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• Shogun Iemitsu: War and Romance in 17th Century Tokugawa Japan

  
  Blogging Authors — Authority: 126
  Michael R. Zomber iUniverse (2009) ISBN 9781440155635 Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (11/09)  Purchase Shogun Iemitsu   Michael R. Zomber’s “Shogun Iemitsu” is a truly surprising book. When I first read the introduction to it, which spoke of “war and romance in 17th century ...
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• REVIEW: ‘Goyokin’ (1969)

  
  Kung Fu Cinema — Authority: 520
  The rugged, steely-eyed Tatsuya Nakadai is a former samurai on a mission to stop a massacre in GOYOKIN, from writer-director Hideo Goshi, helmer of chambara classics… Related Posts REVIEW: ‘Have Sword Will Travel’ (1969) REVIEW: ‘Return of the One-Armed Swordsman’ (1969) REVIEW: ‘The Absurd ...
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• Samurai Assassin

  
  As I See Japan..... from L.A. — Authority: 120
  On a snowy spring day in 1860, throngs of men gather at the gates of Japans Edo Castle in hopes of assassinating Shogunate leader Ii Naosuke. Upset with the way his life is going, ronin Niiro Tsuruchiyo (Toshiro Mifune) becomes involved in the coup, ultimately seeking a spot in a great samurai house. With no family to ...
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• Samurai Spy

  
  As I See Japan..... from L.A. — Authority: 120
  Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsman is thrown into turmoil. After Sasuke is unwittingly drawn ...
  4 weeks ago

• Tokugawa Yoshinobu Grave

  
  Japan Visitor Blog - Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Kyoto — Authority: 131
  徳川慶喜お墓 Tokugawa Yoshinobu was the 15th and final shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He attempted to reform the shogunate system - but failed. He resigned in late 1867, and retired into relative obscurity　(though was throughout his life close to the Imperial family). Like Japan itself, he was ...
  5 weeks ago

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