This week, we're going to zoom in on the kind of life that doesn't usually make the big picture history of Japan. It's time to look at the story of a single medical student during the final years of the Tokugawa era and explore everything from his education to his drinking habit, and to ask ourselves just what we can learn from such a focused examination of the past.
Show notes here.
Episode 512 - The New Buddhisms
Episode 511 - Tipping the Balance
Episode 510 - The Rise of the Warriors
Episode 509 - The Golden Age of Heian
Episode 508 - The Culture of Classical Japan, Part 2
Episode 507 - The Culture of Classical Japan, Part 1
Episode 506 - The Peaceful City
Episode 505 - The More Things Change...
Episode 504 - The Great Change
Episode 503 - It Takes a Genius to Write It
Episode 502 - The Age of Myth and Legend
Episode 501 - In the Beginning
Episode 500 - The 500th Episode
Episode 499 - A Rocky Relationship
Episode 498 - Final Trip Thoughts
Two Tourists in Nara and Osaka
Episode 496 – Two Tourists in Tokyo
Crosspost - The Five Men of Naniwa
Episode 495 - This Just In
Episode 494 – His Master’s Voice
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