Yagyū Munenori was a Japanese swordsman, founder of the Edo branch of Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, which he learned from his father Yagyū "Sekishūsai" Muneyoshi. This was one of two official sword styles patronized by the Tokugawa shogunate. Munenori began his career in the Tokugawa administration as a hatamoto, a direct retainer of the Tokugawa house, and later had his income raised to 10,000 koku, making him a minor fudai daimyō, with landholdings around his ancestral village of Yagyū-zato. He also received the title of Tajima no Kami (但馬守).
The Oda clan was a family of Japanese daimyōs who were to become an important political force in the unification of Japan in the mid-16th century. Though they had the climax of their fame under Oda Nobunaga and fell from the spotlight soon after, several branches of the family continued as daimyō houses until the Meiji Restoration.
Tokugawa Yoshinao was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period.
The TokugawaGosanke, also called simply Gosanke, or even Sanke, were the most noble three branches of the Tokugawa clan of Japan: Owari, Kii, and Mito branch, all of which were descended from clan founder Tokugawa Ieyasu's three youngest sons, Yoshinao, Yorinobu, and Yorifusa, and were allowed to provide a shōgun in case of need. In the Edo period the term gosanke could also refer to various other combinations of Tokugawa houses, including (1) the shogunal, Owari and Kii houses and (2) the Owari, Kii, and Suruga houses.
Tokugawa Mochinaga was a Japanese samurai who was an influential figure of the Bakumatsu period. His childhood name was Shizasaburo (鎮三郎).
Tokugawa Muneharu was a daimyō in Japan during the Edo period. He was the seventh Tokugawa lord of the Owari Domain, and one of the gosanke.
Tokugawa Munechika was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period, who ruled the Owari Domain. His childhood name was Kumagoro (熊五郎).
Tokugawa Mitsutomo was daimyō of Owari Domain during early Edo period Japan.
Tokugawa Yoshimichi was daimyō of Owari Domain during early-Edo period Japan.
Tokugawa Gorōta was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period, who ruled the Owari Domain.
Tokugawa Tsugutomo was daimyō of Owari Domain during mid-Edo period Japan.
Tokugawa Munekatsu was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period, who ruled the Takasu Domain and then the Owari Domain. As lord of Takasu he used the name Matsudaira Yoshiatsu. His childhood name was Daigoro (代五郎).
Tokugawa Naritomo was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period, who ruled the Owari Domain. His childhood name was Yasuchiyo (愷千代).
Tokugawa Nariharu was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period, who ruled the Owari Domain. He was son of shōgun Tokugawa Ienari. His childhood name was Naoshichiro (直七郎).
Tokugawa Tsunanari was daimyō of Owari Domain during early-Edo period Japan.
Tokugawa Yoshitsugu was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period, who ruled the Owari Domain. He was son of Tokugawa Narimasa with his concubine, Oren no Kata (1796-1871). His childhood name was Kanmaru (鑑丸).
Tokugawa Yoshikatsu was a Japanese daimyō of the late Edo period, who ruled the Owari Domain as its 14th (1849–1858) and 17th daimyō (1870–1880). He was the brother of Matsudaira Katamori. His childhood name was Hidenosuke (秀之助).
Yagyū Munefuyu was a daimyō and a teacher of kenjutsu and military strategy in Japan during the Edo period. His highest-ranking pupil was Tokugawa Ietsuna, fourth Tokugawa shōgun. Munefuyu, who also went by the name Matajūrō, was the third son of Yagyū Munenori. One of his elder brothers was Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi. His younger brother was Retsudō Gisen, the real person who is fictionalized as Yagyū Retsudō, leader of the Ura-Yagyū, in Lone Wolf and Cub.
Asano Shigeakira was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period, who ruled the Hiroshima Domain.
Asano Yoshiteru was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period, who ruled Hiroshima Domain. His childhood name was Sadakichi (定吉) later become Sadanosuke (定之丞) later become Zenjirō (善次郎).
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