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Hace 2 días · After Ieyasu has reached Mikawa from his dangerous journey to escape the Honnō-ji, he immediately move out to shift his focus on the large former Takeda clan territory as he expected unrests there. as preemptive measure, Ieyasu dispatched his vassal Honda Nobutoshi to contact Kawajiri Hidetaka, who ruled Suwa District as a vassal of the Oda ...
Hace 4 días · Oda Nobunaga, a prominent daimyō of the Sengoku period, is celebrated as Japan's first "Great Unifier." Alongside Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, he ...
Hace 5 días · Mahatma Gandhi (born October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India—died January 30, 1948, Delhi) was an Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India. As such, he came to be considered the father of his country.
Hace 4 días · Nijo-jo Castle is one of Kyoto’s most popular and impressive sights. It shows the power the Shoguns wielded over the emperors throughout the Edo Period.
Hace 6 días · The oldest Zen temple in Kyoto, Kennin-ji Temple is an oasis of calm on the edge of hectic Gion with a superb Zen garden. Find out how to visit here.
Hace 5 días · The pagoda of To-ji Temple soars above the suburban sprawl of southern Kyoto, reassuring the visitor that there’s still plenty of beauty left in the city.
Hace 3 días · Senso-ji Temple, also known as Asakusa Kannon Temple, was completed in the year 645, making it Tokyo’s oldest temple. Its origins are suitably mythic: two brothers fishing at the Sumida River found that the statue of Kannon that they kept returning to the waters always found its way back to them, and so a temple was built and ...
