In "Studies in Intellectual History of Tokugawa Japan," leading postwar political scientist Masao Maruyama chronicles the ideas and debates of scholars throughout the Edo Period (1603-1868). Studies ...

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 ...

For more than 250 years Japan has thrived under the Tokugawa Shogunate, a regime that maintains peace through a rigid social hierarchy, cultural refinement and strict border control. The emperor is a ...

The Chubu region, situated in central Japan between the major hubs of Tokyo and Kyoto, offers travelers a profound ...

The scholarly narrative of spoken Chinese studies in Tokugawa Japan is dominated by Ogyū Sorai, who founded a translation society in 1711 and urged Japanese intellectuals to learn contemporary spoken ...

Sir George Sansom’s history of Japan was first published in 1932 and used in U.S. college classrooms into the 1980s. In it, he described the Tokugawa period (1603-1868) as an era of oppressive “feudal ...

A small round man with a large round face the color of old bronze landed in Manhattan last week from the 23-year-old Mauretania. This personage is the head of a Japanese house which for 264 years was ...

Narai-juku, Nagano, Japan historic post town along the Nakasendo historic route at dusk. It's just one of 7 tours available that highlight Japan's Shogun history. With the recent release of the ...

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 ...