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Ashikaga Yoshiaki — The Last Shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate, Banished by Nobunaga: The Gonaisho Diplomacy He Never Gave Up and the Twenty Years of the Tomo Shogunate

The life of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the last Muromachi shogun. Championed by Nobunaga then banished, he built the anti-Nobunaga encirclement and the Tomo Shogunate.
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Amago Tsunehisa — The Restorer of the Izumo Amago Clan, the “Schemer Sage”: How Did He Reclaim Gassan-Toda Castle? Theories and a Life

The life of Amago Tsunehisa (1458-1541), the Schemer Sage who restored the Izumo Amago clan: his 1486 recapture of Gassan-Toda Castle and fall, in six theories.
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Sanada Yukimura (Nobushige) — The Greatest Warrior in Japan, the Hero Who Cornered Ieyasu at the Siege of Osaka

Sanada Yukimura, the greatest warrior in Japan, charged Ieyasu's command post three times at the Summer Siege of Osaka. His last stand, in multiple theories.
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Sanada Masayuki — The Cunning Strategist of Double-Dealing, the Provincial Lord’s Pride That Broke Tokugawa Ieyasu Twice

Sanada Masayuki, whom Hideyoshi called the double-dealing one, broke Tokugawa Ieyasu twice at Ueda and died at Kudoyama. His 65 years, in multiple theories.
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Ōtani Yoshitsugu — The White-Hooded Strategist Who Died for Righteousness, the Warlord of Friendship Who Fell at Sekigahara

Otani Yoshitsugu, the white-hooded strategist of Tsuruga, commanded Sekigahara from a palanquin and died for his friend Ishida Mitsunari. In multiple theories.
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Date Masamune — The Conqueror of Ōshū Called the One-Eyed Dragon: A Life of 70 Years

Date Masamune, the One-Eyed Dragon, took 1.14 million koku at Suriagehara. His skull analysis, the poisoning plot, and embassy to Europe, in multiple theories.
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Takenaka Hanbee — The Genius Strategist Who Seized a Castle with a Dozen Men: A Short Life of 36 Years

Takenaka Hanbee, the genius strategist who seized Inabayama Castle with a dozen men and died at 36, analyzed as Hideyoshi's "present-day Kongming" in 3 views.
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Honda Tadakatsu — Matchless in the East, the Fierce Warrior Unscathed Through 57 Battles

Honda Tadakatsu, a Tokugawa Four Heavenly King said to be unscathed in 57 battles. The "matchless in the East" warrior with his spear Tonbogiri, in 3 views.
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Asakura Yoshikage — The Echizen Noble House That Reached Its Height of Glory at Ichijōdani, Until Its Destruction by Nobunaga

Asakura Yoshikage, last head of the Asakura of Echizen who built "the Kyoto of the North," Ichijodani. His blunder at Kanegasaki and his end, in 3 views.
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Uesugi Kagekatsu | From Kenshin’s Adopted Son to One of the Five Elders and Yonezawa’s 300,000 Koku — Bowed but Not Destroyed

Kenshin's heir Uesugi Kagekatsu won the Otate Rebellion and rose to a Toyotomi elder of 1.2 million koku, then opposed Ieyasu and fell to Yonezawa's 300,000.