By contrast, the great Tokugawa fortress in Edo grew larger and larger. High-quality materials, salvaged from the daiymo-owned buildings that had been demolished, were used to expand it.

After Commodore Matthew Perry visited Japan and cajoled the Tokugawa Shogunate to establish commercial and diplomatic ...

It is some time around 1750 during the Edo period, the era from 1603 to 1868 ruled by the Tokugawa shoguns. You are surrounded by a bustle of chattering locals twirling their umbrellas ...

The high point of samurai history is often associated with the Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Edo period (1603–1868), a time of peace, prosperity, isolationist policies, and cultural growth.

Let's take a tour of Edo, Japan's capital (now Tokyo) during the Tokugawa Period. 5 jaw-dropping moments from the Beyoncé Bowl halftime performance on Christmas Day Huge Fireball Streaks Across ...

He was given a small fiefdom and eventually a house in Tokugawa’s budding city of Edo — to this day, the street where he lived bears the name Anjin-dori, or Pilot Street. Of all the things ...

The Tokugawa clan, which produced successive shogun rulers throughout the Edo Period (1603-1867), will hold a ceremony Jan. 29 to formally anoint its first new head in more than half a century.

Edo period in Japan lasted from 1603 to 1867/1868. During this time the country was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate. Edo period in Japan lasted from 1603 to 1867/1868. During this time the country was ...