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2004 - 2005 Samurai Archives donation rankings:
BASED ON DONATION AMOUNT(S)
 NAMES IN RED Donated in 2004, NAMES IN GREEN Donated in 2005
NAMES IN BLUE HAVE MADE MULTIPLE DONATIONS

% of goal for 2005: 87.28%

Peasant
M.Payne - (1492 - 1577)
This peasant of Aki province was a noted sandal maker who supplied straw sandals for various men of the Mori clan.

Merchant

j. ellgen 5$
R.Ryan Nagaeyari - (1555 - 1575)
 This unfortunate merchant tried to sell Oda Nobunaga lumber at twice the going rate while he was building the palisades at the battlefield of Nagashino. Nobunaga didn't appreciate this, and tied the unfortunate merchant to the posts at the front of the pallisades, where he stayed even as the Takeda calvalry charged during the battle. Much to Nobunaga's chagrin, he survived the initial onslaught, so Nobunaga had him tied to the horse of a fleeing Takeda calvalryman. He was dragged halfway to Kai province before the rider noticed him, and cut him loose, where he was promptly trampled by the next horse in the column.

F.Schlusmans - (1524 - 1589)
A merchant of Sakai and member of the city's leadership council in 1568 when Nobunaga demanded Sakai acknowledge his authority. The council submitted on the urging of noted tea master Imai Sokyu.

S.Pullen - (1497-1557 - 1589)
An oil merchant who was a colleague of Saito Dousan's, and who became wealthy supplying Dousan with arms when he became a sengoku Daimyo.

Sandal Bearer

Ashigaru

B. Vancik- (1530-1562)
During the Koji Insurrection of 1555, this ashigaru fought for Igawa Mitsunobu, who supported Hatakeyama Yoshitsuna, which resulted in his reinstatement as the head of the Hatakeyama clan.

P. Okeefe - (1523-1582)
This ashigaru fought for the Murakami clan in numerous battle against Takeda Shingen, and was present at Uedahara in 1548, when the Takeda was dealt a sound defeat by Murakami Yoshikiyo.

N.Trudell - (1585 - 1644)
This ashigaru was an gunner in the Oda army who fought at the battle of Nagashino, which directly resulted in the eventual demise of the Takeda clan.

R.Hudson - (1548 - 1577)
This ashigaru served Akamatsu Masanori and was killed at the battle of Kozuki when the Oda army led by Hashiba Hideyoshi sieged Kozuki castle.

T.McKeon - (1585 - 1644)
Born the son of a farmer in Inaba province, he became an ashigaru of the Mori clan in 1600, and was stationed at Osaka castle under Terumoto's command when the western forces were destroyed by Tokugawa Ieyasu at the battle of Sekigahara.

T.Helm - (1505 - 1531)
An ashigaru in the service of Hosokawa Takakuni, he was killed at the battle of Amagaseki in 1531. Amagaseki would prove to be a decisive loss for Takakuni, who would commit seppuku shortly thereafter.

A.Tsuchiya - (1542 - 1575)
This notable ashigaru served first Takeda Shingen and then Takeda Katsuyori, and was killed in 1575 at the battle of Nagashino, which was the begining of the end for the Takeda clan.

  • Ashigaru Kumigashira
    R.Edwards     - (1605 - 1652)
    A warrior under the command of Omura Suminobu, he led a force of ashigaru in the assault of Hara castle during the Shimabara rebellion in 1638.

    M.Baker- (1598 - 1635)
    An ambitious warrior from Mutsu province, he quickly worked his way through the ashigaru ranks of the Date clan, and fought against Sanada Yukimura in the battle of Tennoji at Osaka castle.

Pirate (Wako)
E. Rogers - (1522-1559)
This pirate led numerous attacks on the Chinese coast for years until killed in a sea battle by Chinese general Ch'i Chi-kuang in 1559.

C. Tacchini Tsubame - (1515-1584)
He was a noted pirate from Iwami province who participated in the attack on Miyajima on the side of the Mori in 1555. This battle resulted in the destruction of Sue Harukata and signaled the rise of the Mori clan in the West.

M. Schumacher - (1512-1562)
This pirate was employed by various Kyushu Daimyo over his career to raid various locations in China and Korea.

Ronin
B. Mouri - (1542 -1586)
This Ronin originally found employment with Oda Nobunaga in the mid 1570's, and later joined the army of Toyotomi Hideoyoshi.

P. Scudieri - (1518-1586)
He was a loyal vassal of the Shoni clan of Hizen province, who became a Ronin when Shoni Tokinao was killed by Ryuzoji Takanobu in 1556.

Priest

  • Warrior Monk (Sohei)

Tea Master

  • Ninja

Yamabushi

Sekiya 50$


J. Valencia- (1552-??)
This wandering warrior was present at Mt. Hiei when Nobunaga attacked and destroyed the Enryakuji monastery, fighting alongside the monks, and apparently survived, but was lost to history after that.

Samurai

  • Taisho

  • Gunbugyo

  • Fukusho
    W. Bremmer - (1565-1619)
    A loyal general of Shimazu Yoshihiro, he was a commander at the battle of Sekigahara, and assisted in the Shimazu retreat. In 1619 when Yoshihiro died, this samurai committed suicide with other loyal vassals of the Daimyo to follow him into death.

  • Hatamoto

Daimyo

  • Bugyô

  • Kanrei

Kampaku

  • Daijo Daijin

Taiko

Shogun
G. Rubinstein - (1516 -1572)
This Shogun, who was one of the last before the Shogunate was eliminated by Oda Nobunaga, was noted particularly for contributions to the arts in the capital city of Kyoto.

Emperor
T. Brown - (1491-1531)
During the tumultuous opening decades of the Sengoku period, this Shogun resisted the outside influence of the competing clans in an attempt to reinstill the shogunate with power. This drive for power would finally land him on the throne of Japan through a marriage to a daughter of the emperor.

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