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Admiral Amakusa Shirō army Ashikaga Bakufu battle became Benkei brother Buddhist capital career century Christian Chronicle clan commander Confucian Court daimyo death defeat Densetsu Emperor Emperor Godaigo enemy failed hero famous final forces Fujiwara Godaigo harakiri Heian hero's heroic Hōjōs imperial Inoguchi Japan Japanese history Kagoshima Kaiten Kamakura kamikaze Kawabara killed Kusunoki Masashige Kyoto Kyushu L'Epopée Kamikaze later leader legend Lord loyalist Masashige's Meiji Michizane Michizane's military Minamoto Minamoto no Yoritomo Mishima mission Mononobe Nagatsuka Nibon NOBILITY OF FAILURE official Okinawa Okubo Onishi Osaka Oshio Oshio Heihachirō period planes poem political Prince Arima Prince Naka provinces rebel rebellion Restoration Saigo Saigō Takamori Sakamoto samurai Satsuma Shimabara Shimpu Shogun Shoki sincerity Soga Special Attack spirit success Sugawara no Michizane suicide sword Tairas Takauji tion Tokihira Tokugawa Tokyo tradition uprising victory Wang Yang-ming warrior Western Yamato Takeru Yoritomo Yorozu Yoshitsune Yoshitsune's young