Fighting alongside the Shogunate rebels who wanted to maintain traditionalism in Japan, Brunet joined a legion of 3,000 in a battle against 7,000 Imperial troops that lasted half a year in 1868 ...

A copy of Mōko shūrai ekotoba (Illustrated Story of the Mongol Invasions) depicts shogunate troops dispensing with the remnants of the shattered Yuan army. (Courtesy Kyūshū University Library) ...

The shogunate system itself would last for 700 years. The daimyo, regional feudal lords, ... limiting their ability to maintain troops that would threaten the shogun.

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way ...

Emissaries Ignored. In November 1274, a fleet carrying some 30,000 Mongol Empire troops approached Hakata Bay off the Japanese island of Kyūshū.

Set 300 years after Shogun 2, Fall of the Samurai is a standalone expansion covering the events of the 1868 Boshin War in Japan. The negotiation of unfair trade agreements with western powers has ...

The shogun’s point man on the ground, Itakura Shigemasa, was killed in his zeal to destroy the Catholic troops. Matsudaira Nobutsuna, Itakura's replacement, soon arrived with even more shogunate ...

The choice between Kondo or Katsura occurs during the Rise of the Ronin mission called Parting Ways. At this point, you’ve already unlocked Kyoto, and have seen the pro and anti-Shogunate forces ...