The Yura clan, situated between the Odawara Hojo (named such here to differentiate them from the Hojo clan of the Heian and ...

Admired by John F. Kennedy, Uesugi Yozan transformed the fortunes of the struggling Yonezawa Domain. Peter Barakan visits Yonezawa, once called "an Asiatic Arcadia," to explore Yozan's legacy.