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 historic persons by Saitō Chikudō

Saitō Chikudō

was a Japanese confucian, historian and poet. His real name was Kaoru . His pen name was Chikudō or Bōyōshi .- Life :...

. This book covers both politicians and servicemen. Tokushi Zeigi is different from other Japanese history books of those days. Chikudō evaluated historic persons by their political ability, not their personal morality

Morality

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Contents

Volume.1
Yamato Takeru

Yamato Takeru

, originally Prince Ousu was a Japanese legendary prince of the Yamato dynasty, son of Keikō of Yamato, a legendary monarch who is traditionally counted as the 12th Tennō or Emperor of Japan. The tragic tale of this impressive figure is told in the Japanese chronicles Kojiki and Nihon Shoki...

(日本武尊)・ Prince Shōtoku

Prince Shotoku

, also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was a son of Emperor Yōmei and his younger half-sister Princess Anahobe no Hashihito. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan, and was involved in the defeat...

(厩戸皇子)・Nomi no Sukune

Nomi no Sukune

was a Japanese legendary sumo wrestler during Emperor Suinin era. He kicked and killed his opponent under the Emperor's instruction. It wasn't modern sumo, but he is regarded as the human creator of sumo. He was an ancestor of Sugawara no Michizane.-References:...

(野見宿祢)・Takenouchi no Sukune

Takenouchi no Sukune

Takenouchi no Sukune was a legendary Japanese hero-statesman, and is a Shinto kami.- Life :Takenouchi no Sukune was supposedly the son of Princess Kagehime, and is said to be grandson to Imperial Prince Hikofutódhimakoto no Mikoto...

(武内宿祢)
Mononobe no Moriya

Mononobe no Moriya

was an Ō-muraji, a high-ranking clan head position of the ancient Japanese Yamato state, having inherited the position from his father Mononobe no Okoshi...

(物部守屋)・Wake no Kiyomaro

Wake no Kiyomaro

was a high-ranking Japanese official during the Nara period. He was born in Bizen Province to a family of politically important, devoted Buddhists who hoped to keep Buddhism and politics separate through religious reform...

(和気清麻呂)・Kibi Makibi

Kibi Makibi

was a Japanese scholar and noble during the Nara period. Also known as Kibi Daijin . Born in Bitchu Province as Shimotsumichi Asomi, he came from a line of local elites. Kibi was the name of the town or area he came from.In 716, he traveled to China to study. He stayed in China for 17 years...

(吉備真備)・Fujiwara no Kamatari

Fujiwara no Kamatari

Fujiwara no Kamatari was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Asuka period.Kamatari was the founder of the Fujiwara clan in Japan. His birth clan was the Nakatomi. He was the son of Nakatomi no Mikeko, and his birth name was Nakatomi no Kamatari...

(中臣鎌足)
Fujiwara no Yasunori

Fujiwara no Yasunori

was a Japanese court noble and an administrator in early Heian Period. His father was Fujiwara no Sadao from South-fujiwara clan. His first son, Fujiwara no Kiyotsura , was appointed Dainagon .-Career:...

(藤原保則)・Sugawara no Michizane

Sugawara no Michizane

, also known as Kan Shōjō , a grandson of Sugawara no Kiyotomo , was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian Period of Japan...

 (菅原道真)・Miyoshi Kiyotsura

Miyoshi Kiyotsura

was a Japanese scholar-statesman who was very inspired by Chinese classical learning, but very antagonistic to Buddhism.- Life :Kiyotsura was the author of a certain memorial which called the attention of the emperor to current abuses...

(三善清行)・Minamoto no Yoshiie

Minamoto no Yoshiie

Minamoto no Yoshiie , also known as Hachimantarō, was a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period, and Chinjufu shogun...

(源義家)
Minamoto no Yoshimitsu

Minamoto no Yoshimitsu

, son of Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, was a Minamoto clan samurai during Japan's Heian Period. His brother was the famous Minamoto no Yoshiie. Minamoto no Yoshimitsu is credited as the ancient progenitor of the Japanese martial art, Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu...

(源義光)・Fujiwara no Michinori

Fujiwara no Michinori

, also known as ', an aristocratic Confucian scholar and monk, was one of the chief advisors to Emperor Nijō, and one of the chief allies of Taira no Kiyomori, particularly during the Heiji Rebellion of 1159....

(藤原通憲)・Taira no Kiyomori

Taira no Kiyomori

was a general of the late Heian period of Japan. He established the first samurai-dominated administrative government in the history of Japan.After the death of his father Taira no Tadamori in 1153, Kiyomori assumed control of the Taira clan and ambitiously entered the political realm in which he...

(平清盛)・Minamoto no Yorimasa

Minamoto no Yorimasa

' was a prominent Japanese poet whose works appeared in various anthologies. He served eight different emperors in his long career, holding posts such as hyōgo no kami...

(源頼政)
Taira no Shigemori

Taira no Shigemori

was the eldest son of the Taira clan patriarch, Taira no Kiyomori. He took part in the Hōgen and Heiji rebellions. He died of illness in 1179....

(平重盛)・Taira no Tomomori

Taira no Tomomori

' was the son of Taira no Kiyomori, and one of the Taira Clan's chief commanders in the Genpei War at the end of the Heian period of Japanese history....

(平知盛)・Minamoto Yoritomo(源頼朝)・Kiso no Yoshinaka(木曾義仲)

Volume.2
Minamoto Yoshitsune(源義経)・Hōjō Tokimasa

Hojo Tokimasa

was the first Hōjō shikken of the Kamakura bakufu and head of the Hōjō clan. He was shikken from the death of Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1199 until his abdication in 1205.- Background: The Hōjō Clan :...

(北条時政)・Ōe no Hiromoto

Oe no Hiromoto

Ōe no Hiromoto was a kuge and vassal of Japan's Kamakura shogunate, and contributed to establishing the shogunate's governmental structure....

(大江広元)・Hatakeyama Shigetada(畠山重忠)　
Wada Yoshimori

Wada Yoshimori

was an early Kamakura period military commander. A gokenin of the Kamakura shogunate, he was the first director of the Samurai-dokoro.He was the son of Miura Yoshiaki and grandson of Sugimoto Yoshimune, making him a descendant of the Heike. Among his sons were Wada Yoshinao, Asahina Yoshihide, and...

(和田義盛)・Hōjō Masako

Hojo Masako

was the eldest child of Hōjō Tokimasa by his wife Hōjō no Maki, the first shikken, or regent, of the Kamakura shogunate. She was the sister of Hōjō Yoshitoki, and was married to Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first shogun of the Kamakura period...

(平政子)・Hōjō Yasutoki

Hojo Yasutoki

Hōjō Yasutoki was the third shikken of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan. He strengthened the political system of the Hōjō regency.He was the eldest son of second shikken Yoshitoki...

(北条泰時)・Aoto Fujitsuna(青砥藤綱)
Hōjō Sadatoki

Hojo Sadatoki

was the ninth shikken of the Kamakura shogunate , and Tokuso from his appointment as regent until his death....

(北条貞時)・Fujiwara Fujifusa(藤原藤房)・Kitabatake Chikafusa

Kitabatake Chikafusa

was a Japanese court noble and writer of the 14th century who supported the Southern Court in the Nanboku-cho period, serving as advisor to five Emperors. Some of his greatest and most famous work was performed during the reign of Emperor Go-Daigo, under whom he proposed a series of reforms,...

(北畠親房)・Kitabatake Akiie

Kitabatake Akiie

was a Japanese court noble, and an important supporter of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō Wars. He also held the posts of Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North, and Governor of Mutsu Province...

(北畠顕家)
Nitta Yoshisada

Nitta Yoshisada

was the head of the Nitta family in the early fourteenth century, and supported the Southern Court of Emperor Go-Daigo in the Nanboku-chō period, capturing Kamakura from the Hōjō clan in 1333....

(新田義貞)・Nitta Yoshisuke

Nitta Yoshisuke

thumb|200px also known as , was the brother of Nitta Yoshisada in the early fourteenth century, and supported the Southern Court of Emperor Go-Daigo in the Nanboku-cho period, capturing Kamakura with his brother from the Hōjō clan in 1333....

(脇屋義助)・Kusunoki Masashige

Kusunoki Masashige

was a 14th century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in his attempt to wrest rulership of Japan away from the Kamakura shogunate and is remembered as the ideal of samurai loyalty.-Tactician:...

(楠木正成)・Kusunoki Masatsura

Kusunoki Masatsura

, along with his father Masashige and brother Masanori, was a supporter of the Southern Imperial Court during Japan's Nanbokucho Wars.Masatsura was one of the primary military leaders who revived the Southern Court in the 1340s...

(楠正行)
Ashikaga Takauji

Ashikaga Takauji

was the founder and first shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan, and ended with his death in 1358...

(足利尊氏)・Ashikaga　Yoshimitsu(足利義満)・Ashikaga Motouji

Ashikaga Motouji

-See also:* Kamakura, Kanagawa - The Muromachi and Edo periods* The article Nanboku-chō period...

(足利基氏)・Akamatsu Norimura

Akamatsu Norimura

was a Japanese samurai and clan leader of the Muromachi period.-Shugo:Norimura served as the shugo of Harima Province, awarded in 1336 after switching his support to the Ashikaga side from the Emperor Go-Daigo....

(赤松則村)
Hoskawa Yoriyuki(細川頼之)

Volume.3
Emperor Jimmu

Emperor Jimmu

was the first Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He is also known as Kamuyamato Iwarebiko and personally as Wakamikenu no Mikoto or Sano no Mikoto....

(神武天皇)・Emperor Nintoku

Emperor Nintoku

was the 16th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign, but he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 313–399.-Legendary narrative:...

(仁徳天皇)・Emperor Tenji

Emperor Tenji

, also known as Emperor Tenchi, was the 38th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Tenji's reign spanned the years from 661 through 671.-Traditional narrative:...

(天智天皇)・Prince Ōtomo(大友皇子)
Emperor Uda

Emperor Uda

was the 59th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Uda's reign spanned the years from 887 through 897.-Name and legacy:Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name was or Chōjiin-tei....

(宇多天皇)・Emperor Go-Sanjō

Emperor Go-Sanjo

was the 71st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Go-Sanjō's reign spanned the years from 1068 through 1073.This 11th century sovereign was named after Emperor Sanjō and go- , translates literally as "later;" and thus, he is sometimes called the "Later Emperor Sanjō"...

(後三条天皇)・Emperor Go-toba

Emperor Go-Toba

was the 82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1183 through 1198....

(後鳥羽天皇)・Abe no Hirafu

Abe no Hirafu

was a governor of Koshi Province. He fought against the aboriginal inhabitants of Japan . This was in 658...

(阿部比羅夫)