Hattori Hanzō
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Hattori Hanzō or Second Hanzō, nicknamed Oni no Hanzō, was a famous Samurai of the Sengoku era. He served the Tokugawa clan as a general and is credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu, later
Hattori Hanzo
Kada pass, believed to be the road which was taken by Tokugawa Ieyasu to return into Mikawa province.
Grave of Hattori Hanzō at Sainen-ji temple in Shinjuku Ward
Edo Castle's Hanzōmon gate during the Meiji period (1868–1912)
Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Tokugawa Ieyasu was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the t
Hattori Hanzō
…Hanzō (鬼の半蔵, Demon Hanzō), was a famous Samurai of the Sengoku era. He served the Tokugawa clan as a general and is credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu, later helping him to become the ruler of united Japan. Hanzō was known as an expert tactician and a master of sword fighting, and was included in…
Portrait by Kanō Tan'yū
Tokugawa Ieyasu kao
Okazaki Castle, the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu
ukiyo-e print depicting the Battle of Batogahara between Tokugawa clan against Ikkō-ikki movement in 1563–1564.