With Nobunaga dead, we turn our attention to one of his generals: Hashiba Hideyoshi, who would take up leadership of…
This week on the Revised Intro to Japanese History: the beginning of the end of the age of war and…
This week, we look at the flip side of the chaos of the Sengoku era in the form of two…
This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: our first foray into the age of civil war! We’re looking…
This week: Go-Daigo’s regime collapses, and a second samurai government, the Muromachi bakufu, emerges. How did Ashikaga Takauji successfully establish…
This week: the rise of the Minamoto clan, the destruction of the Taira clan, and the birth of a new…
This week, we’re covering the beginnings of the rise of the samurai class by looking at the wars of the…
This week, we turn our attention to two of the defining institutions of the Heian period, both of which will…
How did one man’s determination to get paid end up producing one of the best records we have of a pivotal moment in Japanese history?
A long-requested dive into the ronin police force known as the Shinsengumi. Who were the members of this group, and how, despite their rather marginal role in the history of the 1860s, have they become one of the most famous organizations in Japanese history?