The seven spears

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The seven spears ( Japanese 七 本 槍 , Shichihon yari) indicate seven excellent fighters in a battle in Japan.

Overview

  • The seven spears of the Battle of Azukisaka (小豆 坂) in Mikawa Province in 1542 were
    • Oda Nobumitsu (織田 信 光; 1516–1556),
    • Oda Nobufusa (織田 信 房:? -?),
    • Okada Naonori (岡田 重 能 (重 善); 1527–1583),
    • Sasa Katsumichi (佐 々 政 次 (勝 通);? –1560),
    • Sasa Katsushige (佐 々 孫 介 (勝 重);? - 1556),
    • Nakano Shigeyoshi (中 野 一 安 (重 吉); 1526–?),
    • Shimogata Masanori (下方 貞 清 (匡 範);? –1606).
  • It was at the Battle of Shizugatake in Ōmi Province in 1583
    • Fushima Masanori (福島 正 則; 1561–1624),
    • Katō Kiyomasa (加藤 清正 (1562–1611),
    • Hirano Nagayasu (平野 長泰 (1559–1628),
    • Katō Yoshiaki (加藤 嘉明 (1563–1631),
    • Wakizaka Yasuharu (脇 坂 安 治 (1554–1626),
    • Katagiri Katsumoto (片 桐 且 元 (1556–1615),
    • Kasuya Takanori (糟 屋 武 則 (1562–?).
  • In the Battle of Kanizaka (蟹 坂; Owari Province ) in 1584 it was
    • Ōkubo Tadatoshi,
    • Ōkubo Junshirō,
    • Ōkubo Tadayo,
    • Ōkubo Tadasuke,
    • Abe Tadamasa,
    • Sugiura Shigezane,
    • Sugiura Chin'ei.

Kurosawa's film " The Seven Samurai " obviously refers to such seven.

Remarks

  1. Papinot Tsuda Nobumitsu.
  2. Papinot Nakano Sōchi.

literature

  • Edmond Papinot: Shichi-hon yari, 七 本 槍 . In: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .