Battle of Nagashino

These four signs are exclusive for Shingen himself or the head of family. During last battle fought by Shingen’s son and alliance of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, Kurosawa emphasized on these four sign heavily and tried to parallel different armies’ action with the meaning of the signs. So we could actually feel the speed of the wind

Shinika parents died in a car crash when he was in his final year of high school. Her parents were on their way to pick him up from school to a church program when the incident happened. Shinika was divested because she felt that it was his entire fault by asking them to pick him up from school instead of coming home with the school bus and will later go to Church. In addition she joined the wrong crowd. Since, then after the death of his parents she turned to drugs to hide the pain and guilt away

A military revolution started in sixteenth century in Europe with the introduction of firearms (Stavros 243). Before the military revolution, Japan was divided in region and controlled by different warlords and the country was politically unstable. However, after the arrival of firearms from the West, Japan has changed dramatically. The result of the military revolution was the development of a strong central power, which helped Japan become a modern nation (McNeill and McNeill 197). Oda Nobunaga

the successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was successfully able to unified Japan under one strong central government (Brown 1948, 238). Requested an order of five hundred matchlocks to gunsmiths called Kunitomo (Brown 1948, 238). In 1575, in the battle of Nagashino, Nobunaga had an army of approximately 70,000 men, and 3,000 of them were equipped with matchlocks (Brown 1948, 238). Its army was a combination of swords and guns, as at that time they could effectively build tactics using both. Thus, the

the bible it says “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends” (the Bible, John 15:13). As Lord Akiyama went into battle knowing he would die but went to protect his people. Lord Katsuyori was the complete opposite of Akiyama as Katsuyori is selfish, ignorant and self-centered. Akiyama had asked for help while in a battle, but Katsuyori did not send any troops to help. “I finally learned Lord Katsuyori’s decision from the ninja. No help was coming ” (pg. 223). This

had children giving Tokugawa eleven half siblings total. Most of Ieyasu’s childhood and young adult years were spent in and around danger due to wars that resulted over his family splitting to pursue different clans. He was constantly drawn into battle during these disputes. At five years old he was taken hostage by the leader of the Oda clan who opposed his father. He was then used as a bargaining chip for the clan so they could squeeze as much out of Ieyasu’s father as they could. Their main request

1.The Samurai's Tale By: Harutomo Murakami Houghton Mifflin Company Copyright @ 1984 215 Park Avenue New York, New York 234 Pages 2. Harutomo Murakami (Taro)- The hero of the story, the son of a poor samurai who died in battle Lord Akiyama Nobutomo- One of Lord Shingen's generals, Taro's master and friend. Lord Akiyama Nobutora- Father of Lord Akiyama Nobutomo Lord Oda Nobunaga- Lord Takeda Shingen's rival and enemy. Lord Oda Nobutada- Son of Lord Oda Nobunaga Lord Takeda Katsuyori-