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,…
This week, we’ll be starting a short series about the advent of the samurai class. First, what came before the…
What does organized crime look like in modern Japan, and why does anybody put up with it? Also, how…
Someday, and that day may never come, I’ll call upon you to do a service for me. But until…