Utamaro was renowned for his bijinga woodblock prints, depicting beautiful women of his day, and other artworks that won the hearts of the people of Edo (now Tokyo).

Ghost of Yotei is set at a pivotal point in the history — 1603 was the year the Tokugawa Shogunate was formed by Tokugawa Ieyasu, one of Japan’s great unifiers, putting an end to decades of ...

Japan is known as a nation of bath lovers through the centuries, but in modern times the practice came to be put to political and ideological ends with the idea of Japanese cleanliness being seen ...

The collection features stories set in ancient Greece, medieval Cairo, first-century Peru, the Belgian Congo, shogunate Japan, 1960s Los Angeles, ninth-century Rome and modern-day Hereford.

'Shogun' will return to FX for season 2, having been changed from a limited series to an ongoing TV show. Here's everything you need to know, including cast, release date speculation, plot and more.

All about the samurai soldiers of JapanT he history of the samurai is inextricably linked with the history of Japan. Not only were they brave warriors, but they were also politicians. They ruled ...

Shizuo Ashikaga was a Japanese artist who was born in 1917. Shizuo Ashikaga's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 16 USD to 100 USD, depending on the ...

As the figure who closed Japan's Warring States period by consolidating power under his declared shogunate, Tokugawa—declaring himself with his original given name, Takechiyo, at the end of the ...