桑原 政則の「合 縁 奇 縁」

Tōdō Takatora    藤堂高虎（とうどう たかとら）。城造りの天才。徳川家康に仕えた伊勢の津藩主。 11月9日。75歳    ＃伊勢  ＃三重県 藤堂高虎 藤堂高虎、徳川家康、天海が、かつて上野東照宮に まつられていた 1556年2月16日。近江－1630年11月9日。75歳 ★　★　★　★　★　★　★　★ Todo Takatora was a famous samurai and daimyo who lived during the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo periods. He was born in Omi Province (present-day Shiga Prefecture) in 1556. He was known as a master of castle building and designed many strong castles, including Imabari Castle and Tsu Castle, and helped build Edo Castle. He served several different lords throughout his life and was very good at finding the right leader to follow. He gained the deep trust of Tokugawa Ieyasu and became the lord of the Tsu Domain in Ise (present-day Mie Prefecture). He was said to be very tall and strong, standing about 190 centimeters tall. Tokugawa Ieyasu trusted him so much that Takatora stood by Ieyasu’s bedside when Ieyasu was dying. His former residence in Edo later became the site of Ueno Toshogu Shrine in Tokyo. H...

Neville Chamberlain    チェンバレン。まちがいの宥和政策によりヒトラーの第二次世界大戦（1939～1945）を招く。11月9日没 チェンバレン ・1869年3月18日 ～1940年11月9日没。71歳 チェンバレンとヒトラー  ナチス・ドイツの侵略 ★　★　★　★　★　★　★　★  Neville Chamberlain  was a British politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940. He is best known for his "appeasement policy" toward Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany to prevent another world war. In 1938, he signed the Munich Agreement, which allowed Germany to take control of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. When he returned to Britain, he held up the signed paper and claimed he had brought "peace for our time." However, Hitler broke his promise soon after and invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia in 1939. When Germany attacked Poland in September 1939, Chamberlain announced that Britain was at war with Germany, beginning World War II. Many people criticized his policy as a failure that gave Hitler too much time and power to expand. He stepped down as Prime Minister in May 1...