quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_asakura_soteki Asakura Soteki (1474 - 1555) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_bismarck Otto von Bismarck, Minister-President of the Kingdom of Prussia (1815 - 1898) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_buddha Buddha (563 BC - 483 BC) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_bushido_maxim Maxim from Bushido (The Way of the Warrior) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_chinese_proverb Chinese proverb True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_clausewitz Karl von Clausewitz, German military theorist (1780 - 1831) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_death_poem Japanese death poem True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_dogen_zenji Dogen Zenji (1200 - 1253), Zen Buddhist teacher True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_edward_neale Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Neale, head of the British legation (1812 - 1866) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_herman_melville Extract from Moby Dick, Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_hijikata_toshizo Hijikata Toshizo, vice-commander of the Shinsengumi (1835 - 1869) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_hojo_nagauji Hojo Nagauji (1432 - 1519) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_hojo_shigetoki Hojo Shigetoki (1198 - 1261) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_honda_masanobu Masanobu Honda (1538 - 1616) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_ieyasu_constitution Article 51 of the Constitution of the Warrior, Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543 - 1616) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_ieyasu_constitution_2 Article 44 of the Constitution of the Warrior, Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543 - 1616) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_imagawa_sadayo Imagawa Sadayo (1326 - 1420) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_iwamizudera_monogatari Proverb mentioned in Iwamizudera Monogatari, Takeda Shingen (1521 - 1573) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_japanese_proverb Japanese proverb True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_kato_kiyomasa Kato Kiyomasa (1562 - 1611) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_keian_no_ofuregaki Tenet of Keian no Ofuregaki (Edict of 1649) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_kondo_death_poem Kondo Isami's death poem True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_kondo_isami Kondo Isami, commander of the Shinsengumi (1834 - 1868) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_kondo_mistress Kondo Isami's mistress True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_kuroda_nagamasa Kuroda Nagamasa (1568 - 1623) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_loyalist_oath Imperialist oath True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_mahan Captain A. T. Mahan, US Navy officer (1840 - 1914) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_matsudaira_katamori Matsudaira Katamori, Military Commissioner of Kyoto (1836 - 1893), upon hearing of the suicides of the Byakkotai True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_matsuo_basho Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_millard_fillmore Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (1800 - 1874) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_miyamoto_musashi Extract from The Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi (1584 - 1645) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_nabeshima_naoshige Nabeshima Naoshige (1537 - 1619) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_ogasawara_dzusho Missive of Ogasawara Dzusho no Kami, June 24th 1863 True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_orwell George Orwell, author and journalist (1903 - 1950) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_saigo_mission Saigo Takamori, Imperialist samurai and bureaucrat (1828 - 1877), upon hearing of the Meiji overseas mission to overturn the "Unequal Treaties" True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_saigo_takamori Saigo Takamori, Imperialist samurai and bureaucrat (1828 - 1877) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_sakamoto_ryoma Sakamoto Ryoma, Imperialist samurai (1836 - 1867) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_shiba_yoshimasa Shiba Yoshimasa (1350 - 1410) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_shigeru_yoshida Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician (1878 - 1967) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_shimada_kai Shimada Kai, lieutenant of the Shinsengumi (1828 - 1900), following the execution of Kondo Isami True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_sonno_joi Imperialist maxim True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_sun_bin Extract from The Art of War, Sun Bin (308 BC - 316 BC) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_sun_tzu Extract from The Art of War, Sun Tzu (544 BC - 496 BC) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_takayama_ukon Takayama Ukon (1552 - 1615) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_takeda_nobushige Takeda Nobushige (1525 - 1561) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_takeda_shingen Takeda Shingen (1521 - 1573) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_tale_heike Extract from The Tale of the Heike True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_tani_tateki Tani Tateki, Imperialist samurai and bureaucrat (1837 - 1911), on the arrest of Kondo Isami True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_tanuma_okitsugu Tanuma Okitsugu (1719 - 1788) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_tokugawa_ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543 - 1616) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_torii_mototada Torii Mototada (1539 - 1600) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_townsend_harris Townsend Harris, US Consul General to Japan (1804 - 1878) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_toyotomi_hideyoshi Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536 - 1600) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_uejima_onitsura Uejima Onitsura (1660 - 1738) True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_unknown Unknown True quotes_people_quote_person_onscreen_yamamoto_tsunetomo Maxim from Hagakure (In the Shadow of the Leaves), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659 - 1719) True