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Who is Japan's national hero, and what were his achievements?? |
Travel Info Who is Japan's national hero, and what were his achievements?? Travel Tips Oda Nobunaga- he was one of the greatest rulers in Japan. He unified whole Japan, which was until then divided into small countries,fighting each others.The information in Wikipedia is incorrect about his achievments, so please check this Japanese site instead. http://www.samurai-archives.com/nobunaga... Nobunaga's general, Hideyoshi Toyotomi is another national hero, mostly because he finished the deed of Nobunaga, uified the country, but also beacause of his ambition: he rose form a very poor family to become a regent of the Emperor. http://www.artelino.com/articles/toyotom... Ieyasu Tokugawa, who put the beginning of the 2 centuries reign of Tokugawa clan and developed the neo-Confucianism as a base of samurai's moral, is also one of the Japanese heroes. He , however, closed Japan for any foreign influence. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2128.html... And one of the most popular , legendary heroes is Yoshitsune,great leader, warrior and politician, who basicly won the war against the clan Taira, but was betrayed and chased by his older brother Yoritomo outside the country. http://www.samurai-archives.com/yoshitsu... Other heroes, beside the warriors , are Prince Shotoku who provided the first constitution in Japan and imported the Buddhism and Chinese writing system http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/j... the poettess Ono-no-Komachi, the novelist Murasaki Shikibu, the author of " Novel of Prince Genji", the priest Kobo Daishi. National heroes are the reformators Fukuzawa Yukichi, Sakamoto Ryoma and Saigo Takamori(the real "last samurai") Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fukuzawa_yu... http://www.detarver.com/samurai_masters/... http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/89... Other Travel Tips Daisaku Ikeda. Look him up on www.wikipedia.org Shirasu Jiro Sakamoto Ryoma Okita Soji Miyamoto Musashi Minamoto no Yoshitsune: He destroyed the clan of the samurai who was the rival. However, he was gradually hated by the elder brother, and died of the fight. And, he becomes a tragic hero, Tokugawa Ieyasu: He won the Warring States Period(Sengoku period or sengoku jidai) of Japan, united Japan, and made Edo (present Tokyo) a capital. Oda nobunaga.Toyotomi Hideyoshi.Takeda Shingen.and others.: All chiefs of the samurai in a local region in Japan of sengoku jidai are popular. MIyamoto Musashi: It is said that he is strongest samurai. And, he wrote famous "The Book of Five Rings". Togo Heihachiro: He won Russia by Battle of Tsushima. Yamamoto Isoroku: He is a famous admiral of naval forces of a Japanese empire. Who's had his face on more types of notes, a national hero http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/shotoku_tai... |
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