Nagoya Samurai Show

Last year I got to shoot a Sengoku (Warring States) period costume show at Nagoya Castle. The Omotenashi Busho-Tai, known as Nagoya Samurai Performers in English, are a theatrical troupe which gained popularity similar to a pop band. * * The performers portray the three great unifiers of Japan: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu; their commanders: Maeda Toshiie, Kato…