This week, Hideyoshi’s death seems to suggest an end to the persecution of Nagasaki’s Christians. However, the city quickly finds…
This week: Hideyoshi’s ‘friendship’ proves less useful than hoped, resulting in a 1587 ban on Christianity and Nagasaki losing its…
This week, Christian Nagasaki survives its early trials and tribulations to become a Jesuit fortress-town, and a centerpiece of some…
One of the most violent players in the NHL got famous for his illegal moves, bench-clearing brawls, and on-ice mooning. But his real criminal career got started after his hockey career ended.
This week, we’re covering the founding of Japan’s most unusual city: Nagasaki, unique among major Japanese cities in being founded…
Today, we’re discussing the evolution of a unique form of modern Japanese art: shin hanga, or new woodblocks, which attempted…
Sometimes you just have to take advantage of a cheap joke about a silly number to take a look at…
For our final episode of 2021, we’re looking at the origin of one of Japan’s most famous pieces of literature:…
This week, we have a biography of one of the rare women of medieval Japan who was prominent not just…
This week: how did the overseas slave trade from Japan continue despite a Portuguese ban? How was the trade finally…