The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

In the seven centuries samurai ruled ... the end of an era. The last vestiges of resistance against the new regime were snuffed out a few months later in Hokkaido. The Meiji Restoration brought ...

Continuities in this transition such as: Proto-industrialization in the Tokugawa era sets the stage for Meiji industrial development. The elite samurai remain in leadership, wielding power behind the ...

Mutsuhito took the title of Meiji ... ways of the Samurai fell out of favor in Japan, Jujitsu included. A young Jujitsu student named Kano Jigoro grew up during this tumultuous period.

The samurai warrior has come to symbolize Japan’s medieval period of social and political unrest that lasted ... a time span overlapping the late Meiji, Taishō, and early Shōwa periods. The lessons ...

Daughters of the Samurai, by Janice P ... a high point in Japan's early diplomatic forays overseas during the Meiji Era (1868-1912). In a time of both misinformation and too much information ...

The remnants of the samurai elite, who transitioned into bureaucratic roles during the Meiji era, continue to wield significant influence. This ruling class sees itself as the inheritor of the samurai ...

Both paintings evince a propagandistic move of the Meiji government to glorify its soldiers as war heroes, like the samurai who were worshiped during the Edo period. “Wave Crest Supporting the ...

Logline: “Set in the late 19th century during the Meiji period, as the age of the samurai approached its end, Last Samurai Standing takes place at the Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto. Come nightfall ...

Though their meticulously crafted battle armor and elaborate helmets shaped into utterly frightening countenances could fill the hearts of any foe with terror, Japan's famous samurai warriors also ...