Edo Period: Politics, Peace, and People, a public lecture at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Step into Japan's classical Edo period, considered the pinnacle of Japanese history and culture. Explore a militarized society at peace, a period of foreign isolation, and the strict social order imposed by the samurai ruling class, all of which evolved into the lively culture of the Tokugawa shogunate.

http://www.mfa.org/programs/course/edo-period-1603–1868-politics-peace-and-people