The Tohoku region of Japan is synonymous with the great 17 th ... they came of age during the early Edo period (1603 to 1867) — during which Basho was travelling — when merchants and samurai ...

Alamy The bustling Nihonbashi Bridge in the city of Edo (Tokyo) during the Tokugawa era (Credit: Alamy) Ancient Japan, I argue in ... in some regions, breaking the rules was punishable by death.

Greg Jenner is joined in 17th-Century Japan by Dr Satona Suzuki and comedian Ahir Shah to learn all about the Edo period and the Tokugawa shogunate. Show more In this episode, Greg Jenner is ...

The Abe administration has set out the revitalization of Japan’s regions a major policy challenge. In his general policy speech to the Diet in September last year, the prime minster explained ...

Foreigners had long sniffed at Japan’s tolerance — nay, celebration — of prostitution. Had Christian morality ruled the Edo Period (1603-1868), the famed yūkaku (pleasure quarters ...