We're in the middle of the Feudal Japan craze. Remember when we were really into archery? All these games feel the same.

For almost 700 years, these disciplined warriors were respected and feared in Japan, and they carved out a path that made ...

Medieval Japan may call to mind honorable sword-wielding ... But the Europeans did affect Japanese society. First, they introduced new shipbuilding techniques, firearms, eyeglasses, mechanical clocks, ...

A performer demonstrates "noh," a traditional Japanese theatrical form. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images) Among the world’s oldest theatrical forms that is still performed, Noh grew out of dance ...

From Confucianism, he learned the rudiments of behaviour towards others within a strictly hierarchical society ... and arguably most important in Japanese feudal history, which left up to ...

where he learned the cleverness of deception and strategy – all within the strict customs of Japanese feudal society. Without getting into the weeds, Ieyasu took over as daimyo for his late ...

By implying a hierarchy of intelligence and value based on profession, he touched on a sensitive aspect of Japanese society's struggle with its feudal past and the ongoing challenges of creating a ...

Feb. 25, 2024 Co-created by Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo, the 10-episode FX limited series centers on Toranaga’s political war and fate in feudal Japan. But the “Shōgun” finale ...

Sir George Sansom’s history of Japan was first published in 1932 and used in U.S. college classrooms into the 1980s. In it, he described the Tokugawa period (1603-1868) as an era of oppressive “feudal ...