Goke: re-entry (green wheel of fire)
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It looks like we have a new Osafune blade.
Goke Kanemitsu (1), the widow's blade. He is best known as Naoe Kanetsugu's beloved blade, and he gets his name from when Kanetsugu's wife, Naoe Osen, presented him to the Uesugi Family. He currently resides in the Seikado Bunko Art Museum (2).
Kanetsugu is well known for serving Uesugi Kenshin and his adopted son, Uesugi Kagekatsu. It's said, from the book "The Life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi" (3), that Toyotomi Hideyoshi visited Uesugi Kagekatsu. Kagekatsu called a council between his trusted advisors, and it was Kanetsugu who advised in meeting with Toyotomi (while everyone else advised for assassination). Thanks to Kanetsugu's advice, Kagekatsu avoided war with the Toyotomi and agreed to follow the Toyotomi clan in their effort to unify Japan.
Well, that book is old, so take it with a grain of salt. However, Kanetsugu was well respected by the Uesugi and his advice was considered heavily. He started serving the clan at age 22, and he was a formidable commander in the Battle of Tedorigawa (4), between the Uesugi and Nobunaga forces. Kanetsugu also fought battles against Sassa Narimasa and Maeda Toshiie in the Sea of Japan after Tedorigawa. He followed the Uesugi all the way to the end, even being part of the leadup to the Battle of Sekigahara.
I wish I could provide more information, in English, on Naoe Kanetsugu, but unfortunately there isn't a lot. Here's a few sites, in Japanese, that Wikipedia is citing: 1st (Archived), 2nd, 3rd (Archived).
As for what I linked, there's the twitter announcement above the picture, the Tsuruginoya page (1) on Goke, the Seikado Bunko Art Museum's website (2), the book "The Life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi", published 1888, on the Internet Archive (3) (start page 629 of the scan to read about that specific moment), and an archived English webpage on Uesugi Kenshin (4).
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New official illustration from Oyo, the character designer for Goke Kanemitsu, to celebrate his implementation!
He can be obtained from the "Regiment Battle" event until January 16th, 12:59PM!
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Hideo Kô as Hirofumi Teraoka, Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (Japan, 1968 dir: Hajime Satô).
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Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro, 1968) & Bloody Pit of Horror (Il boia scarlatto, 1965)
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Goke-kun, you are much taller than inaba-kun (approximately 190 cm??)... Are you really an unchikatana??????
(by the way he is really handsome🤤)
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Saniwa: What are you doing now?
Goke, severely damaged: At the moment, I believe I'm in the process of dying, aruji...
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