To make a convincing Japan out of Vancouver ... making it a prime location to portray the port city of Osaka in the 17th century. “In our episodes set in and around Osaka, you really need ...

Scholars expressed amazement at the discovery of three letters written in the hand of Julia Otaa, a Korean woman who rose to high rank in 17th century Japan only to earn the moniker of ...

The 17th-century Japan featured in FX's historical drama Shōgun has intrigued fans through its rich story, as the show ...

Ieyasu's family line ruled Japan through the mid-19th century. By the first few decades of the 17th century, Japan had finally achieved an era of relative peace. The samurai had no armies to fight ...

HIKONE, Shiga Prefecture—Hikone Castle, a prominent 17th-century structure here ... has supported Japan’s nomination strategy that emphasizes the castle’s role in sustaining the feudal ...

an era of samurai rule in Japan that began at the turn of the 17th century. In the late 1860s, civil war ended the nearly 300-year shogunate, bringing about the Meiji imperial restoration and a ...