The tale of a band of samurai who, after their master dies, take an oath to seek vengeance is an important story that offers ...

Let's take a tour of Edo, Japan's capital (now Tokyo) during the Tokugawa Period.

During the Edo period (1603–1868), the national government, or shogunate, required domain leaders to travel to Edo (now Tokyo) and remain for some time before returning home. Domains spent huge ...

Japan has 47 prefectures ... often with borders matching the provinces that existed up through the Edo period (1603–1868). The standard order used in Japanese to list the prefectures runs ...

Guth, Christine, Art of Edo Japan: The Artist and the City 1615-1868 (New York: Henry Abrams, 1996). Kobayashi, Tadashi, Prints by Utagawa Hiroshige in the James A. Michener Collection, Volume I ...