OSAKA -- A letter penned by Edo-period tea master and landscape architect Kobori Enshu (1579-1647) indicating the possibility that there was a plan to move the Tokugawa shogunate headquarters from ...

Ruthlessness, resolve, and luck all brought Tokugawa Ieyasu to power in 1603 as he unified Japan after centuries of samurai strife and civil war. Guardian statues can be seen at the Tosho-gu shrine ...

Editor’s note: This article discusses historical events that may spoil upcoming seasons of the “Shogun” TV series. Perhaps my favorite shot from the original 1980 “Shogun” miniseries was when a group ...

On a cloudy day of sporadic downpours, we found shelter inside one of Japan’s foremost national treasures, Nagoya Castle, in Nagoya, Japan. Established by Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the 2 ...

After being commissioned in 1603 as the official Kyoto residence of the first Tokugawa Shogun, Ieyasu, Nijo Castle continues to symbolise the power and status of the former shogunate. At a period when ...