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Jul 8, 2019 · A review of “Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire” (PBS Empires) Japan's initial contact with the West in 1543. In the year 1543, a Portuguese trading ship arrived in the Japanese island of Tanegashima. Its passengers were the first Europeans to set foot in Japan. From a European perspective, they “discovered” Japan; but from an Asian ...
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Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire: With Richard Chamberlain, Isao Machii, Michael Auslin, Toshihiro Satô. In the 15th century, the Tokugawa dynasty took power in Japan and held it for 300 years.
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In the 15th century, the Tokugawa dynasty took power in Japan and held it for 300 years. They created an elegant yet rigid society bound by tradition and enforced with brutality. Things cannot ...
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"Memoirs of a Secret Empire" is a PBS mini-series about Japan from just before the beginning of the Tokugawa Shogunate until the end of this regime. This spans, roughly, from the end of the 16th century to just after the US Civil War.
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire brings to life the unknown story of a mysterious empire, its relationship with the West, and the forging of a nation that would emerge as one of the most important countries in the world. THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI. In the early sixteenth century, Japan is a warlike society ruled by samurai and their daimyo warlords.
Discover the Tokugawa Shogunate, an empire concealed from the western world for over 250 years. It is a story of peace through enforced isolation that enabled feudal Japan to flourish in a period ...
