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The scholarly narrative of spoken Chinese studies in Tokugawa Japan is dominated by Ogyū Sorai, who founded a translation society in 1711 and urged Japanese intellectuals to learn contemporary spoken ...

OTA, Gunma -- People dressed in traditional attire paraded here on Oct. 13 to reenact a local event passed down from the Edo period (1603-1867), which was held for the first time in 10 years. The "Ota ...

Though overshadowed by Kyoto, which boasts more than 200 listed gardens, Tokyo likely has the foremost concentration of formal gardens of any Asian capital. Daimyo Gardens, by Yozaburo Shirahata, ...

Arisugawa Memorial Park has an area of 3.6 hectares and is the largest park in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The collection of tall mature trees gives the park a pleasing woodland effect. Arisugawa, near Hiroo ...

Takayama Ukon, a Roman Catholic Christian daimyo who was exiled from the country due to the anti-Christian edicts of the Edo shogunate and died overseas, has been officially approved for beatification ...

Daimyo feudal lords were the only people who could afford the clocks displayed here. Before Japan adopted the solar calendar in 1870, there was a set number of hours between sunrise and sunset, with ...

The Penguin is back and has taken more than Gotham this time as he becomes a powerful landholding magneto lord in Feudal Japan. Daimyo Penguin comes to lief out of XM Studios' unique Batman Samurai ...

Fukuoka city is one of the 2019 Rugby World Cup hosts. Head to Daimyo for pre or post-game drinking! If you’re looking for a place to drink with Western vibes and a hip young crowd, look no further ...