This week: outside of big urban riots, how did violence figure into the daily life of the Edo period? To…
This week: Taiwan was the first overseas territory annexed by Japan with a large existing population. So how did the…
This week is a continuation of our exploration of the history of reiki. How did Takata Hawayo, a poor woman…
This week’s footnote is a continuation of last week’s discussion of the gozan, or five mountain system for the ranking of…
This week on the Footnotes to the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: many describe Zen as the religion of the…
This week, we have our first Footnote to the Revised Introduction to Japanese history, expanding on questions we didn’t get…
This week on the Revised Intro to Japanese History: the social, religious, and economic changes of the Sengoku period. Though…
This week: the advent of the medieval era brings with it new strands of Buddhism that will radically remake the…
How did Japan’s most popular god develop a following around the country, and why is that god–Inari–associated with everything from farming to fire prevention? How come you see Inari worship in Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines alike? And what does all of this have to do with foxes, anyway?
This week, we wrap up our look at Soka Gakkai with the history of its split from Nichiren Shoshu. Plus,…