Flows of people and goods on main roads were strictly controlled to keep the shogunate system intact ... on and insights into contemporary Japan and its culture.
Portugal's black ships were vital for trade during the Sengoku period, connecting Japan to the West and China. During the Tokugawa shogunate, all Jesuits and Portuguese merchants were expelled ...
Having evolved over many centuries, these warrior values began to become more standardized as a code during the Tokugawa Shogunate, an era of samurai rule in Japan that began at the turn of the ...