This week: the Muromachi bakufu comes crashing down, thanks to a combination of structural weaknesses and a shogun who is…
This week: Go-Daigo’s regime collapses, and a second samurai government, the Muromachi bakufu, emerges. How did Ashikaga Takauji successfully establish…
How can a man who was terrible as a ruler also be one of the most important tastemakers in Japanese…
This week, we arrive at the end of the Ashikaga. What were the final 100 years of Ashikaga “rule” like,…
This week, we do a deep dive on the life of Ashikaga Yoshimasa and the lead up to the Onin…
This week we turn away from politics to discuss religion, art, and the economy during the age of the Ashikaga.…
This week: war in the Ashikaga age. Plus; the reign of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is generally considered the zenith of Ashikaga…
This week we start a multipart series on the Muromachi period and the reign of the Ashikaga family. How did…
This week, we’ll be doing our second shogunal biography. We’re going to discuss the life and legacy of the man…
This week’s episode is on the structure of the Kamakura bakufu, its war against the Mongol Yuan dynasty of China,…