In 1853 and 1854, United States commodore Matthew ... and their allied samurai clans led a movement that toppled the Tokugawa ...

Following the July 1853 visit of Commodore Perry ... Satsuma daimyō Shimazu Nariakira successfully petitioned the Tokugawa shogunate to lift the prohibition on the construction of large ocean-going ...

In 1853 and 1854, United States commodore Matthew C ... The domains of Satsuma, Chōshū, and their allied samurai clans led a movement that toppled the Tokugawa shogunate in the name of the young Meiji ...

37} and for throwing over democratic ways, reverting to something much stronger, more Japanese—i.e., the military Shogunate or something very much like it. Paving the way for just that ...

The critically acclaimed new FX/Hulu historical epic Shōgun follows Lord Toranaga who is based on a real-life Japanese ...

The Meijin title has a long history as it was established by the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1612. It is also considered the toughest to win because a shogi player has to advance through five classes ...

Note: Minamoto no Yoritomo founded the Kamakura shogunate in the late 12th century. Japanese original The easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children.

How Japan's History Sets Up Shogun Season 2 While Shōgun season 1 focused on Toranaga's cunning strategy and rise to power, season 2 can focus on the establishment of the shogunate in its earliest ...

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the first to achieve this goal, unifying Japan by 1590; beginning in 1603, Hideyoshi’s successors, the Tokugawa shogunate, oversaw an era of relative peace and prosperity.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the first to achieve this goal, unifying Japan by 1590; beginning in 1603, Hideyoshi’s successors, the Tokugawa shogunate, oversaw an era of relative peace and prosperity.