Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during excavations in Ichijodani, one of medieval Japan’s largest cities. On the outskirts of Fukui, a city of a quarter of a million people in ...

This module focuses on Japan’s medieval period ... If having students work online is not feasible, print out and label the images and post them around the room or at tables where groups can examine ...

Released in 1953, it was one of Japan's earliest films to be shot in color, and director Teinosuke Kinugasa took full ...