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Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last shogun of Japan in Osaka, 1867. Tojo Museum of History, Matsudo.

Battle of Shiroyama, the final phase of Satsuma Rebellion, painting by Nagashima Mōsai (Utagawa Yoshitora), 1877.

Sakuradamon Incident, 1860, by an unknown Japanese artist.

Mito Castle was established in 1214, during the Kamakura Period in Japan. The castle was damaged by a fire in the 18th Century, and was destroyed during the Meiji period. Ruins of Mito Castle's moat and a few other structures remain. In Mito...

Digital reconstruction of Hagi Castle in Japan as it may have appeared after it was constructed by the Mōri clan in 1604 CE. The castle was the seat of the Mōri clan until 1863 CE. It was demolished by the government in 1874 CE as part of...

Morioka Castle in Iwate Prefecture, Japan was built in 1633, during the Edo Period. The castle's tenshi burned down only one year after its completion, and was never rebuilt. The castle's structures were dismantled in the late 19th Century...

A photo of Nihonmatsu Castle Gate. The castle was first established in 1341, but was rebuilt in 1643. The castle was demolished during the 19th Century Meiji Restoration, but parts were rebuilt during the 20th Century. Northern Fukushima...

Katō Kiyomasa, portrait by Kondō Shōsen, Meiji to Showa era (19th to 20th century). Kiyomasa (1562-1611), a daimyō of the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods, is depicted as a fierce general with a warrior-like beard and a stern expression...

This is a volume in the New Oxford World History series. The aim of the series is to provide an account of world history that is broader than the old approach that tends to focus only on Europe and North America. The author of Japan in World...

The story of the forty-seven samurai is a well-known tale not only in Japan but also around the world. There are many different versions but the plot always revolves around a group of warriors carrying out a vendetta in order to get revenge...