Musashi applied to become a swordmaster to the Shogun, but as he already had two swordmasters ( Ono Jiroemon Tadaaki and Yagyū Munenori — the latter also a political advisor, in addition to his position as the head of the Shogunate's secret police ), Musashi's application was denied.

Ieyasu won and received the title of Seii-tai Shogun two years later.

In 1701 ( by the Western calendar ), two daimyo, Asano Takumi-no-Kami Naganori, the young daimyo of the Akō Domain ( a small fiefdom in western Honshū ), and Lord Kamei of the Tsuwano Domain, were ordered to arrange a fitting reception for the envoys of the Emperor in Edo, during their sankin kōtai service to the Shogun.

Over the course of the next two years, with the exception of occasional interventions by the Shogun, Azai Nagamasa was under constant threat of Nobunaga aggression into Omi.

The Shogun declared that the first to make war in the capital would be branded a rebel, and so the two armies remained immobile for some time, but within a few months, the tensions had risen too far, and war simply could not be delayed any further.

Despite having two painter sons, at the suggestion ( if not the order ) of the Shogun Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Eitoku adopted Kanō Sanraku ( 1561 – 1635 ), who married his daughter and succeeded him as head of the school.

During the reign of Shogun Iemitsu, two samurai, Yui Shosetsu and Marubashi Chuya, had been planning an uprising in which the city of Edo would be burned to the ground and, amidst the confusion, Edo Castle would be raided and the shogun, other members of the Tokugawa and high officials would be executed.

There were two separate servers ; one for Shogun Total War, and one for Warlord Edition.

He gave two significant performances for the Shogun in 1399, one of which could have been attended by Emperor Go-Komatsu.

Kaempfer stayed two years in Japan, during which time he twice visited Edo and the Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi there.

Set in feudal Japan, two to five players take control of a fictional warlord and pit their armies against one another in hopes of winning the title Shogun.

Shogun Assassin was edited and compiled from the first two films in the Lone Wolf and Cub series, using 12 minutes of the first film, Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance ( Kozure Ōkami: Kowokashi udekashi tsukamatsuru or Wolf with Child in Tow: Child and Expertise for Rent ), and most of Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx ( Kozure Ōkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma or Wolf with Child in Tow: Perambulator of the River of Sanzu ).

Stuart Galbraith IV of DVD Talk said, " A radical reworking of not one but two Japanese movies combined into a single action-filled extravaganza, Shogun Assassin floored audiences with its dream-like, poetic action and pressure-cooker bloodletting.

This version includes two new levels ( the first part of Scene 3 and all of Scene 6 ), which feature new enemy characters, including two new bosses: Tora ( a dog-like " blizzard beast ") and Shogun ( a robotic samurai ), both characters created for the game.

Released in August 2002, the game was a greater success than Shogun: Total War, becoming the best-selling video game in the UK for the first two weeks, and the fourth best-selling game in the US market in its first week.

In 1602, just after Tokugawa Ieyasu became Shogun, he declared that the Hongan-ji be split in two.

This super robot along with the other two aforementioned super robots first appeared the USA as a part of Mattel's Shogun Warriors line of import toys, released in the late 1970s.

On October 25, 2002, at Pride of the Mask II, Super Dragon and Shogun defeated TARO and El Gallinero Tres in a tag team match, with the stipulation being that the two winners would later face each other in a Mask vs.

The support crew travelled in two Mitsubishi off-road vehicles — a red L200 Animal LWB 4x4 pick-up ( which tipped over at Mongolia, and then changed into a Ford Excursion when entering Canada ) and a black Shogun Warrior DI-D automatic estate.

At her next two starts, Trevor McKee then tried to get the mare settle in her races, but she was narrowly defeated in the Theo Marks Quality ( by Adam ) and the George Main Stakes ( by Shogun Lodge ).

The fighting finally ends when Hattori Hanzo the 1st succeeds in forging a cease fire between the two clans by conscripting both into the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu ( the man who seized power to become Shogun and form Japan's first truly stable form of centralized government ).

He was privileged to wear the two swords of the samurai and received an annual stipend which placed him ( along with Adams ) among the ranks of the hatamoto or direct retainers of the Shogun.

Yoshinao was founder of the Owari Tokugawa clan, one of the Gosanke, which had the hereditary right of succession to the position of Shogun should the main line fail.

* 1612: Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, planning to establish Edo as the de facto capital of Japan, begins work on a new commercial district surrounding the eastern end of the Tōkaidō, the main road connecting Tokyo and the Kansai region.

The main campaign of Shogun: Total War involves a player choosing a clan and moving to eliminate their enemies and become shogun of feudal Japan.

Defier and Shogun Lodge looked to be his main dangers but then the rain fell and both his rivals were scratched when the track was rated officially slow.

Although slow to catch on at first, the style grew massively in popularity around 2003 – 2004, and by 2005 it was established as one of the biggest-selling subgenres in drum and bass, with labels like Good Looking Records ( although this label is strongly cross-genred with atmospheric drum and bass ), Hospital Records, Liquid V, Shogun Limited, Fokuz Recordings, and artists like Calibre, Netsky, High Contrast, Logistics, London Elektricity, Nu: Tone, and Solid State among its main proponents.

;< span id =" Shogun Magginessu "/>: The main antagonists in Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu and Ganbare Goemon Pachisuro 2.

On September 27th, 2011, The Creative Assembly released a DLC pack for Total War: Shogun 2 entitled " Rise of the Samurai ", which allows players to play as members of the Taira, the Minamoto, or the Fujiwara families.

Among the officers under his command in Japan was Jules Brunet, who would play a key role in the conflict between the Shogun and the restoration forces of the Meiji Emperor during the Boshin War.

Shogun: Total War is a turn-based strategy and real-time tactics computer game developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Electronic Arts.

A blend of real-time tactics and turn-based gameplay, Shogun: Total War was first announced in early 1999.

That honour went to the multiple Group 1 winner Viscount who had started his spring campaign in Sydney and had recorded victory in the George Main Stakes-Gr1 ( 1, 600 m ) where he, like Lonhro, had defeated Shogun Lodge.

The game is very similar to the Total War series: it consists of a 2-D strategic campaign resembling Medieval: Total War and Shogun: Total War and fully 3-D land and naval battles in the manner of Empire: Total War, which was released in 2009.

The Soul of the Samurai and Known World maps from Shogun and the map from Journey were included separately ; an added instruction manual included the Book of Hours from Arthur as well as instructions for all three added games.

* The Fujiwara clan is featured as a playable faction in Total War: Shogun 2s expansion The Rise of the Samurai.

Reporting on the situation to the Shogun, Kayama witnesses Lord Abe's murder by cloaked assassins and himself is killed by one of their number-his former friend, Manjiro.

In James Clavell's novel Shogun, ship's pilot Vasco Rodrigues challenges John Blackthorne to recite the latitude of the Lizard to verify that Blackthorne is a fellow seaman.

* Ashikaga Yoshiaki is installed as Shogun, beginning the Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.

Tokugawa Ieyasu, father of the Shogun, is outraged at this act, and leads three thousand men across the Kizu River, destroying the fort there.

* Ashikaga Takauji is granted the title of Shogun by the emperor of Japan, starting the Ashikaga shogunate.

* October 7 – Japanese Chief Minister Hotta Masatoshi is assassinated, leaving Shogun Tsunayoshi without any adequate advisors, leading him to issue impractical edicts and create hardships for the Japanese people.

Another example of this is the game Shogun: Total War, which was originally intended to be simply a " B-grade " combat simulation game, but also expanded to produce multiple sequels.

The computer Game, " Shogun 2: Total War " is a sequel in the Shogun series, in which the conflict takes place during The Warring States period.

Since the late 1980s, McDonald's in Hong Kong has offered a Teriyaki sandwich dubbed the Shogun Burger, where the teriyaki sauce is a coating on the burger patty.

However, it is indeed true that the feudal Daimyo, other than the Shogun himself, were forbidden from manufacturing or stockpiling firearms.

It is Blackthorne's karma ( destiny ) to never leave Japan, Mariko's karma to die gloriously for her lord, and his own karma and purpose to become Shogun.

* 1634 ( Kanei 11 ): Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu visited Miyako ; and it is believed that Meishō's father actually ruled in her name until she abdicated in favor of her younger half-brother.

The Falcon Cycles division is responsible for producing bikes and accessories under both its own name, as well as under the brand names of: Boss, Claud Butler, CBR, British Eagle, Coventry-Eagle, Elswick, Exile, Holdsworth, Scorpion, Shogun, Stinky Bitz and import-only Townsend brands.

The Japanese Shogun made him a samurai ( warrior ), he is significant to Medway because this has led to the twinning with Yokosuka and Ito.

* 1246 ( Kangen 4, 7th month ): Yoritsune's son, now Shogun Yoritsugu ( who is only 7 years old ) marries the sister of Hōjō Tsunetoki ( who is himself only 16 years old ).

Waan government is similar to that of Kozakura as well, as there is an Emperor whose position is largely ceremonial, and the real ruler of the nation is the Shogun, Matasuuri Nagahide.

Iemitsu's rivalry with his brother Tokugawa Tadanaga over the Shogunate form a part of the television series The Yagyu Conspiracy and is the basis for the film Shogun's Samurai ( at the end of the film, Shogun Iemitsu is killed and decapitated by Yagyu Jubei in an act of revenge for his father Yagyū Munenori's betrayal ).

* The Hōjō clan is one of many clans playable in the 2000 PC game Shogun: Total War, set in the Sengoku period.