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 ...

Imagine standing on the old wooden Nihonbashi bridge in the commercial heartland of Edo, the ancient Japanese city now ... those higher up the social hierarchy, such as samurai and lords, were ...

The pyramid-like hierarchy that still exists in Japanese ... But there was a major difference. Japanese Buddhism in the Edo period was left undisturbed because it had been coopted into the ...

If that sounds too heavy, you can spend hours having a zany time in a decidedly weird version of Edo Japan before heading back for more serious political dealings. In combat, there are four ...

There were two akusho (bad places) in Edo Japan (1603-1867). Sometimes “bad” means “good.” Edo culture without its theaters and yūkaku (erotic pleasure quarters) is scarcely thinkable.

Japanese society was strictly stratified at this time, as the series frequently references. The hierarchy was ranked, in descending order, by: samurai, farmer, artisan and merchant classes. Even in ...