Takeda Shingen Essays

Takeda Shingen:The Strategic Samurai Being a good strategist is helpful if you are a Japanese Samurai in the 1500s. Born on December 1, 1521 and the eldest son of aggressive warlord Takeda Nobutora, Takeda Shingen grew up to be a powerful military leader. He almost won the war but died before the last battle. His original name was Takeda Harunobu. Born of a powerful clan called Shugo Daimyo, Takeda became recognized as one of the most-powerful military leaders in east-central Japan. Even though

came from many years ago. There are many samurai warriors that have made history and are now famous samurai warriors. One example of a famous samurai warrior is Yamagata Masakage. Yamagata Masakage is know as one of the “Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen”. He was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. According to the text, Yamagata was a fierce warrior who fought in many battles and was given a fief in Shinano and he was present at the Battle of Mikatagahara in 1569 and captured Yoshida

factor to his success was his alliance making. His patience and his alliance making set him apart from other leaders of his time. With these skills, he was able to end the Sengoku Jidai. He lived for 60 years, outlasting Oda Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Shingen. Finally, in 1616, he became sick and died. It’s important to learn about Ieyasu’s success. Out of all the ruling families, the Tokugawa family was most

Hanzo Hattori is known as one of the greatest ninjas ever. He did what seemed like the impossible, was loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and helped Ieyasu out of very difficult situations. Ninjas were seen as untrustworthy, backstabbing, unfaithful, not honorable, and assassins. This made his partnership/alliance with Tokugawa so unique. He was also the leader of the shinobi warriors, and influenced the sengoku period, (silent as a ninja), in many ways, with his warriors. He didn’t have a tragic backstory

9. Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind (Hayao Miyazaki, 1984) This particular anime was the one that introduced Hayao Miyazaki to the world. A thousand years have passed after the “Seven Days of Fire”, a war that destroyed civilization and created the Toxic Jungle, a poisonous forest swarming with giant mutant insects. Humanity now tries to survive in little cities and villages as the “Valley of the Wind”, where Princess Nausikaa is in charge. She tries to protect her people from the jungle and especially