X-Nico

unusual facts about feudal Japan



Far East of Eden

The main series is composed of three separate games within the land of 'Jipang' (a fictional feudal Japan using the name given by Italian merchant Marco Polo), each follows a descendant of the 'Fire Clan' and supporting cast in battles against a range of often comical villains.


see also

Sakon

Shima Sakon (1540–1600), samurai living during the Azuchi-Momoyama Period of Feudal Japan

Tales of the Otori

The name "Hidden" for the secretly held religious system of belief probably comes from the title that Christians once held in feudal Japan, "Kakure Kirishitan," literally "Hidden Christians." First Catholics and soon Protestants as well were persecuted by the Tokugawa family after the battle of Sekigahara in 1600.