This week: in 1940, a manuscript lost for over 600 years is recovered from the archives of the Imperial family.…
This week, we’re taking a look at the legacy of one of Japan’s most influential poets: Ki no Tsurayuki. His…
This week, we’re unpacking a rather odd classic of Japanese literature: the Ise Monogatari, a collection of short tales that…
This week: what does the historical record have to say about the veracity of the image of the warrior-monk, or…
Today, we’re taking a look at a fascinating literary text from 1000 years ago, the Kagero Nikki (most commonly translated…
This week, we’re talking about one of the most famous stories in Japanese history: the bamboo princess Naotake no Kaguyahime…
This week, we’re focusing on the story of Ono no Komachi, a mysterious poet from the 800s whose poems were…
This week, take a deep dive with me into the life of one of the regents of the Heian Era,…
This week, we round out our look at the celebrated women of Heian Japan with two very different careers: that…
This week: the start of a two-part series on women in Heian Japan. What makes the social position of women…