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.

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.

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.

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.

The Tokugawas wield no formal political power now. (Mr Tokugawa ran for a Diet seat with a liberal opposition party in 2019, but lost.) The 19th shogun’s main role is to shepherd the family legacy.