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Samurai Biographies
Every archived life recorded as samurai, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Early Modern era
Tokugawa Ieyasu
January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616
Founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)
Medieval era
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1159 – June 15, 1189
Samurai of the late Heian and early Kamakura period
Medieval era
Tomoe Gozen
1157 – 1247
A female samurai warrior who fought during the Genpei War from 1180 to 1185 CE
Early Modern era
Takeda Shingen
December 1, 1521 – May 13, 1573
Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period
Early Modern era
Uesugi Kenshin
February 18, 1530 – April 19, 1578
Japanese daimyo
Early Modern era
Date Masamune
September 5, 1567 – June 27, 1636
Daimyo of the Sengoku period to early-Edo period; 1st lord of Sendai
Modern era
Sakamoto Ryoma
January 3, 1836 – December 10, 1867
Japanese samurai and politician (1836–1867)
Modern era
Saigo Takamori
January 23, 1828 – September 24, 1877
Samurai of the Satsuma domain, supreme commander of Japanese army, one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (1828-1877)