This week, we’re starting a look at the Jiyu Minken Undo — the Freedom and People’s Rights Movement — by…
This week: the battle against the construction of a new international airport in Chiba prefecture. Who fought against the airport,…
This week, the crew of the Breskens is freed at last. Plus some final thoughts on Tokugawa diplomacy. Sources Hesselink,…
The Breskens crew arrive in Edo, with the question of how they are to be treated looming over them. At…
This week, we’re taking a look at the foreign policy of Edo Japan by starting a deep dive into a…
This week, we’ll cover the end of USCAR and the legacies of 27 years of foreign rule over Okinawa Prefecture.…
This week, we start off some coverage of the period of American rule over the Ryukyus, and the entwined histories…
Finally, a long overdue look at one of the most romanticized and exocitized parts of traditional Japanese culture. What are…
This week, we take a look at the peasant uprisings in Aizu domain in 1868 to continue our exploration of…
While the Meiji Restoration was going on, where was everybody else? We’ll start trying to answer that question today with…