In it, he described the Tokugawa period (1603-1868) as an era of oppressive “feudal” rule. In this view, hierarchical divisions between samurai, peasant, artisan, and merchant were strictly maintained ...

Ghost of Yotei could intertwine Atsu's journey with a larger conflict during Japan's transition to the Tokugawa era for more depth. It has now been nearly five years since the release of Sucker ...

The Tokugawa clan, which produced successive shogun rulers throughout the Edo Period (1603-1867), will hold a ceremony Jan. 29 to formally anoint its first new head in more than half a century.

A newly discovered painting of a sparrow drawn by a Tokugawa shogun will be put on display at the Fuchu Art Museum in western Tokyo in September 2021. Museum curator Nobuhisa Kaneko identified the ...

The scriptures were collected by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan's Edo era, and donated ...

and culture and introducing some historical debates regarding the Tokugawa period. It also gives references for further reading on important topics related to Tokugawa Japan. During the Great Peace of ...