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Takechi Hanpeita old house. Takechi's former residence in Kōchi and his nearby grave were designated a National Historic Site in 1936. [2] The house is a wooden structure in a semi-rural area on the outskirts of Kōchi, and originally, had a thatched roof and six rooms plus an eight-tatami mat guest room with a pond and garden in front of this room on the southeast side.
Okada Izō (岡田 以蔵, February 14, 1838 – May 11, 1865) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, feared as one of the four most notable assassins of the Bakumatsu period. He was a member of Tosa Kinnoto [ ja ] (Tosa Imperialism party, a loyalist clique of Tosa) in his hometown, Tosa Domain.
Kawakami Gensai (河上 彦斎, 25 December 1834 – 13 January 1872) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. A highly skilled swordsman, he was one of the four most notable assassins of the Bakumatsu period. Gensai's high-speed sword discipline allowed him to assassinate targets in broad daylight.
Enomoto Takeaki, a hatamoto of the late Edo period. A hatamoto (旗本, "Guardian of the banner") was a high ranking samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. [1] While all three of the shogunates in Japanese history had official retainers, in the two preceding ones, they were referred to as gokenin.
The backgrounds of daimyo also varied considerably; while some daimyo clans, notably the Mōri, Shimazu and Hosokawa, were cadet branches of the Imperial family or were descended from the kuge, other daimyo were promoted from the ranks of the samurai, notably during the Edo period. Daimyo often hired samurai to guard their land, and paid them ...
Samurai in the Edo period walking through town Samurai in the Edo period. Samurai were the noble [warrior] class in Japan. The samurai constituted about 10% of the population and functioned as soldiers in the employment of a lord in a master-warrior feudal relationship.
Nanbu Nobunao, Nanbu clan head in the Azuchi–Momoyama period. Although the Nanbu clan by the time of the 24th hereditary chieftain Nanbu Harumasa controlled seven districts of northern Mutsu province (Nukanobu, Hei, Kazuno, Kuji, Iwate, Shiwa and Tōno), the clan was more of a loose collection of competing branches without strong central authority.
Edo-period samurai police officers (machikata doshin) wore kusari garments for protection when making an arrest, [5] and Ian Bottomley in Arms and Armor of the Samurai: The History of Weaponry in Ancient Japan [6] shows a picture of kusari armour and mentions kusari katabira "chain jazerants" with detachable arms being worn by samurai police ...