This week: Fujiwara no Kaneie is a name we’ve encountered once before on the podcast. But now we get to…
We’re starting a new series taking a look at an oft neglected classic of Heian literature: The Eiga Monogatari, or…
In America, when we think of bureaucracy, it doesn’t conjure the best associations. In Japan, meanwhile, the bureaucracy has a…
This week, we’re covering the beginnings of the rise of the samurai class by looking at the wars of the…
This week, we turn our attention to two of the defining institutions of the Heian period, both of which will…
This week on the podcast, we’re all about literature. We’ll be exploring the varieties of poetry and prose that have…
This week, we take a step away from politics to talk about two crucial subjects. First, we have the evolution…
This week in the Revised History of Japan: in a bid to strengthen the power of the imperial family, Emperor…
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…