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Neko no Otera no Chion-san (猫のお寺の知恩さん, "Cat Temple's Miss Chion") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Ojiro. It was serialized in Shogakukan 's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from May 2016 to October 2018, with its chapters collected in nine tankōbon volumes.
Nekogahara: Stray Cat Samurai (猫ヶ原, Nekogahara) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. It was serialized in Kodansha 's Shōnen Magazine Edge from September 2015 to April 2018.
A tachi is a type of sabre-like traditionally made Japanese sword worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. Tachi and uchigatana generally differ in length, degree of curvature, and how they were worn when sheathed, the latter depending on the location of the mei (銘), or signature, on the tang.
[15] [16] However, the main weapons on the battlefield in the Sengoku period in the 16th century were yumi, yari, and tanegashima, and katana and tachi were used only for close combat. During this period, the tactics changed to a group battle by ashigaru (foot soldiers) mobilized in large numbers, so naginata and tachi became obsolete as ...
Maeda Toshiie (前田 利家, January 15, 1538 – April 27, 1599) was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi–Momoyama period. His preferred weapon was a yari and he was known as "Yari no Mataza" (槍の又左), Matazaemon (又左衛門) being his common name.
Daishō style handachi "half tachi" sword mounting, silver stream design on green lacquer ground. 16th–17th century, Azuchi Momoyama－Edo period. Tokyo National Museum. Tokyo National Museum. The concept of the daisho originated with the pairing of a short sword with whatever long sword was being worn during a particular time period.
Singapore’s Silver Media Group is teaming with U.S. companies Ford Studios and Ark Entertainment on “Samurai Saint,” an animated feature chronicling the true story of Takayama Ukon, a 16th ...
Yodo-dono (淀殿) or Yodogimi (淀君) (1569 – June 4, 1615), also known as Lady Chacha (茶々), was a Japanese historical figure in the late Sengoku period.She was the concubine and the second wife of Japanese ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi.