We discuss the social pyramid, non-feudal classes like peasants, craftsmen and merchants, ... as we deduce what the feudal structure of the Japanese society is in FX's Shogun TV Show.

No Feudal System In Japan. Share full article. FRANCIS D. GALLATIN. Jan. 9, 1907; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from January 9, 1907, Page 8 Buy ...

Lady Mariko and Ochiba are among "Shōgun's" women who navigated their social constraints in feudal Japan to live on their own terms. How the women in 'Shōgun' triumphed in feudal-era Japan - Los ...

Yet the recent FX/Hulu retelling of James Clavell’s epic novel set in feudal Japan brought the story into the 21st century with a production that improved on it in fundamental ways, while ...

“And going back to what Greg said earlier about 1600 feudal Japan, is that in the modern world, there’s always a din of something around us. What we aimed for in this show was quiet, because ...

A farmer's quest to rescue his samurai son's demon-snared soul, a contemporary subtext about the true cost of war: There's nothing childish about Triumvirate Pi Theatre Company's modest but ...

RACHEL KONDO That’s where Justin began.You know, if Justin had concerns [about the representational issues], I did not. As a person of Japanese heritage, I thought, “Wow, this is great!

When feudal Japan’s most powerful warlord Nobunaga Oda met Yasuke, a black slave-turned-retainer, in 1581, he believed the man was a god. Oda had never seen an African before. And like the ...

It might seem hard to believe after viewing the series, but “Shōgun” production designer Helen Jarvis had never been to Japan, had never read James Clavell’s nearly 1,200-page novel and she ...