Alamy The bustling Nihonbashi Bridge in the city of Edo (Tokyo) during the Tokugawa era (Credit: Alamy) Ancient Japan, I argue in ... those higher up the social hierarchy, such as samurai and ...

Japan’s Edo Period (1603-1867) was a time of peace and stability when various arts and technologies became well developed. At the top of the social hierarchy was the samurai warrior class. So ...

and violence in Edo-period Japan – with varying degrees of accuracy. Japanese society was strictly stratified at this time, as the series frequently references. The hierarchy was ranked ...

Japan’s three major cities in the Edo period (1603–1868)—Kyoto, Osaka, and Edo (now Tokyo)—all had licensed quarters established by the shogunate. In Kyoto there was Shimabara, in Osaka ...

In a world that keeps trying to fit us into neat little boxes, let me introduce you to the trendsetting wakashū of Edo-era Japan (1603–1867), a group that decided the societal norms were as ...

During the Edo period this section of the Ishikawa Prefecture was the richest part in Japan. Fearful of upsetting the political status quo, the Maeda clan demonstrated their peaceful intentions by ...