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The following is a list of Samurai and their wives. They are listed alphabetically by name. Some have used multiple names, and are listed by their final name. Note that this list is not complete or comprehensive; the total number of persons who belonged to the samurai-class of Japanese society, during the time that such a social category existed, would be in the millions.
In the West, the onna-musha gained popularity when the historical documentary Samurai Warrior Queens aired on the Smithsonian Channel. [41] [42] Several other channels reprised the documentary. The 56th NHK taiga drama, Naotora: The Lady Warlord, was the first NHK drama where the female protagonist is the head of a samurai clan. [43]
Samurai or bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]) were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who served the Kuge and imperial court in the late 12th century. Samurai eventually came to play a major political role until their abolition in the late 1870s during the Meiji era. [1] [2]
Tomomitsu is a samurai serving the Fukashi Magistrate, who is Yorishige's ally. Tokoiwa Muneie (常岩 宗家) Tokoiwa is a samurai serving the Kitajo Magistrate, who is Yorishige's ally. Miura Hachirō (三浦 八郎) Hachirō is a young and loyal member of the Miura clan, vassal of the Hōjō clan. Miura Tokiaki (三浦 時明)
A list of samurai from the Sengoku Period (c.1467−c.1603), a sub-period of the Muromachi Period in feudal Japan. Samurai. A. Akai Naomasa; Akai Teruko; Akao Kiyotsuna;
Minamoto no Yoshimitsu was famous in horsemanship and archery, here playing the musical instrument shō. The Takeda are descendants of the Emperor Seiwa (858–876), the 56th Emperor of Japan, and are a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji), by Minamoto no Yoshimitsu (1056–1127), son of the Chinjufu-shōgun Minamoto no Yoriyoshi (988-1075), and brother to the famous Minamoto no Yoshiie ...
Years ago, Seijūrō rescued a young boy named Shinta from a gang of bandits, took him under his wing and gave him the name "Kenshin". [ch. 94, 95] He intended for the boy to one day succeed him as master of his deadly art, but the two severed ties when Kenshin abandoned his training in order to serve the Ishin Shishi.
A mysterious young boy with powerful abilities, who suddenly appears at the commercial area of the southern district of Belfest. He encounters Touya at some points during his travels. Later, it is revealed that his real name is Endymion (エンデミュオン, Endemyuon). He's revealed to be traveling across worlds alongside the dormant ...