This week, Korea encounters the West. We’ll introduce the early Western forays into Korea, explain how Japan came to sign…
This week: we get up to speed on Korean history, so that we can begin exploring the turbulent Korean-Japanese…
This week: what happens when Buddhists go to war? We’ll explore the relationship between the Japanese Empire and the Zen…
This week, we conclude our series on the rise of the samurai with murder, intrigue, political reform, and gratuitous Game…
The Genpei War comes to a close in this action packed episode! Kyoto will fall! The Taira will burn!…
This week, we let slip the dogs of war as Japan plunges into a new phase of conflict. Though…
We’re live, folks! Sorry for the delay. It’s time for the career of Taira no Kiyomori, the man whose talent…
This week: patricide, rebellions, and royal incest. Oh, also the increasing destabilization of the Heian government as ever more…
This week: the Taira family continue their rise to prominence, the Minamoto get stuck spinning their wheels for a…
This week, Minamoto no Yoshiie establishes the power of the Seiwa Minamoto family, upsetting a careful balance of power. Also,…