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Japanese Samurai Names

Traditional Japanese names from the samurai era — 16 entries

武蔵
Musashi
むさし
warrior province
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源之助
Gennosuke
げんのすけ
source helper
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官兵衛
Kanbei
かんべい
official soldier
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佐助
Sasuke
さすけ
helpful assistant
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十兵衛
Jubei
じゅうべい
ten soldiers
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五右衛門
Goemon
ごえもん
fifth right gate
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半蔵
Hanzo
はんぞう
half storage
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信玄
Shingen
しんげん
faithful mystery
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謙信
Kenshin
けんしん
humble trust
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家康
Ieyasu
いえやす
house peace
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信長
Nobunaga
のぶなが
faithful long
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秀吉
Hideyoshi
ひでよし
excellent luck
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幸村
Yukimura
ゆきむら
lucky village
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政宗
Masamune
まさむね
governing ancestral
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徳川
Tokugawa
とくがわ
virtue river
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五条
Gojo
ごじょう
five paths
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The castles these men held, besieged and lost are catalogued separately, in English, at Japanese Castles — 188 sites with their periods, regions and surviving structures.

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