After Hideyoshi’s death, Kohatayama Castle was destroyed in a fire during a siege leading up to the Battle of Sekigahara, the decisive conflict that ushered in the Tokugawa Shogunate founded by ...

Odawara Castle was built to protect the capital of the Edo shogunate. But its history stretches even further back. Learn the fateful story of Odawara Castle from the remains of stone walls and a moat.

it would require a more robust presentation of Hikone Castle’s significance within the network of daimyo feudal lords united under the national ruler, the Tokugawa Shogunate. The prefecture ...