Sengoku Period
1467~1603
Medieval Japan was called "Sengoku period".In Japan from the middle of the 15 century to the beginning of the 17 century, many samurai fought for territories. The leaders of these samurai were called "Sengoku-busho".Brave warlords and clever warlords expanded their territory.
The smart and tricky "Sengoku-busho" were also good at using ninjas.
In the Sengoku period, this warlord ruled the territory and small provinces were scattered.In the war, they fought by raising a flag with the family crest of the leader to distinguish the enemy from the ally.
Edo period(Tokugawa period)
1603~1867
In the early 17 century, Tokugawa Ieyasu unified all "Sengoku-busho" and became "Shogun". He seized real political power in Japan. Since then, the Edo period lasted for 260 years.During that period, there was no national war, and Japanese traditional culture such as ukiyoe and kabuki developed greatly.
In the Edo period, family crest came to be used not only by "Sengoku-busho" but also by many samurai.Family crest began to be drawn on the formal dress of samurai so that the family lineage could be identified.
List of Japanese Sengoku-busho's family crest
織田 信長
Oda Nobunaga
豊臣 秀吉
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
徳川 家康
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1.明智 光秀 Akechi Mitsuhide
2.浅井 長政 Azai Nagamasa
3.朝倉 義景 Asakura Yoshikage
4.浅野 長政 Asano Nagamasa
5.尼子 義久 Amago Yoshihisa
6.井伊 直政 Ii Naomasa
7.池田 恒興 Ikeda Tsuneoki
8.石田 三成 Ishida Mitsunari
9.今川 義元 Imagawa Yoshimoto
10.上杉 謙信 Uesugi Kenshin
11.宇喜多 直家 Ukita Naoie
12.大内 義隆 Ouchi Yoshitaka
13.大谷 吉継 Otani Yoshitsugu
14.大友 宗麟 Otomo Sorin
15.織田 信長 Oda Nobunaga
16.片倉 景綱 Katakura Kagetsuna
17.加藤 清正 Kato Kiyomasa
18.蒲生 氏郷 Gamo Ujisato
19.吉川 元春 Kikkawa Motoharu
20.黒田 官兵衛 Kuroda Kambee
21.小早川隆景 Kobayakawa Takakage
22.小西行長 Konishi Yukinaga
23.斎藤道三 Saito Dosan
24.佐竹義宣 Satake Yoshinobu
25.佐々成政 Sassa Narimasa
26.真田幸村 Sanada Yukimura
27.柴田勝家 Shibata Katsuie
28.島津義久 Shimazu Yoshihisa
29.武田信玄 Takeda Shingen
30.竹中半兵衛 Takenaka Hambee
31.立花宗茂 Tachibana Muneshige
32.伊達政宗 Date Masamune
33.長宗我部元親 Chosokabe Motochika
34.徳川家康 Tokugawa Ieyasu
35.藤堂高虎 Todo Takatora
36.豊臣秀吉 Toyotomi Hideyoshi
37.丹羽長秀 Niwa Nagahide
38.南部信直 Nambu Nobunao
39.鍋島直茂 Nabeshima Naoshige
40.福島正則 Fukushima Masanori
41.北条氏康 Hojo Ujiyasu
42.細川忠興 Hosokawa Tadaoki
43.本多忠勝 Honda Tadakatsu
44.前田利家 Maeda Toshiie
45.松永久秀 Matsunaga Hisahide
46.毛利元就 Mori Motonari
47.最上義光 Mogami Yoshiaki
48.山内一豊 Yamauchi Kazutoyo
49.結城秀康 Yuki Hideyasu
50.龍造寺隆信 Ryuzoji Takanobu