Japan's Edo Period

Japan's Edo Period

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb navigates the fascinating, floating world of Japan in the 17th century - its art, its brothels, its class system, Kibuki theatre and Samurai warriors - with Professor Timon Screech.

After a century of Civil War, changes in the way Japan was ruled from 1600 onwards meant that Europeans and Christianity made few inroads into Japanese society. Shogun Tokugawa organised Japan into a strict class system and its unique and brilliant culture flourished in isolation. In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb navigates the fascinating, floating world of Japan in the 17th century with Professor Timon Screech.