History UsefulNotes / SengokuPeriod

The Sengoku Period (戦国時代, ''Sengoku Jidai''), or the "Warring States Period" (no, [[UsefulNotes/DynastiesFromShangToQing not that one]]) was a period stretching from the mid-fifteenth to the late sixteenth centuries. It is remembered as a time of bloody civil wars and political intrigue which paved the way for the rise of the modern nation of Japan. The last several decades in particular (known as the Azuchi-Momoyama Period) are regarded by many as some of the most crucial in Japanese history.

** ''Series/ToshiieToMatsu'' (利家とまつ～加賀百万石物語～, 2002). Currently the only Taiga drama with its own page on Wiki/TVTropes.

* More than 1/3 (as of 2019) of the annual Creator/{{NHK}} Taiga Drama series focuses specifically on the Sengoku Period. Some notable series would be the following:

** ''Kirin ga Kuru'' (麒麟がくる, 2020). A forthcoming series, the first to premiere in Japan's Reiwa period and to be shot in 4K resolution, expected to give center-stage to the most notorious traitor of the period: UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide.

* The ''Franchise/{{Onimusha}}'' series, which showcases several historical figures and events from the period amidst a larger storyline involving a war between two demon clans.

Having united Japan and reorganized his infrastructure, Hideyoshi began turning his gaze across the sea and megalomaniacally boasted [[TakeOverTheWorld he would conquer the Ming dynasty in China]], and move the capital from Kyoto to Beijing. Though it was speculated that his ulterior motive was to exhaust the excessive military buildup resulting from continuous warfare that only recently concluded, which was taking a toll on the economy. Thus in 1590, Hideyoshi officially requested safe passage to China through Korea. However, Korea refused Hideyoshi's demands, and so from 1592 to 1598 Japan engaged in a sporadic series of invasions of Korea (known there as the Imjin War). Hideyoshi had a strong start - in 1592, he sent 200,000 men to capture Seoul, which they did in a matter of weeks. Kato Kiyomasa even managed to cross the Yalu into Manchuria, but was quickly routed by his Jurchen oppossion. Realizing the Japanese army was ill-suited to engage in open-field warfare, Kato Kiyomasa retreated back to Korea, thus marking Manchuria the furthest destination ever reached by the Japanese army during the Imjin War. News of Korea's debacle soon reached the Ming court, and in the following year, the Chinese army poured into Korea. The Chinese and its Korean allies soon recovered Pyongyang, and followed up with a march directly to Hanseong (modern day Seoul). After recovering Hanseong, the allied armies forced the Japanese to pull back, but the latter remained steadfast in their defenses, and attempted to force a stalemate. The war then entered into a period of truce when both Chinese and Japanese, delegations, excluding the Koreans, negotiated peace-terms. Unfortunately, Hideyoshi's subordinate, Konishi Yukinaga and Chinese negotiator Shen Weijing conspired to meddle in the diplomatic process by forging correspondences. The result angered both sides, and another war soon became inevitable. A second invasion was then attempted in 1597. In both instances, Japan made decent territorial gains on land, and the Korean forces overall had great difficulty defeating the Japanese head-on. However, the Koreans were skilled in guerrilla warfare, and they used it to great effect: folks ranging from common citizens to aristocrats to warrior monks were arranged into guerrilla militias known as "righteous armies" which engaged in raids and surprise attacks on the Japanese. The Koreans were also effective at cutting off Japan's supply lines; special mention goes to Korean naval general Yi Sun-sin, who beat back the Japanese navy on multiple occasions despite being outnumbered, sometimes vastly so (the most famous of these instances being the Battle of Myeongyang). As the war dragged on, Chinese reinforcements continued flowing into Korea, and the Japanese were gradually beaten back. The Japanese made a final stand at the Battle of Sacheon in 1598. Japanese forces clashed with Ming Chinese and Joseon Korean forces until all parties had been beaten to exhaustion. Japanese forces managed to hold its position for a while, but realized it was only time before the entire army would be surrounded, trapped and eventually destroyed. The Japanese forces then proceeded to conduct an orderly retreat, and in 1598, Toyotomi Hideyoshi passed away, thus ending the Korean campaign.

Having united Japan and reorganized his infrastructure, Hideyoshi began turning his gaze across the sea and megalomaniacally boasted [[TakeOverTheWorld he would conquer the Ming dynasty in China]], and move the capital from Kyoto to Beijing. Though it was speculated that his ulterior motive was to exhaust the excessive military buildup resulting from continuous warfare that only recently concluded, which was taking a toll on the economy. Thus in 1590, Hideyoshi officially requested safe passage to China through Korea. However, Korea refused Hideyoshi's demands, and so from 1592 to 1598 Japan engaged in a sporadic series of invasions of Korea (known there as the Imjin War). Hideyoshi had a strong start - in 1592, he sent 200,000 men to capture Seoul, which they did in a matter of weeks. Kato Kiyomasa even managed to cross the Yalu into Manchuria, but was quickly routed by his Jurchen oppossion. Realizing the Japanese army was ill-suited to engage in open-field warfare, Kato Kiyomasa retreated back to Korea, thus marking Manchuria the furthest destination ever reached by the Japanese army during the Imjin War. News of Korea's debacle soon reached the Ming court, and in the following year, the Chinese army poured into Korea. The Chinese and its Korean allies soon recovered Pyongyang, and followed up with a march directly to Hanseong (modern day Seoul). After recovering Hanseong, the allied army forced the Japanese army to pull back, but the latter remained steadfast in their defenses, and attempted to force a stalemate. The war then entered into a period of truce when both Chinese and Japanese, delegations, excluding the Koreans, negotiated peace-terms. Unfortunately, Hideyoshi's subordinate, Konishi Yukinaga and Chinese negotiator Shen Weijing conspired to meddle in the diplomatic process by forging correspondences. The result angered both sides, and another war soon became inevitable. A second invasion was then attempted in 1597. In both instances, Japan made decent territorial gains on land, and the Korean forces overall had great difficulty defeating the Japanese head-on. However, the Koreans were skilled in guerrilla warfare, and they used it to great effect: folks ranging from common citizens to aristocrats to warrior monks were arranged into guerrilla militias known as "righteous armies" which engaged in raids and surprise attacks on the Japanese. The Koreans were also effective at cutting off Japan's supply lines; special mention goes to Korean naval general Yi Sun-sin, who beat back the Japanese navy on multiple occasions despite being outnumbered, sometimes vastly so (the most famous of these instances being the Battle of Myeongyang). As the war dragged on, Chinese reinforcements continued flowing into Korea, and the Japanese were gradually beaten back. The Japanese made a final stand at the Battle of Sacheon in 1598. Japanese forces clashed with Ming Chinese and Joseon Korean forces until all parties had been beaten to exhaustion. Japanese forces managed to hold its position for a while, but realized it was only time before the entire army would be surrounded, trapped and eventually destroyed. The Japanese forces then proceeded to conduct an orderly retreat, and in 1598, Toyotomi Hideyoshi passed away, thus ending the Korean campaign.

Having united Japan and reorganized his infrastructure, Hideyoshi began turning his gaze across the sea and megalomaniacally boasted [[TakeOverTheWorld he would conquer the Ming dynasty in China]]. Though it was speculated that his ulterior motive was to exhaust the excessive military buildup resulting from continuous warfare that only recently concluded, which was taking a toll on the economy. However, he was refused safe passage through Korea, and so from 1592 to 1598 Japan engaged in a sporadic series of invasions of Korea (known there as the Imjin War). Hideyoshi had a strong start - in 1592, he sent 200,000 men to capture Seoul, which they did in a matter of weeks. Kato Kiyomasa even managed to cross the Yalu into Manchuria, but was quickly routed by his Jurchen oppossion. Realizing the Japanese army was ill-suited to engage in open-field warfare, Kato Kiyomasa retreated back to Korea, thus marking Manchuria the furthest destination ever reached by the Japanese army during the Imjin War. News of Korea's debacle soon reached the Ming court, and in the following year, allied Chinese & Korean forces recovered Seoul from Japanese hands. After a brief period of truce, a second invasion was then attempted in 1597. In both instances, Japan made decent territorial gains on land, and the Korean forces overall had great difficulty defeating the Japanese head-on. However, the Koreans were skilled in guerrilla warfare, and they used it to great effect: folks ranging from common citizens to aristocrats to warrior monks were arranged into guerrilla militias known as "righteous armies" which engaged in raids and surprise attacks on the Japanese. The Koreans were also effective at cutting off Japan's supply lines; special mention goes to Korean naval general Yi Sun-sin, who beat back the Japanese navy on multiple occasions despite being outnumbered, sometimes vastly so (the most famous of these instances being the Battle of Myeongyang). As the war dragged on, Chinese reinforcements continued flowing into Korea, and the Japanese were gradually beaten back. The Japanese made a final stand at the Battle of Sacheon in 1598. Japanese forces clashed with Ming Chinese and Joseon Korean forces until all parties had been beaten to exhaustion. Japanese forces managed to hold its position for a while, but realized it was only time before the entire army would be surrounded, trapped and eventually destroyed. The Japanese forces then proceeded to conduct an orderly retreat, and in 1598, Toyotomi Hideyoshi passed away, thus ending the Korean campaign.

* ''Ninja Taro'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy (Japanese title: ''Sengoku Ninja-kun'')

* More than 1/3 (as of 2019) of the annual NHK Taiga Drama series focuses specifically on the Sengoku Period. Notable of the most recent ones would be the following:

** ''Fūrin Kazan'' (風林火山, 2006). Based on a novel by Yasushi Inoue[[note]]later adapted into a 1969 film by Hiroshi Inagaki starring Creator/ToshiroMifune). The series can be seen as an expanded remake[[/note]]. While the central character is samurai strategist Yamamoto Kansuke, his pivotal role as UsefulNotes/TakedaShingen's strategist sees him at the center of the latter's rivalry with UsefulNotes/UesugiKenshin, culminating in the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima. The story also has a CourtlyLove subplot between Shingen, Kansuke and the former's concubine Lady Yu. Probably best known for {{Creator/Gackt}}'s [[EnsembleDarkhorse well-received turn]] [[SpotlightStealingSquad as Kenshin himself]].

** ''Kirin ga Kuru'' (麒麟がくる, 2020). A forthcoming series, expected to give center-stage to the most notorious traitor of the period: UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide.

* ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai 3'', which puts it before the creation of the "Way of the Samurai" (now known as ''bushido'') in the title.

[[caption-width-right:350:Don't know who's fighting who? That's okay, [[CooperationGambit neither]] [[EnemyMine did]] [[EnemyCivilWar they]].]]

* ''Manga/{{Dororo}}'': The original manga and anime have many [[AnachronismStew comedic anachronisms]], but the 2019 anime removes them and turns the story into a serious historical LowFantasy.

* ''Manga/InuYasha''

* ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku''

Having united Japan and reorganized his infrastructure, Hideyoshi began turning his gaze across the sea and megalomaniacally boasted [[TakeOverTheWorld he would conquer the Ming dynasty in China]]. Though it was speculated that his ulterior motive was to exhaust the excessive military buildup as a result of continuous warfare that only recently concluded, which was taking a toll on the economy. However, he was refused safe passage through Korea, and so from 1592 to 1598 Japan engaged in a sporadic series of invasions of Korea (known there as the Imjin War). Hideyoshi had a strong start - in 1592, he sent 200,000 men to capture Seoul, which they did in a matter of weeks. Kato Kiyomasa even managed to cross the Yalu into Manchuria, but was quickly routed by his Jurchen oppossion. Realizing the Japanese army was ill-suited to engage in open-field warfare, Kato Kiyomasa retreated back to Korea, thus marking Manchuria the furthest destination ever reached by the Japanese army during the Imjin War. News of Korea's debacle soon reached the Ming court, and in the following year, allied Chinese & Korean forces recovered Seoul from Japanese hands. After a brief period of truce, a second invasion was then attempted in 1597. In both instances, Japan made decent territorial gains on land, and the Korean forces overall had great difficulty defeating the Japanese head-on. However, the Koreans were skilled in guerrilla warfare, and they used it to great effect: folks ranging from common citizens to aristocrats to warrior monks were arranged into guerrilla militias known as "righteous armies" which engaged in raids and surprise attacks on the Japanese. The Koreans were also effective at cutting off Japan's supply lines; special mention goes to Korean naval general Yi Sun-sin, who beat back the Japanese navy on multiple occasions despite being outnumbered, sometimes vastly so (the most famous of these instances being the Battle of Myeongyang). As the war dragged on, Chinese reinforcements continued flowing into Korea, and the Japanese were gradually beaten back. The Japanese made a final stand at the Battle of Sacheon in 1598. Japanese forces clashed with Ming Chinese and Joseon Korean forces until all parties had been beaten to exhaustion. Japanese forces managed to hold its position for a while, but realized it was only time before the entire army would be surrounded, trapped and eventually destroyed. The Japanese forces then proceeded to conduct an orderly retreat, and in 1598, Toyotomi Hideyoshi passed away, thus ending the Korean campaign.

[[folder:Prelude - The Muromachi Period]]

[[folder:Interlude - War with Korea]]
Having united Japan and reorganized his infrastructure, Hideyoshi began turning his gaze across the sea and megalomaniacally boasted [[Main/TakeOverTheWorld he would conquer the Ming dynasty in China]]. Though it was speculated that his ulterior motive was to exhaust the excessive military buildup as a result of continuous warfare that only recently concluded, which was taking a toll on the economy. However, he was refused safe passage through Korea, and so from 1592 to 1598 Japan engaged in a sporadic series of invasions of Korea (known there as the Imjin War). Hideyoshi had a strong start - in 1592, he sent 200,000 men to capture Seoul, which they did in a matter of weeks. Kato Kiyomasa even managed to cross the Yalu into Manchuria, but was quickly routed by his Jurchen oppossion. Realizing the Japanese army was ill-suited to engage in open-field warfare, Kato Kiyomasa retreated back to Korea, thus marking Manchuria the furthest destination ever reached by the Japanese army during the Imjin War. News of Korea's debacle soon reached the Ming court, and in the following year, allied Chinese & Korean forces recovered Seoul from Japanese hands. After a brief period of truce, a second invasion was then attempted in 1597. In both instances, Japan made decent territorial gains on land, and the Korean forces overall had great difficulty defeating the Japanese head-on. However, the Koreans were skilled in guerrilla warfare, and they used it to great effect: folks ranging from common citizens to aristocrats to warrior monks were arranged into guerrilla militias known as "righteous armies" which engaged in raids and surprise attacks on the Japanese. The Koreans were also effective at cutting off Japan's supply lines; special mention goes to Korean naval general Yi Sun-sin, who beat back the Japanese navy on multiple occasions despite being outnumbered, sometimes vastly so (the most famous of these instances being the Battle of Myeongyang). As the war dragged on, Chinese reinforcements continued flowing into Korea, and the Japanese were gradually beaten back. The Japanese made a final stand at the Battle of Sacheon in 1598. Japanese forces clashed with Ming Chinese and Joseon Korean forces until all parties had been beaten to exhaustion. Japanese forces managed to hold its position for a while, but realized it was only time before the entire army would be surrounded, trapped and eventually destroyed. The Japanese forces then proceeded to conduct an orderly retreat, and in 1598, Toyotomi Hideyoshi passed away, thus ending the Korean campaign.

Korea was abandoned, but with the death of Hideyoshi, Japan now had a much bigger problem on its plate: who would succeed Hideyoshi? Hideyoshi had attempted to rectify this problem himself after the birth of his son Hideyori by banishing his nephew (and heir) Hidetsugu to Mt. Kōya and ordering him to commit ''seppuku'' in 1595. He then [[Main/LeaveNoSurvivors mercilessly killed 31 of Hidetsugu's family members in Kyoto]], including [[Main/WouldHitAGirl women]] and [[Main/WouldHurtAChild children]]. Afterward, he assembled a Council of Five Elders to govern Japan as regents for his son, hoping that the balance of power between his five most powerful daimyō would prevent any conflict until his son came of age. [[Main/DidntThinkThisThrough It didn't work.]]

[[folder: Prelude - The Muromachi Period]]

[[folder: The Rise of Oda Nobunaga]]

[[folder: The Beginning of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period]]

[[folder: The Succession of Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]

[[folder: Interlude - War with Korea]]

[[folder: The Boiling Point]]

[[folder: The Battle of Sekigahara]]

[[folder: Aftermath - The Edo Period]]

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Having united Japan and reorganized his infrastructure, Hideyoshi began turning his gaze across the sea and megalomaniacally boasted [[Main/TakeOverTheWorld he would conquer the Ming dynasty in China]]. Though it was speculated that his ulterior motive was to exhaust the excessive military buildup as a result of continuous warfare that only recently concluded, which was taking a toll on the economy. However, he was refused safe passage through Korea, and so from 1592 to 1598 Japan engaged in a sporadic series of invasions of Korea (known there as the Imjin War). Hideyoshi had a strong start - in 1592, he sent 200,000 men to capture Seoul, which they did in a matter of weeks. Kato Kiyomasa even managed to cross the Yalu into Manchuria, but was quickly routed by his Jurchen oppossion. Realizing the Japanese army is ill-suited to engage in open-field battles, Kato Kiyomasa retreated back to Korea, thus marking the furthest destination reached by the Japanese army during the Imjin War. News of Korea's debacle soon reached the Ming court, and in the following year, allied Chinese & Korean forces recovered Seoul from Japanese hands. After a brief period of truce, a second invasion was then attempted in 1597. In both instances, Japan made decent territorial gains on land, and the Korean forces overall had great difficulty defeating the Japanese head-on. However, the Koreans were skilled in guerrilla warfare, and they used it to great effect: folks ranging from common citizens to aristocrats to warrior monks were arranged into guerrilla militias known as "righteous armies" which engaged in raids and surprise attacks on the Japanese. The Koreans were also effective at cutting off Japan's supply lines; special mention goes to Korean naval general Yi Sun-sin, who beat back the Japanese navy on multiple occasions despite being outnumbered, sometimes vastly so (the most famous of these instances being the Battle of Myeongyang). As the war dragged on, Chinese reinforcements continued flowing into Korea, and the Japanese were gradually beaten back. The Japanese made a final stand at the Battle of Sacheon in 1598. Japanese forces clashed with Ming Chinese and Joseon Korean forces until all parties had been beaten to exhaustion. Japanese forces managed to hold its position for a while, but realized it was only time before the entire army would be surrounded, trapped and eventually destroyed. The Japanese forces then proceeded to conduct an orderly retreat, and in 1598, Toyotomi Hideyoshi passed away, thus ending the Korean campaign.

Having united Japan and reorganized his infrastructure, Hideyoshi began turning his gaze across the sea and megalomaniacally boasted [[Main/TakeOverTheWorld he would conquer the Ming dynasty in China]]. Though it was speculated that his ulterior motive was to exhaust the excessive military buildup as a result of continuous warfare that only recently concluded, which is beginning to take its toll on the economy. However, he was refused safe passage through Korea, and so from 1592 to 1598 Japan engaged in a sporadic series of invasions of Korea (known there as the Imjin War). Hideyoshi had a strong start - in 1592, he sent 200,000 men to capture Seoul, which they did in a matter of weeks. Kato Kiyomasa even managed to cross the Yalu into Manchuria, but was quickly routed by his Jurchen oppossion. Realizing the Japanese army is ill-suited to engage in open-field battles, Kato Kiyomasa retreated back to Korea, thus marking the furthest destination reached by the Japanese army during the Imjin War. News of Korea's debacle soon reached the Ming court, and in the following year, allied Chinese & Korean forces recovered Seoul from Japanese hands. After a brief period of truce, a second invasion was then attempted in 1597. In both instances, Japan made decent territorial gains on land, and the Korean forces overall had great difficulty defeating the Japanese head-on. However, the Koreans were skilled in guerrilla warfare, and they used it to great effect: folks ranging from common citizens to aristocrats to warrior monks were arranged into guerrilla militias known as "righteous armies" which engaged in raids and surprise attacks on the Japanese. The Koreans were also effective at cutting off Japan's supply lines; special mention goes to Korean naval general Yi Sun-sin, who beat back the Japanese navy on multiple occasions despite being outnumbered, sometimes vastly so (the most famous of these instances being the Battle of Myeongyang). As the war dragged on, Chinese reinforcements continued flowing into Korea, and the Japanese were gradually beaten back. The Japanese made a final stand at the Battle of Sacheon in 1598. Japanese forces clashed with Ming Chinese and Joseon Korean forces until all parties had been beaten to exhaustion. Japanese forces managed to hold its position for a while, but realized it was only time before the entire army would be surrounded, trapped and eventually destroyed. The Japanese forces then proceeded to conduct an orderly retreat, and in 1598, Toyotomi Hideyoshi passed away, thus ending the Korean campaign.

Having united Japan and reorganized his infrastructure, Hideyoshi began turning his gaze across the sea and rather megalomaniacally decided [[Main/TakeOverTheWorld he would conquer the Ming dynasty in China]]. However, he was refused safe passage through Korea, and so from 1592 to 1598 Japan engaged in a sporadic series of invasions of Korea (known there as the Imjin War). Hideyoshi had a strong start - in 1592, he sent 200,000 men to capture Seoul, which they did in a matter of weeks. However, they were quickly routed by allied Korean and Chinese forces the following year. After a brief period of truce, a second invasion was then attempted in 1597. In both instances, Japan made decent territorial gains on land, and the Korean forces overall had great difficulty defeating the Japanese head-on. However, the Koreans were skilled in guerrilla warfare, and they used it to great effect: folks ranging from common citizens to aristocrats to warrior monks were arranged into guerrilla militias known as "righteous armies" which engaged in raids and surprise attacks on the Japanese. The Koreans were also effective at cutting off Japan's supply lines; special mention goes to Korean naval general Yi Sun-sin, who beat back the Japanese navy on multiple occasions despite being outnumbered, sometimes vastly so (the most famous of these instances being the Battle of Myeongyang). As the war dragged on, Chinese reinforcements continued flowing into Korea, and the Japanese were gradually beaten back. The Japanese made a final stand at the Battle of Sacheon in 1598. Japanese forces clashed with Ming Chinese and Joseon Korean forces until all parties had been beaten to exhaustion. Japan managed to hold its position and won a major victory, and they sent news of victory home to Hideyoshi.

...Or at least they would, if Toyotomi Hideyoshi hadn't died (just days before the battle, too). The Japanese generals kept Hideyoshi's death a secret and made the decision to withdraw all troops from Korea in 1598. So much for conquering Korea; Japan was three centuries too early for that.

** ''Dokuganryū Masamune'' (1987), with Creator/KenWatanabe in the starring role of UsefulNotes/DateMasamune.
** ''Takeda Shingen'' (1988), about [[UsefulNotes/TakedaShingen the eponymous]] "[[RedBaron Tiger of Kai]]"
** ''Nobunaga: King of Zipangu'' (1992), while centrally about UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga, also deals with how Japan opened to the world during the time period.
** ''Hideyoshi'' (1996), starring Naoto Takenaka as [[UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi the future Taiko]]. The piece was supposedly designed to appeal to 1990s-era {{Salaryman}}, casting Hideyoshi as the archetypal SelfMadeMan.
** ''Mori Motonari'' (1997), which tells the story of how Motonari rose from obscurity to head one of the most influential clans of the time.
** ''Aoi Tokugawa Sandai'' (2000), the first TurnOfTheMillennium series. Notable as the first series ever to be broadcast in HD, as well as having three central characters (i.e. UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu, his successor Hidetada, and his grandson Iemitsu).
** ''Series/ToshiieToMatsu'' (2002). Currently the only Taiga drama with its own page on Wiki/TVTropes.
** ''Musashi'' (2003), about [[UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi the eponymous]] legendary swordsman.
** ''Komyo ga Tsuji'' (2006). Centering on Lady Chiyo, the wife of then-minor daimyo Yamauchi Kazutoyo, and how they navigated the politics of the period to rise as trusted castellans under Ieyasu.
** ''Fūrin Kazan'' (2006). Based on a novel by Yasushi Inoue[[note]]later adapted into a 1969 film by Hiroshi Inagaki starring Creator/ToshiroMifune). The series can be seen as an expanded remake[[/note]]. While the central character is samurai strategist Yamamoto Kansuke, his pivotal role as UsefulNotes/TakedaShingen's strategist sees him at the center of the latter's rivalry with UsefulNotes/UesugiKenshin, culminating in the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima. The story also has a CourtlyLove subplot between Shingen, Kansuke and the former's concubine Lady Yu. Probably best known for {{Creator/Gackt}}'s [[EnsembleDarkhorse well-received turn]] [[SpotlightStealingSquad as Kenshin himself]].
** ''Tenchijin'' (2009). Told from the perspective of Naoe Kanetsugu, the understudy of Uesugi Kenshin. Can be seen as an [[PerspectiveFlip Uesugi-side counterpart]] to ''Fūrin Kazan'' and its focus on internal clan politics.
** ''Gō: Hime-tachi no Sengoku'' (2011). Can be seen as a GenderFlip genre version of 2000's ''Aoi Tokugawa Sandai'' for TheNewTens, being a series with three major characters: Lady Chacha/Yodo (concubine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and mother of his ill-fated heir Hideyori), Lady Hatsu (wife of Kyogoku Tadatsugu) and the titular Lady Gō (wife of Tokugawa Hidetada and mother to Iemitsu). All three were sisters and daughters of Lady Oichi, Nobunaga's sister--whose elimination of her husband took them to three different roads.
** ''Gunshi Kanbei'' (2014). Headlined by Junichi Okada of {{Music/V6}}, the story focuses on Kuroda Kanbei, infamous strategist who served/worked with all three of the unifiers: Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu. Coincidentally, Naoto Takenaka, the headliner of 1996's ''Hideyoshi'', reprises the same role--but not shying away from the paranoia and tragedy of Hideyoshi's latter years, which can make the series a curious StealthSequel.
** ''Sanadamaru'' (2016). Named after the barbican held by legendary samurai UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura during the Siege of Osaka, the series itself serves as an ensemble story about generations of the Sanada clan. Screentime focus is distributed between Yukimura himself (under his RealLife name Nobushige), his father Masayuki (who served the Takeda before being forced to strike out on their own), and his elder brother Nobuyuki (who took the Tokugawa side and was forced to fight against him).[[note]]The series itself may be seen as a remake of ''Sanada Taiheiki'', a serial novel by Ikenami Shotaro (running 1973-1984) adapted into an older drama, also by the NHK. By coincidence, Masao Kusakari, who portrayed Yukimura in ''Taiheiki'', later serves in the role of the elder Masayuki in ''Sanadamaru''[[/note]].
** ''Onna Jōshu Naotora'' (2017). Telling the tale of Ii Naotora, matriarch of the Ii clan who eventually gained fame as Tokugawa Ieyasu's long-standing retainers.

** ''Tenchijin'' (2009). Told from the perspective of Naoe Kanetsugu, the understudy of Uesugi Kenshin. Can be seen as an [[PerspectiveFlip Uesugi-side counterpart]] to ''Furin Kazan'' and its focus on internal clan politics.
** ''Gō: Hime-tachi no Sengoku'' (2011). Can be seen as a GenderFlip genre version of 2000's ''Aoi Tokugawa Sandai'' for TheNewTens, being a series with three major characters: Lady Chacha/Yodo (concubine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and mother of his ill-fated heir Hideyori), Lady Hatsu (wife of Kyogoku Tadatsugu) and the titular Lady Go (wife of Tokugawa Hidetada and mother to Iemitsu). All three were sisters and daughters of Lady Oichi, Nobunaga's sister--whose elimination of her husband took them to three different roads.

** ''Sanadamaru'' (2016). Named after the barbican held by legendary samurai UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura during the Siege of Osaka, the series itself serves as an ensemble story about generations of the Sanada clan. Screentime focus is distributed between Yukimura himself (under his RealLife name Nobushige), his father Masayuki (who served the Takeda before being forced to strike out on their own), and his elder brother Nobuyuki (who took the Tokugawa side and was forced to fight against him).[[note]]The series itself may be seen as a remake of ''Sanada Taiheiki'', a serial novel by Ikenami Shotaro (running 1973-1984) adapted into an older drama, also by the NHK. By coincidence, the same actor in ''Taiheiki'' who portrayed Yukimura later portrays the elder Masayuki in ''Sanadamaru''[[/note]].