The Ashikaga Bakufu ruled from 1336 to 1573. Its predecessor, the Kamakura Bakufu, fell in 1333 from financial distress and ...
The literary monk Kenko yearned for an “uncontaminated world,” even during the tumultuous rule of Emperor Go-Daigo, who ...
In 1600, Japan’s two biggest rivals, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, clashed at Sekigahara. Tokugawa won, eliminating his opponents, becoming Shogun, and taking over the bakufu (military ...