Osaka Castle was rebuilt in 1629, but Hidetada passed away three years later. As the Tokugawa shogunate was settled in Edo, or present-day Tokyo, the Osaka headquarters plan apparently never came ...

Nagoya Castle was built as the base for the Owari-Tokugawa clan to guard the region between Edo and Osaka. The meticulously reconstructed Honmaru Palace was first opened to the public in 2018.

The mansions of the three main Tokugawa family branches—the Owari, Kii, and Mito clans—and some of the daimyō estates that had been located within the castle grounds were moved out to be ...

What's done is done. But what if a historic negotiation over the surrender of Edo Castle between Saigo Takamori, who led the Imperial forces during the fall of Edo, and Katsu Kaishu, the shogunate ...

It is said that Tokugawa Ieyasu was born at Okazaki Castle in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. At the time of writing this article, the castle tower of Okazaki Castle was rebuilt in the Showa ...

I'm on a journey to reproduce on foot the 'Iga-goe' that Tokugawa Ieyasu heard the news of the Honnoji Incident and returned from Osaka to Okazaki Castle in Aichi Prefecture in three days. On the ...

This module focuses on the Tokugawa period, 1603-1868. Tokugawa Japan materials: “Tokugawa Japan: An Introductory Essay,” by Marcia Yonemoto, University of Colorado “A Case Study of Tokugawa Japan ...