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Time in Japan 🕰️

   Did you realize something different in the clock that the spider Oni showed Zenitsu? I will let you think. Yes, it does not have numbers. I mean it does, in the tiny clock within the clock. And there is a reason for that, the clock that he is holding is a Japanese clock. So, a clock made in Japan? Ah not really. Let me explain.    People in Japan, like in most of Asia, did not count the time like we do today. There is the conception that ancient people lived according to natural cycles, that for them the daytime was for the living and the nighttime for the dead. Taking a step further, that westerns were concerned with schedules, and non-westerners seem to act like they did not care, they did not have a time-consciousness at all. But that was not true. The way they counted time sure was different but was still a way of counting the time, they used the so called “variable hour system”.    As the name suggests, the length of the hours varied with the seasons. The day was divided in daytime and nighttime, and each divided further in 6 equal periods called koku ou toki [ji]. Each of the twelve hours had the name of an animal of the zodiac. They would know the what time it was thanks to a public time-telling bells or drums, that were installed in high towers (to those that like to read danmeis like me, you must be pretty familiarized with this concept) so that the sound would be carried into the distance.    The mechanical clock arrived in Japan trough the hands of the Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier in the 16th century. It was gifted to the daimyo of Yamaguchi - Ouchi Yoshitaka - for him to allow Christianity in his territory, as soon more of this ticking machines would be asked to the Jesuits. Even Oda Nobunaga asked Louis Frois to see this intriguing machine, and, even tho this was an “useless thing” more and more clocks were brought to Japan to be used as expensive gifts. Even the Tokugawa family loved clocks even if they hated the westerns.    You should expect that since there was a flood of clocks in Japan that they soon would adopt this way of counting the time. That was not the case. The koku system continued in Japan until 1873, were in the 5th year of the Meiji Era the Emperor decided to adopt the Western calendar and way of dividing the time. But before that, western clocks were adapted into the Japanese way of seasonal time.     They were called “Wadokei - 和時計 - Japanese clock”. Why did this happen?  Well because “the clocks were counting the wrong time of hour!” Edo people were not used at not having the distinguishing between long and short hours, so they quickly decided to adapt the various types of western clocks into their system. “The mechanism of these clocks was practically identical to that of Western devices of the sixteenth century, with the only alteration being made to the locking plate of the alarm, which was modified to allow the clock to strike the number of times according to the Edo-period hour count, which consisted of double nine-to-four countdown series” - Frumer, 2012;    While it started as a novelty, by the 18th century clocks were not a rarity anymore. “Most mechanical clocks were only available to the rich and powerful, but the emergence of the economical and less decorative type indicates that there was some demand for mechanical clocks in the general society, possibly by merchants for their practical use in knowing the precise time.” - Hashimito, 2020; While we see the most expensive and decorative ones at museum, we must not forget that is exactly these characteristics that made their owners not throw them away, because in the case of a simple one you wouldn’t even think twice. “Clocks are not different from other museum exemplars suck as pottery or lacquerware - the existence of the state-of-art object does not imply that there were no simpler versions used by people of humbler status the daimyo” - Frumer, 2012;    Japanese clocks soon started to have both the Japanese hours and western hours, like in the clock that the Oni does have! While sure by the Taisho era the Japanese society would be fully adapted to the western way of telling the time, but imagining that the Oni was a human while this was the standard way of telling the time it is understandable why he does have that clock. Plus said clock had an specific time for the sunrise so can you really blame him for sticking to that? Same with the Ubuyashiki girl clock. Since they had to track the sunrise it would be way more easy to keep an old japanese clock that was the best a doing that job!

   FRUMER, Yulia. 2012. - Clocks and Time in Edo Japan. PhD. Diss. Faculty of Princeton University;    HASHIMITO, Takehiko, 2008 - Japanese Clocks and the History of punctuality in Modern Japan. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal, 2:1, 123-133. <https://doi.org/10.1215/s12280-008-9031-z>    Linfamy. 2022- How christians intruduced the first mechanical clocks to Japan for GOD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQVNxAVlR44    Linfamy. 2023 - Traditional japanese clocks: 1200 years of history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5eJgqSV6eA&t=321s     

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about // tsuruhime

"As Mishima's ocean as my witness, my love shall be engraved with my name."

BASICS.

Name: Ōhōri Tsuruhime (大祝鶴姫) Meaning: Crane princess Nicknames: Tsuruhime, Tsuru, Crane Girlie Title: Heroine of Omishima, Chief Priestess of Oyamazumi Shrine, Himemiko-sama, Avatar of Mishima Myojin, Jeanne d'Arc of Japan Age: 18+ Place of Birth: Omishima Island, Iyo Province, Japan Birth Date: 3rd January 15XX Zodiac: Capricorn (Western) / Rooster (Eastern) Gender: Female Bloodtype: A Ethnicity: Japanese Religion: Shinto, worshipping various deities like Ooyamatsumi, Mishima Myojin, Hachiman, etc. Species: Human (with divine blessings) Occupation: Shrine maiden, chief priestess & warlord

APPEARANCE.

Hair: Platinum white Eyes: Sky blue / gold (when she activates her divine blessings) Skin: Fair-skinned Build: Tall and lean with her armors making her look bulkier than she actually is. Height: 172 centimeters Weight: 57 kilograms Voice Claim: M.A.O (JP) | Suzie Yeung (EN)

FAMILIAL.

Father: Ōhōri Yasumochi Mother: Lady Myourin Brothers: Ōhōri Yasuoku, Ōhōri Yasufusa Fiancee: Ochi Yasunari

PERSONALITY.

Likes: Horses, the fresh breeze at dawn, meditating, grilled fish, dango, her family... Dislikes: Injustice, arrogant men, people who disrespect their familial ties Alignment: Lawful Good MBTI: INFJ Pronouns: Watashi (私) | Anata (貴方) Positive traits: Loyal, steadfast, calm, composed, brave. Negative traits: Self-sacrificing, stoic, defensive, prideful, stubborn. Tropes: Action Girl, Animal Motifs (Crane), Archer Archetype, Jeanne d'Archetype, Lady of War, Miko, Naginatas are Feminine, Pretty Princess Powerhouse, Religious Bruiser, Sugar and Ice Personality.

STATS & APTITUDE.

Strength: 8/10 Defense: 6/10 Speed: 10/10 Magical Aptitude: 7/10 Divinity: 6/10 Equipment: Hama yumi ( Seisei; 精製), katana ( Murakumogiri; 叢雲切 ) and naginata ( Uzunami; 渦波 ) Abilities:

Spiritual Awareness

Purification Ritual & its associated techniques

Kyudo (archery)

Naginatajutsu

Kenjutsu

Familiar Contract

Water and ice elemental magic

Military strategy

Enhanced strength, speed and durability

Divine enhancement

BIOGRAPHY.

tw: drowning & suicide.

Ōhōri Tsuruhime was born in 1526. She was the third daughter of Ōhōri Yasumochi, chief priest (Kannushi) of the Ōyamazumi Shrine, on the island of Ōmishima, north of Iyo province and about 30 miles southeast of Hiroshima. The island is in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan (Setouchi). The Shinto shrine was founded in 594 and is dedicated to Ōyamatsumi, the older brother of the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu, the god of mountains, seas and wars. The temple was a place of pilgrimage for samurai, who left weapons and armor as a sacrifice. At that time the island was under threat from the growing power of Ōuchi Yoshitaka (1507-1551) from Yamaguchi on the mainland of Honshu. Yoshitaka owned the regions of Kyushu and Chūgoku. In 1534, a war broke out between the Ōuchi clan and the Kōno clan (野氏) from Shikoku, which owned the Ōyamatsumi Temple. Tsuruhime's two elder brothers were killed during a conflict. In 1541, when Tsuruhime was 15 years old her father died of illness, and she inherited the position of chief priest. She had been trained since childhood in the martial arts, and when the Ōuchi made further attacks against Ōmishima, she led an armed resistance to defend the island. She proclaimed herself the avatar of Myojin of Mishima (三島 明 神), a powerful kami shrine and a bunrei of Ōyamatsumi. She led an army into battle and drove the Ōuchi samurai back into the sea when they raided Ōmishima in 1541. Four months later the invaders returned. Tsuruhime led troops with a surprise counterattack on the enemy ships. While an Ōuchi general, Ohara Takakoto, was being entertained on his flagship, he came under attack by Tsuruhime in a raid. She successfully boarded general Takakoto's ship and summoned him to a duel. According to another version, Tsuruhime secretly climbed onto the ship where the Ouchi samurai were feasting. At first Takakoto mocked her presumption, but Tsuruhime won the duel and killed Takakoto. One account states that "Takatoto's disrespectful words to Tsuruhime were sharp, but not as sharp as the sword with which she stabbed him in return." This was followed by a deluge of hōrokubiya (焙烙火矢; spherical exploding bombs) from Tsuruhime's allies to destroy many ships, which drove the Ōuchi fleet away. In 1543, when Tsuruhime was seventeen, she rejoined battling the Ōuchi. Sue Harukata's fleet defeated the Kono clan's troops. Tsuruhime was overcome with grief after hearing that her fiancé, Yasunari Ochi (born in 1522), had been killed in action. Tsuruhime set up an ambush, in which she defeated Ouchi's army. According to legend, she committed suicide by drowning due to grief for her beloved - but no actual historical records have proven this to be correct.

VERSES.

Historical verse/Sengoku jidai; the default untagged verse where she mostly follows the historical records. Tsuruhime lived as the famed young savior of Omishima and possibly died at young age after committing suicide by drowning. However, as she historically died before major warlords came into power, the timeline will be altered accordingly to ease possible interactions. This verse can be set in Samurai Warriors verse or Sengoku BASARA (AU version of SB!Tsuruhime, anyone?) verse... or anything set in Sengoku period, really. Should Tsuruhime not historically perish following her fate, she will be appearing in hypothetical scenarios where she eventually becomes one of the major warlords in Shikoku, rivaling local clans including the Chousokabe clan. Genshin Impact; a Hydro vision holder who wields a bow and katana in accord (treated as a bow user in canon). One of the senior priestesses under Yae Miko's tutelage in Grand Narukami Shrine. Her deceased parents were natives of a small fishing village in Yashiori Island who succumbed to the Tatarigami disease—leaving Tsuru in the loving care of a childless old couple in Konda Village. Due to Grand Narukami Shrine’s neutrality as a religious shelter, she did not actively partake in the Inazuman civil war. Fate universe; under the alias of Byakuya no Archer (aka Archer of Midnight Sun), Tsuruhime is an Archer-class servant from Sengoku period dressed in armored shrine maiden garb and wields a hama yumi. Her historical prowess makes her often dubbed as the Joan of Arc of Japan. In this universe, Tsuruhime also serves as the divine avatar of the bunrei kami she worships and thus granting her a higher rank of divinity (do note that this depiction is NOT a Jeanne lookalike like Lakshmibai, but she does have the same vibe/aura as she is, which supports the comparisons even more). While she's usually summoned as an Archer-class servant, she can be summoned as a Lancer, Saber or Rider as well. Her stat is as following: STR: B / Endurance: C / Agility: A / Mana: B / Luck: C / Noble Phantasm: B++ She possesses the class skills of Magic Resistance (B), Independent Action (C), Riding (C+), and Divinity (C) Arknights; a Liberi (with appearance based on Grus japonensis) marksman Sniper-class operator from Hingashi who seeks a shelter to Rhodes Island due to her oripathy infection. Formerly a shrine maiden who serves as a Catastrophe Messenger as well. Her codename here is Shiratsuyu. Honkai Star Rail; TBA. Jujutsu Kaisen; TBA.

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Your Eyes Tell (JM, 2020) (Sub. Esp)

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Como curiosidad, el título de la película viene de una cita de Romeo y Julieta de la que se habla en la película, que dice exactamente "Me hablan sus ojos, les respondo a ellos".

Título: Kimi no Me ga Toikaketeiru También conocida como: Your Eyes Tell (Tus Ojos Hablan) País: Japón Género: Drama, romance Duración: 123 min. Fecha de estreno: 23 de octubre, 2020 Dirección: Miki Takahiro Guion: Toyone Yuichi SINOPSIS Kaori perdió la vista y a su familia en un accidente. Mientras intenta disfrutar de las pequeñas cosas en su vida, lucha por vivir felizmente. Kaori confunde a Rui con otra persona y empieza a hablar con él. Rui fue en su día un prometedor kickboxer, pero algo pasó en su pasado que causa que se distancie de todo el mundo. La sonrisa de Kaori provoca un cambio en Rui. Los dos comienzan a tener sentimientos mutuos, pero Rui descubre el pasado incidente de Kaori y su conexión. CAST Yokohama Ryusei como Antonio Shinozaki Rui Yoshitaka Yuriko como Kashiwagi Akari Machida Keita como Sakuma Kyosuke Yabe Kyosuke como Harada Jin Tayama Ryosei como el jefe Ouchi Nomaguchi Toru como Ozaki Takafumi Okuno Eita como Kuji Mitsuru Okada Yoshinori como Sakamoto Susumu

TRÁILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKZXCdZqID4

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     Two individuals, one in pink and one in violet, met at the border of Izumo province. These men carried similar titles: peerless, ruthless, ingenious -- all of them were words that described the perfect samurai general.

     Perhaps they were too alike.

     "General Sue." Shikanosuke grimaced and his rose-coloured eyes scanned the suspicious man in front of him. "Welcome to Izumo."

     Harukata smiled back. He dismounted his horse effortlessly and bowed deeply. "Thank you, General Yamanaka. For my presence to be accepted by none other than yourself, why, it is a great honour."

     Shikanosuke glowered down at the lowered head his enemy. He could easily behead him like this, he thought coldly. One swing of his sword and Harukata would be dead, but the youth let it slide. He took a moment to scrutinize the Ouchi general before urging his horse to circle the other. "Tell me why you met me here before I call this off and kill you."

     Harukata blinked, then he broke into laughter. "So very bold! Your loyalty is admirable, but please, there's no need for that." He opened his violet haori and patted himself down with his unnerving smile still fixed on his face. "See? I am unarmed. I believe you have your honour to uphold. Killing a helpless man seems a bit low for a hero Chugoku looks up to."

     "And 'helpless' is a bit unfitting for the unrelenting Harukata Sue," Shikanosuke said plainly, still skeptical of the other man.

     "Very well. Moving on, I have a proposition."

     Shikanosuke hissed, "You come to my province as my enemy and you have the nerve to --"

     "I wasn't finished." Harukata's voice was icy and commanding. The authority in it made Shikanosuke flinch away from another retort, but he was still annoyed by the attitude the older general had.

     "You are young," Harukata continued, unfazed. "And you are bursting with potential. Someday, you will grow to understand the choices I am making. We aren't that different, after all." 

     "Am I supposed to be repulsed or flattered?"

     "Take it as you wish." Harukata strode casually to his horse and reached for something in a bag. Shikanosuke tensed, but made no move when his enemy came back with a pouch bulging with coins.

     Shikanosuke paused. "What is this?"

     "My offering." Harukata put a finger to his lips, which curled into an off-putting sneer. "I am going to rebel against Yoshitaka Ouchi."

     "And you would buy my silence?" Shikanosuke dismounted his horse and kept one hand protectively at its side. He narrowed his eyes.

     "Yes and no. See, Yamanaka, you of all men are well aware that internal conflict can weaken a clan. Considerably. I am going to give you the perfect opportunity to destroy your enemies from within." Harukata motioned to the bag. "This is just in case you see little reasoning in my proposal. However, we are both logical, yes? I hope it isn't necessary."

     His words were like knives at Shikanosuke's throat. The Amago general seethed and his hand clenched around the hilt of his katana. "You're just as bold."

     "Thank you." Harukata took it as a compliment. He nodded, satisfied. "I will stage it so that your spies, whom are no doubt in Nagato, are the ones who started rumours that Yoshitaka Ouchi's drive for war is failing. He grows weak, and thus the people will be fearful."

     "I have a feeling those stem from the truth." Shikanosuke's hand didn't leave his weapon. "And you're making my spies say this because it'd be too quick if the rumours spread on their own."

     "Exactly."

     "Hmph. What else are you planning?"

     "Oh, those are my secrets." Harukata weighed the coins in his hand. "I'll stay out of your way as long as you agree to do the same. After this rebellion is done, of course. Then you may chase the Mouri to your heart's content."

     Shikanosuke rolled his eyes and turned to his horse. "A general so brutally plotting against his own daimyo… I'm sure you have your reasons. I don't want to know them. Go along with your rebellion."

     "Do you want the money?"

     "No."

     Harukata stepped in front of Shikanosuke's dark steed, preventing him from walking ahead. The Ouchi general shushed the startled horse and gently patted its nose. He turned serious. "What a shame. You and I both know that a weak daimyo makes a weak clan, and Haruhisa is… not the best candidate. Don't you need the extra help?"

     Shikanosuke shook with rage. He reared his horse back and unsheathed his katana in the blink of an eye, pointing it at Harukata's neck. "How dare you. Haruhisa Amago is not weak. He is strong, so strong in ways that you'll never understand!"

     Harukata tilted his chin up, wary of the steel pressing against his skin. Then, his smile dissipated and was replaced by an expression of disappointment. "... I was only trying to help."

     "I don't need the help of a general who would carelessly reveal his disloyalty. I'll stay out of your way as long as you never speak to me again." Shikanosuke pulled his blade back and slid it into its sheath. He turned his steed and galloped away, cursing himself for being so foolish as to accept a meeting with General Sue. He wanted something more out of it, but instead he went away with a sense of foreboding that made him feel physically ill.

     Harukata put the coins back in his bag and he swung onto his saddle. He watched the other samurai dash away with his bright carmine cloak billowing out behind him. He truly looked like the folk hero that everyone admired so much.

     The Ouchi general smirked and headed in the opposite direction. Just like all heroes, he was naive and blind to the truth.

     Maybe they weren't so alike after all.

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“In the mid-sixteenth century, when Father Francis Xavier arrived in Japan with the hope of converting its people to Christianity, he was shocked upon encountering so many Buddhist monks involved in homoerotic relationships; indeed he rapidly began referring to homoeroticism as ‘Japanese vice.’ Needless to say, Father Xavier decided it was his duty to rid Japan of the ‘sin of sodomy.’ Xavier wrote, ‘We frequently tell the bonzes [Buddhist monks] that they should not commit such shameful sins; and everything that we tell them amuses them since they laugh about it and have no shame when they reproached about so vile a sin.’ It appears, however, that Xavier and his fellow missionaries did not manage to convince a majority of Buddhists. It is reported that on one occasion, as he and a group of missionaries were walking through the streets of Yamaguchi, a gang of youths began yelling at them, ‘So you’re the ones who forbid sodomy!’ The youths then began throwing their shoes at them. On another occasion, Father Xavier and his companions paid a visit to the Sofuku-ji Zen-shu monastery in the city of Fukuoaka. The Buddhist monks there greeted them warmly at first, but when Xavier began to expound upon the evils of sodomy, several monks began laughing while still others, infuriated, demanded that Xavier leave the monastery at once. On a third occasion, Xavier and his entourage were invited to the court of the Duke of Yamaguchi, Ouchi Yoshitaka. The Duke, like the Buddhist monks, greeted the Catholics with hospitality, but Xavier began reading in a very loud, hostile voice the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, Ouchi banished the priest and his companions from the court.” - Randy P. Conner, David Hatfiled Sparks and Mariya Sparks, Cassell’s Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit

Missionaries getting goofed on by the people they think they’re better than is A+ entertainment.

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山口県、麻羅観音 . The history of the Marakannon On September 1,1551,the daimyo of the Chugoku district,Yoshitaka Ouchi was attacked by Harukata Sue who was a feudatory,Mr.Ouchi escaped to the Taineiji Temple in Yumoto Onsen and committed suicide with his sword.His sons were also targeted.His youngest child,Kanjumaru was in female clothing to hide in the mountains in the Tawarayama although he was caught and killed the following year.Mr.Sue’s soldiers cut the boy’s penis off and took it away as evidence of the boy.The villagers felt pity for him and they built a small shrine called Mara-Kannon to appease his spirit. Nowadays,worshippers who want to be blessed with children and who wish for good health visit there. . 📍Marakannon temple,Yamaguchi prefecture,Japan . 🗾Google Map : https://bit.ly/3bGwM25 . Hello world🐅 Tag Japanophile😀 . Follow @toratabix For your Japanese trip someday. . #山口 #山口県 #山口観光 #山口旅行 #麻羅観音 #Yamaguchi #駅 #寅旅 #旅行 #写真撮ってる人と繋がりたい #写真好きな人と繋がりたい #旅行好きな人と繋がりたい #散歩 #風景写真 #ひとり旅 #男はつらいよ #小京都 #重要伝統的建造物群保存地区 #toratabi #awesome_earthpix #ig_bliss_macro #illustrationartists #macro_drama #newforkcity #superhubs #feedyoursoull #instablackandwhite #soulful_moments #pocket_allnature #igscglobal (麻羅観音) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAxAyJWgRo8/?igshid=5o3f46bpkf41

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The Sengoku Period: 1460s - 1560

So, when did the Sengoku Jidai start? Honestly, like its namesake I can’t really pinpoint a date but it’s definitely within the realms of the 1450s to 1460s and I’d pick the days when Yamana Sozen declared his allegiance to the succession of the Shogun – Ashikaga Yoshimasa’s son and his son in law, Hosokawa Katsumoto, pledged himself to the Shogun’s brother who had been selected before the child was born. You see this situation time and again in history, all over the world, the brother gest picked because the guy has no son…only for a son to be born. Honestly, the same situation can be seen in the Todo family 130 years later and they were minor for most of their early existence.

In 1467 Yamana would gather troops with another war lord, Ouchi Masahiro and Hosokawa’s home would go up in flames. The game was on.

With rumours that Yamana intended to attack the Imperial palace Hosokawa demanded all of the Imperial family moved, paying no heed to whether these rumours were true or not. In the end Yamana did actually attack the Imperial palace and the fighting between them in Kyoto brought about its destruction. Genuinely, they completely destroyed it. The fighting would go on for months before Hosokawa convinced the Emperor and Shogun to denounce the Yamana as nothing more than rebels and undermine their supporter. Yet, it had little affect and even the deaths of both Yamana and Hosokawa did nothing to lighten up the situation.

Finally the Shogun – you know the big military leader dude, only this one was a little too concerned with poetry to actually control the situation – appealed for these people to disperse and essentially go home. However, it wouldn’t come to an end and Kyoto would still be being destroyed until 1477 when Ouchi Masahiro finally backed down, returning home but not before burning his part of Kyoto. Even with the Onin war over riots and mobs continued to descend on the city and honestly this ain’t ever gonna get better. Well, it is, but not for a long time.

The Onin war is also where we can see elements of the idea of the Western and Eastern armies. Yamana being the west and Hosokawa being the east. In 130 years time we’re going to see the big bang that is Sekigahara, the war that brought an end to the period end in much the same way as the war that started it all. Ishida Mitsunari, commander of the Western army will lose to Tokugawa Ieyasu, commander of the Eastern army, in 1600.

It’s these mobs however, that spelled the rise of the Ji-samurai or common birth samurai. What was once disorganised militias became organised armies and instrumented the rise of a very different kind of Samurai. Before this Samurai had typically been of noble birth but now simple famers and their sons did so as well. Good examples of “farmer” turned Samurai is Toyotomi Hideyoushi himself, who rose from Oda’s sandal bearer to nearly Shogun.

With these armies rising, the Hatakeyama family tearing apart any peace in their bit of the map over a family feud the future looked grim. With Yoshimasa retiring and putting his 15 year old son on the throne things really did turn sour. The Ashikaga’s suddenly seem to go through a time of not producing their own sons. Yoshihisa would produce only the daughter before dying in 1489 at the age of 24, his father taking the throne back and also dying a year later. From then on only one natural son of the Shogun, Yoshimasa, would take over before being followed by the brother who was part of the starting of the war. Then two adoptive sons, the uncle sandwiched between them.

The dominating family of the early Segoku Jidai was the Hosokawa but from what I can tell a lot of their wars were infighting. The Ryo Hosokawa war began in 1507 and was a dispute over who was going to succeed the head of the family, much like with the Shogun. Only this time Hosokawa Masamoto is super duper dead. The war would end when Hosokawa Harumoto defeated Hosokawa Takakuni, only for the entire head family to collapse when Harumoto died in 1563.

Come 1543 the Warring states is in full swing. Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen are beginning to show their capabilities, Mori Motonari is being the hotshot in the south and…the Date…aren’t really doing anything? Oda is 9, Hideyoushi is 6 and Ieyasu is a few months old. Okay, so not much is really going on but the Portuguese have just arrived and this is a big deal because what do they bring with them? Why, guns of course!

This little addition to the Japanese weapon arsenal is going to change the face of Samurai warfare. Even today, many historical figures are depicted in favouring it. Data Masamune’s weapon in Samurai Warriors is a sword and gun, which I think is an appropriate metaphor for how wars were fought now. The addition of guns allowed for distance combat, indeed it was a factor in the bringing down of the “Demon Horsemen of Kai” and if something that sounds that badass can be defeated with guns the you know everything is going to go down.

Update on the Hosokawa, the Miyoshi have just betrayed them and oh boy, that’s one massive screw you to them. Under Miyoshi Nagayoshi the Miyoshi are going to expand their territory and go on regular campaigns against the Hosokawa. Two years later Sue Harukata is going to betray Ouchi Yoshitaka at the incident at Tainei-ji. So, the two biggest players who started this all are out of picture. Just about the write time for the next big one to waltz right in.

Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) is considered the first Unifier of Japan and with good reason. While getting together much of the middle ground of Honshu, he paved the way for Hideyoushi to take up his mantle and for Ieyasu to take over and finish the job. Without Oda the warring states may have gone on longer or at least it would look very different. Without Oda, Hideyoushi wouldn’t have gone through his rise to power, certainly not in the same way at least. Ieyasu is a different matter I’ll get into another time.

So, 1560, it’s a big year. Oda Nobunaga is 26 years old, he’s finally the cemented head of the Oda clan after a succession struggle with his younger brother. That younger brother is now dead and Nobunaga really wants to show his might and his skill. He spies an opportunity at Okehazama.

The Imagawa would invade and a plucky young general, named Matsudaira Motoyasu, would capture one of Oda’s castle, Marune. This plucky little general is the future Tokugawa Ieyasu. At a disadvantage Oda looked for ways he could defeat the Imagawa and honestly, Yoshimoto gave it to him. While sending the Matsudaira to Odaka Castle Yoshimoto rested at Okehazama. This was a place that Oda knew well and really, the hill top ambush did happen.

Yoshimoto, who was so clueless as to what was happening, came out from his tent thinking that only a drunken brawl had broken out. He believed this to such an extent that he ordered the angry samurai running at him with a big spear to go back to his post. Realising that he was actually an Oda man he drew his sword and managed to break the spear, only for a second Oda man to lop off his head. Only two senior retainers would escape Okehazama.

So, what’s happened over the last 100 years. The Hosokawa have been torn apart by infighting and are almost completely powerless while Yamana is nowhere to be seen, their greatest supporters betrayed and decimated by the Sue. The rising stars of the north have risen, the Uesugi are going to play a part to the very end while the Takeda are going to go out with a slightly unimpressive bang in 1575. Our future Western Army leader, Ishida Mitsunari, has just been born as Sakichi and his family currently serve the Azai. He will be fourteen years old when he first rises to any minor prominence and even then, only as an attendant to Hideyoushi. Tokugawa Ieyasu, currently named Matsudaira Motoyasu is finally free of his life as a hostage, joining up with Oda in secret and fearing for the lives of his wife and son who are still in the hands of the down but not out Imagawa.

Finally, Oda Nobunaga has fought his defining battle, the one that has cleared his way to Kyoto and cleared the way for 22 years of plunder before he is betrayed by his loyal retainer, Akechi Mitsuhide.

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“Nil Admirari no Tenbin: Teito Genwaku Kitan”

Serie TV anime, 1 aprile 2018

Episodi: 12

Adattamento animato della la visual novel di genere otome “Nil Admirari no Tenbin: Teito Genwaku Kitan” sviluppata da Otomate.

Altri video: [PV]  [PV3]

-STAFF-

Regia: Masahiro Takata 

Sceneggiatura: Tomoko Konparu 

Character Design: Yukie Sakou 

Musiche: Tomoki Hasegawa 

Produzione musciale: Pony Canyon

Studio di animazione: Zero-G 

Sigla di apertura:  kradness "Tandeki Mirage-ism" 

-CAST-

Hayato Ozaki: Yuki Kaji 

Akira Kougami: Nobuhiko Okamoto 

Hisui Hoshikawa: Ryota Osaka 

Shougo Ukai: Ryouhei Kimura 

Shizuru Migiwa: Kenichi Suzumura 

Rui Sagisawa: Takahiro Sakurai 

Tsugumi Kuze: Juri Kimura

Hitaki Kuze: Ayumu Murase 

Shiori Tokinomiya: Rio Natsuk 

Keizaburou Ouchi: Norio Kobayashi 

Tsugumi Kuze: Juri Kimura

Hitaki Kuze: Ayumu Murase

Shiori Tokinomiya: Rio Natsuki 

Keizaburou Ouchi: Norio Kobayashi

Yoshitaka Nabari: Hikaru Midorikawa 

Quina: Eiji Miyashita 

Motofumi Mashiko: Kazuyuki Okitsu 

Tarou Tsubameno: Junya Enoki 

Takashi Shiginuma: Daichi Endou 

Shouko Shiginuma: Akane Sanada 

Koyuri Masaki: Minami Takahashi 

Takuma Yoshiki: Kentarou Tone 

Touichirou Sasagoi: Makoto Ishii 

Arata Kijitani: Masakazu Nishida 

Shirou Mozuyama: Seiro Ogino 

Hideki Owase: Akito Sakuragi 

La storia è ambientata durante l’era Taisho in un Giappone alternativo, agli inizi del XX secolo. Le vicende ruotano attorno ad una giovane che, per salvare il suo casato ormai caduto in disgrazia, accetta di sposare un uomo uomo di buona famiglia di cui non conosce né il nome né il volto. Poco prima del matrimonio combinato però, suo fratello minore si suicida e viene ritrovato con un vecchio libro tra le mani. Date le circostanze misteriose della morte, arrivano sul posto degli agenti del Fukuro, l’Ufficio di coordinamento e gestione delle informazioni della Biblioteca Imperiale. Secondo loro il libro è uno dei cosiddetti Maremono, un tomo in grado di soggiogare la mente di coloro che lo leggono. Ancora scossa ed incredula dopo l’evento, la protagonista si accorge di aver acquisito il potere di riconoscere questi libri maledetti, riuscendone a scorgere l'Aura che li contraddistingue.

Il videogioco per PS Vita, sviluppato da Otomate e distribuito da Idea Factory è stato pubblicato il 21 aprile 2016. Il 21 settembre 2017 è prevista l’uscita di un sequel intitolato “Nil Admirari no Tenbin: Kuroyuri Enyoutan”.

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Sue Clan

The Sue clan were related to the Ōuchi clan, and served as shugodai of Suō Province for the Ouchi they were loyal Retainers ontil Sue Harukata rebelled and placed a puppet leader in place so he can rule the clan which brought the downfall of his clan when he and his son were lured into a trap and killed.

*Prominent People*

*Sue Okifusa* (????-1539) retainer of Ôuchi Masahiro. Okifusa was a competent soldier and administrator and became one of Ôuchi Yoshioki's senior retainers and after the latter's death served Yoshitaka, whom he assisted in his battles with the Shôni on Kyushu.

*Sue Harukata* (1521-1555) Harukata was the second son of Sue Okifusa He became Ôuchi Yoshitaka's chief general and led troops to lift the Amako's siege of Môri Motonari's Koriyama castle in 1540. He also commanded troops in the abortive Ôuchi attempt to bring down Gassan-Toda in 1541-42 and afterwards endeavored to restore his lord's faltering martial spirit. In addition to his military duties, Harukata also assisted Yoshitaka in a number of land surveys Suô in 1540 and Aki in 1550. After making various remonstrations to his lord, he finally rebelled in 1551 and drove Yoshitaka to commit suicide, afterwards ruling the Ôuchi lands through Ôuchi Yoshinaga. He was compelled to chastise a number of rebellious Ôuchi retainers. He came to war with Môri Motonari and in 1554 began to attack his outlying castles. He was tricked into ordering the execution of Ôuchi retainer Era Fusahide and in 1555 was lured with his army to Miyajima, where he was trapped and killed along with his son, Nagafusa.

*Reason for rebellion*

Despite the Ōuchi's growing prosperity, Sue Harukata's clan was dissatisfied with what they saw as indulgence on their lord's part. Not only were they denied the opportunity to prove themselves in battle, the arrival of the court members threatened their political standing within the clan itself. Thus, the group launched a revolt that lasted for several days, resulting in the deaths of many officials. Yoshitaka was forced to flee to Tainei-ji Temple in Nagato where he committed suicide alongside his six year old son Yoshihiro.

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