Their title was mostly metaphorical, referring to their loyalty to the emperor ... through the mid-19th century. By the first few decades of the 17th century, Japan had finally achieved an ...

Scholars expressed amazement at the discovery of three letters written in the hand of Julia Otaa, a Korean woman who rose to high rank in 17th century Japan only to earn the moniker of ...

If I told you that today we are going to talk about a 17th-century figure named Felipe Francisco de Fachicura ... his real name was Hasekura Tsunenaga, and he was a Japanese samurai who, in the ...

Mackerel Road connects Wakasa, which overlooks the Sea of Japan, and Kyoto Prefecture. Wakasa, located in Fukui Prefecture, ...