Himeji Castle is one of the most requested infographics about Japan when it comes to reporting on the long Tokugawa (or Edo Period) shogunate, which closed the country to foreign influence from 1600 to 1868, or the Samurai. On this occasion he presides over the pages of the section Rundt om... (About...), of the Danish history magazine Illustreret Videnskab Historie under the title: Japansk borg skulle forvirre fjenden (The Japanese Castle that Confused Its Enemies), in allusion to the labyrinthine layout of its defence systems. The sheet includes other pieces produced by the client. These are those referring to Ikeda Terumasa, the daimyo who designed it; to the aforementioned defensive labyrinth; to the seppuku (ritual suicide); to the troops who guarded it, and to three other fortresses of the time, in Hikone, Inuyama and Matsumoto. Himeji Castle has been a World Heritage Site since 1993.
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