Not only was Toranaga growing more powerful and influential by the day, but he was now keeping the late TaikÅ â s heir and ...

Experts say the finding sheds light on the details of how castle-building methods developed during the rule of Hideyoshi (1537-1598), who unified war-torn Japan ... the first shogun of the ...

"Shogun" breakout star Anna Sawai reveals Lady Mariko's power moves, passion and unyielding stand in explosive Episode 9.

Upon being proclaimed Shogun (feudal military dictator) of Japan in 1603, Ieyasu constructed a palace that would reflect his supreme power. Nijo Castle in central Kyoto was certainly ostentatious ...

Het kasteel is ook een krachtig en suggestief symbool van het feodalisme dat in Japan heerste tot de Meiji restauratie ... protection devices dating from the beginning of the Shogun period. The castle ...

In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic stickens men in the country of Japan ... the Shugun's castle) and attempts to vie among 3,000 other men for the affection of the female shogun.