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Manu, Basti und Michi verteilen das neue Supporter-T-Shirt an Backer von Insert Moin auf Patreon oder Steady, haben in Siedler 2 gebacken und debattieren, ob Manu je an die Qualitäten eines Boris Becker herankommen wird. Gezockt haben sie auch und zwar OFF, MicroMacro und Battlfield 6.

Zur 375. Folge gibt's wie bei der 275. und 325. wieder eine Spezialausgabe mit dem beliebten Kartenspiel Anno Domini. Michi und Moritz stellen sich historischen Ereignissen, die sie in die richtige chronologische Reihenfolge bringen müssen, egal ob es um das erste Papiertaschentuch, seltsame Gesetzestexte oder bedeutende Entdeckungen geht. Dabei wird geraten, gezweifelt, überzeugt behauptet und natürlich oft ziemlich daneben gelegen. Wer hat den besseren Riecher fürs historische Timing? Und was sagt das eigentlich über unseren Podcast aus? Eine Jubiläumsfolge mit viel Gelächter, überraschendem Wissen und der Erkenntnis: Geschichte ist manchmal verrückter als jede Erfindung.

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Zur 375. Folge gibt's wie bei der 275. und 325. wieder eine Spezialausgabe mit dem beliebten Kartenspiel Anno Domini. Michi und Moritz stellen sich historischen Ereignissen, die sie in die richtige chronologische Reihenfolge bringen müssen, egal ob es um das erste Papiertaschentuch, seltsame Gesetzestexte oder bedeutende Entdeckungen geht. Dabei wird geraten, gezweifelt, überzeugt behauptet und natürlich oft ziemlich daneben gelegen. Wer hat den besseren Riecher fürs historische Timing? Und was sagt das eigentlich über unseren Podcast aus? Eine Jubiläumsfolge mit viel Gelächter, überraschendem Wissen und der Erkenntnis: Geschichte ist manchmal verrückter als jede Erfindung.

Michi ist krank. Eine Auto-Immunkrankheit. Hashimoto oder so. Ist das jetzt wirklich das Ereignis, das Michi zum Umdenken bewegt? Ändert er sein Leben, seine Essgewohnheiten? Oder ist das wieder eine von den vielen erfolglosen Episoden? Dann diskutieren die «Dicken» über einen wirklich doofen Fehler von Schnydär. Und dann war Oli wieder in den Schlagzeilen. Diesmal ging es um Kontrollen der Gewerkschaften auf seinen Baustellen. Oli folgt den Weisungen des Schweizerischen Baumeisterverbandes, die Gewerkschaften sehen das anders. Und schon stand die Geschichte auf Pomona und später auch im Tagi.

Enti befindet sich im verdienten Familienurlaub weshalb sich Maggo und Michi diesmal um das Vorgeplänkel kümmern. Neben einem kleinen Snacktipp geht es unter anderem nochmal um Jerks, Star Wars Outlaws, Wicked, Bumblebee und Happy Gilmore 2. Viel Spaß mit der Episode, folgt uns gern auf Instagram, empfehlt uns weiter, werdet vielleicht sogar Patreon und wir freuen uns über eine Bewertung auf der Podcast Plattform eurer Wahl! Links zu allem findet ihr in unsere Instagram Bio! Instagram: www.instagram.com/popkultur_beichtstuhl Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/popkultur_beichtstuhl

In this third installment of our series on the Jinshin no Ran, we are covering the battles that took place in the Nara basin.   Of course, while the fighting focuses on the generals, most of it was done by conscripts--farmers and other common people called up to fight. For more, check out of podcast webpage:  https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-131   Rough Transcript: Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua, and this is episode 131: The Jinshin no Ran, Part 3: Fighting in the Nara Basin   Maro stood under the tsuki tree and gazed at the walls of the great temple.  The gates and tiled roof were truly an incredible sight.  Maro's home wasn't that far away, but until he'd been called up for service to the government, he hadn't thought much beyond the valley where he and his family tilled the land.  Their life had been largely spent in the village, tucked up in the valley, farming rice, hunting in the mountains, and gathering firewood.   He remembered how, years ago, his brothers had been the ones to go and do their service.  They had been called up to build some kind of giant fortress on the top of a mountain.  The stories they  brought back were incredible—it was one thing to hear tales of the outside world from merchants and itinerant priests, but it was different to hear them from someone you actually knew.  Now, it was Maro's turn.  But he hadn't been called up for labor—he was going to have to fight.  He tried to psych himself up.  Many of the men and, frankly, young boys who were there with him were in a similar boat.  Some were old hands, having served multiple times.  Others were new and, like Maro, there for the first time.  None of them were professional soldiers, though you wouldn't know that by the way some of them swaggered through the camp.  They had been called up quickly, with only a little information.  Apparently Prince Ohoama, they were told, had rebelled against the government.  He and his men were gathering in the east and at any moment they could attack the capital in Ohotsu, and from there they would swing down and attack the ancient capital.  So here they were, several hundred conscripts, pulled from households around the ancient capital, gathered and waiting for their weapons and armor so that they could then get their marching orders—quite literally. Suddenly, Maro heard a commotion in the north.  He couldn't see what was happening, but the murmurs turned to shouting.  Prince Takechi, the son of the demonic rebel, Ohoama, was here, coming from the north with hundreds of expert soldiers on horseback!  Panic set in, and even though a few of the officers tried to quell the disturbance, it wasn't enough.  Afraid for what might come, Maro and those like him broke ranks and fled.  Maro gave little thought to what might happen to his family and friends if he deserted—he was no longer thinking rationally.  Along with his compatriots—his would-be brothers-in-arms if they had been given any—he hoped that he could hide, and that, if he survived, maybe, just maybe, he could somehow make it back home in one piece.   Welcome back.  Content warning for this episode—we are going to be talking about war, including death, fighting, and suicide. As I noted at the start, this is part three of our look at the Jinshin no Ran, the Jinshin War—sometimes translated as a “Disturbance” or a “Rebellion”.  This was the war between the supporters of Prince Ohoama, also known as Temmu, and Prince Ohotomo, aka Koubun.  Ohoama's side is sometimes called the Yoshino or even the Yamato court, as he had quote-unquote “retired” from the world and become a monk at a temple in Yoshino, south of Asuka, in the old area of Yamato.  Meanwhile, Ohotomo's supporters were the Afumi court—including most of the ministers running the state from the capital in Ohotsu, on the shores of lake Biwa, the area known as Afumi.  So let's take a look at what has happened so far, and then we can get into the events we are talking about today: a look at the soldiers who were fighting, their gear, and then some of the fighting that went on—specifically the fighting that happened in the Nara Basin.  I'll do my best to organize things based on the rough timeline that they seem to have occurred. Now previously, we had covered how Ohoama, brother to Naka no Oe aka Tenchi Tennou, had given up his title as Crown Prince and retired, supposedly to prevent any concerns that he might rebel and try to take the throne, but this wasn't enough for Ohotomo and the Court, who had begun to raise forces against him.  And so Ohoama and his supporters had just made a desperate dash eastwards, across the mountain roads to Ise.  From there they secured the Fuwa and Suzuka passes, two of the main routes to the East Countries.  Ohoama had then sent out requests for assistance to those same countries, hoping to find allies who would support him against the apparently legitimate government in Ohotsu. We are told that Ohoama was joined at this time by two of his sons: Prince Takechi and Prince Ohotsu. And here I want to pause to note something that I didn't point out last episode: These princes were not quite as old as you might think from the way they are portrayed in the Chronicle.  Prince Takechi, who had been given command of the troops at Fuwa Barrier, was only 19 years old.  Granted, that is only 4 years younger than their rival, Prince Ohotomo, and only a couple of years younger than the famous Minamoto Yoshitsune would be when he joined his brother in the Genpei Wars, over 500 years later.  Prince Ohotsu, however, was a bit younger, as he is believed to have been about 10 years old at this time, which likely explains why he is not so prominent in the narrative.  I mention this because the Nihon Shoki often omits details like age and can make it seem like these were all seasoned adult men and women, when it may have been that they were simply of high enough status to be mentioned, even though others were likely running their affairs for them.  In Prince Takechi's case, while he was likely old enough to take charge of the forces at Fuwa, it is also clear that his father was nearby and overseeing things, so everything didn't rest solely on his son's shoulders. Meanwhile, the Afumi court was raising its own soldiers.  While their delegation to the East was stopped at the captured Fuwa Pass, they also had sent word to the west.  Kibi and Tsukushi are specifically mentioned, but we know that they were raising troops elsewhere, including in the home province regions of Yamato and Kawachi. Here it should be noted that the Nihon Shoki is pretty clearly pro-Temmu, in other words pro-Ohoama.  There is some evidence from textual analysis, however, that the Temmu portions of the narrative differ from the Tenchi portions.  Torquil Duthie, in his book, “Man'yōshū and the Imperial Imagination in Early Japan”, recounts how scholarship has identified at least two—possibly three—different groups of compilers who managed different reigns.  The Tenchi narrative is more neutral, while the Temmu narrative provides a bit more of an accusatory tone, and both narratives provide slightly different accounts of the same events—notably the death of Naka no Oe, Prince Ohoama taking vows, and Prince Ohotomo succeeding his father.  On the other side, Duthie mentions  the Kaifusou, a collection of Sinitic style poetry created in 751, just 31 years after the Nihon Shoki, where in the introduction, the author seems to be much more sympathetic to Prince Ohotomo and his cause, implying that Oama was the one rising up against the legitimate government. I mention this just to help us remember that our primary source is not exactly neutral about all of this, and we should keep that in mind as we are trying to sort out what was going on.  The narrative also often makes it seem as though the outcome was inevitable, but we should remember that at the time all of these events were going down, the people involved couldn't have known how they were going to turn out— in the moment, anything could have happened, especially in times of war. Speaking of which, we know that the two sides were raising troops, so let's talk about what we know about those troops and what combat may have looked like at this time.  While we don't exactly have detailed accounts, there is a lot we can piece together through the archaeological record and other sources.  To that end we have evidence of armor and weapons, as well as shields, and we can also look at haniwa through the 6th and even early 7th century to give us an idea of local armor styles.  Let's first look back on how soldiers were conscripted.  Each household seems to have been responsible for supplying a soldier, when required.  They were also to supply their equipment.  This included a sword, armor, bows and arrows, as well as a flag and drum. In historical parades, today, we often see row upon row of soldiers kitted out in matching clothing, appearing relatively cohesive and well-regimented.  In truth it is hard to know just how similar any one group might have been.  Based on later historical examples, it is safe to assume that many of the soldiers may not have had much armor, if any, and even if they did it might have been made of wood or leather, which were unlikely to survive to the modern day. Of course, I would also question just how often they were able to afford everything mentioned.  And since we are told that as the government was gathering soldiers it was also opening up storehouses of weapons and armor, I suspect that indicates that not everyone had their own.  And even if they did, it may have been of questionable quality. That said, if a warrior did have armor, it was likely one of two types, variations of which were both found on the continent. The first type is characterized by a solid, circular cuirass, often called a “tankou”, or short armor.  These were made of strips of iron that were shaped on a wooden form and then riveted or tied together into a solid cuirass, which is why it is also called a type of “plate” armor.  One side of the armor was hinged and could open so that the wearer could get in.  There are some tankou with a hanging skirt of tassets that flare out as well, protecting the legs, and even examples of pieces that also go around the neck, shoulder guards, and arm guards.  The tankou seems to date from at least the 3rd or 4th century, with changes in design over time, and we know that it continued through at least the 6th century. Compare this to the keikou, or hanging armor.  Keikou was a kind of lamellar armor, made of individual scales, later known as “sane”.  These metal scales, also known as lamellae, were held together with lacing, and made for a much more flexible, and presumably comfortable, armor.  The tradeoff for this comfort was that keikou likely took a lot more labor to make, and thus were considered a more elite armor, possibly used by men on horseback or at least by those leading the troops.  Looking into the future a bit, we know that in the 8th century there were “tankou” and “keikou” being donated to the Shousouin repository at Toudaiji.  However, it isn't clear that “tankou” and “keikou” in the 8th century referred to exactly this kind of armor, and we may have been dealing with something else entirely, because there is a lacuna in our understanding of armor on the archipelago between the end of the Asuka period and the appearance of the more familiar yoroi in the Heian period comes about.  There are conjectured transitional armors, based on continental models, which are thought to have been used.  Still, at this very point in time, when Ohoama is mounting his rebellion against Ohotomo, the Keikou and Tankou are generally thought to have still been in use, and this is generally how you will see the two sides represented. As for weapons, perhaps the most common that we see is the bow and arrow.  Archery is extremely practical, not only for its ability to be used from a distance, but also because in times of peace people can use the same bows to hunt, thus making hunting prowess a kind of stand-in for military prowess.  The way of the bow—in fact the way of the horse and bow, or Kyuuba no Michi—would be the main pillar of martial prowess in the archipelago for centuries.  The iconic sword, while important—it was, after all, one of the three sacred regalia—was more of a side-arm, deployed in close quarters combat.  It was still important, as it could be easily carried with you.  However, it is more likely that massed troops might have had spears and various types of polearms, providing reach.  Those are harder to just casually carry around, however, especially if you are mainly using a bow.  Perhaps that is part of the reason that we don't hear as much about such weapons, and most of the focus seems to be on the archers and on swords. There were also at this time shields.  We know that the Hayato of southern Kyushu were particularly known for them, but there evidence that they were more widely used.  After all, a shield made of wood would have made an important defense against a rain of arrows coming from the enemy. As for the horses, some of them may have even had their own barding, or armor, though I suspect, again, that was rare, and reserved for elites.  All of this together gives us some idea of what it may have looked like when Ohoama and Ohotomo's forces engaged in battle, though it is still conjecture.  We know that they had spears, and swords, and bows.  We know that some of the first men that Prince Ohoama picked up on his journey was to conscript archers to his service, who then were pressed into taking a government post station.    We also don't necessarily see a lot of individual fighting described in the records, though there are exceptions. Later on, there was a tradition of individual warriors calling out challenges in the midst of battle, that became an accepted practice in the early culture of the bushi, or samurai, but we don't see that in the Chronicles.    Certainly we see moments of individual valor which are remembered, likely because of the benefits that the hero's descendants could then claim for themselves.   But for the most part it seems that the people actually doing the fighting were groups of conscripted soldiers, not the hired warriors of later periods.  Even among groups like the Mononobe, the Be of the Warriors, it isn't clear that they would have been the ones on the front lines—not if they could help it, anyway.  Most of these were farmers and similar commoners, who were called up to fight as necessary.  Some of them may have seen action over on the Korean peninsula, or even in local skirmishes.  Others would have been fresh out of the fields, joining the ranks for the first time.  They were not exactly volunteers, but also didn't have much of a choice.  It was the draft on steroids. I also suspect that the act of conscription, where a soldier was offered up by a household, or family,, meant that desertion would mean that their family would be punished. While the elite generals providing the men were no doubt gauging how this would affect their own political and economic fortunes, I imagine that the average soldier had much less agency and could look forward to many fewer rewards.  In fact, I suspect his main goal would have been one of survival.  Perhaps if one fought well, they could earn something more for themselves, and perhaps there were cultural concepts of loyalty to one's local elites and leadership.  And maybe there were leaders who inspired them to do great things.  However, works like the Nihon Shoki were rarely concerned with the lives of the common people, except when it shined a light on the sovereigns and their court.   It was much more concerned with how this affected the upper caste of society. There is also the question about just what kind of fighting this system led to.  Again, these are not the bushi—a warrior class who prided themselves on their martial prowess.  And neither were they standing armies.  While there were likely some who regularly served and trained and found they had a skill at war, how many were simple farmers who were now holding a spear instead of a spade?  These are things to keep in mind as we follow along with tales of glorious victory or ignoble defeat. So, that's a glimpse at who was actually doing the fighting.  As for the timeline of the battle, let's get into it.  But first, a caveat:  as we should be used to by now, the exact chronology of the events listed in the Nihon Shoki is not entirely clear.  The Nihon Shoki provides a narrative, but often it includes actions that took several days or even weeks on a single date where the events apparently culminated.  Using cues, such as “one day later” or such things, we can piece together a narrative, but I may not have it 100% accurate.  It doesn't help that the Nihon Shoki seems to focus on different campaigns separately, even though much of it was happening at the same time.  That's compounded by the fact that all of this was being recorded much later, and so there is also a great possibility that even some of the seemingly clear dates were also wrong, or were adjusted to make for a better flow in the narrative.  So I'm going to do my best to piece together what I roughly feel was the chronological order, but just be aware that dates may not be all that precise.    In the coming conflict we see several main arenas.  First, there is the area around Lake Biwa, from the Fuwa pass towards Ohotsu.  This was Ohoama's main path to try and put an end to this whole affair—to make his way to Ohotsu, the capital, and cut off the head of the snake.  To do that he would have to leave his defensive position and venture out around the lake, where Afumi forces no doubt lay in wait.  At the same time, there was also fierce fighting in the Nara Basin, with Yoshino and Afumi forces clashing there across the plains.  And we cannot forget the Kafuka, or Kouka, pass over to Suzuka.  If the Afumi forces could push through to Suzuka, then they could march along the coastal plains of Mie up through Owari and come at Ohoama's forces from behind. In previous episodes we covered the leadup to this part of the conflict, and while there had been some fighting at the post stations on the road to Suzuka, as well as captured envoys at Fuwa Pass, so far we haven't seen any major fighting.  If the timeline in the Nihon Shoki is to be believed, the first serious clashes seem to have occurred in the Yamato region and the Nara basin. In general, however, there seems to have been two main campaigns.  There was the fighting in the Nara Basin, and then there was the fighting along the shores of Lake Biwa. Everything started off at the end of the 6th month with Ohoama's mad dash to capture the passes at Suzuka and Fuwa, where he waited while he gathered up men from the Eastern countries.  While that was happening, the Afumi court was out recruiting men for their own war.  This would lead to some of the earliest formal battles between the two sides taking place in the Nara Basin, originally a recruitment center, it turned into a battle zone.  Yoshino aligned forces would push north, only to be blocked by armies coming down from the capital at Ohotsu, as well as forces coming through the gap between Yamato and Kawachi, where the Yamato river leaves the basin through the western mountains.  The fighting happened largely over the course of a week or so.  It started around the 29th day of the 6th month, and seems to have ended between the 4th or 6th day of the 7th month.  So keep that in mind. As you may recall from last episode, two brothers, Ohotomo no Muraji no Makuda and Ohotomo no Muraji no Fukei, upon hearing that Ohoama was rising up, both feigned illness, using that as an excuse to leave the court at Ohotsu and return to their family compounds in the Yamato region.  From there, Makuda made haste to catch up with Ohoama and his men, but his brother, Fukei, stayed behind to see what he could do in Yamato. Originally, Fukei's success was limited.  He started calling various allied families together and tried to drum up support for Ohoama, but he could only gather a few tens of men.  Not the hundreds, let alone thousands, that would be needed.  At the same time, the Afumi court was conscripting men of the Yamato region into service.  This was being organized by Hodzumi no Obito no Momotari and his younger brother, Hodzumi no Obito no Ihoye, along with Mononobe no Obito no Hiuga, who had all been sent to Yamato on the orders of the Afumi court, apparently arriving shortly after Fukei.  This group set up their base of operations at the Wokamoto palace—it was, after all, the official government presence and they were the official government representatives —and they used the grounds west of Houkouji, aka Asukadera, as their assembly grounds. Ohotomo no Fukei knew that something would have to be done.  If those conscripted Yamato soldiers were formed into a proper army and sent out, it could cause a lot of trouble for Ohoama and his men.  And fortunately, Fukei had a man on the inside: apparent ally, Sakanouhe no Atahe no Kumage, the officer in charge of the Wokamoto Palace, working for Prince Takazaka who resided there.  And so Fukei had a plan—he would impersonate the Royal Prince Takechi, son of Ohoama, and pretend to lead a force of cavalry to attack the camp at Asukadera.  To strengthen the illusion, Fukei would come in from the north, which is where Prince Takechi and his men would presumably be coming from.  Now remember, Fukei only had tens of people that were actually on his side at this point, and the camp was presumably much larger.  If they didn't fall for his ruse, Fukei would be marching straight to his death. Fukei marshalled his troops at the house of Kudara, which is to say “Baekje”, and then left out of the south gate.  He then had an accomplice, Hada no Miyatsuko no Kuma, dressed in nothing but a loincloth, mount a horse and gallop as fast as he could towards the camp.  You can imagine the confusion in the camp as this wild, naked man gallops up to them in a panic and starts telling them that Prince Takechi and his men were on their way with a huge force. When the conscripted soldiers heard this, they panicked.  While the men were gathered, it seems that they hadn't yet been outfitted with weapons and armor, so the entire camp broke and fled.  And so Fukei was able to waltz in with his tens of men and take the camp at Asukadera, capturing Prince Takazaka and those sent from Ohotsu to levy troops.  Fukei's ally, Kumage, the man on the inside, helped with this, along with the soldiers under the command of him and the Aya no Atahe.  And so they were able to disperse the conscripted Yamato forces before they were even assembled.  However, it turned out that someone was missing.  Hodzumi no Omi no Momotari, who had been appointed leader of the operation, was not at Asukadera.  It turns out that he was over at the Woharida Palace, where he was reviewing the armory, taking out the weapons and armor for the troops that he thought were still over at Asukadera. And so Fukei continued the ruse: he sent a messenger to summon Momotari, claiming to be a summons from Prince Takechi himself. Momotari, hearing this, likely knew that he had lost, but he apparently maintained his dignity.  He didn't run away or rush to the camp.  Instead he approached on horseback in a leisurely fashion.  When he reached the encampment, now under Fukei's command, one of the soldiers shouted at Momotari to get off his horse, but Momotari, likely trying to keep what remained of his dignity, was slow in doing so.  The men around him didn't care one whit for his dignity, however.  They grabbed his collar and pulled him off of the horse, dragging him to the ground.  He was shot with an arrow and then a man drew his sword and struck him and killed him.  We aren't even told who did this deed, just how it was done. As for the others, Momonatari's brother, Hodzumi no Ihoye and Mononobe no Hiuga were bound, but eventually they were released amongst the troops, where they were no doubt watched carefully.  Princes Takazaka no Ou and Wakasa no Ou, the representatives of the Afumi court in Asuka, were made to follow behind the army.  With this victory under his belt, Ohotomo no Fukei sent messengers to Prince Ohoama, at the Fuwa pass, to let him know what had happened.  When the messengers finally reached Ohoama we are told that he was quite pleased with the result.  After all, it meant that his rearguard was that much more secure. We are told that these events took place on or about the 29th day of the 6th month, around the same time that Ohoama was overseeing the troops at Wazami, only a few days after he and the real Prince Takechi had made their way to that camp.  Things were evolving quickly.  Fukei's success drew others to his banner.  Miwa no Kimi no Takechimaro, Kamo no Kimi no Yemishi, and othes all joined Fukei's forces, “like an echo”.  With a now more sizeable force, it seems that Fukei believed he was ready to take the fight to the Afumi court.  He and his advisors drew up plans for invading Afumi, selecting men to be deputy commanders and military commanders, providing a hierarchy and some organization.  From there, a few days later, he began to march north from Asuka, towards Nara. Now Nara at this point was just a name for the northwest area of the basin—they probably didn't even think of it as the Nara basin back then.  But it was along the road that led north, through the mountains, and from there through Yamashiro and eventually on to Afumi.  As Fukei was headed north, however,  he received word that there was another force coming from the Kawachi in the west.  And so he split his forces.  Sakamoto no Omi no Takara and others were sent with some 300 troops to take a defensive position at Tatsuta.  Sami no Kimi no Sukunamaro was also sent with another several hundred men to Ohosaka… no, not that Ohosaka.  Afusaka in modern Kashiba, in western Nara Basin.  This area would have been a strategic defensive point for any troops taking the road from Kawachi, so if anyone got past Sakamoto no Takara, Sukunamaro and his troops would be waiting. The now General Fukei also sent Kamo no Yemishi with another several hundred men to guard the Iwate road, to defend that approach as well.  Now Sakamoto no Takara, who had been sent to engage the troops coming from Kawachi, reached the area of Hiraishi when he heard that Afumi forces were occupying the nearby castle of Takayasu mountain.  You may recall that Takayasu was one of the Korean style fortresses that had been built in anticipation of a possible invasion from the continent, and it had even been repaired a few times.  Now it was being used not against an outside enemy, but in an internal conflict. Takara and his men marched up the mountain, intending to attack the castle, and here we should probably give a better idea of just what this castle was like.  If you think of a modern Japanese castle the thing that likely stands out, no pun intended, is the Tenshukaku, or donjon; the multi-storied tower located somewhere inside the walls and moats of the castle proper.  This would be an ideal location to spy over the walls and see where the enemy were, as well as an area from which one could make a last ditch stand. The castles of the Asuka period were not like this.  They were built off of a continental model, and their defining feature was not the donjon—though they likely did have gate and guard towers set up so that one could see attacking forces.  No, the defining feature was really the walls.  Long, compacted-earth walls, possibly lined with stone, which snaked around the top of a mountain.  This castle style leveraged the natural contours of existing mountain tops to provide its defense.  It didn't hurt that they also provided clear views of what was happening on the plains below, and required attacking troops to march up a steep mountain climb and then attack uphill.  The tradeoff was that these weren't the kind of places that people would live, when most of the infrastructure of the state was in the fertile plains and surrounding areas.  So these castles had granaries to keep troops fed, and perhaps some basic buildings erected within the walls, but they were largely a practical design. You can still go see the Takayasu ruins, today, and you don't have to hike up the mountain as Takara and his men did.  Instead you can take a cable car up to the top, or even a regular car on the roads that drive up to the old castle site, though how much you can see I'm not sure.  There are also other castle ruins and even old kofun on the mountain, as its prominence has been recognized as important in many different centuries. There likely weren't a lot of troops manning the castle, certainly not enough that they felt they had much chance of defending it.  So when Takara and his men made it up to the top, they Afumi forces burned the granaries, so as to deny him any supplies, and then took off, discretion being the better part of valor.  Takara and his men spent the evening at the castle, no doubt recovering from their hike up.  Remember, this wasn't just a leisurely stroll—they were no doubt fully kitted out for war.  When they woke the next morning they looked out over the surrounding countryside, of which they now had fantastic views, and   Takara noticed a large army coming down along the Ohotsu-Tajihi road.  They carried flags, which I don't know how Takara could have seen at that point, which identified them as being the enemy - troops of the Afumi general, Iki no Fubito no Karakuni. And so Takara and his men descended from Takayasu, crossed the Ega River—now known as the Ishi river, and engaged Karakuni's army.  They were only 300 men, however, and Karakuni had a much larger forcem so  Takara was unable to maintain a defense.  And so they made a strategic withdrawal—in other words retreated—back to Kashikosaka, apparently a part of Afusaka, where Ki no Omi no Oho'oto had been set to guard.  So Ohotomo and the Afumi court finally scored a win. Besides his victory against Takara and his men, we are also told that Karakuni had come upon Kume no Omi no Shihoko, the governor of Kawachi.  Shihoko had been gathering troops to go fight for Ohoama, but he was found out by Karakuni.  Karakuni captured him and was going to execute him, but before he could, Shihoko took his own life, instead. As Takara was retreating and setting up a new defensive position, Fukei had his own problems to worry about.  As he was camped with his troops on Mt. Narayama, one of his men, Aradawo no Atahe no Akamaro, addressed him and suggested that they should make sure to fortify Asuka, just in case.  Fukei agreed, and sent Akamaro as well as Imbe no Kobito to guard the Okamoto Palace in Asuka.  They also made sure to remove the planks from any bridges, using them to setup fortifications along the road.  Now any army that wished to cross would either have to swim or they would need to come across the narrow beams that were all that was left of the bridges.  This was not ideal at the best of times, but you can imagine doing it as troops on the other side were shooting arrows at you.  And yet this has become a near classic trope in Japanese war stories and it won't be the only time it comes up in various historical contexts.  It wouldn't even be the only time it shows up in this current conflict. A day later, Fukei found himself engaged with an Afumi general, Ohono no Kimi no Hatayasu, on Mt. Narayama itself.  Despite Fukei having had time to set up a defensive position, the Afumi forces overwhelmed Fukei's men.  They were defeated and Fukei himself barely escaped with his life.  Fukei fled south with only one or two men, also on horseback, with Hatayasu hot on his heels, only stopping when they reached Hatta and the Yamato river.  At that point the fortifications were in place, and Hatayasu likely knew that any trying to cross the river after Fukei would likely not go nearly as well as it did at Narayama. As for General Fukei he kept going all the way until he reached Sumizaka, which appears to be in Uda.  There he fell in with Okizome no Muraji no Usagi, at the head of several tens of thousands of men.  Usagi had been with Ohoama , but upon hearing of the fighting in Yamato, Ohoama had sent him  and others to go back through the Suzuka pass to provide reinforcements.  One can only imagine how happy Fukei was at this point to see Usagi and all of thise men.  Fukei turned back around and encamped at Kanatsunawi—possibly modern Imai-cho, Kashihara city.  There he was able to gather many of the dispersed troops back into a force once again. About this time, Fukei heard that the Afumi forces were also approaching along the Afusaka road.  So now they were approaching from both the north and the west.  They were also taking several different roads—inside the largely flat area of the Nara Basin, they likely had several choices.  Takara and Oho-oto had been unable to meet the enemy and had kept retreating, likely seeking a defensible position.  As they did this, Fukei came from the east with his reinforcements.  He made it to where the roads branched at Tahema—modern Taima—where he fought with Iki no Karakuni nearby Ashi-kie pond, possibly somewhere near modern Chimata.  During the battle, one of Fukei's men, a brave warrior known to us only as “Kume”, drew his sword and rushed straight into the midst of the enemy army.  Of course one lone man wasn't likely to do much, but he inspired a cavalry charge, and men on horseback followed closely at his heels.  Seeing this force bearing quickly down on them, the Afumi troops broke, and soon it was a rout.  Fukei's men pursued, cutting down the Afumi soldiers as they fled, until Fukei finally reined them in. At this point, Fukei then admonished his troops that their goal was to take out the ringleaders, not to just indiscriminately murder the common people.  Remember, which side of the battlefield you ended up fighting on was largely a function of who had conscripted you, and Fukei evidently knew this.  As the men were still retreating, though, Fukei noticed that the Afumi general, Karakuni – one of those ringleaders - had gotten himself separated from his men.  Fukei ordered Kume—presumably the same one who had charged the army in the first place—to shoot at him, but Kume's arrow missed, and Karakuni made his escape.  Rather than pursuing, Fukei returned back to his headquarters. Once there, Fukei now learned that there were enemy forces approaching from the East, as well.  So Fukei took the army and divided it into three, defending the Upper, Middle, and Lower roads, and he took personal charge of the forces on the middle road, likely so that he could easily keep in touch with the other forces.  He was also waiting for the next challenge, and he didn't have to wait for long: the Afumi general Inukai no Muraji no Isogimi approached along the Middle Road.  He halted at Muraya, but his deputy commander, Ihoriwi no Miyatsuko no Kujira, attacked Fukei's camp with 200 specially picked soldiers.  Now it turns out that when they reached the camp, there were only a few people actually there at the time, including one Tokumaro, described as a slave of Ohowidera temple, and four “people following the army” – in other words, these might not have been actual soldiers.  .  Nevertheless, together this small group rallied, formed an advance guard and went forward, shooting arrows at Kujira's forces.  Kujira, not knowing that Fukei's camp was all but empty, halted his advance. Meanwhile, over on the Upper Road, Miwa no Takechimaro and Okizome no Usagi, who had been sent by Ohoama from Fuwa, fought with the Afumi army at the Hashi Misasagi—which is assumed to be the Hashihaka kofun, and they overwhelmingly defeated the Afumi army there, such that they was able to pivot from there and swing their forces over to the Middle road.  There they slammed into the flank of Kujira's army, who had stopped to trade blows with Fukei's camp.  Many of the common soldiers were killed, and the general, Kujira, ran off, mounted on a white horse.  Unfortunately for him, the horse took a misstep and tumbled into a muddy-rice field. Kujira was bogged down in the mud and having trouble getting out.  General Fukei, seeing this, sent a brave soldier of Kahi to shoot at Kujira, but as the soldier came up to the edge of the rice paddy, Kujira whipped his horse vigorously, and got it to extricate itself and Kujira, who galloped off and escaped.  Fukei, for his part, returned again to his headquarters and camped with his men there.  Though they were ready for another conflict, nothing ever came.  The Afumi forces had withdrawn.  The battle for the Nara basin was over, and the Yoshino forces were victorious. General Fukei, however, was anything but finished.  Remember, he had planned to take the fight to the Afumi court, and so, having subdued the enemy forces in Yamato—which is to say the Nara basin—Fukei marched out through Afusaka to Naniwa, and then marched on Yamazaki, where he set up camp.  From there, he sent messengers to all the governors of the Western Provinces.  He forced them to give up their keys, their posting-bells, and their posting tallies—basically he had them formally submit to the Yoshino faction, and thus to Ohoama. Meanwhile, Ohoama had his own campaign to conduct, and it kicked off in the middle of Fukei's defense of the Yamato Home Province.  He also would engage various generals in battle, but we'll save that campaign for Part Four. But before we go I do want to point out, once again: this wasn't a simple and straightforward matter of attack and defense.  Notice that generals on both sides sometimes were victorious and sometimes had to flee.  You can only imagine how, after the defeat at Narayama, General Fukei must have felt that all hope was lost, only to run into a force ten thousand strong come to relive him and his paltry troops.  But it could just as easily have been that he didn't make it.  In fact, how many warriors died?  Heroically, perhaps, but still died.  And if there were no descendants to carry on their name and remember their deeds, then who knows how many people just didn't get written about at all.  And then there are all of those common soldiers.  Individuals without any recorded name, but who nonetheless were there and who fought. They may not have been the people that later authors cared to write about, and yet they were all someone's child, and possibly their sibling or parent.  They loved and laughed, and certainly died.  All to determine who would sit next upon the Yamato throne.  One has to wonder if winning or losing really changed anything for them, or perhaps they won simply by surviving. And on that cheerful thought, I'll take my leave.  Until next time, thank you once again for listening and for all of your support. If you like what we are doing, please tell your friends and feel free to rate us wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you feel the need to do more, and want to help us keep this going, we have information about how you can donate on Patreon or through our KoFi site, ko-fi.com/sengokudaimyo, or find the links over at our main website,  SengokuDaimyo.com/Podcast, where we will have some more discussion on topics from this episode. Also, feel free to reach out to our Sengoku Daimyo Facebook page.  You can also email us at the.sengoku.daimyo@gmail.com.  Thank you, also, to Ellen for their work editing the podcast. And that's all for now.  Thank you again, and I'll see you next episode on Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  

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En este episodio, Michi y Anto se sientan a hacer lo que mejor saben: hablar de todo un poco, sin libreto y con la autenticidad que las caracteriza. Entre risas y reflexiones, comentan la polémica que se armó en el concierto de Coldplay, el caso viral de Sister Hong que dejó a todos en shock, y cómo Mercurio retrógrado está afectando hasta lo más simple del día a día.   Un episodio para sentirse parte de la conversación, como entre amigas que se cuentan la vida entera en una sola tarde. 

Am Samstag gehts in Ingolstadt vor einer jahnsinnigen Kulisse in die Drittligasaison 2025/26. Michi, Lukas, Daniel und Robert diskutieren, ob wir schon bereit sind und wie wir die aktuelle Situation empfinden. Ps. Komm in unseren Discord-Channel zum Diskutieren: https://discord.gg/b5SzkBcX6b Pps. Unterstütze das Podcast-Projekt finanziell: https://1889fm.de/unterstuetzen/ Alle Nachrichten zu unserem geliebten Jahn erhältst du ab sofort auch in unserem WhatsApp-Kanal: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbAu0GA65yDDLd3Fj701 _ *Werbung * Danke an unseren Kooperationspartner ReBest Fitness Club in Regensburg. Mit dem „Codewort“ 1889fm / Jahnpodcast erhaltet ihr bei Abschluss den vergünstigten 1889fm-Tarif und zwei Sitzplatztickets. Einfach per WhatsApp (https://api.whatsapp.com/send/?phone=491776223290), Kontaktformular (https://www.regensburg-fitness.de/Kontakt) oder Telefon (0941/7086010) einen unverbindlichen Beratungstermin / Probetraining vereinbaren und das Stichwort Jahn-Abo oder 1889fm-Podcast nennen! Tretet der ReBest WhatsApp-Gruppe bei, um keine Infos mehr zu verpassen: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vb2ONFt0gcfL4Crg9g1V

Alkoholfreies Bier trifft auf pinkes Branding, Direktvertrieb und klare Haltung: Max Wittrock – Co-Founder von mymuesli, Jokolade und jetzt zeroLabs – zeigt, wie man eine neue Biermarke in einem der traditionsreichsten Märkte Deutschlands aufbaut. Im Gespräch mit Michi erzählt Max, warum zeroLabs kein klassisches Getränkestartup ist, sondern ein mutiges Statement für eine neue Konsumkultur. Es geht um Community-Aufbau, ehrliches Performance Marketing, Category Creation – und darum, wie man mit wenig Budget und viel Überzeugung eine Marke entwickelt, die hängen bleibt. Dabei spricht Max offen über Learnings aus seinen früheren Gründungen, über Fehler, die er heute nicht mehr machen würde, und über die Realität, ein Startup lean, direkt und datengetrieben zu skalieren – von der Idee im Biergarten bis zum Listing im Handel._____________________Flaconi:Deutschland: Einfach und entspannt Beauty und Parfum auf ⁠www.flaconi.de⁠ shoppen: Mit dem Code “NEWCOM10” sparst du bis zum 31.08.2025 10 % ab einem Mindestbestellwert von 59 €.*Österreich: Einfach und entspannt Beauty und Parfum auf ⁠www.flaconi.at⁠ shoppen: Mit dem Code “NEWCOM10” sparst du bis zum 31.08.2025 10 % ab einem Mindestbestellwert von 59 €.*Schweiz: Einfach und entspannt Beauty und Parfum auf ⁠www.flaconi.ch⁠ shoppen: Mit dem Code “NEWCOM10” sparst du bis zum 31.08.2025 10 % ab einem Mindestbestellwert von 59 CHF.**Der Rabatt gilt nicht auf ausgeschlossene Marken und  Produkte  und ist nicht mit anderen Aktionen kombinierbar.Ausgeschlossene Marken & Produkte: CHANEL, Clive Christian, CREED, DR. BARBARA STURM, Emil Élise, ESSENTIAL PARFUMS, Gritti, HISTOIRES de PARFUMS, Initio, Laboratorio Olfattivo, LEN FRAGRANCE, Liquides Imaginaires, LORENZO VILLORESI, M.Micallef, Maison Crivelli, Maison Tahité, Moroccanoil, Pana Dora, Parfums de Marly, Perroy, Roberto Ugolini, Sensai, Simone Andreoli, Une Nuit Nomade, V CANTO, WIDIAN, XERJOFFNicht mit anderen Aktionen kombinierbar.

In dieser Folge kämpft Bea mit dem Sommer (und dem Leben), Michi wartet ab, ob sie stirbt, bevor er sich zu einem Buchprojekt committet. Außerdem dabei: Coldplay-Konzert-Kuss-Skandal, Trisha Paytas im Aquaman-Modus, Jojo Siwas Bette-Davis-Tat, ein PR-Gate rund um Neulinger und Community-Fragen zum Thema Fernfreundschaft.

In dieser Folge sprechen Michi und Moritz über eine Herrscherin, die in den großen Machtspielen Osteuropas des 16. Jahrhunderts eine zentrale, aber oft übersehene Rolle spielte: Anna Jagiellonica. Sie war nicht nur die Schwester von Sigismund II. August, dem letzten Jagiellonen auf dem polnischen Thron, sondern auch selbst kurzzeitig König von Polen eine Position, die sie sich mit ihrem Ehemann Stephan Báthory teilen musste. Doch was bedeutete eine weibliche Herrschaft in einem Wahlkönigtum wie Polen-Litauen? Wie sah ihr Einfluss auf Politik und Dynastie aus? Und warum war ihre Ehe in vielerlei Hinsicht vor allem ein politisches Konstrukt? Michi und Moritz zeichnen Annas Leben nach, von ihrer Kindheit im Schatten einer mächtigen Dynastie über ihre späte Heirat bis zu ihrem politischen Wirken in einer Phase, in der Europa im Umbruch war. Dabei geht es auch um dynastische Spannungen, konfessionelle Konflikte und die Frage, wie viel Gestaltungsspielraum eine Frau an der Spitze eines riesigen Vielvölkerreiches tatsächlich hatte.

Während sich das Nerd-Universum gerade erst von der geballten News-Welle der San Diego Comic-Con 2025 erholt, nehmen sich das Con - Team - Ari und Michi – in der neuesten Dailygame Podcast Folge, die wichtigsten Ankündigungen der diesjährigen SDCC zur Brust. Was waren die heißesten Trailer? Welche Serien haben sich auf die Watchlist katapultiert? Von Hazbin Hotel über Star Trek: Starfleet Academy bis hin zu Gen V, Alien: Earth und Predator: Badlands – wir haben alle Highlights für euch aufbereitet. Und weil Sommerzeit auch Podcast-Pause heißt: Diese Folge ist zugleich unsere letzte vor der Sommerpause. Wir verabschieden uns in eine kurze kreative Verschnaufpause, laden unsere Akkus neu und melden uns im September mit frischem Elan und neuen Themen zurück. Also: Kopfhörer auf, Nerdmodus an und viel Spaß bei der neuen Dailygame Podcast Episode!

In dieser Folge sprechen Michi und Moritz über eine Herrscherin, die in den großen Machtspielen Osteuropas des 16. Jahrhunderts eine zentrale, aber oft übersehene Rolle spielte: Anna Jagiellonica. Sie war nicht nur die Schwester von Sigismund II. August, dem letzten Jagiellonen auf dem polnischen Thron, sondern auch selbst kurzzeitig König von Polen eine Position, die sie sich mit ihrem Ehemann Stephan Báthory teilen musste. Doch was bedeutete eine weibliche Herrschaft in einem Wahlkönigtum wie Polen-Litauen? Wie sah ihr Einfluss auf Politik und Dynastie aus? Und warum war ihre Ehe in vielerlei Hinsicht vor allem ein politisches Konstrukt? Michi und Moritz zeichnen Annas Leben nach, von ihrer Kindheit im Schatten einer mächtigen Dynastie über ihre späte Heirat bis zu ihrem politischen Wirken in einer Phase, in der Europa im Umbruch war. Dabei geht es auch um dynastische Spannungen, konfessionelle Konflikte und die Frage, wie viel Gestaltungsspielraum eine Frau an der Spitze eines riesigen Vielvölkerreiches tatsächlich hatte.

In dieser Bonusepisode lassen euch Enti und Michi direkt nach ihrem Kinobesuch des neuen Superman Films von James Gunn an ihren Gedanken teilhaben. Viel Spaß mit dieser kurzen Review, folgt uns gern auf Instagram, empfehlt uns weiter, werdet vielleicht sogar Patreon und wir freuen uns über eine Bewertung auf der Podcast Plattform eurer Wahl!

Der neue Superman Film von James Gunn ist in den Kinos! Bevor wir ihn uns ansehen tauchen wir nochmal in die History des ersten Superhelden in Film und Fernsehen ein. Viel Spaß mit der Episode und freut euch auf ein kleines Special direkt aus dem Kino wenn Enti und Michi den neuen Film gesehen haben. Folgt uns gern auf Instagram, empfehlt uns weiter und wir freuen uns über neue Patreons und eine Bewertung auf der Podcast Plattform eurer Wahl!

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Italiens Inselwelt ist paradiesisch. Es gibt so viele kleine, entzückende Eilande, dass wir in dieser Folge einfach nicht anders konnten, als unsere absoluten Lieblinge miteinander zu diskutieren. Sowohl Tamina Kallert als auch wir - Jochen und Michi - haben gleichermaßen Klassiker als auch Geheimtipps im Gepäck. Natürlich ist Sizilien dabei oder Sardinien. Aber auch die Liparischen Inseln oder Procida vor der Küste von Neapel. Und es geht immer weiter: Capri, Ischia, Elba… Namen wie Musik in unseren Ohren. Überhaupt: Musik aus Italien - ebenso legendär wie all diese hinreißenden Inseln. Kommt mit - übers Meer und hin zu dieser Folge voller Lebensgefühl, süßem Fernweh und voller Leidenschaft fürs Reisen.Bei „Bella Italia“ reisen Deutschlands bekannteste Urlaubs-Expertin Tamina Kallert (u. a. „WDR Wunderschön“) sowie Jochen Schliemann und Michael Dietz von „Reisen Reisen - der Podcast“ quer durch das Traum-Urlaubsland Italien.Bella Italia LIVE AUF DER BÜHNE - mit Tamina, Jochen, Michi und: Überraschungen!17.11. - Tanzbrunnen in Köln – Tickets überall und hier. Unsere Werbepartner findet ihr hier.Mehr von Tamina Kallert gibt es hier.Mehr Reisen Reisen gibt es hier.Noch mehr Reisen Reisen gibt es in unserem Newsletter-Magazin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode we continue with the Jinshin War.  This episode we follow Prince Oama on his dramatic escape to the east:  From Yoshino he dashed through the mountains, through Iga and over to Ise.  In so doing he secured both Suzuka and Fuwa--areas that would be important chokepoints throughout Japan's history.   For more information, check out our blogpost at: https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-130 Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua and this is episode 130: Jinshin no Ran, Part II:  Gathering Stormclouds.   The soldier on watch was doing his best to keep alert.  The night shift was never pleasant duty, and it was even less pleasant out here in the mountains.  There were plenty of sounds in the night—birds and animals out in the darkness—but rarely was there much actual action.  At least the sky was clear, with only the occasional cloud. Guarding a post station was hardly the worst duty in the world. There was a decent amount of traffic: after all, they were along one of the major routes between Ise and Yamato.  But at night, well, who wanted to try and navigate the mountain roads?  That was a great way to fall into a river and drown, or get lost in the woods, unable to find your way back to civilization. It must have been a shock when he saw a light in the distance.  There were almost always a few fires somewhere in the village, but most of them were out or covered at this time of night, with the exception of the odd torch.  But this was something more.  At first the guard thought it was just his eyes playing tricks on him.  And then he wondered if it was some kind of mountain spirit—he'd heard of ghost parades that could come and take people in the night.  He shivered, and instinctively checked his own torch to ensure that it was burning well and bright.  Indeed it was. It took him a little time for his eyes to adjust again to the darkness, but now, sure enough, he saw the torches coming—and not just one, many of them, and he could now hear the faint metallic clank of metal on metal.  He then heard a faint sound like a tight rope being suddenly plucked.  It only just started to dawn on him what was happening when the first arrows started to rain down on his position. They were under attack!   Welcome back.  This episode we are continuing with our coverage of the Jinshin no Ran—the Jinshin War of 672—and if you haven't already, I highly recommend you start with episode 129, where we talk about some of the background for what was happening.  That said, let's do a quick recap to bring us up to speed on where we are.  And then we'll dive into an account of an absolutely unbelievable journey, which is impressive for multiple reasons, but mostly for the speed at which it was able to take place. So as you may recall, Naka no Oe, aka Tenji Tennou, passed away at the end of 671 after months of illness.  After falling ill, the Chronicles tell us that he offered the state to his younger brother, the Crown Prince, Prince Ohoama, but Ohoama was warned that it was a trap, and as such, he turned down the offer.  Instead, he retired from his position to become a monk, and left for Yoshino, taking half of his household with him.  With Ohoama retired, Naka no Oe's son, the 23 year old Prince Ohotomo, took the throne. After Naka no Oe's death, Ohotomo effectively ruled Yamato from the Ohotsu palace in Afumi, running things along with the ministers of the left and right, Soga no Akaye and Nakatomi no Kane, and other high ministers.  Though the Nihon Shoki does not acknowledge it, Ohotomo is thought to have been a formal sovereign, in deed if not in name, at this point.  Much later, he would be given the posthumous name of “Koubun Tennou”. It would seem that Ohotomo and the Afumi court had misgivings about Prince Ohoama's promise to retire from the world and not challenge the throne.  The Nihon Shoki recounts that they began to make subtle preparations for a conflict, including levying men to build Naka no Oe's tomb, but issuing them weapons instead of tools.  They also set up checkpoints along the road from the court in Ohotsu down to Asuka—the main route to where Ohoama was residing in Yoshino.  And then, finally, someone told Ohoama that they were no longer allowing Prince Ohoama's people to cross the Uji bridge to bring him and his household supplies. Prince Ohoama was not going to sit idly by while the Afumi court gathered up enough forces to claim he was doing something treasonous and then march on him in Yoshino.  And so he sent one of his trusted vassals to the east to seek support.  Meanwhile, he himself was making ready to move.  There was just one more thing before setting out:  seeing if he could get posting bells.  This was sparked by the words of one of his advisors, who suggested that they should be careful.  They did not have many soldiers in Yoshino, and they had already sent out a general like Woyori to start raising troops in the East.  At the same time, if the Afumi Court was also maneuvering, it was likely that they would have sent words to the various post stations to bar the roads and prevent any movement. As such, Prince Ohoama decided to send several messengers to ask for Posting Bells, so that Ohoama and his men could make use of the official horses at the various post stations, allowing them to travel much more quickly and freely.  However, it was not clear if such orders had come and, if they had, where the local government officiallys might place their loyalty. Of particular importance was the case of Prince Takasaka, who was in charge of the Okamoto Palace, and thus the governance of the ancient capital. He would be the one to grant posting bells if they were to receive them.  If he provided the bells, then Ohoama and his party could assume they would have little to no trouble making their way East. And so Prince Ohoama sent his evnoys to the Okamoto palace.The messengers requested posting bells, but Prince Takasaka refused to issue them.  This sent a clear message to Prince Ohoama:  the Afumi court had no intention of letting him and his household have free access to the roads, and the local officials in Asuka were not going to provide any support.  In fact, Prince Takasaka now knew that Ohoama planned to travel, and if he wanted to, Takasaka could likely raise troops to try and stop Ohoama from leaving.  At the very least he would no doubt be sending a swift horse to Ohotsu to inform the Afumi court.  Ohoama and his followers would have to hurry if they wanted to do anything. And so, on the 24th of the 6th month, the same day that he got word back about the posting bells,  Prince Ohoama made the decision to move.  He and his entourage left quickly—he didn't even let anyone saddle a horse for him or prepare his carriage.  He just started to head out on foot on a journey to the East – and keep in mind that everything I'm going to describe in the next few minutes happened over the course of one night, truly an epic journey for Ohoama and all of those with him..  The Chronicles lists about 20 men and over ten women who originally set out with Ohoama from Yoshino, including his wife, the Royal Princess Uno no Sarara, daughter of Naka no Oe.  She wasn't walking, however—she followed a little behind in a palanquin, or litter, carried on poles.  I do wonder if those carrying the palanquin are among those mentioned, or were they servants or even enslaved persons who weren't considered worthy of note. The path they traveled wound its way through the mountains.  Streams and rivers had carved channels and valleys into these mountains.  People had settled these areas, and created paths through the wilderness.  Now, the valleys were fairly well populated, with roads connecting the communities that had grown up in the nooks and hollers. These facilitated trade through the mountain communities and between the eastern and western sides of the Kii peninsula, but even still, it was difficult terrain.  Unlike roads in the flat plains, the width of the roads in the mountains would have been constrained by steep mountainsides and the natural twists and turns of the valleys.  There may have been rope or wooden bridges that they had to cross, as streams constantly flow down the hill sides to the river below.  This route would make it much easier to avoid any official Afumi forces that might have been sent out, as those would likely be sticking to the main roads, but there were still government outposts along the way.  If these outposts proved loyal to the Afumi court, they could raise the alarm and send a messenger on horseback, who could likely flee much more quickly than Ohoama's men could follow.  And if Afumi learned that Ohoama was on the move, they could quickly mobilize their forces, secure key strategic points, and Ohoama's mad rush would be for naught.   The path Ohoama chose would lead from Yoshino, through the valleys, up through Iga, and then over to Suzuka, in Ise—modern Mie prefecture.  The journey was long and it wasn't going to be easy, but they needed to move quickly. Speaking of which, since Ohoama was traveling on foot, one of his men, Agata no Inukahi no Ohotomo, gave Prince Ohoama his own horse to ride.  Oh, and in case you are wondering: There are a lot of people named “Ohotomo” in the narrative, not just the Prince, Ohoama's nephew and rival for the throne.  Sorry, it was apparently a somewhat popular name AND it was also a clan, or uji, name as well.  I'll try to distinguish some of them in the podcast blog page. The party hadn't traveled far when Ohoama's own carriage—or possibly a palanquin, like his wife's—showed up for him, so I assume Ohotomo got his horse back, but they were still constrained to the speed of their slowest member, and I doubt that the mountain roads were all that wide and flat—most likely just the opposite. The group journeyed upstream along the Tsuburo river and eventually made it to Aki, in the area of Uda, due east of Sakurai and Mt. Miwa.  Here they were overtaken by two men, known as Ohotomo no Muraji no Makuda and Kibumi no Muraji no Ohotomo, both hurrying on from the Yoshino Palace. Makuda had been at the Afumi court, but word was starting to spread there that there was going to be some kind of move against Prince Ohoama, so he and his brother, Ohotomo no Fukei, had feigned illness and returned to their home in the Asuka region.  Once there, Makuda had made straightaway for Yoshino, only to find that Ohoama was already on the move.  Ohotomo no Fukei, on the other hand, chose to stay in the area of Asuka and see what he could do there.  He was looking to see what kind of forces he could raise in the ancient capital region.  We'll learn more about him, later. It was also in Aki, apparently, where they met Hashi no Muraji no Mate, who was from the Department of the official rice fields.  Even though he was a government official, he was a supporter of Ohoama and his cause, and so he supplied Ohoama and his people with food for their journey. Just north of the Aki fields they came upon Kammura—thought to be near modern Kaguraoka—where the Yoshino forces conscripted 20 hunters into service, almost doubling their numbers, and now they at least had some weapons with them.  Prince Mino, and presumably his men, also joined forces with Ohoama and his party—their ranks were starting to grow. In Uda, they were no doubt glad of any assistance, and at the government offices in the village of Uda itself, they were also warmly welcomed.  There they found 50 pack-horses that were laden down with rice meant for the hot baths at Ise.  The rice was discarded and Ohoama commandeered the pack animals so that his forces could ride, rather than walk.  Nonetheless, it was still a long way to go.  Indeed, night was approaching by the time they reached Ohono—likely the modern area of Muro-ohono and Ohonoji, along the Uda river.  They didn't want to stop, but it could be treacherous trying to navigate in the mountains in the dark.  What they needed was a light source.  And so we are told that they pulled down some of the fences of nearby houses and created makeshift torches to light their way.  Thus they were able to continue on until they reached the town of Nabari at approximately midnight. Nabari was not quite so friendly.  It was the home of a post-station, which had a duty to report things to the Afumi court.  Ohoama and his men arrived with their torches and in the middle of the night they attacked and set fire to the post station.  One can only imagine how surprised those manning the station must have been.  Presumably Ohoama's party took any horses and provisions, both for their own use and so that they couldn't be used against them.  To those members of the village that were woken up and who came out to see what was going on, Ohoama's entourage proclaimed that Prince Ohoama was heading east and that people should join them.  More specifically we are told that he said that the “Sumera no Mikoto” was on his way to the East Country. I want to pause here a moment, because there are some that say that this was the first use of the term “Sumera no Mikoto”, or, as we more commonly read the characters today, “Tennou”.  At the very least we believe that the term “Tennou” may have first used in this time period—though I do wonder about it being used in this particular instance.  I'll come back to this at the end, but for now, let's get back to the story.  So Ohoama announced to the people that he, the sovereign—for he had declared himself as such—was heading to the Eastern lands, and he invited anyone who wished to join him.  Nobody took him up on his offer, however.  It must have sounded crazy.  Ohoama had swept in at midnight, his forces carrying torches, and had attacked the post station, the symbol of the government in their midst.  I imagine that the people wanted little to nothing to do with any further conflict if they could help it. Continuing on in the darkness, Ohoama and his party came to a river—probably the Nabari River.  The Chronicle refers to it as “Yokokawa”, a term that shows up multiple times, and means something like “side river” and I suspect it was just the name for a river that ran alongside the fields or something similar.  As they were crossing, a dark cloud spread across the night sky for over 10 rods—about 100 feet.  Ohoama kindled a light and took a look at a geomantic rule to determine what it could mean.  This “rule” was possibly a type of stick or even a kind of compass-like device with a square bottom and round top, indicating the heavens and the earth.  He announced to everyone that the cloud was an omen that the country would be divided into two parts but, ultimately, their side would win out. One can only imagine how tired and worn out everyone was at this point, but apparently this urged them onward.  They reached Iga, where once again, they attacked and set fire to the posting station. Now getting through Iga must have had Ohoama's head on a swivel.  After all, Prince Ohotomo's mother was apparently from that region – he was the Iga Royal Prince, after all - so it would be understandable if people were loyal to him.  Fortunately, for Ohoama, he had his local supporters as well.  In fact, Joan Piggot points out in “The Emergence of Japanese Kingship” that Ohoama may have had a surprising amount of support from the various local elites.  Remember that the policies that Naka no Oe and the court had put into place had given power to court appointed officials at the expense of the traditional local elites.  So it may have been that those traditional local elites were more inclined to assist Ohoama against the Afumi Court, while those appointed officials, such as those who were managing the post stations, were more likely to swing the other way, since their positions and their stipends were directly reliant on the court's good graces.  This seems to have been the case in this instance, around Nakayama, in Iga, where we are told that they met with local district governors who had heard that Ohoama was on the move and who had raised several hundred men in support of his cause.  Now their ranks really had grown—compared with the relatively small group that had first set out from Yoshino the previous day, there were now hundreds of men on the march. Ohoama's forces finally arrived at the plain of Tara, or Tarano, by dawn, and with the sun coming over the mountains they briefly stopped for a moment to catch their breath and eat something.  They had just marched through the night—a distance of approximately 70 kilometers, or 43 and a half miles.  That included stops to attack and set fire to two post stations along the way, and much of the journey early on was done on foot.  During that march, their ranks had grown tremendously.  This is an incredible feat, especially with much of it being accomplished at night. Let's also quickly discuss those extra troops that had come to his banner.  Remember that prior to this, Prince Ohoama had sent messengers ahead to Mino and Owari to try and raise forces in those areas.  They had likely traveled these same roadways, and told  any allies they had to prepare.  So while the forces were raised quickly, there were no doubt some logistics that went into it. After a brief rest, the army was back on their feet, heading to Yamaguchi—modern Tsuge city.  Here Ohoama was greeted by his son, Prince Takechi, who had come from Afumi down through Kafuka—modern Kouka, aka Kouga.  He had brought several other men of his own, and presumably soldiers as well. The entire party crossed Mt. Miyama and into Suzuka, in Ise, where they were joined by the provincial governor, Miyake no Muraji no Iwatoko; Deputy Governor, Miwa no Kimi no Kobuto, and the magistrate of the famous hot baths, Tanaka no Omi no Tarumaro, among others.  That same morning, they set a troop of 500 soldiers to guard the pass.  After all, it would do them no good to have a government force suddenly appear behind them.  Also, you may recall that Ohoama's request to his allies in Mino was to take the Fuwa pass, in the north—the area more popularly known today as Sekigahara.  So now, with both the Suzuka and Fuwa passes under Ohoama's control, his forces controlled access to the Eastern countries.  The only other viable route, at least if you didn't want to get lost in the mountains, was to take the road to the north, through Koshi, and that was going to be a slog around or over the Japan Alps. So a garrison was left as a rear guard, but the troops who were not staying to guard the pass continued, turning northwards.  By sunset on the 25th day of the 6th month of 672, they had reached the foot of Kahawa Hill.  Here, Ohoama's consort, Princess Uno no Sarara, asked if they could take a break.  She was not exactly used to this kind of travel, and even riding on a palanquin, she was exhausted and fatigued.  As they looked to the sky, though, it was clear that dark clouds were gathering.  So they cut their rest short and pushed on, hoping to make it to the government offices at Mie—likely meaning modern day Yokkaichi city. Sure enough, as they continued to march, the heavens opened with a thunderstorm pouring down on them.  The entire army was soaked to the bone.  Cold and wet, when they did get to the government center or Mie district, they deliberately set fire to an entire building just so that the troops could try to warm themselves a bit.  Those who had set out from Yoshino had marched over 122km, or 75 miles, including over 700 meters of elevation up and 800 meters down.  Checking a map of the route, it suggests that a person walking it, today, without any breaks, would take around 28 hours to complete the trip, and indeed, Ohoama's took roughly one and a half days.  That includes time for their assaults on the various post stations, and a brief rest at the Tara fields.  Now, granted, they had procured horses for parts of that, and many of the soldiers had not necessarily been there since the beginning, but it is still an incredible feat, when you think about it.  I'm honestly surprised that it doesn't get more of a mention in various historical contexts.  Then again, we are still well before the age of the Samurai, which is the period most martial historians typically examine. So that night, as they were settling in at the Mie government center following their amazing dash across the mountains, word came from forces at Suzuka:  Prince Yamabe and Prince Ishikawa had apparently come to offer their allegiance to Ohoama.  However, as they weren't known to the men, they were held at the Suzuka barrier until someone could verify.  Ohoama sent Michi no Atahe no Masubito to go fetch them and bring them to him. The following morning, Ohoama worshipped towards Amaterasu on the banks of a river in the district of Asake.  Thinking about it, I'm not sure if they meant that he worshipped south, in the direction of Ise Shrine, or if he worshipped east, the direction of the rising sun.  The exact direction doesn't entirely matter, but I think we will come back to this, as it would have consequences later on. Later, Masubito returned from his errand, catching back up to the army, which was continuing on its way.  It turns out that it was not Princes Yamabe and Ishikawa that Masubito had found at Suzuka, but instead  Ohoama's own son, Ohotsu, who had come along to join his father.  I presume he had been traveling under a false name in case he ran into men loyal to the Afumi court.  He was followed by a number of others, including a list of names which I am not going to go over here because it wouldn't mean all that much.  Suffice it to say that the Chroniclers were doing their best to make sure that various families were remembered for what they did. Now just as Prince Ohotsu was joining the main force, Murakami no Woyori arrived with word that 3,000 Mino troops were mobilized and currently blocking the Fuwa Road.  You may recall that Woyori was the one that Ohoama had sent to Mino for just that purpose, scouting out the lay of the land. Ohoama sent Prince Takechi ahead to Fuwa to organize the forces there.  Then he sent two others to mobilize troops along the Tokaido region, and two others were sent into the mountains to levy soldiers from the Tousando region.  As a quick reminder: the Tokaido was the eastern sea highway, while the Tousando, the Eastern Mountain Road, went through the middle of eastern Honshu, through the more mountainous regions.  Together, these two routes would have pulled from the most populous regions of the east. As for Ohoama, he took up residence at the government center in Kuwana, where he spent some time resting for a bit. Now just as Ohoama was building up his forces, so, too, was the Afumi court.  As soon as word made it to the capital that Ohoama was on the move, chaos ensued.  Many people fled the capital, some heading to the East, perhaps to join Ohoama, while others went to hide in the mountains and marshes until all the chaos was over and the dust settled.  The young Prince Ohotomo asked the ministers what he should do, and they recommended that he immediately set out with cavalry to pursue Ohoama and catch him before he could assemble too many troops.  However, he decided not to heed their advice, instead opting to assemble an army of his own, to add to the soldiers that had already been levied.  He sent Ina no Iwasuki, Fumi no Kusuri, and Wosaka no Ohomaro to the East country, while Hodzumi no Momotari, his younger brother, Ihoye, and Mononobe no Hiuga headed to the Yamato capital—which is to say Asuka.  Ohotomo also sent Saheki no Wotoko to Tsukushi and Kusu no Iwate to Kibi, all with orders to levy troops.  He gave Wotoko and Iwate special instructions, since there was some concern that neither Tsukushi nor Kibi would be compliant, as they both had been supported by Ohoama and may feel ties to him.  So if the leaders of either of those areas were to resist, Wotoko and Iwate were authorized to execute them for treason. As Iwasuki, Kusuri, and Ohomaro headed east, they traveled around Lake Biwa and were headed to the Fuwa pass, not knowing that it was already controlled by Ohoama's forces.  Iwasuki, however, was cautious.  He realized that they might be ambushed, and so he held back from the main group.  Sure enough, he was right:  Kusuri and Ohomaro were ambushed and captured, at which point Iwasuki fled, barely escaping. The following day, Prince Takechi sent a note to his father asking him to move closer to Fuwa, so that they could better communicate with the front line.  Ohoama headed out, but left Princess Uno in Kuwana, which was well situated between Fuwa and Suzuka, and was likely far enough from the front lines to ensure that it wouldn't be disrupted by skirmishes at the passes.  As Ohoama then traveled through Wohari, the governor, Chihisakobe no Muraji no Sabichi, also joined him with a force of 20,000 men.  Ohoama had them divided up and set them on roads to various places as needed. Ohoama finally reached Nogami, just on the eastern edge of modern Sekigahara.  This is near where Tokugawa Ieyasu would eventually make his first camp as well, at his fateful battle here just under a thousand years later.  At Nogami, Ohoama would set up his headquarters, Nogami no Miya, or the Nogami Palace.  Meanwhile, Prince Takechi would handle the troops in the main part of the area near the pass, known as Wazami.  As Ohoama reached Nogami, Takechi came to conference with him.  He noted that there had already been an altercation—they had taken prisoners, who claimed that they were actually headed east to raise troops for Ohoama, but given that they didn't know who they were AND that Iwasuki had fled back towards Ohotsu-kyo suggested that this was not exactly the case. Following that incident, and a fair amount of speechifying, Ohoama eventually placed Prince Takechi formally in charge of the army, presenting him the gift of a saddle-horse.  Takechi went back to his camp at Wazami.  That night, a severe thunderstorm broke out.  Ohoama prayed that if the kami favored his case, they would make the storm abate, and immediately the thunder and lightning stopped. The next day, on the 28th, Ohoama traveled over to Wazami to review the troops and check on the military arrangements, before returning back to Nogami.  He likewise went out the following day, issuing commands through Prince Takechi, and then returned again to Nogami. At this point, soldiers were likely on their way from the Eastern provinces and elsewhere.  On the one hand, they wanted to wait and make sure that they had all the troops they needed.  But on the other hand, they didn't want to wait too long.  The Afumi court was likewise building up its forces, and the longer they waited, the greater the chance that they could dig in and entrench themselves.  Something would have to happen, soon. But that something will have to wait for the next episode.    Before we finish, though, I do want to come back to something:  the title “Tenno”, or “Sumera no Mikoto”.  Up to this point, evidence suggests that the term used for the sovereign of Yamato was not “Tennou” as we know it today, but instead was the term “Oho-kimi”.  “Oho-kimi”, or basically the “Big Kimi”—something like the primary lord—was the one lord of lords of Yamato.  But that was probably something based on local concepts of governance.  With the introduction of new ideas of governance, many based on the Han and Tang dynasty models, we see a shift in the terminology. There are poems that come from the era of Naka no Oe—Tenji Tennou—that use terms like “Huang” (皇) and “Di” (帝)—“Kou” and “Tei” in Japanese.  These are imperial terms from the continent.  At some point, however, we see that they use “Tian” (天) and “Huang” (皇).  “Tianhuang” becomes “Tennou” (天皇) when read in Japanese, and it critically utilizes the character “Tian” for Heaven.  Interestingly, this does not appear to be a term that was ever commonly used for rulers in the area of modern China.  I seem to recall that it was used here and there, but not with any frequency.  There is some thought that it may have been pulled from a term for the north star, or pole star, which sometimes used the term, I suspect referring to that star as the Heavenly Ruler—the star that the heavens themselves were focused on. For a variety of reasons, we see a particular emphasis on Heaven, and on Amaterasu, in the decades following 672, and it is thought that this is all connected.  And so it is generally from some time here, in the late 7th century, that we can probably start to refer to the sovereigns as “Tennou”. Although, it is unclear to me if the authors of the Nihon Shoki pronounced it like this or not, later glosses given for the characters in Japanese is “Sumera no Mikoto”, the kun'yomi, or Japanese reading.  The problem is that the Nihon Shoki projects this term back to the very beginning of the narrative, with “Jimmu Tennou” being the first.  However, we have some evidence that the earlier term was, as as I said before, “Ohokimi”.  For many years, there was an idea that the term “Sumera no Mikoto” first appeared in the era of Toyomike Kashikiya Hime, aka Suiko Tennou, probably because that is when Buddhism and continental studies really seem to kick off.  However, there really is no evidence of its use then, and it seems that more scholars today place its use in the late 7th or early 8th century. So there is the possibility that this title was first used by Ohoama, as some claim, when he declared that the “Sumera no Mikoto” or “Tennou” was heading to the Eastern countries.  Of course, that could also just be dramatic license by the Chroniclers, who were less concerned with what, exactly, he said and more concerned with the meaning of it all.  We've also known them to swap out older terms for those in use in the 8th century, updating the narrative. Regardless, I think that about this time we can start to refer to the sovereigns of Yamato—and eventually Japan, or Nihon, another somewhat controversial term—as “Tennou”, or “Sumera no Mikoto”, from about this period.  I'll probably still use the term “sovereign” in general, and I'll try to avoid the term “imperial” for anything prior to the 19th century, when it became a standard English translation.  After all, Empires were the rage—Chinese, Ottoman, British, Austrian, French, Spanish, you name it.  Everyone had an empire, and so Japan, following that model, must also have been an “empire”.  Even today, it is officially the “Imperial Household” and that is the official translation. However, I want to be cautious about using that translation too early, however.  The institution of “Tennou”, while modeled on the Tang dynasty, took on its own character.  As such, I think that it is best to avoid the term for now, because it really was its own thing, and I don't want to conflate too many foreign concepts of “emperor” with the idea of the Japanese ruler. As for the term “Sumera no Mikoto”—it does not appear to me that the etymology of this term is clearly known.  One explanation is that “Sumera” is related to the word “Suberu”, to rule.  “Sumera” is also defined as meaning something precious, though I'm not sure if that meaning existed before its use to refer to the sovereign.  “Mikoto” is simply an honorific referring to the sovereign, meaning “royal” or “imperial”.  I suspect that the term “Tennou” came over first, and later it became glossed as “Sumera no Mikoto”, which may have been an earlier term, but we don't have any clear evidence.  Variations do appear in the Man'yoshu, the collection of ancient poems, so the concept was clearly around by the 8th century. Anyway, I think that's enough.  We'll probably talk about it more when we get to the rise of the worship of Amaterasu.  Until then, let's continue with our series on the Jinshin War. Next episode we will kick off with some of the actual fighting and campaigns in Afumi, Iga, and in Yamato.  Until then, thank you once again for listening and for all of your support. If you like what we are doing, please tell your friends and feel free to rate us wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you feel the need to do more, and want to help us keep this going, we have information about how you can donate on Patreon or through our KoFi site, ko-fi.com/sengokudaimyo, or find the links over at our main website,  SengokuDaimyo.com/Podcast, where we will have some more discussion on topics from this episode. Also, feel free to reach out to our Sengoku Daimyo Facebook page.  You can also email us at the.sengoku.daimyo@gmail.com.  Thank you, also, to Ellen for their work editing the podcast. And that's all for now.  Thank you again, and I'll see you next episode on Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.

Heute berichte ich über mein psychosomatisches Verhältnis zum Geburtstag meines Freundes und mein neues Dasein als Müllfluencer mit Greifarm. Außerdem: Warum Essensfotos in Speisekarten ein Menschenrecht sein sollten.Zum Schluss höre ich in meine erste Podcast-Folge von 2018 rein (Titel: It's Michi, Bitch) und stelle überrascht fest: Viele meiner damaligen Träume sind längst Realität, inklusive definierter Bauchmuskeln. Also, schnappt euch euer Tagebuch oder scrollt mal in eurer iPhone-Fotogalerie zurück. Vielleicht seid ihr schon längst da, wo euer früheres Ich hinwollte. PS: Die Landwirtschaft bedankt sich für den Regen. Und ich mich bei euch fürs Zuhören.

Jonny Fischer, die eine Hälfte des erfolgreichsten Schweizer Comedy-Duos Divertimento, ist auf grosser Abschiedstour. In einem exklusiven Focus-Talk vor Publikum spricht der 45-Jährige offen über seine Zukunftspläne und Herausforderungen – und darüber, was ihn wirklich glücklich macht. Die Abschiedstour dauert noch Jahre, doch Jonny Fischer stellt sich bereits jetzt die grossen Fragen: Was kommt danach? Funktioniere ich auch ohne meinen Bühnenpartner Manu Burkart? Werde ich wieder unterrichten, werde ich doch Winzer oder zieht es mich nach Südafrika? In diesem «Focus Live» vor Publikum erzählt der Zuger auch über seine Leidenschaft zur Musik und er verrät, ob er seine Autobiografie, in der er seine schwierige Kindheit verarbeitet, heute nochmals herausgeben würde. Ein offenes Gespräch über Zweifel, Überforderung aber auch über die schönen Momente mit und ohne Applaus. ____________________ Habt ihr Feedback, Fragen oder Wünsche? Wir freuen uns auf eure Nachrichten an focus@srf.ch – und wenn ihr euren Freund:innen und Kolleg:innen von uns erzählt. ____________________ 08:00 Kennenlern-Geschichte mit Manu 18:00 Er spricht jeden Abend 10 Positive Sachen aus dem Tag laut aus 21:50 Burnout 24:00 Er hat 2012 angefangen zu üben, sich zu mögen 29:00 Wir sollten offener sein und mehr miteinander reden 33:00 Sofort in Michi verliebt, weil er alles das war, was er nicht wollte 34:24 Offene Beziehung 38:00 Gesangskarriere - «Es reicht einfach nicht» 40:40 Warum Abschied? 45:00 Was kommt als Nächstes? 48:00 Publikumsfrage: Wird er wieder Lehrer? 50:10 Thema Winzer 53:10 Wunsch Jonny: In jeder Lebenssituation heiter gelassen zu sein ____________________ Team - Host: Judith Wernli - Angebotsverantwortung: Anita Richner «Focus» ist ein Podcast von SRF ____________________ Das ist «Focus»: Ein Gast – eine Stunde. «Focus» ist der SRF-Talk, der Tiefe mit Leichtigkeit verbindet. Nirgends lernt man Persönlichkeiten besser kennen. ____________________ Diese Folge wurde zum ersten Mal am 04.11.2024 ausgestrahlt.

Microsoft hat über 9000 Menschen entlassen. Die Gründe dafür sind diskutabel, deswegen werden sie im Brunch von Manu, Michi und Basti auf ihre Validität überprüft. Generell wird der Status Quo der Marke Xbox diskutiert, einige abgegbrochene Spieleentwicklungen gab es nämlich obendrein: Das Perfect Dark Reboot oder Rares Everwild werden nicht erscheinen. Bei den Spielen hat Manu StarVaders mitgebracht. Basti war auf einem Pragmata-Preview-Event und Michi erzählt vom hohen Leistungsdruck in der virtuellen Formel 1 bei iRacing.

Bilderbuch-Bergwelten, Hüttenzauber, Wandern an glasklaren Seen, und Palmen vor den schneebedeckten Dolomiten. Unglaublich gutes Essen, die höchsten Gipfel und die schönsten Täler. Kommt zusammen mit Tamina Kallert und uns im Rahmen unserer „Bella Italia“- Miniserie mit nach Südtirol! Sei es das mondäne Bozen, in dem man mit dem Zug aus den hervorragend angebundenen Österreich und Deutschland ankommt. Sei es das für seine Schönheit überraschend ruhige Sarntal oder Klassiker wie die Seiser Alm, der Rosengarten oder der Kalterer See - Südtirol ist nicht nur wunderschön. Es ist inzwischen auch als ausgewiesen nachhaltige Tourismus-Region komplett mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln zu bereisen. Hört die besten Hotel- und Restaurant-Tipps, viel Italien-Liebe plus: die schönsten Anreise-Optionen auf Schienen. Alles in dieser Folge.Bei „Bella Italia“ reisen Deutschlands bekannteste Urlaubs-Expertin Tamina Kallert (u. a. „WDR Wunderschön“) sowie Jochen Schliemann und Michael Dietz von „Reisen Reisen - der Podcast“ quer durch das Traum-Urlaubsland Italien.Bella Italia LIVE AUF DER BÜHNE - mit Tamina, Jochen, Michi und: Überraschungen!17.11. - Tanzbrunnen in Köln – Tickets überall und hier. Unsere Werbepartner findet ihr hier.Mehr von Tamina Kallert gibt es hier.Mehr Reisen Reisen gibt es hier.Noch mehr Reisen Reisen gibt es in unserem Newsletter-Magazin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Manu, Michi und Basti üben Kritik, und zwar an Opencritic und Metacritic und überhaupt. Rematch ist nämlich viel besser als sein Ruf. Bezüglich Hitman World of Assassination fehlt ebenfalls gebührende Aufklärung und was ist eigentlich White Knuckle? Die Antworten findet ihr im Brunch. In den News geht es (leider) auch um das aus von GameTwo, Square Enix, Patches für Mario Kart World, die die SpielerInnen bevormunden und das Capcom Showcase.

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo wirft viele Fragen auf. Die wichtigste, ob es mit dem großen Vorbild Zelda: A Link to the Past mithalten kann, beantwortet Basti im Brunch. Manu berichtet von seinen legendären Toren in Rematch und Michi hat die Klavierseite in Hitman auf der Switch 2 ausgepackt. Zusätzlich hat er Stellar Blade auf dem PC angespielt. In den News geht es naturgemäß weiter viel um Nintendos neue Konsole, aber auch Bungie und Sega sind in den Schlagzeilen.

Sie ist ohne Zweifel eine der schönsten Ecken dieser Welt. Und fast werden wir ein bisschen sauer aufeinander :), als wir uns in dieser Episode unsere besten Tipps und Geschichten aus der Toskana gegenseitig präsentieren - Tamina Kallert, Jochen und Michi. Landschaften wie Gemälde, mit sanften Hügeln, Zypressen, historischen Orten und Städten wie den unfassbar hinreißenden Florenz oder Siena. Hier am großen Palazzo sitzen und Kaffe trinken, mitten im italienischen Leben? Jederzeit! Kommt außerdem mit auf ein astreines Trüffelfestival, eine Trüffelsuche mit Hund, kocht unter freiem Himmel, durchquert diese zauberhafte Region mit dem Wohnmobil, dem Auto oder der Bahn - und genießt das Leben in einer gesegneten Landschaft, die jede und jeder mal erlebt haben sollte.Bei „Bella Italia“ reisen Deutschlands bekannteste Urlaubs-Expertin Tamina Kallert (u. a. „WDR Wunderschön“) sowie Jochen Schliemann und Michael Dietz von „Reisen Reisen - der Podcast“ quer durch das Traum-Urlaubsland Italien.Bella Italia LIVE AUF DER BÜHNE - mit Tamina, Jochen, Michi und: Überraschungen!17.11. - Tanzbrunnen in Köln – Tickets überall und hier. Unsere Werbepartner findet ihr hier.Mehr von Tamina Kallert gibt es hier.Mehr Reisen Reisen gibt es hier.Noch mehr Reisen Reisen gibt es in unserem Newsletter-Magazin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

his week Michi from Mega Infinity, Ric from Courtesy of Tim and Saxton from Space Monkey Mafia and Runaway Ricochet all join us. We breakdown all the details of SPI Fest 2025. We talk about what goes into booking, producing and playing a ska festival. And of course Ska News and our Ska Picks of the week. SPI Fest:spifest.orgMega Infinity:https://megainfinity.bandcamp.comCourtesy of Tim:https://courtesyoftim.bandcamp.com/musicSpace Monkey Mafia: https://spacemonkeymafia.bandcamp.comRunaway Ricochet:https://runawayricochet.bandcamp.comOn The Upbeat:ontheupbeatska.com Ska News…-Joker's Republic On June 11th Joker's Republic released their cover of We Will Fall Together by Streetlight Manifesto. -Anthony Pick On June 13th JER released their new single called The Way You Tune It Out-The Suicide Machines On June 13th The Suicide Machines released a new song called Never Go Quietly. Ska News 2025 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0CLg5HvXyFxP6hQxQi9Qfs?si=fmVCy1bORNGmlle3FA4-uw&pi=u-gkNw56cQRWeaSka Picks of The Week 2025:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4bzFTOq9JPpWk1KSEg2nqE?si=Dh0zXfgHSeqfVKsYs0HRJw&pi=u-bIgOFTm_QpaGSka News Theme by Lab Brats:https://labbrats.bandcamp.comMain Theme by Millington https://millingtonband.bandcamp.comReplyForwardAdd reaction

Die Nintendo Switch 2 ist da! Das nutzt Sony direkt zur Eigenwerbung und erklärt ihre große Vision für Playstation 4, 5, 6 und Playstation auf dem PC. Manu, Basti und Michi ordnen wiederum Sonys Aussagen ein - es ist ein wunderbares Stelldichein. An Spielen haben die Drei diese Woche Without a Dawn, Star Birds, Projected Dreams und Splatoon 3 mitgebracht und natürlich geht es in den News auch um den mysteriösen Start von Mindseye und dessen Debakel.

Anne und Michi haben sich beim Xbox Showcase 2025 mit vielen Neuankündigungen und Sequels vergnügt. Außerdem hat Microsoft neue Hardware in Form des Xbox Ally X angekündigt: nur so semi selbstgemacht erscheint im Winter 2025 ein Xbox-Handheld in zwei Konfigurationen. Bei den Spielen hat Team-Green wieder einen bunten Blumenstrauß präsentiert von Pokémon-Likes über das nächste überraschende (!) Call of Duty und Clockwork Revolution bis hin zum koreanischen Geheimtipp: Mudang: Two Hearts.

Auch dieses Jahr eröffnet Geoff Keighley das Summer Game Fest 2025 mit einer großen Live-Show voller Überraschungen und Trailer-Premieren. Und mit dem Reveal inklusive Datum zu Resident Evil Requiem (RE9) ist ihm auch ein relativ großer Coup geglückt inklusive kleinem Troll-Move. Anne, Michi und Manu fassen die Highlights von Muppets bis Wutang wie immer für euch direkt nach der Show mitten in der Nacht zusammen.

Ein Paradies für Essen, Schönheit und Lebensart ist diese Region im Norden Italiens, die wundervoll nachhaltig zu bereisen ist. Schon Bologna explodiert fast vor hervorragenden Restaurants, Eisdielen, Feinkostläden und ist super ans Zug-Netz angebunden - eine grüne, junge, lebendige, nachhaltig-orientierte Stadt. Nur einen kurzen Schienen-Trip weiter stehen wir an der Adria-Küste in den nächsten Traumstädten. Wie Rimini samt seiner hinreißen Strandpromenade. Wieder im Inland schlemmen wir uns durch das Käse- und Schinken-Schlaraffenland Parma. Und all das ist nur der Anfang für eine extrem vielseitige, leicht zu erschließende Region. „Italien" bedeutet nicht nur die großen Namen wie „Rom“ oder „Venedig“ - es sind die etwas kleineren Städte und versteckten Ecken der Emilia Romagna, in der wir der Seele dieses Landes mindestens genau so nah kommen.Bei „Bella Italia“ reisen Deutschlands bekannteste Urlaubs-Expertin Tamina Kallert (u. a. „WDR Wunderschön“) sowie Jochen Schliemann und Michael Dietz von „Reisen Reisen - der Podcast“ quer durch das Traum-Urlaubsland Italien.Diese Folge entstand mit freundlicher Unterstützung der ÖBB und Deutsche Bahn:https://www.bahn.de/angebot/urlaub/bahnreisen/summerrail/italien/emilia-romagnaBella Italia LIVE AUF DER BÜHNE - mit Tamina, Jochen, Michi und: Überraschungen!17.11. - Tanzbrunnen in Köln – Tickets überall und hier. Unsere Werbepartner findet ihr hier.Mehr von Tamina Kallert gibt es hier.Mehr Reisen Reisen gibt es hier.Noch mehr Reisen Reisen gibt es in unserem Newsletter-Magazin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Es ist der letzte Brunch vor dem Release der Nintendo Switch 2 und vor dem Summer Game Fest 2025. In weniger als 7 Tagen, wird die Spielelandschaft ein anderes Gesicht haben - diesem Umstand geben wir Raum in Form von fröhlichem Diskutieren über das, was sein wird. Viel Freude hatten Gloria, Manu und Michi zusätzlich beim Besprechen von 9 Kings, oder 9 Kinks, wie Manu zu sagen pflegt und einem ersten Überblick zu Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon.

Cody from Michi Brew Co saved the most intriguing for last. Chelan West Coast IPA again bucks the trend of where IPAs are going and blends it where IPAs have been. Blending the best of the origins of the West Coast IPA and what the West Coast IPA has become makes this beer nostalgic and new with every sip.

Die Amalfi-Küste, Venedig, das Essen, das Meer… - willkommen zu unserer Ode an eines der tollsten Reise-Länder der Welt. In dieser und vier weiteren Folgen feiern wir zusammen mit unserer Freundin und Kollegin Tamina Kallert (ihr kennt sie u. a. aus „WDR Wunderschön!“) das einzigartige ITALIEN! Mit vielen Urlaubs-Tipps und ganz viel süßem Fernweh. Los geht's gleich mit ein paar absoluten Highlights. Eine Liebeserklärung an Venedig zum Beispiel oder eine Ode an die weltberühmte Amalfi-Küste, wo Tamina in ihrer Kindheit die Ferien bei ihrer Tante verbringen konnte - während Michi kotzend auf der Rückbank eines Kleinwagens mit der Familie quer durch den „Stiefel“ gejagt ist :) - Familienurlaub in Südeuropa. Kommt mit auf einen wundervollen, stimmungsvollen, spaßigen Trip voller Italien-Feeling und wertvoller Infos für Bella Italia! Mit Tamina, Michael und Jochen.Bei „Bella Italia“ reisen Deutschlands bekannteste Urlaubs-Expertin Tamina Kallert (u. a. „WDR Wunderschön“) sowie Jochen Schliemann und Michael Dietz von „Reisen Reisen - der Podcast“ quer durch das Traum-Urlaubsland Italien.Bella Italia LIVE AUF DER BÜHNE - mit Tamina, Jochen, Michi und: Überraschungen!17.11. - Tanzbrunnen in Köln – Tickets überall und hier. Unsere Werbepartner findet ihr hier.Mehr von Tamina Kallert gibt es hier.Mehr Reisen Reisen gibt es hier.Noch mehr Reisen Reisen gibt es in unserem Newsletter-Magazin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

True to form what Michi Brew Co has been offering up all week, their Hazy IPA called Memphre is an experience all to its own. Where many local breweries take a West Coast hop forwardness to their brews, Cody goes for something more to how Hazy IPAs started out.

Gemeinsam mit klugen Köpfen, Fabian und Ringo von Down to the Detail, setzt sich Michi in dieser Retrospektive mit The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion auseinander. Die Retrospektive ist in einen historischen Kontext eingebetettet, bietet zahlreiche Anekdoten und Wissenswertes über The Elder Scrolls im Allgemeinen und ist gleichzeitig auch eine Review-Folge für das Oblivion Remastered auf Xbox und PC. Also, Episode geladen und "Close shut the jaws of Oblivion!!!"

Another light and crushable beer served from Cody and Michi Brewing! Today he deleivers his take on a Mexican Style Lager, but he's got a few tricks in the brew process that set his apart from others you may have tried. Listen to find out what they are.

Cody from Michi Brew Co continues to impress with his light and crushable beers! After the XPA yesterday he doubled down with a Rice Lager called Akita that checks all the boxes!

San Diego has a new brewery in North County and they've got a big idently. Tapping into the robust local tiki community Michi Brew Co has been met with raucous fan faire. But it's not just all imagery, it's a lot to do with the beer as all week we hang out with Cody and talk about how Michi came to be. We start with a perfect style for Summer in San Diego and their XPA called Mungo.

Gloria berichtet in dieser Ausgabe vom Brunch von ihren grausam getöteten Insekten, von denen sie in Garden In! überfallen wurde. Basti und Michi hingegen sprechen über harmlose Technik von Doom: The Dark Ages oder "Danebenschießen" in GTA. Dazu interessante News über die Switch 2, Umstrukturierungen bei Embracer und einen neuen Street Fighter Film - ein ganz normaler Brunch eben.

Este episodio de More than Mamis es presentado por State Farm. State Farm no solo ofrece seguros, ofrece presencia.   Tu agente puede ayudarte a encontrar la cobertura ideal para ti, para tu familia, tu hogar o tu emprendimiento. Y cuando llega ese momento difícil, no estarás sola: ellos estarán ahí para apoyarte y acompañarte paso a paso. Porque como un buen vecino… State Farm está ahí. En este episodio hablamos sobre los cambios, la evolución y los cierres de ciclo, esos momentos que muchas veces nos asustan, pero que también pueden abrirnos puertas hacia versiones más auténticas y alineadas de nosotras mismas. Michi comparte uno de los cambios más importantes y retadores que ha vivido en los últimos años. Desde un lugar muy vulnerable, nos abre su corazón para contarnos lo difícil que fue tomar una decisión que implicaba despedirse de algo que ama profundamente. Un testimonio honesto que nos recuerda que cerrar ciclos no siempre es sinónimo de pérdida, sino de crecimiento. Prepárate para un episodio lleno de emociones, reflexión y esperanza. Porque a veces, lo que parece un final… es solo el inicio de algo mucho más grande. 

Basti und Michi haben zum petit dejeuner geladen, bei dem sie unter anderem Hideo Kojimas Erbe auf einem USB-Stick besprechen, Bionic Bay und Derail Valley evaluieren und Jade Raymonds Karriere anylsieren.

Today's Song of the Day is “Walking Away” from Michi's album Dirty Talk, out now.

En este episodio conversamos con Erika Urbaez de ProLactancia, consultora de lactancia y gran aliada de muchas mamás en sus primeros pasos en la maternidad. Tuvimos una charla honesta, necesaria y muy completa sobre lo que realmente vivimos las mujeres en las primeras 48 horas tras el nacimiento de nuestros bebés. Hablamos de lactancia, de fórmulas, del sueño, de la presión que sentimos como mamás, del sistema de salud, y desmontamos muchos mitos que aún existen sobre la lactancia. Si estás embarazada o eres mamá primeriza, este episodio es para ti. Porque no se trata de hacerlo perfecto, sino de estar informadas y sentirnos acompañadas. 

The wait is over — the Inside Kentucky Preview Show is here. Nicole Brown and Sam Watson set the scene for one of the most competitive Defender Kentuckys we've seen in years. The field is stacked, the conditions could shake things up, and the storylines are electric. Can Boyd Martin finally win on home soil with one of the strongest strings he's ever brought? Will Michael Jung and Chipmunk bounce back in style? And Tim Price and Tom McEwen are quietly turning up the heat in the world number one race. Over in the Cosequin® 4*-S, Olympic veterans and rising stars like HSH Blake and Off The Record headline a field stacked with serious contenders. This episode is everything you need to sound clever in the group chat all week long— top picks, and the numbers that matter and why this year's Defender Kentucky is a must-follow. Highlights: Boyd's all-in: why this is more than just another five-star for Team Martin Chipmunk and Michi — the comeback everyone's watching World number one? Tim and Tom are both making a case Four-star form guide: Caroline and Blake, and the other combos ready to surprise One stat that shows just how close Kentucky came to rewriting the record books Guests: Nicole Brown –  Eventing Podcast host Sam Watson – Data analyst, five-star rider, and co-founder of EquiRatings   EquiRatings Eventing Podcast: Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Catch up on all of our Inside Kentucky episodes wherever you get your podcasts, and stay in the loop by following Defender Kentucky on Instagram and Facebook!