Search results
1 day ago · Tokugawa Ieyasu [a] [b] (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; [c] January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
1 day ago · To save his life, Nobunaga was compelled to turn over a hostage held by his clan at Honshōji temple, nine-year-old Matsudaira Takechiyo – later known as Tokugawa Ieyasu – an exchange that helped solidify an alliance between other rival clans.
4 days ago · Born Matsudaira Takechiyo in 1542, this great samurai was the son of the lord of Mikawa province. He came of age in a Japan wracked with civil war and bloody feuds between territorial lords. At four years old, Ieyasu was sent as a hostage to the Imagawa clan to secure an alliance.
5 days ago · Published by: Hotei, 2005. This profusely illustrated volume presents groundbreaking scholarship on the Ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) and his immediate artistic and literary circles.
2 days ago · However, the traditional craft uses ‘Urushi’ or lacquer mixed with powdered metal,” said Nobuyasu Suginaka. Suginaka is a Kintsugi artist who owns a workshop called “Soweido” in Shiga prefecture.
4 days ago · Tsuba: Handguard. Tsuba is a kind of Japanese sword mounting. It was initially equipped with a Japanese sword for practical reasons. It protected its user’s hand when he grabbed his sword or prevented its user’s hand slipping towards the blade part when he hits his enemy.
5 days ago · This is the Omeka site for the 2014-2015 Fall Semester class, Japan's Samurai Revolution (SW43)
