Known as "the Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyo of the late Sengoku period, and credited with exceptional military prestige. [1 ] Shingen was based in a poor area with little arable land and no access to the sea, but he…
Mountain rescuers in Japan in 1989 found a large SOS sign on a mountainside. The sign belonged to Kenji Iwamura, and his story was as sad as it was strange.