Illustrations Figure 1. Map of Japan xiv Figure 2. Map of the Tōkaidō xv Figure 3. Map of Western Japan xvi Figure 4. Map of Kyoto xvii Figure 5. Broadsheet of the fall of Osaka Castle, 1615 3 Figure 6. Tea caddy named Tsukumo Nasu 4 Figure 7. X- ray of tea caddy named Tsukumo Nasu 4 Figure 8. Portrait of Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Mikatagahara 12 Figure 9. Tenmoku tea bowl 21 Figure 10. Folding screen illustrating the Sumiyoshi festival, detail 29 Figure 11. Wood- block print triptych, the Battle of Okehazama in Bishû, Owari Province. Utagawa Toyonobu 37 Figure 12. Tea caddy named Hatsuhana 46 Figure 13. Ubaguchi- shaped tea kettle 48 Figure 14. Mishima- style tea bowl named Mishima- oke 49 Figure 15. Calligraphy, Xutang Zhiyu 58 Figure 16. Tea jar named Shōka 60 Figure 17. Letter from Toyotomi Hideyoshi to the Kutsuki house 71 Figure 18. Letter from Tokugawa Ieyasu to the Kutsuki house 72 Figure 19. Tea caddy named Yokota 73 Figure 20. Sword (tachi) named Torigai Kunitoshi 82 ix x Illustrations Figure 21. Dagger (tantō) named Fudō Masamune 90 Figure 22. Black kite (Milvus migrans) 95 Figure 23. Steller’s sea ea gle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) 96 Figure 24. A falcon trainer 97 Figure 25. Illustration of hunting in Hizen Province, detail. Kizaki Mo ritaka 104 Figure 26. Image from album of hawks and calligraphy. Kano Tsunenobu 115 Figure 27. Folding screen illustrating the Battle of Sekigahara, detail 123 Figure 28. Folding screen illustrating the Summer Siege of Osaka 134 Figure 29. Print of Tokugawa Ieyasu Examining a Head. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 136 Figure 30. Dagger (tantō) named Ebina Kokaji 139 Figure 31. Nikkō Tōshōgū carving details 144 Figure 32. Nikkō Tōshōgū 150 Figure 33. Rec ord of probate from Sunpu, Owari Tokugawa family 152 Figure 34. Painting of a returning sailboat. Yujian 154 Figure 35. Suit of armor (gusoku) with rising- sun design 155 Figure 36. Dream portrait of Tōshō Daigongen. Kano Tan’yū 159 Figure 37. Painted handscroll of the Nagoya Tōshōgū festival. Mori Takamasa 162 Figure 38. The Tomb of Iyeyasu Tokugawa. John La Farge 165 Figure 39. Tokugawa Art Museum 168.