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In my Tachibana Clan Chronicles, I'll be writing a series of vignettes and stories focusing on a fictional samurai clan based out of Kyushu in the 1500's.
The basis for these stories is the game series Nobunaga's Ambition, set in Sengoku Japan. These games (along with their sister titles, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, regarding Three Kingdoms era China) are grand strategy games with an emphasis on the individual leaders and commanders (referred to as "officers") who made this era near legendary.
In brief, this setting is Japan in the 1500's, a time of tumultuous warfare and chaos as individual clan leaders, called daimyo, vied for power while the authority of the Shogunate rapidly dwindled. This era took a great turn after the arrival of Portuguese traders in 1543, on the island of Tanegashima, off the southern coast of Kyushu. This began a 100 year period of trade with westerners (referred to as Nanban, or "southern barbarians").
Perhaps most important from this trade was the introduction of the arquebus, a matchlock musket that would become synonymous in Japan with the island they first arrived on. Once smiths in Japan learned to forge the weapons, they spread like wildfire. It is believed that hundreds of thousands of the weapons were manufactured over the next 100 years, before falling into disuse during the peaceful (and isolated) Tokugawa shogunate. The games' eponymous Oda Nobunaga was renowed for his tactical use of the Tanegashima, which led him to a rapid conquest of much of central Japan.
In our story, things will be slightly different. For one, we are following the custom clan that I created for this game, the Tachibana. The Tachibana are initially based out of Tachibanayama, a real castle in northern Kyushu.
In real history, the Tachibana were a family with roots long in the past, connected to the Imperial lineage. However, by the time of the conflicts that led to the rise of the Shogunate in the 1100's, the Tachibana family had become largely politically irrelevant. It would not be until 1571 that a samurai named Bekki Akitsura would be entrusted by his daimyo, Otomo Sorin, with Tachibanayama, at which point Bekki Akitsura changed his name to Tachibana Dosetsu, thus briefly restoring a lineage of Tachibana.
In this fictional account, we find our Tachibana beginning with Tachibana Motonobu, a samurai who fought in the Onin War in the mid 1400's which began to shake the power of the Shogunate. Motonobu may or may not have been born a Tachibana, but certainly when he arrived in Kyoto to serve the Shogun, he was claiming this name. He, his son, and his grandson would all serve the Ashikaga shoguns for good portions of their lives.
However, by 1521, the situation in the capital had grown tumultuous. The current shogun had lost favor in the court as a rival of the Hosokawa prepared to oust him. Seeing a chaotic time on the horizon, Tachibana Motosuke left the capital, along with his wife, 4 children, and a small entourage of like minded officials and samurai. By the end of the year, they would arrive at the court of Ouchi Yoshioki, who was a friend to the now-removed Shogun. There, Motosuke offered his services in exchange for a claim to the Tachibanayama castle, citing his familial name as rights.
Over the next 30 years, Motosuke would lead his clan to steadily expanding his domain. His 4 children, 3 sons and one daughter, all proved themselves as excellent leaders, not least of all the eldest, Tamenori. Tamenori was one of the finest warriors all of Japan. And he was known as the most handsome samurai in Kyushu. His jovial nature charmed everyone he met, and he was certainly an inspiring young leader (though he certainly held grudges, particularly against Otomo Sorin after the two had fought to claim Moji castle).
My game began in 1553, and over the next 5 years first Motosuke, and then tragically Tamenori as well, would pass away due to illness. By 1559, this left the clan in the hands of the 23 year old Tamenaka. This young and clever leader found himself entering a stage shared with brilliant daimyo such as Mori Motonari, Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, and of course, the eponymous Oda Nobunaga. Would he be the man to unite Japan, or would he be just another falling star? Well, it's 1572 in my playthrough now, and I can safely say, it's been a thrilling adventure.
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Sengoku Basara 3: Utage - Sorin Otomo Story Mode
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Let's tell Sōrin that Xavi got run over by the reindeer lol
Mod Sasuke: I think Sourin would like that song... maybe he got run over too
#i didnt really have a good image of xavi i could for this so sourin got hit instead oops#outomo sourin#sourin otoumo#otomo sorin#sorin otomo#sengoku basara#dirtybasaraconfessions#buttery-croissant-draws
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Sengoku Basara Boyfriends #3
the cool yet cute one who will support you with everything you do but will sometimes play tricks on you and teases you so much :Shima Sakon
the obssessed one who will be head over heels for you very sensitive to every word and action you do to him and gets depressed easily: Shibata Katsuie
the cute one who will give you lots of hugs and kisses and will talk about you 24h a day and think about ways to make you happy: Maeda Toshie
the strict rigid one who is too righteous and very harsh on you for your own good but still loves you so much and wouldn’t tolerate anyone hurting you : Azai Nagamaza
the naive miserbale one who is too kind yet unlucky and you will feel very sorry for him he will have some emotional outbursts but nothing that will hurt you: Kuroda Kanbei
the mysterious creepy one who hides his feelings for you but will have the perfect murder plan for anyone who thinks about hurting you and won’t show it: Otani Yoshitsugu
the happy go lucky one who is religious has a lot of talents and feels like a little innocent kid who wants to always have fun with you: Otomo Sorin
the masochist one with some weird creepy thoughts who is into unusal scary ideas and would be more than happy when you step on him: Tenkai
the one who brags about himself and cares about his looks but would treat you like a true gentelman with etiquettes: Mogami Yoshiaki
the fluffy one who gets scared from litterally everything but very affectionate will cook you delicious meals and will listen to you : Kobayakawa Hideyaki:
the naughthy one who will cause a lot of troubles and say some nasty shit but is very pure and would choose your company over anything: Mori Ranmari
the proud one who won’t go easy on you and will put you through a lot of tests to see if you are the right one and if chosen will value you over anything: Ashikaga Yoshiteru:
the maniac one with resentement issues with a revenge list and will never forget about the bad things you said or did to him: Goto Matabei
the sweet open minded one who feels like a lover and a friend but can be quite stupid at times : Yamanaka Shikanosuke
this is the last part, i am sorry if Samuragi new characters weren’t spot on i am not familiar with them but i did my best and i hope you enjoyed SenBasa Boyfriends!!!!
THANK YOU FOR THE PREVIOUS REBLOGS AND COMMENTS !!!!!
happy 15th anniversary!!!
#sengoku basara#boyfriends type#part3#last part#shima sakon#shibata katsuie#yamanaka shikansuke#goto matabei#ashikaga yoshiteru#mori ranmaru#kobayakawa hideaki#mogami yoshiaki#tenkai#akeshi mitsuhide#otomo sorin#otani yoshitsugu#kuroda kanbei#azai nagamasa#maeda toshie
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What kind of Overseas Foreigner would enter Japan during the Warring States and speak with a British accent? We’re beyond that 4Kids habit, Funimation.
#samurai deeper kyo#sengoku basara#end of judgement#judge end#historical events#historical figures#japanese history#kyoshiro mibu#benitora#Otomo Sorin
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#otomo sorin#disclaimer i've never played sengoku basara#i just discovered this guy today and i'm in love
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Hideyoushi's Conquest of Japan
Sorry this is late, but I got it out right? Imjin Wars next, grisly. That's a reconstruction of Odawara, the original was pulled down by the Meiji Government in the 1870s
Hideyoushi’s conquest of Japan took place from 1585 – 1590, beginning with his invasion of Shikoku and ending with his victorious siege against the Hojo of Odawara. It’s impressive considering that he did in five years, even with the army sizes that he could boast and the fact that he had a strong power basin already built for him by Oda. Hideyoushi had a way of doing things though and it won people over in ways that Oda couldn’t.
You could consider that actually, Hideyoushi’s alliance with the Mouri was his first act in consolidating his power. While it was so that he could rush back to Kyoto and destroy the rebelling Akechi, it was still a good move. This is because the Mouri were huge and had spent much of the time Oda had building up his own power doing the exact same thing in the South/West. Mouri Motonari – perhaps the most famous Mouri of all – is considered an excellent strategist for a reason.
Considering that Hideyoushi had trouble defeating the Mouri in the first place it was a good move to get them on his side as it opened up the opportunities to advance on the largely independent islands of Shikoku and Kyushu – which he would do in 1585 and 1587 respectively. The Mouri gave Hideyoushi considerable strength in numbers.
He was also relying on the most Northern families, such as the Date and the Uesugi occupying themselves – which they were doing as the Date strived to claim what would become their own territory. The Uesugi were a little more difficult, they hadn’t been destroyed like their rivals Takeda and Hideyoushi strived to keep good relations with them so they didn’t attack him.
With the successful campaigns against the Shibata’s forces and the Tokugawa, Hideyoushi was free to start looking at the rest of the plan. His first attack would be on the South, they were weaker in numbers in comparison to likes of the Hojo and I doubt Hideyoushi had any wishes to make the Tokugawa and Uesugi suspicious of his movements. So, he went for Shikoku first.
He also had an excuse to attack the lord of the Island, Chosokabe Motochika, as he had technically been on Shibata’s side and had defeated a Daimyo on Hideyoushi’s during the affair. At first Hideyoushi simply demanded Awa and Iyo, Chosokabe challenging him by saying he would only hand over Awa. Hideyoushi, suitably irritated, invaded the Island with a total of 90,000 soldiers.
Chosokabe’s surrender would come only a month later and this was where Hideyoushi made himself a touch more popular than his predecessor. Instead of having Chosokabe either killed or forcing him to commit suicide he was spared. Granted, Hideyoushi took not just Awa and Iyo but also Sanuki. However, he did leave Chosokabe with Tosa – the final province on the island. One down, two to go.
However, this time he didn’t have a reason to just descend on Kyushu. That would change, however, when a plea was sent to him by Otomo Sorin. For the last decade or so the Shimazu had advanced through Kyushu, claiming land for themselves while Oda and Hideyoushi were more preoccupied with their own holdings. This plea was Hideyoushi’s excuse, though it would be an entire year before any troops were actually sent.
When they did finally send troops, led by Chosokabe Motochika and Sengoku Hisahide, the campaign was something of a disaster to begin with. While they were told to stand on the defensive by Hideyoushi, Otomo and Sengoku advanced on a fort and tried to relive a fort that was being besieged by the Shimazu at the time. Chosokabe would also protest against the move and sadly, he would suffer from its consequences. His son, the 22 year old Nobuchika, would lose his life trying to fight the Shimazu off. I think it’s easy to believe that Motochika might have been a touch bitter, Nobuchika was also his eldest son.
Eventually, Hideyoushi would start sending reinforcements. Firstly, Hashiba Hidenaga (Hideyoushi’s half-brother) would arrive with 60,000 men, along with the Mouri/Kobayakawa Takakage with 90,000. Just a note about him, Takakage was a Mouri man by birth, the third son of Motonari, he had been adopted by the Kobayakawa. Putting this at a total of 150,000 on top of the 30,000 that Hideoyushi would bring the following month the Toyotomi would cruise along the east coast, chasing the Shimazu back to their home territory of Satsuma.
Hideyoushi would camp on the hills above the castle town and wait them out. He was relying on their nerves, hoping that such a large force would scare them into submission. Which it did, the Shimazu would only cross swords with the Toyotomi once. Not long after, the head of the clan – Shimazu Yoshihisa – would arrive at Toyotomi’s camp, his head shaven and surrendered to the Toyotomi. Two down, one to go.
In 1590, three years later, Hideyoushi would stage the final national level battle in Japan for at least a decade, the next being the decisive Sekigahara two years after Hideyoushi had died. There were two parts to defeating the Hojo. There was the siege of Odawara, their main castle and the one lived in by the Hojo family. The other was the Siege of Oshi castle, defended by the Narita family.
The actual siege of the Odawara was uneventful and lots of it actually depended on logistics. The Hojo had hoped that Hideyoushi’s inadequate supplies might force him to call of the siege before he managed to starve the Hojo out. HIdeyoushi’s excuse for the siege actually lay with the Sanada clan this time, who were still a rather minor clan who were former retainers of the Takeda. They and the Hojo had been disputing about Numata castle for many years, Hideyoushi – basically being in charge of the country – intervened and gave most of the land to the Hojo but allowed the castle and the surrounding district to remain formally under the Sanada. However, that same year, the Hojo would storm the castle and kill the lord stationed there. Thus, Hideyoushi had his siege and some very angry Sanadas on his side.
The other side, Oshi castle, was headed by Ishida Mitsunari under Hideyoushi’s instruction. His commanding of this siege I think gives some weight as to just how important Mitsunari was to Hideyoushi. It was also a fatal error that led to Mitsunari being slandered, certainly in the Edo period if not at the time as well. A flood attack would be conducted on the castle, certainly of an impressive scale, but it would ultimately fail. It’s because of this that Mitsunari is seen as a poor commander, his attack failing and the Narita family only giving in when the Hojo collapsed. While I believe that it could have been executed better by Mitsunari, he certainly can’t be blamed for all of it. He was ultimately acting under Hideyoushi’s orders and was actually against the attack. I suggest, if you want a clearer (and possibly more correct telling) go ask @jibuyo as they're who bought this to light for me, previously I'd thought it was Mitsunari's doing.
It took three months before the Hojo would be starved out and Hideyoushi changed his tune a little bit. His tactic of allowing the defeated to live in exchange for their lands wasn’t implemented. This time, Hojo Ujimasa would commit suicide along with other members of the Hojo clan. This disintegrated any influence they might have had, along with this their lands were given to Ieyasu in return for the ones he currently held.
So, Hideyoushi had Japan. The sheer force that he now boasted was enough to make the Northern clans such as the Date submit without much trouble. In fact, Hideyoushi had ordered that Masamune participate in the Siege of Odawara – which he did do…but only once he’d made sure he knew who was going to win. The aftermath of the Siege of Odawara was an important move politically, while it might have failed after his death, it certainly kept things peaceful for Hideyoushi while he was alive.
He had moved Tokugawa.
Tokugawa Ieyasu, without a doubt, was the most powerful man militarily when separated from Hideyoushi. He was also well liked, which could have been an issue. While removing him to Kanto gave Ieyasu a degree of autonomy due to its remoteness from the capital it also took him, far, far away from Hideyoushi and his more loyal men in Kyoto. Perhaps, if Ieyasu had remained closer he would have done to Hideyoushi what Mitsuhide had done to Nobunaga. Something tells me that Hideyoushi didn’t like that idea. Now that Tokugawa was no longer much use in pacifying the lords around him – since there were, no lords left to pacify – it seems only sensible that Hideyoushi would shoo him off to somewhere he could see his army approaching from while still having time to ready his own.
#Toyotomi Hideyoushi#Uesugi#Sanada#Date#Chosokabe Motochika#Otomo Sorin#Shimazu Yoshihiro#Shimazu Yoshihisa#Hojo Ujimasa#Ishida Mitsunari#Tokugawa Ieyasu#Date Masamune#Japan#Japanese History
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A few quick Basara doodles
#Sengoku BASARA#Otomo Sorin#Shibata Katsuie#Akechi Mitsuhide#Fuuma Kotaro#my art#fanart#digital media#Clip Studio Paint
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Sorin and Muneshige from Sengoku Basara. I know Muneshige looks off, i kinda forgot what he looked like but you don't see his hair if at all. Modern clothes still.
#sengoku basara#sorin otomo#muneshige tachibana#xavism#oppadolls#muneshige looks weird...#when you don't have all the clothes unlocked...#modern clothes
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Samurai Warriors 5
is in the trial and error phases of production! We may not see it until 2020. Perhaps we’ll see more information about this game in the Fall/Winter, similar to the announcement run of SW4.
So....who are you all looking forward to seeing in the game? Or what do you want to see?
For me, personally, I’d like to see the battles of Kyoto between the Ashikaga, Miyoshi, Matsunaga, Hosokawa, etc, reading about this battles was always exciting, especially seeing it in Nobunaga’s Ambition. I’d also like to see more Mouri enemies like Sue Harukata (UNPC in SW4, but can give him a story), Amago/Shikanosuke Yamanaka. And I’d like to see more Kyushu battles/enemies. Kyushu is full of fascinating warriors like Otomo Sorin, Nabeshima Naoshige(and his badass wife!), Ryuzoji Takanobu, Joun Takahashi, Tachibana Dosetsu, even Sorin’s “anti-christ” wife Jezebel. I think another Shimazu can sit this one out.
We’re probably going to get another Oda character, I’m thinking Niwa Nagahide, Oda Nobutada, Gamo Ujisato or Takigawa Kazumasu.
More Touhoku adds like Mogami Yoshiaki or Satake Yoshishige might be a possibility.
Maybe make the Imagawa a full-fledged clan with Yoshimoto, Hayakawa, Naotora, Ieyasu and Hanzo.
More Western Army people like Kobayakawa Hideaki, Hosokawa Tadaoki, Naoie Hideie, or Kuroda Nagamasa for the Eastern Army
As far as women go, that’s really up in the air. No one expected us to get Koshosho or Hayakawa. Chacha was heavily requested and was finally added to Spirit Of Sanada, with much of her historical merits taken away (to the point of where I heard she was disliked in Japan). It seems the most obvious females to be added would be Maeda Matsu, Megohime and Akihime. Were it up to me, I’d put in Ikeda Sen and Naoshige’s wife (her name escapes me...Hikotsuru?) Yoshihime would be an interesting add. As of now, we have 3 mothers in the series (Aya, Naotora and Oichi), all presenting different kinds of motherly love, Yoshihime would be a different type because of her hatred for Masamune. Another mother I could see added (and I hope not because as of now, we have enough Sanada) would be Yamanote, who is Yukimura and Nobuyuki’s mother. I don’t see anything she’d add to the series.
That all being said, we’ll wait and see!
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“Sorin Otomo dancing to Despacito 2k19”
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SenBasa characters as movies
Something for this special event xd
happy 15th anniversary!!!
Date Masamune: Deadpool
Sanada Yukimura: Superman
Katakura Kojuro: John Wick
Sarutobi Sasuke: Fantastic beasts
Ishida Mitsunari: Kill Bill
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Avengers
Chosokabe Motochika: Pirates of the Caribean
Mouri Motonari: Silence of the Lambs
Shima Sakon: Ocean eleven
Shibata Katsuie: the fault in our stars
Maeda Keiji: the new year’s eve
Maeda Toshie and Matsu: Fun with dick and Jane
Otani Yoshitsugu: It
Oda Nobunaga: the Godfather
Nouhime: Millenium Actress
Oichi: The Conjuring
Azai Nagamaza: Justice League
Tenkai: Saw
Matsunaga Hisashide: National Treasure
Fuma Kotaro: the artist
Toyotomi Hideyoshi: 300
Takenaka Hanbei: Angels and Demons
Tsuruhime: Howl’s moving castle
Saica Magoichi: Wonder Woman
Takeda Shingen: the Lord of the rings
Uesugi Kenshin: Stardust
Kasuga: Cinderella
Shimazu Yoshihiro: Last Vegas
Kuroda Kanbei: series of unfortunate events
Otomo Sorin: Sister’s act
Mogami Yoshiaki: the three Musketeers
Kobayakawa Hideaki:Julie and Julia
Kyōgoku Maria: Letters to Juliet
Ii Naotora: La femme Nikita
Itsuki: Jack frost
Mori Ranmaru: Home alone
Yamanaka Shikanosuke: The Jungle book
Goto Matabei: World war z
Ashikaga Yoshiteru: the great gatsby
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What can you tell me about Toyotomi Hidenaga? How important was he too Hideyoshi's rise to power?
Hidenaga was Hideyoshi’s right arm. He led the subjugation to Shikoku in Hideyoshi’s stead and he contributed heavily during subjugation of Kyushu (he was a supreme commander leading forces from Hyuga province and it was him who made peace with Shimazu Iehisa).
He had a warm personality, great political and domestic skills and he had traits Hideyoshi lacked (and together they supplemented each other).
It’s said he was a pillar of the Toyotomi clan and that he was the one who was holding Hideyoshi back (it’s said he was against Korea, but that might just be speculations, idk), but as long as he was alive you don’t really hear much about Hideyoshi being violent - making peace agreements, using money to get a castle etc. (but again, it could just be people romanticizing things)
One of the theory about Sen no Rikyu’s death is that he was forced to commit seppuku, because Hidenaga wasn’t there to make peace between Rikyu and Hideyoshi (Hidenaga and Rikyu got along really well). And Rikyu’s seppuku is pretty much a beginning of Hideyoshi’s “dark times” - Rikyu’s seppuku, Korea, Hidetsugu (months before Hidetsugu, Hideyasu - Hidenaga’s heir, Hidetsugu’s brother - died and some speculate it wasn’t a natural death. Hideyoshi didn’t allow the Yamato-Toyotomi line to continue, he could imho literally put any of Hidetsugu’s children as a head of Yamato-Toyotomi, because at that time there was no “Hidetsugu is planning to rebel” yet, or allow Todo Takayoshi to be re-adopted, but he didn’t).
Until his death, Hidenaga was the one who was supporting Hideyoshi’s system and administration the most. His own lands were prosperous and there weren’t any problems during his rule over several provinces either.
But the thing is, there aren’t many records about Hidenaga, actually. After Otomo Sorin surrendered and went to Osaka, he apparently said: “the public affairs are left to Hidenaga, the internal affairs to Rikyu”.
(I like Hidenaga, so I might be biased, though.)
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Hi, it's Maki! Just dropping by to send in my drop for Otomo Sorin from Sengoku BASARA! His defining song was Love Theory by Kirk Franklin and he was housed in Flat 1 in the Crown district. It's 10/3 and you can reach me on @magnificentmaki on twitter
Hi, Maki!
OTOMO SORIN has been dropped for you.
- SCRIBE CANTABILE
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