The term "samurai" comes from the Japanese word saburau ... Two years after Hideyoshi's death in 1598, a provincial leader, Tokugawa Ieyasu, defeated Hideyoshi's armies and took control of ...

Here’s what you need to know about Tokugawa Ieyasu and William Adams ... In recognition of his services, Adams was appointed ...

The samurai class, who were forbidden from engaging in profitable trade or farming ... Along with growth in trade came growth in the use of money. Tokugawa Ieyasu and his immediate successors worked ...

(NHK) airs a history drama titled “Dosuru Ieyasu” (The way of ... An exhibition titled “Legacy of the Tokugawa: The Glories and Treasures of the Last Samurai Dynasty” was held in the ...

When a daimyo died, these warriors became "ronin," masterless samurai. After Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun in 1603, samurai military services were no longer required, and many ronin wandered the ...

Samurai are the subject of ceaseless fascination ... but it’s not long before you become embroiled in a battle between Tokugawa Ieyasu, supernatural monsters, and Edward Kelley, another ...

The drama series depicts the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616). Takechiyo (who later becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu) was born as the son of a poor and powerless daimyo.

William Adams Became The First Western Samurai After Adams proved himself to be incredibly resourceful to Tokugawa Ieyasu, he was appointed as a diplomatic and trade advisor of Japan and became ...

Tokugawa Ieyasu, the lord of his clan, then lave a very special gift to Munenori; a samurai's pillbox, (a veritable work of art, with beautiful lacquered designs) which signifies that he is to be ...

After years of bitter strife, the aging samurai lord Tokugawa Ieyasu finally wrested power from Japan's many warring clans and unified them at the turn of the 17th century. Upon being proclaimed ...

His clan used information and ingenuity to take on powerful foes, even the shogun Ieyasu himself. Yukimura, a warrior feared by his enemies. Masayuki defeated the Tokugawa forces in the siege of ...

Actor Sakae Takita, who played Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) in the Japan Broadcasting Corp.'s (NHK) year-long "taiga" historical TV drama series in 1983, once explained that after a full year of ...