Medieval Japan may call to mind honorable sword-wielding samurai and stealthy ninja assassins. These figures, often seen in popular movies and games about pre-modern Japan, are only loosely based on ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of Japan continues with a video on the Edo Japan’s social order and the bakuhan system, as we deduce what the feudal ...

This series examines how the history of Japan fits into the overall historical development in East Asia by exploring a number of different topics: the so-called “wajin” coastal pirates, the ...