This week: how does the history of Shinto intersect with the colonization of Hokkaido? What role does Shinto’s transition from…
What even is religion, when you get down to it? Why do we treat religion the way that we do?…
This week is a continuation of our exploration of the history of reiki. How did Takata Hawayo, a poor woman…
This week: the origins of one of the most popular pseudo-medical traditions out there. Where does reiki, the notion that…
This week: what can we learn about the past if we look not at elite literature, but at the lowbrow…
This week, we conclude our look at canine history in Japan with the nation’s most famous dog: Hachiko. You might…
This week we continue our footnote on the history of dogs in Japan. How did public perceptions of dogs change…
In the final footnote for our Revised Introduction, we turn our attention to a little discussed subject that is a…
This week’s footnote is a continuation of last week’s discussion of the gozan, or five mountain system for the ranking of…
This week on the Footnotes to the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: many describe Zen as the religion of the…