This module focuses on Japan’s medieval period, including the Kamakura (1185-1333), the Muromachi (1336-1573), and the Momoyama (1573-1603) shogunates. Photograph ...

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 ...

Shadows review: a medieval Japanese romp that fires on all cylinders - 4/5 Despite its flaws, this franchise has retained its ...

An abacus is an ancient tool used for counting, consisting of a framed set with rods on which balls or beads are moved. The abacus has been in existence in China since the second century BCE, although ...

NAKIJIN, Okinawa Prefecture--Skeletal human remains bearing characteristics associated with medieval people in mainland Japan provide the strongest evidence yet of a migration to the nation’s ...

Japan The three samurai who unified Medieval Japan The three samurai who unified Medieval Japan This shogun outwitted and outlasted his rivals to rule Japan This shogun outwitted and outlasted his ...

KYOTO–--A razor related to a medieval saint will be displayed for ... the founder of one of the largest Buddhist sects in Japan. A ceremony was held at Shoren-in temple here on March 14 to ...