Oh, but there are tons of background information for this one.
I got inspiration from:
- James Clavell's "Shogun";
- the marvelous mini-serie based on said book (the miniserie is also called "Shogun"), which is out on DVD nowadays;
- Eido Josjikawa's "Taiko" (I've been looking for a Dutch translation from "Mushashi", from the same author, literally for years now. If anyone would know where I could pick one up, I'd be very much obliged);
- several movies, most from Akira Kurosawa;
- tons of information on the internet, to name but a few:
* http://www.samurai-archives.com/kvs.html
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengoku_period
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeda_Shingen
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uesugi_Kenshin
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kato_Danzo
I'm sure you'll find many more links on the time period and the most famous characters from that period in the Monastery.
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