This week on the podcast, we’re exploring the life of a woman whose story would normally be confined to the…
How can a man who was terrible as a ruler also be one of the most important tastemakers in Japanese…
Today, we’re looking at a rather unusual scandal from early 20th century Japan, and what it shows us about the…
This week, we’re taking some material from the cutting room floor of last series to talk about the stories of…
Our final episode of this miniseries will detail the early decades of the Christian persecutions in Nagasaki. Once the religion…
This week, Hideyoshi’s death seems to suggest an end to the persecution of Nagasaki’s Christians. However, the city quickly finds…
This week: Hideyoshi’s ‘friendship’ proves less useful than hoped, resulting in a 1587 ban on Christianity and Nagasaki losing its…
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…