Tokugawa Ieyasu was born in Mikawa Province (now Aichi Prefecture) in 1543. While still a young boy, the future founder of the Tokugawa shogunate was sent as a hostage first to the Oda family in ...

A new adaptation offers a fresh take on James Clavell’s 1975 novel, which fictionalizes the stories of English sailor William Adams, shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and Japanese noblewoman Hosokawa Gracia ...

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--A plastic model of Gundam clad in a protector suit modeled after armor worn by the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate is proving to be a monster hit of the season. The MG ...

There aren't many people as important in the history of Japan as Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was the man who, in 1603, seized power over the whole country as he launched the Tokugawa Shogunate, which lasted ...

We started the year in Japan, where annual historical taiga drama What Will You Do, Ieyasu? was generating hype long before Shogun. NHK Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in ...

Shōgun has made Emmys history after winning 18 awards including Best Drama, after the series gave viewers the chance to dive into the world of James Clavell's iconic novel set in feudal Japan. The ...

You could argue that much of what exists in Japan today is there, at least in part, thanks to Tokugawa Ieyasu. The founder of the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled Japan for more than 250 years, Ieyasu ...

With a mixture of drama, warlords, battles, love, tragedy all set with great music, this made for television movie has it all. Showing the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu as portrayed by Matsudaira Ken ...

a journey to reproduce on foot the 'Iga-goe' that Tokugawa Ieyasu heard the news of the Honnoji Incident and returned from Osaka to Okazaki Castle in Aichi Prefecture in three days. On the first day, ...

Ghost of Yotei takes place in the year 1603, at the beginning of the Edo period. Tokugawa Ieyasu had just been declared the Shogun of Japan, after an extensive period of war and unification started by ...

Near Okazaki Castle, the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu, there is a restaurant ' Ichikawa ' where you can enjoy dishes using Haccho miso and parfaits with the motif of Mikawa samurai. After failing the ...