The title role in the TV series "Shogun," based on James Clavell's eponymous novel, was modeled on Tokugawa Ieyasu. We reveal his secret strategy for building Edo, Nagoya, Osaka and Nijo-jo Castles ...

Discover Kyoto, a world of imperial residences and shogun castles, palaces and villas, where every architectural detail speaks volumes about the authority and refinement of traditional court life.

Het kasteel is ook een krachtig en suggestief symbool van het feodalisme dat in Japan heerste tot de Meiji restauratie van 1868 ... developed system of defence and ingenious protection devices dating ...

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.

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 ...