This secret society of criminals had a fake leader, but their grievances were very real.
This week: where does our stock image of the sohei come from, and why does it tell us more about…
This week: what does the historical record have to say about the veracity of the image of the warrior-monk, or…
When did we lose the right to cross the street wherever and whenever we wanted?
This week, we’re wrapping up our look at Sakamoto Ryoma’s life and legacy to see how he was transformed from…
One of the most important trials in recorded history might not have happened.
This week: Sakamoto Ryoma commits fully to the loyalist cause, but ends up on a turbulent journey that will take…
This week, we return to the turbulent age of the Bakumatsu–the collapse of the Tokugawa state–with a biography of one…
It’s time to take to the sea in style. Why did a gentleman abandon a life of luxury to become a pirate? And how did one of the most incompetent ship captains in history end up sailing with Blackbeard himself?
This week: just what sort of scandal sent Nakanoin Nakako to the far end of Japan, and how did fate…