Sashimono's influence can even be seen in large-scale architecture. For instance, the Horyu-ji temple in Nara Prefecture was built with wooden joinery 1,300 years ago and remains standing today.

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way ...

Tokugawa Ieyasu was not a young man when he became shogun in 1603. His rise to power was long and slow, a journey that had begun when he was just 15 years old.

Samurai with Horo Cloak. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons As such, it was reserved for individuals of certain stature or for a tsukai-ban, an aide or messenger tasked with delivering ...

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In this case, however, sashimono experts utilized their methods to construct large portions of LignoSat’s outer casing. [Related: NASA warns SpaceX over safety issues after astronaut ...

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The Tokugawa Art Museum, located in the city of Nagoya, possesses a vast number of historic treasures that once belonged to the Owari Tokugawa family. This was ...

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Tokugawa did allow the Franciscan order to build a church in Edo, but the shogunate later banned Christianity in Japan and violently expelled all priests and missionaries from the country.

Tokugawa (Toronaga) and his 200,000-man army eventually laid siege to Osaka, capturing the castle in 1615. After that, its relevance faded, though Osaka grew into Japan’s third-largest city.

Even though the Tokugawa shōguns tried to eliminate all Christianity, it did persist.” So, yes the Portuguese did try to colonize Japan. They just weren’t successful, ultimately.