Author Archives: Kanbe Munemori

  As one of the most famous samurai along with Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣 秀吉 and Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川 家康, Oda Nobunaga 織田 信長 was a distinguished Daimyo, the great destroyer of the old society and the powerful creator of the new world. He was killed by his retainer Akechi Mitsuhide 明智 光秀.   Samurai traditionally have several names. (learn more) They change their name to fit different situations and life stages. This was normal within the Samurai rank. The transition of his famous names is as follows.   吉法師→織田三郎藤原信長→織田上総介藤原信長→織田弾正忠平信長→織田右大臣兼右近衛大将平朝臣信長             1.　吉法師   Yōmyō 幼名, childhood namemmmmm吉   法   師reading: ki, ppō +shimeaning: lucky, bonze     He … Continued

    As one of the most famous samurai along with Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣 秀吉 and Oda Nobunaga 織田 信長, Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川 家康 was the founder of Tokugawa Shogunate and put an end to Sengoku period. The transition of his famous names is as follows.   竹千代→松平次郎三郎元信→松平蔵人佐源元康→徳川三河守藤原家康→徳川大納言源朝臣家康   Samurai traditionally have several names. (learn more) They change their name to fit different situations and life stages. This was normal within the Samurai rank.         1.　竹千代　   Yōmyō 幼名, childhood namemmmmm竹     千代reading: take, chiyomeaning: bumboo, thousand years     Takechiyo 竹千代 was the childhood name which was given to the heir of the Anjyō-Matsudaira family 安城松平氏.  Ieyasu was … Continued