The Tokugawa clan, which produced successive shogun rulers throughout the Edo Period ... which is home to the family’s mausoleum. The development comes as Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK ...

Shirakawa-go is famous for its gassho-zukuri farmhouses, which are more than two centuries old. These thatched-roof houses ...

Their families remained as hostages in Edo when the daimyo traveled home. Also, each domain supplied ... many samurai fell into debt. In Edo Period Japan, only the merchants possessed cash to ...

American art collector Joe Price, renowned for his marvelous collection of works made in Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1867), died of old age on April 13 at his home in suburban Los Angeles.