(These samurai devotees bring a cherished culture back to life.) Her nephew’s forces were routed, leaving Hangaku to hold off the shogun’s army alone. Torisaka was a rather modest wooden ...

College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn is celebrating Japan’s iconic Shogun era with a never-seen-in-the-U.S. art exhibit. “Hokusai ...

However skillfully a samurai wielded his traditional weapon, the long matchlock guns were much more effective. The new shogun requisitioned a large proportion of the arquebuses in use across Japan.

Shogun is already garnering ... of students the performance martial art of kyodo. First, pupils enrich themselves in the culture and codes of the samurai, known as bushido, from a young age.