Episode 150 – The Birth of the Samurai, Part 5

May 24, 2016 1 Comment

We’re live, folks! Sorry for the delay. It’s time for the career of Taira no Kiyomori, the man whose talent and ambition was matched only by his temper and his ego.

 

Listen to the episode here.

Sources

Sansom, George. A History of Japan to 1334

McCullough, Helen Craig, trans. The Tale of the Heike.

Black, Jeremy. War in the Early Modern Period.

Keene, Donald, trans. Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa) 

Images

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A diorama of Fukuhara during its brief time as Japan’s capitol. Courtesy of the City of Hyogo tourism office.
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Prince Mochihito depicted escaping from Kyoto after his declaration of rebellion. This image (like most others I’ve been using) is from the Edo period, when stories of this time provided grist for the mill of popular entertainment presses.
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Another image of Prince Mochihito.

1 thought on “Episode 150 – The Birth of the Samurai, Part 5”

  1. I could be wrong about this, but wasn’t it Taira no Kiyomori’s grandson who had that incident with the Fujiwara, not his son?

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