This week, we tackle one of our more unique subjects. It’s time to talk about an institution so secretive that…
This week, we tackle the life of one of Japan’s most interesting women, who rose from obscure origins to become…
This week, we’re talking about my absolute favorite poet in the history of forever: Kobayashi Issa. I promise he’s great,…
This week, we’re discussing the autobiography of a troublemaking, low-ranking samurai whose life didn’t reshape Japan, but whose tale can…
This week, we’re going to zoom in on the kind of life that doesn’t usually make the big picture history…
This week, the crew of the Breskens is freed at last. Plus some final thoughts on Tokugawa diplomacy. Sources Hesselink,…
The Breskens crew arrive in Edo, with the question of how they are to be treated looming over them. At…
This week, we’re taking a look at the foreign policy of Edo Japan by starting a deep dive into a…
This week, we take a look at the peasant uprisings in Aizu domain in 1868 to continue our exploration of…
While the Meiji Restoration was going on, where was everybody else? We’ll start trying to answer that question today with…