After Hideyoshi’s death, Kohatayama Castle was destroyed in a fire during a siege leading up to the Battle of Sekigahara, the decisive conflict that ushered in the Tokugawa Shogunate founded by ...

The castle, located in the city center, was built by Mizuno Katsunari, the first lord of the Fukuyama Domain, who reported its completion to the Tokugawa Shogunate on Aug. 28, 1622. During an Aug ...

Nijo Castle in central Kyoto was certainly ostentatious enough to fit the bill. Unlike other noble homes of the day, Tokugawa's gleaming white structure – decorated with ornate wood carvings ...

Sure, the Five Elders demanding the persecution of one heretic among Tokugawa’s castle may be a tad far-fetched. But Blackthorne acts more as the story’s powder keg, so as not to dive too far ...

The title role in the TV series "Shogun," based on James Clavell's eponymous novel, was modeled on Tokugawa Ieyasu. We reveal his secret strategy for building Edo, Nagoya, Osaka and Nijo-jo Castles ...

“Tokugawa Japan: Order in International Relations: Isolation.” Asian Topics: An Online Resource for Asian History and Culture. New York: Columbia University, 2002-2016. Edo Zu Byōbu. 1636 Arrival of ...