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…
This week, we’re beginning a two-part history on the pre-modern slave trade in Japan. Slavery existed in Japan before the…
This week: the story of two men whose fascinating life trajectories led them into an interrogation room in Japan’s Edo…
This week, we’re talking about the story of a man whose story we don’t really know: the imperial prince Shotoku,…
This week, we’re looking at the legacy of Chikamatsu Monzaemon, the most famous playwright in Japanese history. During his career,…
This week, we’re looking at how the criminal justice system in Japan was remade to serve the interests of the…
This week, we’re taking a quick detour into Isaac trolling fans of Michel Foucault-er, the Edo period criminal justice system.…
This week: Isaac spends 30 minutes unpacking the 400+ page ramblings of a cranky retiree who died about 200 years…