A book that will delight lovers of Japanese engraving (ukiyo-e); of the followers of the bushido samurai code and of those interested in the history of Japan. Discover the lives of the most powerful samurai in Japanese history. Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, and many other warriors who lived through a fascinating time of rivalry, betrayal, and intrigue, and who rose to the status of national heroes.

Synopsis
The complete series Taiheiki eiyūden (1867) —Heroes of the Great Pacification―, by Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904), consists of one hundred prints of heroic warriors from Japanese history, men worthy of admiration both in victory and defeat; in success or failure. They are the one hundred main protagonists of the Sengoku period (end of the 15th century - end of the 16th century), a hectic time of civil wars, bloody battles and the constant presence of death. They are also the hundred architects of the unification of Japan under the Tokugawa government and the long and stable Edo period (1603-1867).