the Azuchi-Momoyama period...
Akechi Mitsuhide

Akechi Mitsuhide

male, deceased (1582)
nicknamed Jūbei, was a samurai who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. Mitsuhide was a general under daimyo Oda Nobunaga, although he l...
Uesugi Kagekatsu

Uesugi Kagekatsu

male, deceased (1623)
Uesugi Kagekatsu was a daimyo during the Sengoku and Edo periods of Japanese history. The son of Nagao Masakage (the head of the Ueda Nagao...
Mori Ranmaru

Mori Ranmaru

male, deceased (1582)
"', born Mori Nagasada"', was the son of Mori Yoshinari, and the younger brother of Mori Nagayoshi, from the province of Mino. From an early age,...
Honda Tadakatsu

Honda Tadakatsu

male, deceased (1610)
Honda Tadakatsu, also called Honda Heihachirō (本多平八郎), was a general in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu following the Sengoku period of the 16th ce...
Asano Naganori

Asano Naganori

male, deceased (1701)
Asano Naganori was the daimyo of the Ako han in Japan (1675 - 1701). His title was "Takumi no Kami" (内匠頭). He is known as the person who trigge...
Asano Nagaakira

Asano Nagaakira

male, deceased (1632)
"'(1586-1632) was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period who served as "daimyō" of Wakayama han, and was later transferred to Hiroshima han. B...
Mōri Terumoto

Mōri Terumoto

male, deceased (1625)
Mōri Terumoto was the son of Mōri Takamoto, fought against Toyotomi Hideyoshi but was eventually overcome, participated in the Kyūshū campaign (158...

Katō Kiyomasa

male, deceased (1611)
Katō Kiyomasa was a daimyō during the Sengoku and Edo periods of Japanese history. The son of a blacksmith, and a native of Owari Province, at th...