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Portrait of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) by Kanō Tan'yū, Edo period. Osaka Castle, Main Tower.

Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604-1651). Okayama Prefectural Museum.

Tokugawa Ieyasu Mausoleum, Nikko, Japan.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi Visiting Nikkō Shrine, woodblook print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1875. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Nagasaki, on the northwest coast of Japan’s Kyushu Island, was an important Portuguese trading base from c. 1571 to 1639, and the most eastern outpost of the Portuguese empire. The Portuguese presence transformed Nagasaki from a small fishing...

Izanami ('she who invites') and Izanagi ('he who invites') are the primordial gods of the Shinto religion who are believed to have created the islands of Japan and given birth to many of the other Shinto gods or kami. The myths of Japanese...

The shoguns of medieval Japan were military dictators who ruled the country via a feudal system where a vassal's military service and loyalty was given in return for a lord's patronage. Established as an institution by the first shogun proper...

Scale model of the Honmaru and Ninomaru Palaces of Edo Castle, as they would have appeared during the late Tokugawa Shogunate. (Edo-Tokyo Museum, Japan)

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

Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) was a Japanese playwright who wrote for both the puppet theatre and kabuki. He is regarded as Japan’s greatest dramatist. Apart from their aesthetic appeal, his plays are of value because they provide an insight...