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• Samurai Spy

  
  As I See Japan..... from L.A. — Authority: 121
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Tokugawa Yoshinobu Grave

  
  Japan Visitor Blog - Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Kyoto — Authority: 129
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Shoguns Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

  
  As I See Japan..... from L.A. — Authority: 121
  Following the death of the Shogun, it becomes evident that his death was no accident. He was poisoned because he wanted his second-son to be heir to his throne. A battle between the eldest and his younger brother erupts. Warriors take each side swearing devotion to the prospective lords. The plot to pit brother ...
  4 weeks ago

• Samurai Resurrection

  
  As I See Japan..... from L.A. — Authority: 121
  This movie was released in 2003 and stars Yosuke Kubozuka as Amakusa who has risen from the dead to seek revenge. In 1637, 37,000 peasants perished in the Shimabara Christian revolt; among them, the leader of that uprising, Shiro Amakusa. More than a decade later, Amakusa rises from the dead hell-bent on revenge. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Battle of Sekigahara video

  
  As I See Japan..... from L.A. — Authority: 121
  I watched this History channel show earlier this year. Its about Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Battle of Sekigahara. The show was a little cheesy because of the English-speaking actors but it was not bad. It is a good overview of this most famous and important battle in Japanese history. This Youtube video is from the ...
  6 weeks ago

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