Who were the shoguns of feudal Japan? What was the lowest class of feudal Japan? What were territories in feudal Japan called? What did the Tokugawa shogunate do in 1637? What was medieval Japan? What was medieval Japan like? Who were the regional lords in feudal Japan?
What were the important cities/provinces in ancient Chinese civilization? Which dynasty followed the Yuan Dynasty in China? Who are the last three shoguns following the warring states (Sengoku) period? What was the Chinese dynasty that followed the Xia?
The period came to an end with the fall of the Kamakura Shogunate in 1333 CE when a new clan took over as shoguns of Japan: the Ashikaga. What does Kamakura mean in Japanese? barn; granary; storehouse. trad. ( 鎌倉/鐮倉) 鎌/鐮 倉 Which school of Buddhism is known for Kamakura?
aThe capital of Japan, located on the northwestern shores of Tokyo Bay, on the southeastern part of the island of Honshu; pop. 8,163,000. Formerly called Edo, it was the center of the military government under the shoguns 1603–1867. Renamed Tokyo in 1868, it replaced Kyoto as the imper...
The Tokugawa Period takes its name from a shogun family that assumed control of Japan in 1603. Shoguns were hereditary military dictators who'd been ruling the country since 1192. On paper, they served Japan's emperors. Yet in practice, these figures were far more powerful and it was they ...
Historical Background. The Japanese art of Ukiyo-e developed in the city of Edo (now Tokyo) duringthe Tokugawa or Edo Period (1615-1868). These two names refer to the relatively peaceful 250 years during which the Tokugawa shoguns ruled Japan and made Edo the shogunal seat of power. ...
The similarity between a peasant rebellion inspired by Christianity and the "ikki" uprisings of Buddhist peasants during the Warring States era was not lost on the Tokugawa shoguns. The Tokugawa were determined to prevent both foreign colonization and a return to domestic instability, and they had...
Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko in ‘Shōgun’ Kurt Iswarienko/FX This is Sawai’s first Emmy nomination in her career. If she wins, she will be the first Japanese actress to take home the award. Before landing her role in Shōgun, Sawai made a name for herself in her native Japan as...
government grew increasingly wary of the Europeans in general and Christians in particular. By fits and starts successive shoguns stamped down on the religion and restricted the movement of all foreigners, until eventually only two small communities of Dutch and Chinese merchants were left in Nagasaki...
Sado’s northern promontory contains the island’s highest mountains and some of its best coastal scenery. Aikawa, the only settlement of any size in this area, was once a lively mining town whose gold and silver ores filled the shoguns’ coffers. The mines are no longer working, but a ...