Sengoku Trivia Quiz

[Tsar Alexsandr]

That is correct sir! It is indeed Samanosuke Hidemitsu Akechi. :D

Your question now. ^_^

[Shigemasa Oyamada]

I'm finally getting these right... alright this is a bit harder. He was a relative through marriage to Oda Nobunaga as well as one of his chief retainers. He was present at a majority of the Oda's battles. Also known as a administrator of Kyoto, he was given the task of building the Azuchi castle previously referred to in the thread. After Oda Nobunaga's assassination he sided with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and conquered Shikoku. Who is this Samurai (I imagine the Azuchi castle part is a big clue)?

[Paradox]

Niwa Nagahide.

[Shigemasa Oyamada]

That is correct.

[Paradox]

Sorry I'm late.

Earlier in my career, I was a Ukita vassal. Under the Toyotomi, I was a chief commander of the Korean campaigns and was known for being a follower of Christianity, a belief in which my neighbor was not very fond of. I was executed after the battle of Sekigahara.

[Tsar Alexsandr]

Yukinaga Konishi.

[Paradox]

Konishi Yukinaga. Yes.

[Tsar Alexsandr]

Quite the interesting figure. It's unusual that he'd be executed with Mitsunari Ishida, the commander of the Western forces, but that was due to his refusal to Ieyasu to commit Seppuku.

My question is, who was the other guy who was killed with Mitsunari Ishida and Yukinaga Konishi? He was given the arguably questionable verdict of being a co-commander alongside Mitsunari Ishida. A staunch Buddhist and a man of non-Samurai origins, who was this monk who was executed in the aftermath of the battle of Sekigahara.

[AggonyDuck]

Ankokuji Ekei.

[Kagemusha]

Ankokuki Ekei is kind of interesting character.If i rmember right he was actually originally from Amako clan, the other mortal enemy/ally of Mori, besides Ouchi Clan. I think he was executed simply because someone associated from Mori had to go, while Ieasy had no intentions trying to execute for example Mori Terumoto, the daimyo of Mori and nominal commander of the Western army, as it would have meant another campaign against the Western Clans, so i think Ekei had to take the blade for the entire Mori Clan.

[Tsar Alexsandr]

I've also heard that some Samurai resented the fact a non Samurai like Ankokuji played a role in the battle, and the punishment was quite severe. Of course you could be right, that it was more about the Mouri than the Zen priest himself. Either way the Mouri were given a drastic cut in revenue, despite not participating in the battle. The Mouri grew to hate the Tokugawa, I heard one man actually had a vow to destroy the Tokugawa on his sandals, so he was constantly reminded of his clan's vows of vengeance. It would come in some form near the end of the Samurai's era, during the Boshin war between the Emperor and his Southern Samurai army against the Northern Tokugawa Bakufu.

Next question. :D

[Kagemusha]

In matter of fact,Mori or Mouri after they were deprived Of Aki, Iwami, and Izumo had each year a seremony where a clan leader would ask all the elders present would there be now a right time to or will to throw off the Shogunate.This is only a legend, but still in Boshin war that ended the Tokugawa Shogunate.The main effort came form Choshu(Mori) domain and Satsuma(Shimazu) domain

[AggonyDuck]

What was the name of the man who escaped the besieged castle of Nagashino to warn Tokugawa Ieyasu about the Takeda, and on his way back to inform the garrison of his success, was captured by the Takeda and crucified?

[Togakure]

What was the name of the man who escaped the besieged castle of Nagashino to warn Tokugawa Ieyasu about the Takeda, and on his way back to inform the garrison of his success, was captured by the Takeda and crucified?

Ah, that'd be Torii Sune'emon. He was cool.

I remember him because my mom told me his story when we passed through Aichi prefecture in '73, while visiting relatives. One of the train stations there is named after him.

[AggonyDuck]

Correct!

[Togakure]

Playing the shakuhachi for the pleasure of my men in the night during a siege was my downfall, when an enemy archer guessed my position and shot me dead.

Historians had some nerve to twist my story, to romanticize the death of some other Sengoku big-wig. Forget that guy--who am I?

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Hint: not archived in the Archives, my name is buried in words describing said big-wig's demise. It seems that it cannot be found otherwise.

[Togakure]

Hmm, I did try to find one that couldn't be easily found with Google-Fu, but maybe this one is too obscure. Admittedly, I've only read it in one place:

Check The Samurai Archives > Famous Samurai > Takeda Shingen > "The Death of Shingen"

[Shigemasa Oyamada]

So Amako Masahisa then?

[Togakure]

Indeed. The ball is in your court, sir.

[Shigemasa Oyamada]

Well you sort of gave the answer away, but I suppose. This one may be a bit difficult. I was one of the Tokugawa's best generals, and I was a very vocal supporter of breaking from the Imagawa. At Nagashino I led a successful night attack on the Takeda camp. My relationship however became very strained with Tokugawa after a diplomatic meeting with the Oda in which there was allegations that Tokugawa's son Nobuyasu was plotting against the Oda. Since I was no friend of Nobuyasu so I didn't deny the charges, eventually causing Nobuyasu to commit suicide. Tokugawa never forgave me for not defending the honor of his son. Who am I?

[AggonyDuck]

Sakai Tadatsugu.

[Shigemasa Oyamada]

Correct you are.

[AggonyDuck]

Who was the English navigator, who after being shipwrecked in Japan at year 1600, became a key advisor on matters of trade and seafare for the Tokugawa Shogunate?

[Kagemusha]

William Adams.

[AggonyDuck]

Correctomundo!

[Kagemusha]

Allright.Lets see. Forget Tigers and Dragons.My nickname was "the devil" and after reaching adulthood i never slept on a futon.All i needed was a straw mat.Who am i?

[Togakure]

I know, I know! But I don't want to have to think of a question so I'm going to keep quiet :p .

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

(macaroni-racam)+ ("Good!" +i) + (Nobushige-ubon). Sake(ins: ta a<>k).

[Shigemasa Oyamada]

Satake Yoshishige

[Tsar Alexsandr]

I believe Llwellyn is right. But in the event it is not the right guy, I vote for Hattori Hanzo.

But knowing Satake's legendary inability to sleep in anything but his campaign bed, I bet it's Lord Satake.

[Kagemusha]

Correct answer Llewelyn!