#sengoku jidai

[afro-ashigaru]

Shogun : E4 | “The Eightfold Fence”

#shogun fx #fx shogun #samurai #japan #ronin #cinama #japanese culture #shogun #vagabond #sengoku jidai #anime #shōgun #shōgun fx

[redsamuraiii]

Fun Trivia : Did you know that Osaka Castle was black?

It was built by the real Taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, before it was destroyed and reconstructed into a white castle by Tokugawa Ieyasu. After the death of the "dictator" Oda Nobunaga, Hideyoshi constructed impressive castles like Osaka to herald his new position.

Castles that were built during Hideyoshi's reign like Hiroshima, Okayama and Matsumoto are black. Castles built during Tokugawa's reign like Hikone, Himeji and Nagoya are white. So when you see a castle on your next trip to Japan, you can guess who built it. 😉

The differences in color is due to the resources availability at the time, as white plastering were more expensive than black lacquered timber, so it is of no surprise that Tokugawa later used white for his castles as a symbol of wealth and power. 

You can read more from the book, Samurai Castles by Jennifer Mitchelhill which share the history of Japanese castles, from its designs, architectures, layouts, significance and legends, coupled with wonderful photos of the castles by David Green.

#osaka castle #japan #samurai castle #japanese castle #shogun #shogun fx #shogun 2024 #toyotomi hideyoshi #tokugawa ieyasu #oda nobunaga #sengoku jidai #japanese culture #hiroshima castle #okayama castle #matsumoto castle #hikone castle #himeji castle #nagoya castle

[jacobpking]

Yasuke - the African Samurai One of the most fascinating historical figures of all time imo; a former-slave (likely) from Mozambique who was sent to Japan by Portuguese Jesuits and became a retainer under Oda Nobunaga. What a story! I hope you guys enjoy

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[ironhatesyou]

#tenkaichi #tenkaichinihonsaikyoubugeishaketteisen #manga coloring #fanart #sengoku jidai #yasuke #yagyu munenori

[keeperofoverlookhotel]

Happy birthday Yomi-san 02/10

Senran Kagura Sengoku artwork series

Commission by marvelous @jisatsu-draw

#senran kagura #shinomas #shinobi master senran kagura new link #senran kagura 7 #yomi #sengoku period #sengoku jidai #takeda #artwork #fanart #illustration #commission #jisatsu draw #詠 #閃乱カグラ #シノマス #シノビマスター 閃乱カグラ NEW LINK #閃乱カグラ7

[odaclan]

There was a a letter from Nobukatsu addressed to Ieyasu that made news last April, but I didn't catch this news then. Thankfully the article is archived in a lot of places (many news sites these days paywall old articles, or delete them altogether).

The letter is dated the Tenth Month of Tenshou 13 (November 1585), and it mentioned how Ieyasu had sent his vassal Ishikawa Kazumasa to Hideyoshi to negotiate. The rest was interpreted to be Nobukatsu trying to persuade Ieyasu to stand down and not try to raise arms against Hideyoshi, assuring Ieyasu that Hideyoshi will regard Ieyasu's concerns carefully in the proceedings.

At this point Hideyoshi is already the Kanpaku, having received the title and rank in the seventh month of the same year.

The news report also narrates that history recorded Ieyasu still persisting in trying to fight Hideyoshi, despite this mediation. Ieyasu only ceased his plans and agreed to surrender because a massive earthquake hit in the 11th month of the same year, causing large-scale devastation in multiple provinces.

Many castles collapsed because of the earthquake, and there's further complications because of landslides, tsunami, and fires that occurred in the aftermath. With all the domain lords likely tied up trying to do damage control in their territories, there's no way to start a war at this time.

Nobukatsu visited Ieyasu in the first month of the next year (February 1586), and Ieyasu expressed his intention to agree to surrender then.

#oda nobukatsu #artifact #letter #tokugawa ieyasu #japanese history #samurai #sengoku #sengoku jidai #sengoku era #sengoku period #warring states era #warring states period #warring states #toyotomi hideyoshi #hashiba hideyoshi

[astrearte]

In the cold morning, Kikyou "lives".

Title: Your past living the present.

#digital art #arte digital #art #brazilian artist #anime #manga #inuyasha #kikyou #kikyo #inuyasha kikyo #lgbtqiap #inuyasha art #inuyasha anime #inuyasha manga #rumiko takahashi #feudal japan #sengoku jidai #kikyo inuyasha

[ayumunoya]

I said I would… so here he is 🖤🥀🖤

Ken Watanabe as Date Masamune in Dokuganryu Masamune 🖤

#ken watanabe #date masamune #my art #pencil drawing #IAM ACTUALLY SURPRISED IT TURNED OUT QUITE WELL #I havent been drawing for nearly 2 years #jidaigeki #sengoku jidai

[beyondmistland]

Like Bjorn Ironside pretending to be dead and getting his coffin only to suppress attack, what’s the coolest battle/fight tactics in history?

I'm going to preface this with the fact that 1) There are too many to list here (or anywhere really) and 2) I'm limited to what I personally know.

That said, here are a few that spring to mind:

Richard III's last charge at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Not only did he get within a sword's length of killing Henry Tudor himself but Richard also killed Henry's standard-bearer, Sir William Brandon, AND unhorsed burly John Cheyne, his older brother's former standard-bearer. Not bad for a guy who would today qualify for the Special Olympics. (The Japanese equivalent would be Sanada Yukimura.)

Harold Godwinson marching his army 185 miles (or 298 km) in just four days to take the Norwegians by surprise at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. (Honorable mention goes to the soldier who got in a barrel and floated under the bridge to spear the Viking holding off the entire English army. Chevalier de Bayard, a real life knight in shining armor, later replicated this feat by holding off 200 Spanish knights single-handedly at the Battle of Garigliano.)

When the rebels started chanting "Henry Percy King" at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Henry IV shouted back "Henry Percy is dead." Needless to say, Henry Percy did not respond. (His eldest son, the future Henry V (or as Shakespeare names him in his youth, Prince Hal), took an arrow to the face in this same battle, which is why Henry V's portraits always depict him from his uninjured side.)

Hannibal crossing the Alps and whooping Rome's ass multiple times on its own turf. (There's a reason "Hannibal ad portas" became a saying. Also, Napoleon I later replicated this feat.)

At the Battle of Bremule, a Norman knight seized the reins of Louis the Fat's horse, shouting "the king is taken!" Louis' response? Hitting the guy with his mace and shouting "the king is not taken, neither at war, nor at chess!"

Alexander the Great turning the island city of Tyre into a peninsula.

Alexander Buchanan killing Thomas, Duke of Clarence at the Battle of Bauge and holding the dead duke's coronet aloft on his lance.

Thanks for the question, anon

#history #military history #english history #french history #scottish history #ancient history #medieval history #renaissance history #japanese history #sengoku jidai #warring states period #hundred years war #wars of the roses #the italian wars #punic wars #napoleon bonaparte #hannibal barca #alexander the great #chevalier de bayard #william shakespeare

[lanming-art]

Just lie down on the grass ✨

Do not repost without credits, do not edit or erase the sign ☺🥰 (No repostear sin créditos, no borrar o editar la firma)

#anime #fanart #lanming art #tumblr draw #illustration #inuyasha fanart #inuyasha #kagome #kagome higurashi #sengoku #sengoku jidai #romance

[theartofyori]

Hi! This is an interpretation of an armor described in an order to an armorer, made by a retainer of the Takeda Clan, Anayama Nobutada, during the Sengoku period.  This armor dates 1571, and is a dō maru constructed in the Mogami dō style.

Ver.1: It has a Zunari Kabuto, a kote with kikko in the shoulders, and, hence the order of the armor don't mention any, has no sode. The haidate are also absent in the order, but I decided to make them here.

Ver.2: It has a Koboshi Kabuto, and a pair of bishamon kote, with integrated sode. Again, the haidate are speculative.

This armor is representative of the middle to late stage of plate armor development in Japanese military history, which, contrary to popular belief, has absolutely nothing to do with contact with the Europeans.  This illustration was made with the help of Gunsen History (twitter.com/gunsen_history), on Twitter. And here is a translation of the armor order made by him: twitter.com/gunsen_history/sta…

#gunsen #samurai #armor #samurai armor #takeda #shingen takeda #sengoku #sengoku jidai #sengoku period #sword #katana #kabuto #tachi #japan #feudal japan #japanese

[afro-ashigaru]

Shogun : E4 | “The Eightfold Fence”

#samurai #fx shogun #shogun fx #ronin #cinama #japan #japanese culture #vagabond #sengoku jidai #shogun

[redsamuraiii]

Shogun (2024) / Awaiting Kirin (2020)

There will always be war between good and evil. The evil will forever want to dominate, abuse and exploit others. The good will always want to fight back, demand justice and protect their families.

Akechi Mitsuhide (the man that inspires the character of Mariko's father) used to believe Oda Nobunaga to be the one to unify the warring states and usher an era of peace but Oda got greedy.

Akechi began to plot against Oda after he ordered the killings of monks, peasants, women and children on Mount Hiei, to send a message to his enemies of the consequences of their defiance.

At the time, Akechi was in contact with Tokugawa Ieyasu (Toranaga). When Akechi knew that Tokugawa would be the one to unify Japan, Akechi risk his own life to remove Oda to clear the path for him.

Tokugawa laid low when Akechi overthrew Oda. When Hideyoshi (Taiko) returns to avenge Oda, he kills everyone except Tokugawa who was "neutral" when in fact he was bidding his time to take over.

Which is why in the show, Shogun, Toranaga is close to Mariko (Akechi's daughter) and is growing impatient as he wants to remove the remnants of the Taiko and Oda as quickly as possible.

Lady Ochiba (Taiko's Consort) knows of Toranaga's true intentions, which is why she fully distrust and hate him, that she could not wait any longer and push Ishido and the Council to move quickly.

[You know, it would've been cool if they got Hiroki Hasegawa to play Akechi in Shogun! I've watched several actors playing Akechi, but Hiroki Hasegawa managed to nail the conflicted character nicely!)

#shogun #shogun fx #shogun 2024 #anna sawai #hiroyuki sanada #awaiting kirin #kirin ga kuru #akechi mitsuhide #hiroki hasegawa #period drama #historical drama #taiga drama #japanese drama #samurai #sengoku jidai #oda nobunaga #toyotomi hideyoshi #tokugawa ieyasu #jidaigeki

[scribblesincrayon]

We're back! On the latest episode of the Plantagenet Shade podcast, @grand-duchessa and @scribblesincrayon discuss James Clavell's Shōgun, the historical setting of the novel, and the 1980 miniseries based on the book. And just in time for FX's new series Shōgun too.

Check it out!

#historical shenanigans #history as fiction #shōgun #james clavell #sengoku jidai #fx shogun #podcast #historical fiction

[ironhatesyou]

#tenkaichi #tenkaichinihonsaikyoubugeishaketteisen #fanart #manga coloring #sengoku jidai #togo shigetaka #yasuke

[odaclan]

Ieyasu's reception in Azuchi hosted by Mitsuhide, Shinchoukouki Account

It just occurred to me that I never did post what the Shinchoukouki account say about Ieyasu's reception that Mitsuhide did.

And now, Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu traveled to the metropolitan provinces to express his gratitude to Nobunaga, as did Anayama Baisetsu. Declaring that these visitors must be treated with the utmost hospitality, Nobunaga issued the following orders: “First of all, fix the highways. Daimyo holding provinces and those holding districts—go to the places where our guests will be lodging, make sure that everything is prepared as splendidly as possible, and give them a feast!” [...]

[...] On the 15th of the Fifth Month, Lord Ieyasu left Banba and arrived at Azuchi. Nobunaga had decided that the Taihōbō Rectory would make a suitable place for Ieyasu to stay and ordered Koretō Hyūga no Kami (Mitsuhide) to take care of the entertainment. Koretō laid in the most unusual delicacies in Kyoto and Sakai and organized a stupendously magnificent feast, which lasted for three days from the 15th to the 17th.

(The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga, page 463-464)

That was it. No problems were described, and everything seems to be great. Then Hideyoshi's report of the Mouri army came in, and Mitsuhide was sent away to prepare to march out.

The host duties for the rest of Ieyasu's visit was taken over by someone else, naturally, but not necessarily because Mitsuhide did anything wrong.

Advancing from Aki Province with their forces, Mōri, Kikkawa, and Kobayakawa took up positions confronting Hashiba in the field. [...] Nobunaga sent itemized orders to Hashiba Chikuzen’s camp. Then he designated Koretō Hyūga no Kami (Mitsuhide), Nagaoka Yoichirō, Ikeda Shōzaburō, Shiokawa Kitsudayū, Takayama Ukon, and Nakagawa Sehyōe to spearhead the offensive, and immediately gave them leave. On the 17th of the Fifth Month, Koretō Hyūga no Kami returned from Azuchi to his castle at Sakamoto. Each and every one of the others likewise went back to his home province and prepared for the campaign.

(The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga, page 464)

There were actually other issues that did occur in this visit, namely a Noh dancer did not perform well and Nobunaga threw a huge fit over it (with Ieyasu still there watching, apparently). However, it was after Mitsuhide had already gone and it has nothing to do with him. The dance incident happened on the 19th, and Mitsuhide already left on the 17th as shown above.

Something I'm a bit curious about is that the Azuchi Castle historical maps had labelled a site as "Ieyasu-kou's residence", located across from Hideyoshi's residence. When I searched for the Taihoubou, it appeared to be located in the town area, and not part of the castle complex like the vassal residences.

I wonder if Ieyasu brought so many attendants that he had to be lodged in a different residence that is bigger? The marked site of Ieyasu's residence, based on the remaining foundation stones, seems to be on the smaller side.

#oda nobunaga #tokugawa ieyasu #akechi mitsuhide #japanese history #sengoku #sengoku period #sengoku jidai #sengoku era #samurai #samurai history #shinchoukouki #the chronicle of lord nobunaga