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Shintō Musō-ryū, or Shindō Musō-ryū (神道夢想流) [1] is a traditional ( ko-ryū) school of the Japanese martial art of jōjutsu, the art of handling the Japanese short staff ( jō ). The art was created with the purpose of defeating a swordsman in combat using the jō, with an emphasis on proper distance, timing and concentration.
From the Sengoku era to the Azuchi-Momoyama period, Yoshida Shinto was involved in the construction of shrines that enshrined warring feudal lords as gods. In the Edo period, which constitutes a large part of the Early modern period in Japan, the Tokugawa shogunate reorganized the administration of shrines. On the other hand, Buddhism, which ...
Oda clan mon (Japanese emblem) Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長, [oda nobɯ (ꜜ)naɡa] ⓘ; 23 June 1534 – 21 June 1582) was a Japanese daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the Tenka-bito (天下人, lit.'person under heaven')[ a ] and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.
Tokugawa-Toyotomi conflict (1584) Battle of Komaki and Nagakute. Siege of Shimojima castle. Siege of Kanie Castle. Sakai Tadatsugu (酒井 忠次, 1527 – 17 December 1596) was one of the most favored and most successful military commanders serving Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late Sengoku period. Serving as the highest-ranking general in the ...
Takeru Sengoku (仙石 武, Sengoku Takeru) Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa [18] (Japanese); William Ofoegbu [19] (English) Kakeru's father. He wants his son to focus on schoolwork to the exclusion of all else, including a social life. He was a classmate of Yuriko and Kyousuke in high school, and was on the receiving end of minor bullying from the ...
Rikyu (利休, Rikyū, 1989) is Hiroshi Teshigahara 's film about the master. The film focuses on the late stages of life of Rikyū, during the highly turbulent Sengoku period of feudal Japan. The film won a number of awards. Death of a Tea Master (千利休 本覺坊遺文, Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubô ibun, also known as Sen no Rikyū: Honkakubo ...
Siege of Osaka. Naoe Kanetsugu (直江 兼続, 1559 – January 23, 1620) was a Japanese samurai of the 16th–17th centuries. The eldest son of Higuchi Kanetoyo, Kanetsugu was famed for his service to two generations of the Uesugi daimyōs. He was also known by his court title, Yamashiro no Kami (山城守) [1] or his childhood name, Higuchi ...
Introduced in: Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. Several characters who bear the name and likeness of Joon-gi Han (ハン・ジュンギ, Han Joon-gi) appear in the series. In Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, Joon-gi Han is the leader of the resurgent Korean criminal group Jingweon Mafia who has acquired the host bar Stardust as his base of operations. He ...