The word bakufu means “tent government” and is used interchangeably with the term shogunate. This feudal-style government, ...

Greg Jenner is joined in 17th-century Japan by Dr Satona Suzuki and comedian Ahir Shah to learn all about the Edo period and the Tokugawa shogunate. Show more In this episode, Greg Jenner is joined in ...

Having evolved over many centuries, these warrior values began to become more standardized as a code during the Tokugawa Shogunate, an era of samurai rule in Japan that began at the turn of the ...

Veteran Japanese producer and Tokyo Film Festival programmer Shozo Ichiyama selects his all-time favorite samurai films, ...

A Zen Buddhist temple in the city of Kamakura, southwest of Tokyo, began airing out its cultural assets on Sunday.

Ltd. While the temple dates back to 740, it particularly flourished throughout the Edo period (1603-1868) thanks to the ...

A new shogun is appointed to the throne when his brother dies. He find out that the former Shogun one of the women from his brothers harem became pregnant, but she escaped. The new Shogun would ...

Historical anime fans who enjoyed The Apothecary Diaries are spoiled with choice when it comes to other, similar anime of the ...

Gallons of blood and plenty of thematic thunder distinguish Kazuya Shiraishi’s energetic action film set during the Boshin ...

Kublai repeatedly demanded Japan become a tributary state to his dynasty, but the Kamakura Shogunate refused. It is believed that the Yuan Dynasty abandoned both attempts partly due to a storm ...