The seven spears
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
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 .