Far from the battlefield brute, Ishida Mitsunari was a brilliant strategist who dared to challenge Tokugawa Ieyasu—and paid the ultimate price at Sekigahara.

To extend the lesson, students may research the main roads and waterways of the Tokugawa period. Maps of the Tōkaidō Road and other main highways can be found online; students may want to compare ...

"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.

The death of Oda Nobunaga at the hands of Akechi Mitsuhide triggered a wave of chaos across Japan. In this episode, we ...

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 ...

Over the next three years, Tokugawa consolidated his power, finally establishing himself as shogun in 1603, the first in a dynasty that would govern the destiny of Japan until 1868. ( How to spend ...

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 ...