Behind its elegant black silhouette, Matsumoto Castle reveals ... making it one of the most authentic examples of Japanese feudal architecture. These days, the site lives on through festivals.

there’s also the uniqueness of AC Shadows itself — the Feudal Japanese setting and having two different protagonists. This posed quite the creative challenge. For example, our Architecture ...

The action-adventure game set in feudal Japan gave younger audiences a taste of stealthy violence and the desire to achieve the rank of Grand Master. The franchise has been around for almost two ...

offering players a thrilling adventure set against the backdrop of feudal Japan. Whether exploring stealth missions as a Shinobi or engaging in battle as a Samurai, this new title promises an ...

If you’re familiar with games set in feudal Japan, there’s a good chance that you’re also familiar with the works of Akira Kurosawa. This Japanese film legend pioneered many different ...

From the moment it was announced, Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ interpretation of feudal Japan was met with immediate blowback — mostly from the West. The usual suspects were up in arms over the ...

Harvard Business School has published a study on a Japanese trading house’s business style dating from the feudal era. The case study of Itochu Corp. centers on its “sampo-yoshi” (triple ...

The more remarkable moments to be found in Shadows are in its world, in the gaps between missions, which find you traversing feudal Japan on galloping horseback, driving through its misty gullies ...

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But Japan has a long and continuous history of wooden architecture. The devastating earthquakes of 1891 and 1923 exposed the shortcomings of then-popular European-style brick and stone buildings.