This week, Christian Nagasaki survives its early trials and tribulations to become a Jesuit fortress-town, and a centerpiece of some…
This week, we’re covering the founding of Japan’s most unusual city: Nagasaki, unique among major Japanese cities in being founded…
Today, we’re discussing the evolution of a unique form of modern Japanese art: shin hanga, or new woodblocks, which attempted…
Sometimes you just have to take advantage of a cheap joke about a silly number to take a look at…
For our final episode of 2021, we’re looking at the origin of one of Japan’s most famous pieces of literature:…
This week, we have a biography of one of the rare women of medieval Japan who was prominent not just…
This week: how did the overseas slave trade from Japan continue despite a Portuguese ban? How was the trade finally…
This week, we’re beginning a two-part history on the pre-modern slave trade in Japan. Slavery existed in Japan before the…
This week: the story of two men whose fascinating life trajectories led them into an interrogation room in Japan’s Edo…
This week, we’re talking about the story of a man whose story we don’t really know: the imperial prince Shotoku,…