and violence in Edo-period Japan – with varying degrees of accuracy. Japanese society was strictly stratified at this time, as the series frequently references. The hierarchy was ranked ...

If that sounds too heavy, you can spend hours having a zany time in a decidedly weird version of Edo Japan before heading back for more serious political dealings. In combat, there are four ...

Buddhism in Japan today is made up of many ... were equal, and a hierarchy would have been unthinkable. From the Edo period, this system imposed a strict ranking on all temples, and even led ...

Japan’s Edo Period (1603-1867) was a time of peace and stability when various arts and technologies became well developed. At the top of the social hierarchy was the samurai warrior class. So ...

In this episode, Greg Jenner is joined in seventeenth-century Japan by Dr Satona Suzuki and comedian Ahir Shah to learn all about the Edo period and the Tokugawa shogunate. Show more In this ...

There were two akusho (bad places) in Edo Japan (1603-1867). Sometimes “bad” means “good.” Edo culture without its theaters and yūkaku (erotic pleasure quarters) is scarcely thinkable.

and violence in Edo-period Japan – with varying degrees of accuracy. Japanese society was strictly stratified at this time, as the series frequently references. The hierarchy was ranked, in descending ...