Politics sakoku or “closed country” was imposed on the islands of Japan in the 1614th century by the Tokugawa shogunate, a form of feudal military dictatorship. ... This is why the image of the ...

After Commodore Matthew Perry visited Japan and cajoled the Tokugawa Shogunate to establish commercial and diplomatic relations, Japanese society was riven by divisions between modernizers and ...

During that grim period of the Tokugawa shogunate, Catholic priests and indigenous Kirishitan converts who refused to apostatize, who could not bring themselves to tread impiously on an image of ...

younger brother of Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837-1913), the 15th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan's Edo period. The couple looked around the residence and took a walk around its garden.

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Missoula City Council approved a resolution recognizing the pride flag as the only official flag of the city of Missoula at Monday’s meeting. Ryan Sudbury, the city ...

On Memorial Day, the American flag should be flown at half-staff until noon in honor of those U.S. military members who died in service. At noon, the flag is raised to full-staff as a "symbol of ...

Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the U.S. flag on June 14, 1777. While observed nationally, Flag Day is not a federal holiday, though Pennsylvania recognizes it as a state holiday. While the ...

The Wisconsin Historical Society will not fly the pride flag at its headquarters in Madison during Pride Month in June 2025, a spokesperson confirmed. The pride flag has flown over the building ...

Though there was plenty of all of that. It was the buzz surrounding FLAG, the most talked about band at the annual bowling tournament and music festival, now in its 25th year. FLAG is the hardcore ...

Shizuoka’s tradition of craftsmanship was greatly influenced by Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled Japan for more than 200 years. As a young boy, ...

The rainbow Pride flag, created in 1978 by Gilbert Baker, symbolizes hope and diversity within the LGBTQ+ community. The original eight-color flag was later modified to the current six-color ...