"Edo and Kyo: The Townscape in Asia" contains more than 160 items, among them paintings, maps, and costumes, that tell the story of this most enigmatic of cities.

This module focuses on the Tokugawa period, 1603-1868. Tokugawa Japan materials: “Tokugawa Japan: An Introductory Essay,” by Marcia Yonemoto, University of Colorado “A Case Study of Tokugawa Japan ...

During the almost two and a half centuries when Japan shunned the rest of the world, the one Western country that remained on nodding terms was the Netherlands. This year the two countries are ...

The draconian Sakoku-rei or Seclusion Edict, as ordered by Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, in 1636, would seal off the country from the outside world for the next two centuries. Along with banning foreign ...

Tsunenari Tokugawa, 18th generation head of the Tokugawa family. He was born and bred in Tokyo, where he has lived for 70 years. He remembers the heavy snowfalls of Tokyo winters and feels that Tokyo ...