If the first translation of a text on smallpox vaccination in Japan was finished in 1820, how did it take…
This week: the elimination of smallpox is probably one of the greatest medical accomplishments in human history. The vaccine that…
This week, we’re looking at the implosion of the Japanese New Left with a focus on the factional conflicts of…
This week, we’re looking at a very different kind of 60s protest movement: an attempt to build a cross-sectarian, non-ideological…
This week, we’re beginning a month on radical activism in the 1960s with a look at the student uprisings of…
This week: a long-requested dive into the ronin police force known as the Shinsengumi. Who were the members of this…
This week is all about a biography of a fascinating figure of the Meiji Restoration: Oguri Tadamasa. But it’s also…
This week, we wrap up our imperial biographies with a look at the Meiji Emperor’s relationship to three important aspects…
This week: the life of the Meiji Emperor in the turbulent 1870s and 1880s. We’ll cover everything from the birth…
This week: the boy emperor Meiji takes responsibility for Japan’s future. But what did that mean in practice? What does…