Feudal Japan (10th century to 1868)

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• The retrospective history in general of Nippon (Japan)

From Heian to Kyoto

A dialog on The H-Asia list, October 1995. The date and nature of the transition. The various names of the city and how difficult it is to say when it acquired the name Kyoto

Bushido Query

Dialog from H-Asia list, February 1996. Recommendations for scholarly reading in English on the samurai and bushido.

12th-century song in Emperor's hand found

By Yuki Sato, Mainichi Shimbun, Friday 21 May 1999. A collection of songs, the Ryojin Hisho, believed to have been compiled by the 12th-century Emperor Go-Shirakawa and thought to have been lost forever has been found.

Rare poems turn up in Jimbocho bookstore

Mainichi Shimbun, Tuesday 4 May 1999. Book contains two poetry collections copied by the noted poet and critic Fujiwara no Sadaie (1162-1241). The text was handwritten by the poet, who is also known as Fujiwara no Teika.

Volleys that rang the death knell of an age

By Masaru Fujimoto, The Japan Times, Monday 4 May 2003. in 1575, Nobunaga's victory at the Battle of Nagashino—where he issued his 30,000 troops with some 3,000 matchlocks—showed for the first time that the future of warfare would come from the barrels of guns. The matchlock contributed to the political power enjoyed by the Tokugawa. Mini-biographies of the key players in these crucial 16th century battles.