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Image Credit: Beth Reiber Japan’s famous castles include originals and replicas Although thousands of castles were erected over the centuries as various daimyo vied for dominance, most have long ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During Japan’s Sengoku “Warring States” era (1467-1615), castles were constructed, bolstered and fortified all across the Japanese ...

The history of samurai in the area now known as Kumamoto, but for much of its existence as Higo Province, goes back around a ...

During Japan’s Sengoku “Warring States” era (1467-1615), castles were constructed, bolstered and fortified all across the Japanese archipelago, resulting in approximately 5,000 individual keeps.

If I could time travel, I probably wouldn't choose Japan during the late 15th- to early 17th-centuries. Those were times of great upheaval and constant civil wars, as feudal lords (daimyo) staked out ...