Every fall, visitors flock to Tochigi Prefecture to experience the stunning koyo (autumn foliage) in Nikko. Located less than ...

Here’s what you need to know about Tokugawa Ieyasu and William Adams. According to FX, Ieyasu was born at Japan’s Okazaki Castle in 1543. His father and mother divorced when he was only 3 ...

Shōgun is adapted from James Clavell's 1975 best-selling novel, inspired by the story of the famous Japanese leader Lord ...

This power shift ultimately set the stage for the Komaki-Nagakute campaign, where Hideyoshi clashed with Tokugawa Ieyasu. The series will continue to explore how these conflicts shaped Japan’s ...

She married a powerful samurai, who died not long after. She had likely already met Tokugawa Ieyasu (Toranaga) when he was a hostage of the Imagawa clan. When she was widowed, Tokugawa asked her ...

Below, find out what lay in store for Shōgun’s survivors. Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toranaga’s real-life counterpart, is one of the most important figures in Japanese history. Known as one of the ...

1603: Scottish King James VI, son of Mary Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England in succession to Elizabeth I, joining the English and Scottish crowns. On the same day, Tokugawa Ieyasu is ...

During the time period of the game's vanilla campaign starting in the 1540s, warlord Oda Nobunaga and his ally Tokugawa Ieyasu won a string of victories until he was betrayed and assassinated by ...

Shōgun, FX’s period drama-action series on Hulu, has drawn comparisons to Game of Thrones, thanks to its shocking violence, like people pulling out their own guts with swords and others being ...

Shogun is renewed for seasons 2 and 3, and can draw from more compelling historical events. Toranaga's rise to power sets up the establishment of his shogunate and the focus for future seasons.