relied upon by Lord Shinmen Sokan, the head of the Shinmen clan and so was allowed to use the Shinmen name. He was one of the few to have obtained the title...

Shinmen clan (新免氏, Shinmen-shi) was a Japanese kin group that flourished during the 15th–16th (Sengoku period) and 17th centuries (Edo period) of Japan...

the Shiba clan from the Ashikaga clan (Seiwa Genji). Shimazu clan (島津氏) – also known as Satsuma Clan; descended from Seiwa Genji. Shinmen clan (新免氏) – also...

Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵), born Shinmen Takezō (新免 武蔵, c. 1584 – 13 June 1645), also known as Miyamoto Bennosuke and by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku...

generals of the Hosokawa clan. The head of the clan at Shizuoka in Suruga Province became a kazoku baron in 1887. The Shinmen clan were a branch of the Akamatsu...

Shinmen Sokan (active 16th century) was a Japanese lord, daimyō of the Shinmen clan (新免氏, Shinmen-shi) during the middle of the Sengoku period. Sokan...

ceremony, known in Thai as sokan People Shinmen Sokan (16th century), daimyō, a head of the Japanese clan of Shinmen Yamazaki Sōkan (1465–1553), aka Sōkan...

known as Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵, c. 1584 – June 13, 1645), also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, a Japanese...

1586) was a retainer of Ikeda Katsumasa, head of the powerful "Setssu-Ikeda clan" of Settsu Province. Under Katsumasa, Murashige sided with Oda Nobunaga following...

clan would experience a great rise of power, and engage in a protracted military campaign against its rivals, the Rokkaku clan and the Hosokawa clan,...

Masahisa. Another document also states that Mikinosuke was the grandson of Shinmen Sokan who was a cousin of Musashi. Sometime after 1617 Mikinosuke entered...

Tokugawa Ienari Super Police (1985, TBS) Miyamoto Musashi (1984–1985, NHK) as Shinmen Munisai Sanada Taiheiki (1985–1986 NHK) as Sanada Masayuki Chūshingura...

1508 – November 19, 1577) was a daimyō and head of the Yamato Matsunaga clan in Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. He has historical...

His mother was the sister-in-law of Toyama Yasumitsu, a vassal of the Hōjō clan (other sources say Suikeiin, Ujiyasu's principle wife). It's likely that...

Bizen Province, to Ukita Okiie, a local samurai leader and head of the Ukita clan. He has historical reputation as one of Japan's three ruthless figures (日本三大梟雄)...

as monk, but when his older brother Yoshiteru was killed by the Miyoshi clan, he returned to secular life and took the name "Yoshiaki". At the time, the...

Ōtomo Yoshishige (大友 義鎮), was a Japanese feudal lord (daimyō) of the Ōtomo clan, one of the few to have converted to Catholicism. The eldest son of Ōtomo...

hostage to the Imagawa clan. The young Mototada served the then-Matsudaira Takechiyo as a page. After Ieyasu's return from the Imagawa clan, and his unification...

"Shinmen Takezō" (新免武蔵様, Shinmen Takezō Sama) "Akemi" (朱実, Akemi) "Okō" (お甲, Okō) "The Brigand Tsujikaze" (野武士辻風, Nobushi Tsujikaze) "Blood Game" (血遊び...

of Honshu. The family was one of four Karō families serving the Kashima clan; one of the cadet branches of the Imperial House of Japan (descendants of...

cadet branch of the Takeda clan. When Nobutomo came of age, he entered into the service of Takeda Shingen, patriarch of the clan and lord of Kai province...

It states that Gonnosuke had previously encountered Musashi's father, Shinmen Munisai, who was an expert of the jitte and had defeated him. Gonnosuke...

town in Mikawa Province, which was then under the suzerainty of the Imagawa clan. He came to Kai and began to serve Takeda Shingen in 1543, receiving a position...

retainer of the Ōuchi clan in the Sengoku period in Japan. He was the second son of Sue Okifusa, a senior retainer of the Ōuchi clan. His childhood name...

lord) of the Sengoku period. He was the 18th generation head of the Satake clan. He was renowned for his ferocity in battle; he was also known by the nickname...

Dayu whose true name is Miyamoto Musashi, which is a shortened form of Shinmen Musashi-no-Kami Fujiwara-no-Harunobu (新免武蔵守藤原玄信). She is the founder of...

as Ujiie Bokuzen (氏家卜全), was a Japanese samurai warrior. served the Saitō clan of Mino province. Later, he become a retainer of Oda Nobunaga. Naomoto was...

mastering the Shinkage-ryū school of combat, and introducing it to the Tokugawa clan. He was also known as Shinsuke, or Shinzaemon. Munetoshi was born Yagyū Shinsuke...

ISBN 9780873325097. Retrieved 25 March 2021. Kamalov, Ablet (2010). Millward, James A.; Shinmen, Yasushi; Sugawara, Jun (eds.). Uyghur Memoir literature in Central Asia...

of Suō Province and the head of the Ōuchi clan, succeeding Ōuchi Yoshioki. In 1522, he fought the Amago clan along with his father, Yoshioki, to win the...