Oh, I must say that I enjoy reading this blog so much. Maybe partly it is because the Japanese Ronins are not strange to Chinese. And I learned "Hideyoshi" who tried to invade Ming Dynasty(China) from the history textbook long time ago , but I never know his personal story, from a humble peasant to the most powerful man in Japan. (Of course, it is not unique. The founding emperor of Ming Dynasty was from a peasant family, too.)
I also find the theme song of "Lone wolf and cub" is expectedly so popular in China. I can search its video in Chinese version from Baidu website(Chinese search engine) very easily, being sung by the famous HK actor 郑少秋.
Thank you for sharing it so much!