Sengoku Trivia Quiz

**Kagemusha** · 08-10-2010, 11:07

Tomisama, good idea about the questions. I will edit in numbers for the questions and compile them in the first post.

All right next one:

"I fought in over 60 battles and was not wounded even once. I was called as "Samurai among Samurai". Who am i ?"

**Shigemasa Oyamada** · 08-10-2010, 18:45

I'm going to take a guess but I don't think it is right since he mostly fought duels and not battles, Miyamoto Musashi?

**Cecil XIX** · 08-10-2010, 23:45

Originally Posted by Kagemusha

Tomisama, good idea about the questions. I will edit in numbers for the questions and compile them in the first post.

All right next one:

"I fought in over 60 battles and was not wounded even once. I was called as "Samurai among Samurai". Who am i ?"

I'd stake my life it was this man:

Tadakatsu Honda shall make orphans of your souls!

**Kagemusha** · 08-11-2010, 02:13

Correct answer Cecil XIX!Please tell us some more of this fellow and make your own question.

**Shigemasa Oyamada** · 08-11-2010, 04:49

Ahh Tadakatsu Honda, champion of the Mikawa warriors under Tokugawa, that makes sense.

**Cecil XIX** · 08-12-2010, 15:23

The only other thing I know about Tadakatsu that hasn't been mentioned is that his spear was known as the "Tonbo-Giri", or Dragonfly Cutter. So called because it was said that if a dragonfly rested on it the insect would be sliced in two. The spear is known as one of "The Three Great Spears of Japan", and the man was one of "The Four Guardians of the Tokugawa".

Also, he has an awesome theme song.

All right, here's my question.

My father and grandfather served the Takeda clan, but I am best known for serving the Toyotomi. I fought in the last battle of the Sengoku era, and for my exploits some called me "The Greatest Warrior in Japan." Who am I?

**AggonyDuck** · 08-12-2010, 17:13

Sanada Yukimura.

**Tsar Alexsandr** · 08-13-2010, 07:06

Tadakatsu Honda served the Tokugawa since Ieyasu's Tokogawa's time serving the Imagawa. (At which time Ieyasu was known as Motoyasu Matsudaira.) Tadakatsu Honda is said to have never been injured in battle. His famous spear, Tonbo-Giri, as mentioned above was a highly famed weapon. After Sekigahara, the man who Shingen described as a "Luxury of the Tokugawa" began to lose favor with the Tokugawa. Tadakatsu Honda had allowed his daughter to marry the son of Masayuki Sanada. Yukimura's brother, Nobuyuki Sanada. It was Tadakatsu who called Yukimura "The Greatest Soldier in Japan." Where as Tadakatsu was called, "The greatest Samurai." Tadakatsu called Yukimura this because Yukimura escaped his relative imprisonment to come to the aid of the Toyotomi. A feat of great skill, courage, and loyalty. Of Nobuyuki Tadakatsu called him, "The most sincere young man he had ever known." And so allowed him to marry his daughter Inahime. Allowing his daughter to marry into the Sanada clan was not a popular decision. And Tadakatsu suffered for it. He was no rewarded nearly as much as other retainers of the Tokugawa after Ieyasu united the land. He was however, completely loyal. Even with his diminished status. He was, and is still known as a great warrior, and played a crucial role in countless battles for the Tokugawa.