This module focuses on Japan’s medieval period, including the Kamakura (1185-1333), the Muromachi (1336-1573), and the Momoyama (1573-1603) shogunates. Photograph ...

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 ...

With "Anākī: The Law and Economics of Samurai Organization," Leeson examines the birth of the Kamakura Bakufu (literally "tent government") in medieval Japan. The samurai were a class of skilled ...

The samurai warrior has come to symbolize Japan’s medieval period of social and political unrest ... Introductory essays provide teachers with the background needed to understand the questions that ...

EXCLUSIVE: Japanese studio Toei Co has signed a co-production development deal with Pambili Media, founded by South African ...