Step into Edo, a city of samurai, merchants, and geisha. Discover the rhythm of life in Tokugawa Japan, where strict order met vibrant culture.

Although medieval Japanese women are often associated with rounded, elaborate hairstyles like the ones shown here, those only started to come into vogue during the Edo period. Before then, women ...

Samurai date from the 12th century and were prominent in Japan until their abolishment in the 1870s. Samurai were a group of elite warriors who eventually were within the highest social caste during ...

The evolution of Geisha began during Japan’s Edo period (1603–1868), a time when the country ... white makeup, and intricate hairstyles, has become an enduring image associated with Japan worldwide.

Greg Jenner is joined in 17th-Century Japan by Dr Satona Suzuki and comedian Ahir Shah to learn all about the Edo period and the Tokugawa shogunate. Show more In this episode, Greg Jenner is ...

Originally released in 2004, the catchy song stayed in Japan’s Oricon charts for over a year (even getting a parody in the Gintama anime). The memorable combination of Matsuken and the dancers wearing ...

However, because niter is soluble, it was not produced in humid Japan. For that reason, during the Edo period it was made by using things such as nitrogen-rich soil from under flooring and ...

the ancient Japanese city now known as Tokyo. It is some time around 1750 during the Edo period, the era from 1603 to 1868 ruled by the Tokugawa shoguns. You are surrounded by a bustle of ...

Real people of mixed heritage in Edo-period Japan Mizu (Maya Erskine ... women presented themselves as characteristically beautiful, with elaborate hair styles, makeup and clothing. They were supposed ...