The death of Oda Nobunaga at the hands of Akechi Mitsuhide triggered a wave of chaos across Japan. In this episode, we explore how Toyotomi Hideyoshi seized power through decisive victories at ...

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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 ...

If not for the Meiji Restoration, Tokugawa Iehiro might be running Japan. Instead, the new head of one of Japan’s most eminent dynasties, which ruled from 1603 to 1868, spends his days overseeing its ...

The 37th NHK Taiga Drama is Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The series focuses on the life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the 15th and final ruler of the Tokugawa period. Born the seventh son of Lord Nariaki of Mito, ...

In the chaos of the Sengoku period, Tokugawa Ieyasu outlasted rivals with patience, cunning, and sheer will. His victory at Sekigahara secured the shogunate that would rule Japan for 250 years. A ...

A small round man with a large round face the color of old bronze landed in Manhattan last week from the 23-year-old Mauretania. This personage is the head of a Japanese house which for 264 years was ...