Kamakura served as a spiritual hub of Zen Buddhism and a center of samurai devotion. Kenchō-ji, the city’s oldest and most ...

The history of the samurai is inextricably linked with the history of Japan. Not only were they brave warriors, but they were also politicians. They ruled feudal Japan for centuries, and carried out ...

The Elusive Samurai is a unique anime that retells the fall of the Kamakura shogunate with humor, brutality, and style. It focuses on the lone survivor of the Hojo clan, Tokiyuki Hojo, and his ...

This was a civil war between the two most powerful clans of the time, Taira and Minamoto, with the latter emerging victorious and establishing the Kamakura shogunate, the first in history. The ...

In real life, this was a 15 day war that happened in 1274, and involved the Kamakura shogunate fending off the Mongolian Yuan dynasty, aided by the Goreo. It certainly sounded like there was still ...

Daughters and sons generally had an equal right to inheritance while Minamoto’s family ruled (called the Kamakura shogunate). “There might not have been a Kamakura shogunate without women ...

“Escape Artist Lord” is set in the latter period. In the Kamakura Shogunate, the Minamoto lineage represented by Yoritomo reigned as shoguns for only three generations. From 1203 onwards, Hojo ...

and restoring the Kamakura Shogunate. Each episode is a must-watch for the blend of historical grip and suspense invested in the anime. Watching it weekly, one can savor the tension, as Tokiyuki ...

MISHIMA, Shizuoka -- A sumo wrestler-turned-actor played the role of Minamoto no Yoritomo, who founded the Kamakura shogunate in the late 12th century, in a festival procession held recently in ...