visited Shuri-jo castle. A photo showing the prince at the castle appears in an edition of The Asahi Shimbun published by the Osaka Head Office in June 1925. The photo of the laborers was likely ...

Himeji-jo is the finest surviving example of early 17th-century Japanese castle architecture, comprising 83 buildings with highly developed systems of defence and ingenious protection devices dating ...

Osaka Castle was erected as a result of Hideyoshi Hashiba's (portrayed by Shindo Eitaro) solicitation from Kyogoku Tatsuko to become his consort. During more than 30 years, until the devastation ...