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[Tokugawa clan] The Tokugawa-shitennō is a Japanese sobriquet describing four highly effective samurai generals who fought on behalf of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Sengoku period. They were famous during their lifetimes as the four most fiercely loyal vassals of the Tokugawa clan in the early Edo period. ==Etymology== The sobriquet evolved from the...
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[samurai] Shitennō (四天王), a Japanese term normally referring to the Buddhist Four Heavenly Kings, is also applied to particularly famous or loyal retainers, in groups of four, to certain of Japan`s most famous legendary and historical figures. The following four are referred to in legend as the Shitennō of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (als...
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