Japanese History

Ashigaru

Ashigaru

The word ashigaru means "light foot". They are the basic infantry units of medieval Japan, mainly made up of peasants wearing jingasa. Their name comes from the little armor they...

Ashigaru

The word ashigaru means "light foot". They are the basic infantry units of medieval Japan, mainly made up of peasants wearing jingasa. Their name comes from the little armor they...

Haniwa

Haniwa

Haniwa (埴輪, "terracotta cylinders") are Japanese funerary terracotta. They have been found on many tombs of the Kofun period (古墳時代, Kofun jidai), from the second century to the sixth century....

Haniwa

Haniwa (埴輪, "terracotta cylinders") are Japanese funerary terracotta. They have been found on many tombs of the Kofun period (古墳時代, Kofun jidai), from the second century to the sixth century....

Japanese Pagoda

Japanese Pagoda

The pagoda in Japan is called tō (塔 lett. pagoda), sometimes buttō (仏塔 lett. Buddhist pagoda) or tōba (塔婆 lett. pagoda) and is historically derived from the Chinese pagoda, itself...

Japanese Pagoda

The pagoda in Japan is called tō (塔 lett. pagoda), sometimes buttō (仏塔 lett. Buddhist pagoda) or tōba (塔婆 lett. pagoda) and is historically derived from the Chinese pagoda, itself...

Shogun

Shogun

In Japanese history, the term shōgun (将軍 lit. "army commander") about this sound hear, Spanishized as sogún in Spain or shogun in Spanish America, was a historical title in Japan...

Shogun

In Japanese history, the term shōgun (将軍 lit. "army commander") about this sound hear, Spanishized as sogún in Spain or shogun in Spanish America, was a historical title in Japan...

Fuji Mountain

Fuji Mountain

Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan) is a mountain in central Japan that lies on the southern coast of the island of Honshū, southwest of the Tokyo metropolitan area. At 3,776 meters...

Fuji Mountain

Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan) is a mountain in central Japan that lies on the southern coast of the island of Honshū, southwest of the Tokyo metropolitan area. At 3,776 meters...

Seppuku

Seppuku

Seppuku (切腹 lit. "to cut the belly"), commonly known in the West as haraquiri or haraquiri (腹切 or 腹切り), refers to a Japanese suicide ritual reserved for the warrior class,...

Seppuku

Seppuku (切腹 lit. "to cut the belly"), commonly known in the West as haraquiri or haraquiri (腹切 or 腹切り), refers to a Japanese suicide ritual reserved for the warrior class,...