which preceded the Ashikaga shogunate. During the Kamakura era, Japan was ruled by a branch of the ancient Taira clan, which lost theGenpei War(1180 - 1185) to the Minamoto clan, but managed to seize power anyway. The Ashikaga, in turn, was a branch of the Minamoto clan. In 1336, Ash...
Japanis an island nation located in East Asia, and its islands can be found in several large bodies of water: the Sea of Okhotsk, the Pacific Ocean, the East China Sea, and the Sea of Japan. The main islands of Japan are called Shikoku, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Honshu; however, there a...
This three part article covers the history of Japan from its earliest days to now, told through photos and links to historically relevant articles. This third article deals with everything from the Edo era to modern-day Japan.
Hunting then gradually became involved in the agricultural activities to protect farmland from wild animals.In the later period of the Edo Shogunate, the farmers themselves began to capture or chase wild animals out of farmland. At the same time, some hunters with highly professional hunting ...
Finally, the talented artist Hon'ami Koetsu (1558-1637) used his flowing style of writing in a way that impressed the Tokugawa shogunate and emperors of the medieval period. Many of the works of these three exist even today and command a high price by the art collecting community. Kanji ...
The Edo Period under theTokugawa Shogunatefrom 1603–1868 brought stability and peace to Japan, bringing the ninja story to a close. Ninja skills and legends survived, though, and were embellished to enliven the movies, games, and comic books of today....
First published in 1903, this three volume set deals with the history of Japan from its origins to the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Drawing for the first time on Japanese, European and Latin sources, this classic text was the first comprehensive study of Japanese history in English, contribu...
Crucifixion in Japan took various forms and was used to punish thieves, threats to public order, and religious enemies alike. It's unclear when crucifixion ...
This tumultuous time ultimately saw the unification of Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate, who would rule Japan until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. It was during this time that the great unifiers Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, as well as numerous other daimyo, such as Date ...
The ruling shogunate's advisers had proposed compliance with the Western barbarians' demands until "by learning the secrets of the West" Japan would be able to deal with the West "on terms of equality." The pattern was set.Japan was initially accorded equal status with the Western allies at...