Knowing what is to become of the real-life Tokugawa shogunate, which Toranaga's character is based on, his visit to Edo will prove to be incredibly vital to his legacy. Japan's Edo Period had a ...

By Linda Bordoni In a discourse to members of the “Hidden Christians Research Association” on Saturday, Pope Francis praised ...

Hitoshi Kanakubo’s work involves taking apart and rebuilding “jigsaw puzzles” of treasure with the help of dream teams of ...

Japan hs held a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, listed in July as a UNESCO World Heritage site after the ...

For centuries, Japan had existed in a feudal state, a world apart from the rapid industrialisation and global power struggles ...

The order was designed to promote the Westernization of Japan just after it emerged from more than 200 years of national isolation under the feudal rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate. But women were ...

During the Great Peace of the Tokugawa era, many economic and societal changes occurred in Japan. While the shogunate sought to maintain political control and its view of an ideal society, a market ...

Having evolved over many centuries, these warrior values began to become more standardized as a code during the Tokugawa Shogunate, an era of samurai rule in Japan that began at the turn of the ...