Meet Frenchman Jules Brunet, the real-life last samurai. Fighting alongside the Shogunate rebels who wanted to maintain ...

Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav on Friday visited Nijo-jo Castle in Kyoto during his four-day official visit to Japan ...

The Edo Period marked the family’s heyday. After the Tokugawa Shogunate was toppled and imperial rule restored through the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the head of the clan was awarded the title ...

By 1700, global trade was deeply entrenched in colonial expansion, financial innovation, and the increasing demand for luxury and staple goods.

Edo period in Japan lasted from 1603 to 1867/1868. During this time the country was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate. Edo period in Japan lasted from 1603 to 1867/1868. During this time the country was ...

The founder of the Edo shogunate (1603–1867), Tokugawa Ieyasu, moved to Sunpu in Shizuoka in his final years—close to Mount Fuji—and numerous locations in Edo had names like “Fujimi-zaka ...

During this time the country was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate. An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago features over 30 of Tōshūsai Sharaku’s rarely shown ukiyo-e prints exemplifying the ...

Shadows” set for wide release in 2025, it looks as though feudal Japan is going to be on a lot of gamers’ minds this year.

Many pivotal developments in the course of history did not start in palace halls or parliaments, but rather on battlefields where soldiers and warriors faced deadly opposition and risked their lives ...

Nijo-jo Castle, originally commissioned by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, symbolizes an era of prolonged peace and prosperity that followed Japan's unity under his rule. The ...

Nijo-jo Castle, completed in 1603 by order of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the inaugural Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, symbolizes the unification of Japan following prolonged civil strife, heralding over two ...