Historical Person-Faith-

Hello, everyone!! Today, I would like to introduce you about Kanetsugu Naoe.
I think you know him well because he was a chief character of the NHK TV drama of 2009 "Tenchi-jin".

He was a chief retainer of daimyo Kagekatsu Uesugi, and Kanetsugu assisted his lord, Kagekatsu well. Kagekatsu also had complete trust in Kanetsugu.

It was known that he made much of "faith". “Faith” is called “Gi” in Japanese. It means that not cheating but keeping truth and proper duty. So, Kanetsugu impeached Ieyasu Tokugawa who began self-importance after the death of master lord, Hideyoshi Toyotomi. Therefore, Kanetsugu raised an army with his lord Kagekatsu Uesugi for “faith”. As a result, Kanetsugu lost, but after the lost, he was engaged earnestly for the peace and security of the the Uesugis.

It is said that the mind of his "faith" was succeeded to people of Uesugi after he is dead.
In our time, it is said that camouflage and betrayal do not die out. I believe that there are a lot of things we should learn from Kanetsugu.

Historical Person-For Justice-

Good evening, everyone! I would like to introduce Yukimura Sanada.
He is a very famous military commander. So, I think you may have heard his name once.

Although he is a famous military commander, it is just only several times that he went into battle. However, I think the reason why he became famous is his heroic end.
At a war of the Osaka of 1615, while he was numerical inferiority, he fought out for the overwhelming big army of the Tokugawas till his end. He cornered Tokugawa force, but was killed in battle at the end of the tether. He got the image of "the hero of the justice who fought till the last if he is the numerical inferiority" by this story.
I think although he is not a veteran, he is one of brave man.

By the way, he is said that he always kept a smile and he was a mild character in his daily life. His real style maybe different from the image we have about him.