EditorialJapan: Tokugawa Ieyasu (31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616), founder and first ruler of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868). Hanging scroll painting by Kano Tan'yu (1602-1674), 17th century
EditorialJapan: Lady Yodo Dono (1567 - 4 June 1615), second wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and mother of Toyotomi Hideyori. Hanging scroll painting, 17th century
EditorialPagoda of Zojoji Temple, Akabane (Zojoji-to, Akabane) From the Series One hundred views of Edo, Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 17971858, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, Zojoji Temple was built by the founder of the Tokugawa dynasty, Ieyasu (1542-16...
EditorialKaramon-Tor, Tsh-g Shinto shrine, Nikk, albumin paper, black and white positive process, hand-colored, image size: height: 48.30 cm; width: 38.20 cm, inscribed: recto u.: in lead: Karamon. Nikko, travel photography, portal/edicula, After the opening of...
EditorialLetter from William Adams at Hirado to the English merchants at Bantam, 23 October 1611. . Letter from William Adams to the English merchants trading at Bantam 1611. 1611. In this letter dated 23 October 1611, Adams provides a brief biography to explai...
EditorialLetter from William Adams at Hirado to the English merchants at Bantam, 23 October 1611. . Letter from William Adams to the English merchants trading at Bantam 1611. 1611. In this letter dated 23 October 1611, Adams provides a brief biography to explai...