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Famous Japanese People: Samurai

Samurai: 36 people

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Koyama Shōtarō (Japanese:小山 正太郎; 15 February 1857, Nagaoka - 7 January 1916, Tokyo) was a Japanese painter. He was one…

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Baron Ishimoto Shinroku (石本 新六; 20 January 1854 – 2 April 1912) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and…

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Chikaaki Takasaki (高崎 親章, Takasaki Chikaaki; 7 June 1853 – 27 December 1920) was a Japanese politician. He fought in…

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Yusuke Hashiba (羽柴 雄輔, Hashiba Yūsuke; 22 June 1851 – 5 December 1921) was a Japanese archaeologist, historian and…

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Count Hayashi Tadasu GCVO (林 董; 11 April 1850 – 10 July 1913) was a Japanese career diplomat and cabinet minister of…

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Kunisawa Shinkurō

国沢新九郎
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Kunisawa Shinkurō (国沢新九郎) (1848–1877) was a pioneer of Western-style painting in early Meiji Japan. Born to a retainer…

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Takatoshi Iwamura

岩村高俊
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Takatoshi Iwamura (8 December 1845 – 4 January 1906) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima…

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Baron Yamakawa Hiroshi (山川 浩, Hiroshi Yamakawa; 4 December 1845 – 6 March 1898) was a Japanese general, samurai…

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Baron Tatsumi Naofumi (立見 尚文; 21 August 1845 – 6 March 1907) was a samurai from the Kuwana Domain in the Bakumatsu…

Count Mutsu Munemitsu (陸奥 宗光; August 20, 1844 – August 24, 1897) was a Japanese diplomat and politician. He became…

Baron Utsumi Tadakatsu (内海 忠勝; 12 September 1843 – 20 January 1905) was a Japanese bureaucrat, statesman and cabinet…

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Viscount Inoue Masaru (井上 勝; 25 August 1843 – 2 August 1910) was the first Director of Railways in Japan and is known…

Nishimura Sutezō (西村 捨三; 24 August 1843 – 14 January 1908) was a Japanese businessman and politician. He was a veteran…

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Henmi Sōsuke

逸見宗助
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Henmi Sōsuke (逸見 宗助; 1843 – 1894) was a Japanese swordsman who also served as a martial arts instructor of Tatsumi-ryū…

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Baron Iwamura Michitoshi (岩村 通俊; 8 July 1840 – 20 February 1915) was a Japanese statesman, active in Meiji period…

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Shibusawa Eiichi, 1st Viscount Shibusawa (渋沢 栄一; 16 March 1840 – 11 November 1931) was a Japanese business magnate…

Kusumoto Masataka (楠本 正隆) (14 April 1838 – 7 February 1902) was a Japanese Home Ministry government official. He was a…

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Tani Tateki (谷 干城; 18 March 1837 – 13 May 1911) was a statesman and lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in…

Kondō Isami (近藤 勇; November 9, 1834 – May 17, 1868) was a Japanese swordsman and samurai of the late Edo period. He was…

Etō Shinpei (江藤 新平; 18 March 1834 – 13 April 1874) was a Japanese statesman during the early Meiji period, remembered…

Ōkubo Toshimichi (Japanese: 大久保 利通; 26 September 1830 – 14 May 1878) was a Japanese statesman and samurai of the…

Saigō Tanomo (西郷 頼母; May 16, 1830 – April 28, 1903) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. Chief senior…

Yamamoto Kakuma (山本 覚馬; February 25, 1828 – December 28, 1892) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who went…

Takeda Ayasaburō (武田 斐三郎; November 4, 1827 - January 28, 1880), was a Japanese Rangaku scholar, and the architect of…

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Oguri Kozukenosuke (Oguri Tadamasa, 16 July 1827 – 27 May 1868) was a statesman of the Tokugawa government in the last…

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Akizuki Teijirō

秋月悌次郎
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Akizuki Teijirō (秋月 悌次郎; 1824 – January 5, 1900) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who served the…

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Chiba Shūsaku Taira no Narimasa (千葉 周作 成政; 1792, Kesen Village (now part of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture), Japan –…

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Ijichi Masaharu

伊地知正治
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Ijichi Ryū'emon Masaharu (Japanese: 伊地知 龍右衛門 正治; August 7, 1828 – May 23, 1886) was a Japanese samurai retainer of the…

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Sagawa Kanbei

佐川官兵衛
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Sagawa Kanbei (佐川 官兵衛, Sagawa Kanbe'e), also known as Sagawa Naoki (1831–1877), was a military figure of the Aizu…

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Date Kuninori (伊達 邦寧; DAH-tay; 1830 – 1874) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. Kuninori was both the 12th…

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Yagyū Jūbē Mitsuyoshi (柳生 十兵衞 三厳, Yagyū Jūbē Mitsuyoshi; 1607 – April 21, 1650) was one of the most famous and…

Yagyū Munefuyu (柳生 宗冬; 1613 – November 16, 1675) was a daimyō and a teacher of kenjutsu and military strategy in Japan…

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Nagai Naokatsu (永井 直勝; 1563 – March 5, 1625) was a Japanese daimyō of the Azuchi–Momoyama period to early Edo period.…

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Funakoshi Kagenao

船越景直
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Funakoshi Kagenao 船越景直 (1540-1611) was a Japanese military commander and tea master of the Azuchi-Momoyama (1573-1603)…

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