Lore & History
14 entries in the Shogun compendium.
Minamoto no YoritomoThe warrior who broke the court's monopoly and forged the path of the shogun.The Battle of Dan-no-uraThe bloody waters where a dynasty drowned and the samurai age was born.Taira no KiyomoriThe warlord who crowned himself supreme, igniting the fire that would consume an era of peThe Genpei WarThe ancient blood feud that forged the sword and birthed the rule of the Shogun.The Kamakura ShogunateThe ancient military foundation that birthed the title Lord Toranaga now seeks.The Ise Grand Shrine ProphecyAncient omens guide the path of a future Shogun through spiritual counsel.Oda NobunagaThe ruthless warlord who shattered the old order to forge a new Japan.Toyotomi HideyoshiThe son of the unifier, whose birth set off a chain of bloodshed and whose death ended an Ronin ClassMasterless blades wandering the fractured edges of a nation on the brink of war.Daimyo TitlePowerful Japanese magnates who ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdingSiege of Osaka CastleThe final battle that ended the age of warring states and cemented Tokugawa rule.Tokugawa ShogunateThe military government that ended the wars and defined Japan's peaceful isolation.Jodo Shinshu SectFaith in Amida's other-power carries all devotees to the Pure Land after death.Sakoku PolicyA system of strict regulations on commerce and foreign relations, enacted by the Tokugawa
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