In 1600, Japan’s two biggest rivals ... many samurai fell into debt. In Edo Period Japan, only the merchants possessed cash to lend. By 1640, Japan’s isolation was complete, ending most ...

Centered on the extraordinary appeal of "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai, this exhibition offers a smartly ...

Japan’s five richest domains in the Edo period (1603–1868 ... secured control of the country in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, or shortly before. Although such daimyō were considered ...

When he came to power in 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu became the first shogun to rule over all Japan. He made Edo – later renamed Tokyo – his power base, and over the 250 years of Tokugawa rule ...

people came there from all over Japan. The Tokaido Road helped spread those changes. A great example is just look at Edo’s ...

In this episode, Greg Jenner is joined in seventeenth-century Japan by Dr Satona Suzuki and comedian Ahir Shah to learn all about the Edo period and the Tokugawa shogunate. Show more In this ...

Greg Jenner is joined in 17th-Century Japan by Dr Satona Suzuki and comedian Ahir Shah to learn all about the Edo period and the Tokugawa shogunate. Show more In this episode, Greg Jenner is ...