Podcasts about Michi

Andy Abreu estaba en una casa en La Guaira la noche del 24 de junio. Sintió que la cama se movía, el impacto de la caída y después todo negro. Sobrevivió al doble terremoto de Venezuela y perdió una pierna esa noche.   Lo que más nos marcó de esta conversación no fue lo que le pasó, sino la forma en que lo cuenta. Andy no habla desde la pérdida. Habla desde todo lo que sigue teniendo. Y hay una frase suya que marcó: me falta una pierna pero la vida no me falta.   En este episodio nos cuenta lo que vivió, cómo sostuvo su fe cuando literalmente estaba perdiendo la vida, qué es lo que valora ahora que antes le parecía normal y las cosas que quiere hacer justamente porque sigue aquí para hacerlas.   Una conversación que te va a hacer mirar tu propia vida de otra manera.   Nuevos episodios Miércoles a las 12:00 pm [Miami]   Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales ⬇️ https://www.instagram.com/morethanmamis https://www.instagram.com/michelleposada https://www.instagram.com/antosports   Instagram de nuestra Invitada:     Para más información sobre Farmasi, habla con Michi aquí

En este episodio conversamos con Ale Román, mamá, esposa, empresaria y creadora de contenido, sobre lo que hay detrás de una vida que desde afuera se ve impecable.   Ale nos cuenta cómo nació Rogui, su fundación, y cómo construyó su empresa de lujo pre-loved, un negocio que le dio una segunda vida a piezas que otras mujeres ya no usaban. Hablamos de lo que implica sostener un proyecto propio mientras crías, de cómo se organiza para que le rinda el día y de por qué asegura que delegar no es un lujo, es lo que la mantuvo de pie.   También entramos en lo que no se muestra en redes: el duelo, la manera en que decidió seguir adelante después de dos pérdidas, y cómo una mujer recupera su identidad y su estilo en el posparto, cuando ya no se reconoce ni en su clóset.   Un episodio para las que están construyendo algo mientras crían, y sienten que el tiempo nunca les alcanza.     Nuevos episodios Miércoles a las 12:00 pm [Miami]   Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales ⬇️ https://www.instagram.com/morethanmamis https://www.instagram.com/michelleposada https://www.instagram.com/antosports   Instagram de nuestra Invitada:     Para más información sobre Farmasi, habla con Michi aquí

Die erste Woche der Weltmeisterschaften in Aachen ist zu Ende gegangen – mit einem goldenen Tag für die deutschen Vielseitigkeitsreiter. Michael Jung gewinnt mit Fischer's Chipmunk FRH den Einzel-Weltmeistertitel, das deutsche Team holt Silber. Auch im Voltigieren gibt es Grund zum Jubeln: Gold im Team und Bronze im Pas de Deux. Jan Tönjes und Christian Kröber blicken auf die emotionalen Momente, die deutschen Erfolge und die Geschichten hinter den Medaillen zurück. Der EQUI PAGES WM Newsletter Mit EQUI PAGES mittendrin bei der WM Aachen 2026. Jeden Morgen Updates und Antworten auf die wirklich drängenden Fragen. Beispielsweise, warum Michael Jung vorm ersten Start eine Fahne hatte. Plus: der Blick voraus – das bringt der WM Tag. Hier abonnieren: https://flow.cleverreach.com/fl/fd44c4fb-6bf9-4a84-a520-b217a36c2cc4/?pid=[USER_ID_SECURE]&mid=[MAILING_ID]&gid=[CTID] Für mehr folgt uns gerne auf Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wehorse_de/ https://www.instagram.com/equipages_official/ https://www.instagram.com/christiankroeber/ Produktion: Olivia Herrmann Vermarktung: Carolina Hofmann

Dressur-Emotionen unter Flutlicht und ein spannender Kampf um den Weltmeistertitel in der Vielseitigkeit: Jan Tönjes und Christian Kröber blicken auf den bisher intensivsten Tag der WM in Aachen zurück. Sie sprechen über Charlotte Fry und Glamourdale, Isabell Werths Bronze-Coup und die Bedeutung der Weltmeisterschaft für die olympische Zukunft des Reitsports. Außerdem geht es um Michael Jung und die Ausgangslage vor dem entscheidenden Springen in der Vielseitigkeit. Der EQUI PAGES WM Newsletter Mit EQUI PAGES mittendrin bei der WM Aachen 2026. Jeden Morgen Updates und Antworten auf die wirklich drängenden Fragen. Beispielsweise, warum Michael Jung vorm ersten Start eine Fahne hatte. Plus: der Blick voraus – das bringt der WM Tag. Hier abonnieren: https://flow.cleverreach.com/fl/fd44c4fb-6bf9-4a84-a520-b217a36c2cc4/?pid=[USER_ID_SECURE]&mid=[MAILING_ID]&gid=[CTID] Für mehr folgt uns gerne auf Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wehorse_de/ https://www.instagram.com/equipages_official/ https://www.instagram.com/christiankroeber/ Produktion: Olivia Herrmann Vermarktung: Carolina Hofmann

Hablar de Venezuela hoy es hablar de sus niños. En este episodio nos sentamos con la fundadora de Fundana para entender qué pasa cuando la crisis le cae encima a la infancia: los que quedaron sin casa, sin escuela, sin la seguridad básica de tener a alguien que los cuide.   Nos cuenta cómo se vive el país desde adentro, qué necesita de verdad un niño que llega a una fundación y por qué ayudar no es tan bonito como se ve desde afuera. Hay trabas, hay recursos que no alcanzan, hay días en los que se avanza muy poco. Y aun así se sigue.   Un episodio duro de escuchar y necesario. Si alguna vez te has preguntado cómo ayudar de verdad, sin que se quede en un post, empieza por aquí.   Nuevos episodios Miércoles a las 12:00 pm [Miami]   Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales ⬇️ https://www.instagram.com/morethanmamis https://www.instagram.com/michelleposada https://www.instagram.com/antosports   Instagram de nuestra Invitada: https://www.instagram.com/fundana_fundacion   Link de GoFondme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fundana-emergencia-venezuela   Para más información sobre Farmasi, habla con Michi aquí

Warm-up nach der Sommerpause oder besser gesagt: Wiedereinstieg. Denn von „Warm-up“ kann bei den aktuell hochsommerlichen Temperaturen nun wirklich keine Rede sein. ☀️

Nach dem Tod Heinrichs I. versinkt England in einem fast zwanzig Jahre andauernden Bürgerkrieg, der später als The Anarchy in die Geschichte eingehen sollte. Im Mittelpunkt steht König Stephen von Blois, der trotz eines Eides zugunsten von Heinrichs Tochter Matilda selbst nach der Krone greift und damit einen der erbittertsten Thronfolgekriege des Mittelalters auslöst. Moritz und Michi begleiten Stephen von seiner überraschenden Krönung über die wechselnden Erfolge und Niederlagen im Krieg gegen Kaiserin Matilda bis hin zu den berühmten Belagerungen, Intrigen und Machtkämpfen, die das Land erschüttern. Dabei geht es auch um Stephens Regierungsstil, seine politischen Entscheidungen und den Kompromiss, der schließlich den Weg für die Plantagenet-Dynastie ebnete. Eine Folge über Loyalität, Verrat, Rittertum und einen König, dessen Herrschaft England an den Rand des Zusammenbruchs führte.

Diese Folge wird unterstützt von NordVPN:Wenn ihr euren Gaming-Alltag im Netz besser absichern wollt geht auf nordvpn.com/moin. Dort gibt's ein exklusives Angebot mit 4 Extra-Monaten auf die 2-Jahrespakete, und dank 30-Tage-Geld-zurück-Garantie könnt ihr das ganz entspannt testen.Im Brunch 3769 sprechen Basti, Micha und Michi über The Mermaid Mask, Resident Evil Code: Veronica X und den Playtest von Prospice: Anomalous Logistics. Dazu geht es in den News um den ungewöhnlichen Plan, den neuen „Extended Look“-Trailer zu GTA 6 zunächst auf Netflix zu zeigen, sowie um Sonys Aussagen zur Zukunft physischer Spiele. Und am Ende gibt es eine epische Herausforderung. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nach unsere Sommerpause geht es wie gewohnt mit einem Sommer Recap los. Was haben die Boys alles so erlebt und Konsumiert. Wir sprechen über alles, was uns bewegt hat: von kuriosen Snacks und abgefahrenen Drinks bis hin zu neuen und alten Kultfilmen wie "Project Hail Mary" und "Backrooms". Return of the Obra Dinn hat Michi in altes Seemannsgarn gewickelt. Maggo ist im Wilden Westen und Enti bleibt dem Horror treu mit Evil Dead. Viel Spaß mit der Episode, folgt uns gern auf Instagram, empfehlt uns weiter und wir freuen uns über eine Bewertung auf der Podcast Plattform eurer Wahl! Wenn euch hören alleine nicht reicht und ihr uns darüber hinaus unterstützen wollt, könnt ihr gerne Patreon werden! Alle Einnahmen aus Abos verwenden wir für Events und Specials. Links dazu findet ihr in unserer Instagram Bio oder hier: https://www.patreon.com/popkultur_beichtstuhl?l=de

Immer wird sich über Preise beschwert, aber wie läuft das eigentlich im Hintergrund ab? Wie kann man sich so eine Preisverhandlung vorstellen und was sind die verschiedenen Strategien, wenn es um dieses Thema geht? Das und noch vieles mehr erfahrt ihr in dieser neuen Folge der Supplement Releases mit Michi von Bodylab24.Anzeige:

Für Michi war Frankfurt am Main immer eher ein Zwischenstopp. Ob Bahnhof oder internationaler Flughafen - Frankfurt ist für Europa und die Welt ein perfekte Reise-Drehkreuz. Aber da länger bleiben? Ein ganzes Wochenende? Warum? Die Moderatorin Susann Atwell kennt das. Als Hamburgerin hatte sie mit Frankfurt lange nichts am Hut. Heute ist es ihre zweite Heimat. Und sie nimmt Michi mit durch die Stadt und zeigt ihre LieblingsplätzeEs ist die kleinste Weltstadt Deutschlands. Die einzige mit einer echten Skyline, die in der blauen Stunde aufleuchtet wie eine Miniatur von New York. Eine Stadt, in der es die besten Teilchen außerhalb Kopenhagens gibt und in der man Apfelwein süß oder sauer bestellt und auch im Bahnhofsviertel für schöne Überraschungen sorgt.Frankfurt ist eine Bummelstadt, auf die man sich einlassen sollte, von der neuen Altstadt bis Susann´s Lieblingsviertel, das Nordend. Irgendwann geht es in dieser Folge um die Wurst und Michi versteht langsam aber sicher, dass er mal länger nach Frankfurt muss….–Unsere Werbepartner findet ihr hier.Folgt Susann bei InstagramMehr Reisen Reisen gibt es bei Instagram oder auf reisenreisen.infoAbboniere unseren Newsletter unter https://www.reisenreisen.info/p/newsletter–VIERTELBahnhofsviertel — roh, urban, ehrlich: Kreative, Cafés und Bars neben offener Drogenszene (Münchner, Taunus-, Kaiserstraße). Nordend — Susanns Lieblingsviertel: grün, lebendig, Altbauten, hippe Cafés neben Ebbelwoi-Lokalen; Alt-Sachsenhausen — Kopfsteinpflaster-Gassen mit Apfelwein-Kneipen (am Wochenende ordentlich Partytrubel).Neue Altstadt (DomRömer) — 2018 rekonstruierte Altstadt zwischen Römerberg und Kaiserdom; ESSEN & FRANKFURTER SPEZIALITÄTENApfelwein („Ebbelwoi") — süß oder sauer gespritzt; dazu Handkäs mit Musik und Frankfurter Grüne Soße.Bar Shuka (im 25hours Hotel The Trip) — levantinische Tel-Aviv-Küche, frische Pita; dahinter die versteckte Shuka Bar mit Sake und japanischen Drinks.Club Michel (Münchner Straße) — modernes Restaurant im ersten Stock, junge Fusion-Küche; ca. Mi–Sa geöffnet.Pizzeria Montana (Bahnhofsviertel) — kleine, sehr gute neapolitanische Pizza.Imuri (Braubachstraße) — japanische Confiserie und Café, solides Frühstück und kleine süße Spezialitäten.CAFÉS & SÜSSES (vierte Mahlzeit)Hoppenworth & Ploch — Frankfurter Kaffeerösterei mit Cafés (u.a. neue Altstadt, Nordend) und eigener Bäckerei; Café Plank (Ecke Elbestraße/Münchner Straße) — Bahnhofsviertel-Café, öffnet schon vormittags.Eis Christina (Oeder Weg 44) — Kult-Eisdiele seit 1974, legendär, oft lange Schlange.

So intensiv wie in Big Walk haben Manu und Michi noch nie zusammen gespielt. In dieser Folge sprechen sie über ihren großen Spaziergang, dem neuen Koop-Abenteuer von House House. In der ersten Hälfte klären sie spoilerfrei, wie sich gemeinsames Erkunden, Rätseln und Verirren anfühlt, wie wichtig die richtige Gruppe ist und ob das ungewöhnliche Konzept über die gesamte Spielzeit trägt. Ab der zweiten Hälfte wechseln sie in einen ausführlichen Erlebnisbericht und sprechen offen über konkrete Rätsel, Entdeckungen, das Finale und die Frage, warum gerade die ungeplanten Momente mit anderen Spieler*innen so lange im Gedächtnis bleiben.Diese Folge wird unterstützt von NordVPN:Wenn ihr euren Gaming-Alltag im Netz besser absichern wollt geht auf nordvpn.com/moin. Dort gibt's ein exklusives Angebot mit 4 Extra-Monaten auf die 2-Jahrespakete, und dank 30-Tage-Geld-zurück-Garantie könnt ihr das ganz entspannt testen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seit Anfang Juli gibt es auf Netflix eine Neuauflage von "Unsere kleine Farm", das bitterböse blond gelockte Mädchen Nellie Olesen kommt zwar nicht mehr vor - in unserer Top Ten der unsympathischsten Serienkinder hat sie aber definitiv einen Platz verdient. Welche Eigenschaften eine Kinderfigur nervig machen, was aus den Schauspielerinnen und Schauspielern geworden ist, die sie spielten, und ob es auch coole Kinder in Serien gibt, besprechen Doris Priesching und Michael Steingruber mit Influencer und Kabarettist Michi Buchinger.

Pumkin, Manu und Michi haben sich für den Review-Cast in die Tinte gestürzt. Wie motivierend ist die Mischung aus Missionen, Loot und stetigem Aufrüsten? Bietet das Inselabenteuer genug Abwechslung für eine komplette Kampagne? Und gelingt es Splatoon Raiders, den unverwechselbaren Charme der Serie in ein stärker auf Einzelspieler und Koop ausgerichtetes Abenteuer zu übertragen – oder fehlt ohne den kompetitiven Multiplayer am Ende doch eine entscheidende Farbe?Diese Folge wird unterstützt von NordVPN:Wenn ihr euren Gaming-Alltag im Netz besser absichern wollt geht auf nordvpn.com/moin. Dort gibt's ein exklusives Angebot mit 4 Extra-Monaten auf die 2-Jahrespakete, und dank 30-Tage-Geld-zurück-Garantie könnt ihr das ganz entspannt testen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

En este episodio hablamos de fertilidad con Kristina y Dania, de Integro Fertility, quienes combinan la nutrición funcional y el análisis clínico para entender qué está pasando en el cuerpo antes de asumir que la única salida es un tratamiento.   Conversamos sobre lo rápido que en Estados Unidos se manda a la mujer directo al IVF, sobre por qué cuatro meses es un periodo razonable para lograr un positivo cuando el cuerpo está sano, y sobre algo que cambia la forma de ver el proceso: la infertilidad, las pérdidas y hasta el acné no son el problema, son síntomas de un cuerpo que está diciendo que algo no está bien.   También hablamos de la fertilidad como un regalo que llega cuando lo demás está en orden, y del miedo que carga en silencio toda mujer que quiere ser mamá y todavía no lo logra.   Un episodio para las que están en el proceso, para las que vienen de una pérdida y para las que quieren prepararse antes de intentarlo.   Nuevos episodios Miércoles a las 12:00 pm [Miami]   Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales ⬇️ https://www.instagram.com/morethanmamis https://www.instagram.com/michelleposada https://www.instagram.com/antosports   Instagram de nuestra Invitada: https://www.instagram.com/integrofertility   Para más información sobre Farmasi, habla con Michi aquí

We continue to look at the life and times of Uno no Sarara, aka Jito Tenno, female sovereign ruling in her own right.  We look at some of the places she traveled to as sovereign and, ultimately, what she did to ensure that her grandson would succeed her. For more, check our podcast blog page:  https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-154 Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua and this is episode 154: Queen Uno no Sarara, Part II   Light drifted in from outside the grand audience hall.  It filtered through barred windows and screens, and glinted off of bright gold and bronze accents, as well as the polished stone floor.  Upon a raised dais, surrounded by curtains, sat the tennou, arrayed in all of his youthful majesty.  Before him were princes and high ranking nobles, dressed in their finest court clothing.  Rich brocades of silk and black gauze hats only added to the pomp and circumstance of the moment. The nobles bowed and brought out a small tray.  Upon it were seventeen scrolls, freshly made, representing the latest updates to the laws and punishments of the land.  The nobles presented the work they had overseen, the culmination of a year's effort to further bring into line the organization of the state.  Off to the side, behind a screen of her own, Uno no Sarara watched the proceedings.  She thought back on all that had happened to bring them to this point.  This glittering hall was a far cry from the plain wooden structures of the old Kiyomihara palace.  And while she had never visited them, she could only imagine that this must rival the courts on the continent.  Everything that she and her husband had worked and fought for—all of the battles  they had fought, and all of the friends and children they had lost—she watched as it all came to fruition. The court was never going to be entirely peaceful—there would always be those striving for wealth and power, however they could attain it—but at this moment she no doubt felt as confident as she ever had that her efforts hadn't been for naught.  No matter what happened from here, the State, and her line, would continue.   So let's recap: We started with Part I of Uno no Sarara's reign back in episode 152, and then last episode we took a bit of a detour to go more in depth on the history of Ise and of the worship of Amaterasu more generally.  We talked about how there is good reason to believe that Ise shrine's prominence—and even many of the stories about Amaterasu and her importance in the story of the royal family—were either created or at least emphasized during the reigns of Ohoama and Uno no Sarara.  We ended with a discussion of the Jingikan, the newly created government organization developed to deal with so-called "Kami Matters", formally bringing the administration various shrines under the administration of the State.  Specifically it seems to have focused on State sponsored rituals.  I have no doubt that they took charge of the rituals at court itself, and they were likely involved in the worship at Ise Shrine, as well as the shrines of Tatsuta and Hirose.  On the other hand, as with the spread of Buddhist temples, direct State control was likely limited, at least at this stage, likely focused on the most influential institutions. This episode I want to continue with Uno no Sarara's reign.  She continued to make her mark on the court, tweaking how things worked, especially around the concept of rank.  And then there were her various travels.  These were mostly to her palace in Yoshino, but several other journeys, including a tour of the land of Kii—modern Wakayama prefecture—as well as a visit to her half-sister, Royal Princess Asuka. For all of that, however, the entry in the Nihon Shoki ends with what was perhaps one of the most direct and unique things she did:  Ensuring a smooth transition of power to her grandchild, Prince Karu. And while in this episode we'll (spoiler alert) cover both this power transition and Uno no Sarara's eventual death, we won't be done with her reign and its impact after this episode.  After all, there is still a lot going on around this time, and multiple different threads to pull on.  I expect several more episodes to cover things, such as the creation of hunting and fishing preserves, Buddhist merit-making, crime and punishment, and more.  There are also a few more people to talk about, such as Kakinomoto no Hitormaro, the court poet, and Fujiwara no Fubito and the establishment of the Fujiwara family as we know it.    So let's take a look at Uno no Sarara and what she was up to. She was still very much putting her stamp on things, tweaking the codes and making edicts.  One of the more impactful edicts would seem to be one where she had the government officials and people of the Home provinces all divided into nine classes.  This seems to be introducing yet another rank system, though this one is a bit more technical than the ones that came before. For one thing, it divided everyone up into nine ranks.  To do this, the court were going to take a look at a period of up to 6 years for those who already had rank and up to 7 years for those who did not.  The court—presumably court appointed judges—would use that period to evaluate individuals and slot them into a new system of nine classes.  Those in the first four classes would be given cap-rank based on their individual merits, the services that they had performed, and the importance of their house.  There isn't really a mention about the other five classes, but as they were theoretically the lower classes of society, it may not have been quite so pertinent.  BTW, of the three things that they were using to determine cap-rank, that last one, the importance of the individual's house, strikes me as the nod to the fact that the Japanese had not yet gotten away from the idea of "kabane" type hierarchy.  Granted, it isn't like family was unimportant in the Tang court, the Japanese were just being much more blatant and direct about it. Once everyone was properly sorted into the appropriate cap-rank, new edicts were issued on the official court clothing, which we discussed in Episode 150, and if you check out the blogpost you should be able to see what that looked like. I would note that the cap-rank system would eventually go away and be replaced by a rank system also based on 9 ranks, which then were broken up into upper and lower and junior and senior, so very similar to what we see with cap-rank, with some slight changes.  Uno no Sarara continued to make tweaks to the system, while working on the various large scale projects of the reign.  She wasn't exactly a homebody, however.  As she did all of this, she was regularly taking trips away from the capital. For example, between 689 and 697 she took at least 30 trips to visit Yoshino, sometimes taking as many as five trips in a year.  These were often short—a couple of days and then back to the grind of the court.  However, that's all that we get.  Based on the dates, we can at least make a few inferences.  For one, she was going down in all seasons, so she really must have enjoyed it, and it doesn't seem like it was attached to any particular official date or ritual.  Perhaps it just got her away from the pressure of official life. Some of her travel appear to have been work trips.  Her travel to Ise, which we talked about in the previous episodes, as well as things like traveling to visit the Castle of Takayasu and also to inspect horses at the embankment of Wani-no-kami.  Those appear to have been both trips where she was keeping an eye on things. Other trips, however, provide fewer details.  Mostly we know where she went.  This included trips to Hatsuse, Kii, Takamiya, and Yonabari, in Uda.  We are also told she ascended the Peak of Tou no Mine and later that she made another journey out to the Futatsuki Palace—presumably at the same place.  And we also have a trip out to the country-house of Royal Princess Asuka. Now Hatsuse, Kii, and Uda are all places we've previously talked about.  They are all on the Kii peninsula.  Hatsuse—or Hase—and Yonabari, in Uda, are both due east of modern Sakurai, following the Yamato upriver and then branching off to the aptly named Yonabari river.  These areas are well-referenced in the rest of the Nihon Shoki.  "Kii" is a bit more ambiguous.  Kii refers to the entire land of Kii, or Kii no Kuni—by the way, if you are familiar with the Japanese bookseller "Ki-no-kuni-ya", that name directly references the land of Kii as the family who started it were from Wakayama in Kii, where they served under the Kishu—or Kii—branch of the Tokugawa family during the Edo period.  That said, there were others who also used the name "Kinokuni" as a locative name as well, and you will occasionally see it here or there, even outside of the famous bookstore. The land of Kii is basically all of the southern Kii peninsula.  On the west side, it starts at roughly Wakayama, and includes the mountainous regions south of the Nara basin, wrapping around to the east side of the peninsula, to just south of Ise.  Today it is split between Wakayama prefecture and parts of Mie prefecture, including the towns of Kihoku—literally "Northern Kii"—and Taiki—"Big Kii".  Today, "Taiki" is part of the Watarai district, Watarai being the name of the location where Ise shrine was located.  So you can see that Kii basically included everything from one side of the peninsula to the other. Most of the time, though, I would generally assume that travel to Kii is a reference to the nearby area of Wakayama, especially as there are other references to that area in the form of hunting and fishing restrictions, which we'll discuss more fully in a later episode. This particular trip to Kii sounds like it was a bit of a longer trip, incorporating several locations.  We know that it took roughly eleven days—about a week and a half.  That's enough time to do quite a bit of sightseeing.  In fact, shortly before leaving, Uno no Sarara says that she is going on a "tour" of the land of Kii, and as such the land-tax and poll-tax for Kii would not be collected for a year, since, instead, they were expected to support her visit so that she could travel in appropriate style and so that temporary palaces could be made available for her use.  Kii is an interesting place for Uno no Sarara to visit.  It is mentioned occasionally throughout the chronicles, and its position puts it squarely in Yamato's sphere of influence.  At the same time, its mountainous nature means that it was never quite as populated as regions like the Nara basin or the Kawachi plains, where the large, flat areas were better suited to wet rice paddy agriculture.  In Kii, there are only a few areas really suitable for supporting large populations through agriculture alone, and even today the mountains make travel and construction in the area more difficult, so you don't have the highly concentrated population centers as in other regions.  The area around modern Wakayama city provides some of the best land for agriculture, with some other coastal regions as well. But it is mountains that Kii is known for, and the mountains often have spiritual significance.  Mt. Koya, or Koyasan, would be found in 805 as the center of Shingon Buddhism, but well before that you have the Kumano shrines, also known as the Kumano Sanzan—the three mountains of Kumano. There is a lot of evidence that worship at the three mountains of Kumano was heavily influenced by Buddhism and Buddhist traditions, but that this was a later influence on areas that were already important spiritual sites well before Buddhism arrived in the archipelago.  The exact nature of worship is debated, but the area was important, with "Kumano" once treated as its own land, overseen by the Kumano Kuni no Miyatsuko.  The deities of Kumano and the area more generally features in the Nihon Shoki in the legendary stories of Iware Biko, aka Jimmu Tenno. The Kumano shrines are, ultimately, a series of shrines in the Kumano region, roughly 20-40 kilometers from each other.  There are three main shrines—Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha, and Kumano Nachi Taisha—known as the three mountains.  There are numerous other shrines as well.  There are three main deities worshipped, but then also another nine that are considered important as well, for at least twelve kami.  The three main kami – Kumano Musubi no Ohokami, Hayatama no Ohokami, and Ketsumi Mikoto Ohokami – are also considered to be manifestations of Izanami, Izanagi, and Susano'o.  Izanami and Izanagi are famously the progenitor kami of the archipelago, while Susano'o is the storm and ocean deity said to be the rambunctious and troublesome brother to Amaterasu Ohokami.   It is quite likely that the connection with these other kami—who feature prominently in the later stories, was actually a later addition.  Similarly, around the 9th century, the Kumano shrines were heavily influenced by Buddhism, which often co-opted indigenous kami worship by associating the native kami with incarnations of Buddhist figures.  In this case:  Thousand-armed Kannon, Yakushi—or the Medicine—Buddha, and Amithabha.  I must say that associating Amithaba—or Amida—with Susano'o seems like a bold move.  The deity who tossed a backwards flayed colt into Amaterasu's weaving hut is also the Buddha who made the promise that all who call on his name would find their way to the western pure land? I guess. Together, the kami of Kumano are known as the Kumano Gongen, and there is a pilgrimage trail, even today, that leads between the various shrines and peaks, as well as various temple complexes in the area. There is one other interesting connection with Kumano shrines, and that is the fact that there is a Kumano Taisha up in the Izumo region.  Today, they claim that despite the names being identical, there are no actual ties between Kumano Taisha and the Kumano Sanzan.  The Kumano Taisha of Izumo is actually considered the Ichinomiya, or most important shrine, of Izumo—even more important than the famous Izumo shrine, itself.  It lies 30 minutes south of modern Matsue, and enshrines a kami known as Kushi-mikenu-no-Mikoto, said to be another name for none other than the famous Susano'o. Kumano Taisha claims to have been first mentioned in the Nihon Shoki back in the time of Takara Hime, aka Saimei Tennou, in an entry from 659, though that entry simply states that the Izumo no Miyatsuko was to repair the shrine of the "Itsuki" kami, and doesn't specifically mention Kumano Taisha by name.  There is an entry attributed to the Izumo fudoki, which claims a shrine was located on Mt. Kumano, identified with modern day Tenguyama.  And then, Kumano Taisha appears in the Engi Shiki in the 10th century.  Suffice it to say, there are many different ways that this can be interpreted. Scholars have attempted to look into the potential connections between Kumano Taisha in Izumo and the Kumano Gongen of Wakayama, but it does not appear that there is a fully formed consensus.  I would note that we certainly see various important worship centers branching out throughout the archipelago, setting up branches elsewhere, and we also see the association of various local kami with other, more famous kami, making the claim that they are simply another name for the same entity.  This would appear to be one way to bring different groups into communion with each other, as it were, and helping to gloss over the potential difficulties found in diverse belief and worship practices. As a side note, there is at least one other Kumano Taisha of note, found up in the Tohoku region.  It claims to be the "Ise of Tohoku", with a focus on Izanami and Izanagi.  It seems to claim a founding around the early 9th century at the Tenno's request.  Given that, I think we can ignore it for our current discussion. To bring this all back around, it is unclear if Uno no Sarara's tour of Wakayama included the Kumano shrines at this time.  Certainly Kumano would play an important role in the legends and stories that the court was putting together, but what structures were in place at this point in the story are unclear.  Her tour may have focused much more on the area around modern Wakayama.  Her tour of the area took a total of eleven days, which is more than enough time to have seen a fair bit of the area, and certainly would have been enough time to get down to the Kumano region, but we don't have any clear details that I see to say exactly what happened. Still, I do find it interesting to look at the juxtaposition of the Kumano shrine story with that of Ise.  Both took on some aspects of the official stories of the founding of Japan and appear to have been important shrines for the court to some extent, and both the trip to Ise and the trip to Kumano were events such that local taxes were commuted for a time to help pay for the royal visit. But whereas Ise would go on to reject the merging of Buddhism with local kami worship, Kumano appears to have embraced it.  Kumano worship took on a highly syncretic character, with Buddhism and Kami worship becoming inextricably intertwined, maintaining that character even today, despite numerous historical attempts to extricate the two from each other. Ultimately, Ise shrine would take pride of place as the national shrine of the royal family, but I can't help but wonder what would have happened if Kumano had been more ascendant. Getting back to our discussion of Uno no Sarara's various peregrinations:  we also have what appear to be two trips up to Tou-no-mine—the modern pronunciation for the name which Aston transliterates as "Tamu no Mine".  This is the peak where, about forty years earlier, Takara Hime is said to have built a circular enclosure and called "Futa-tsuki" or two "Tsuki" trees palace.  It was also known as "Ama-tsu-miya", the Heavenly Palace.  The modern Tou-no-mine is a mountain to the southeast of Asuka, however, there is also a theory that the Tou-no-mine and Futa-tsuki palace were actually on a small hill just due east of the Kiyomihara palace site.  This is where we find walls, the Sakafune-ishi stone, and other examples of work from the time when the Futa-tsuki palace would have been built. That said, to get to Tou-no-mine, we are told it was a two day trip—one day out and one day back.  That said, it wouldn't have all been spent traveling.  In fact, Tou-no-mine, today, is under two hours walking distance.  The site by the palace is much closer, and the entry for going to the Futatsuski is only mentioned on a single day.  So none of that is particularly helpful, in my opinion.  Ultimately, we know that it was a location near Asuka and that it was associated with Takara Hime, the last female sovereign in her own right—even though her reign was arguably run largely by her son, Crown Prince Naka no Oe. Speaking of whom, Naka no Oe was not only the father of Uno no Sarara, but also of Royal Princess Asuka.  So when Uno no Sarara went to Asuka's country house, also known as the Denso or Tadokoro, she was actually going to pay a visit on her own half-sister.  By the way, "country-house" is the Aston translation.  A more direct translation might be something like "Field Place".  It was a private estate belonging to powerful families, such as the local elites—or in this case the royal family.  It is a rare glimpse into the living conditions of those royal princes and princesses who were not resident in the palace itself.  I do find it interesting that it specifically identifies the royal princess and not some male relative or husband—and Uno no Sarara isn't really noted as visiting a lot of family members all over the place.  I've seen a suggestion that Asuka may have been married to Prince Osakabe, one of Temmu's sons, but if so it is interesting that Uno no Sarara goes to visit *her* house and not *his* house. Princess Asuka is not mentioned much, but given this and a few other things—including being mentioned in the Man'yoshu in connection with a poem by the famous Kakinomoto no Hitomaro—she seemed to be someone important, even though we don't have a lot of information on what that looked like at the time. And with that, we've covered most of Uno no Sarara's travels.  We discussed her near-constant trips to Yoshino, then there were official visits to inspect the fortifications and horses.  Granted, that latter duty was also done just at the palace, in Asuka, so it wasn't necessarily terribly special.  There was her expedition to Ise, which we discussed in a previous episode, and then down to tour the land of Kii.  There were short jaunts out to Hatsuse and Yonabari.  And the largely unexplained visits to Tou-no-mine and the enigmatic Futa-tsuki palace.  Finally, there was a note about her calling on her half-sister, Princess Asuka. So that was what Uno no Sarara was doing when she wasn't at the court.  Otherwise, whether it was in the Asuka Kiyomihara palace or in the new Fujiwara Palace, she was dealing with the business of the state.  Much of what is recorded are fairly common things—banquets, archery competitions, and similar events that are interesting in aggregate, perhaps, but maybe not so helpful in figuring out the larger trends that were occurring at the time.  There were edicts and changes, but we can talk about those separately.  There were natural disasters, as well. Overall, she spent eleven years on the throne, from 686 to 697.  In that time, she finished much of the work started by her husband, put her own stamp on the new government, and, perhaps most importantly, she set up her grandson for success.  It is worth nothing that Uno no Sarara's posthumous regnal name is Jitou Tennou, and while that was probably not something she chose for herself, it may give us some insight into how the Chroniclers viewed her.  Remember that the brothers, Naka no Oe and Ohoama, were given the names "Tenji" and "Temmu", respectively.  Tenji is "Heavenly Wisdom", and he is counted as the brains behind the Great Change, the Taika reforms, and much of the shape that the state took from 645 onwards.  Temmu is something like "Heavenly Warrior".  The victor of the Jinshin no Ran was remembered for his military strategy, even though that was really only a small part of his overall reign.  The characters of Jitou's posthumous title are two characters.  The first, "Ji", means "to hold" or "to have".  The other character is "tou" and generally means "relationship" or "to control".  It can also refer to unification. This is often considered to mean that her role was seen as continuing to hold the throne and continue the work of her husband and his line, his progeny.  In this case, that means strengthening the state that Ohoama had built, following through on his national projects, and ultimately ensuring that the throne passed seamlessly to Ohoama's grandson, ensuring that his line would continue.  Of course, it probably should be noted that of course it was also her own bloodline that she was continuing as well, something that would become important in later years. And it is easy for us to look at this as simply editorializing by the Chroniclers, who were, after all, trying to craft a national narrative as well as record the history.  In many ways the use of these posthumous titles allowed them to do that—to summarize an entire reign into something that could be easily remembered.  And yet, based on the actions that she has taken, there certainly seems to be something to this description of Uno no Sarara and her motivations. We saw, early on, how she cleared the way for her own son, Crown Prince Kusakabe, getting rid of his potential rival for the throne, Prince Ohotsu, and thus potentially averting another conflict at the start of the reign.  But then Kusakabe died, leaving her with his young son, and while placing a young infant on the throne might have become a thing in later centuries, that precedent had not quite been set just yet.  Even as it was, Uno no Sarara likely had some concept that she could not know how many years she would get.  A decade on the throne was nothing to sneeze at, and many sovereigns had much less.  And so, beyond setting up the structure of government that her grandson would inherit, she also had a few more things to ensure.  She would want him to be old enough to be taken seriously, and she would need to make sure that there were no other claimants that could complicate matters.  There was only one other serious candidate that fit that description, and that was Prince Takechi. Remember, Prince Takechi was Ohoama's eldest son.  He was also a maternal descendant of the Munakata, meaning that he didn't have the double-royal imprimatur that was presumably required to take the throne as the sovereign.  And yet, Uno no Sarara was no doubt savvy enough to understand that those kinds of traditions changed quickly and easily in the past, as long as one had the right political backing. At the same time, Uno no Sarara appears to have leaned heavily on Prince Takechi's support.  It was a risk, but his support for her efforts would help her do what she needed to do.  Not only that, but if anything did happen to the young Prince Karu, Prince Takechi was the next in line.  He was also the Dajou Daijin—the most powerful court position short of Uno no Sarara herself.  For many reasons, it would have been difficult if the Queen felt she needed to take him out of the picture. Perhaps then it was fortuitous that in 696 the issue resolved itself, when Royal Prince Takechi passed away. This was no doubt a sad event, and yet it also may have set things in motion.  Prince Karu had been born in 683, so he was fourteen years old—still quite young, but old enough.  He was also surrounded by supporters, including his own mother, widow to the late Prince Kusakabe, Royal Princess Abe. While it isn't mentioned in the Nihon Shoki, we get a glimpse of how all this was planned in the Kaifuso, published in 751.  There, in an entry for Prince Kadono, a son of Prince Ohotomo, we are told that after Prince Takechi's death, Prince Kadono met with Uno no Sarara and others and suggested a course of action.  He encourage Uno no Sarara to pass on the kingdom to Prince Karu, despite his youth.  If true, this is quite the statement from someone whose own father was killed in the Jinshin no Ran, which brought Ohoama and Uno no Sarara to power in the first place.  It appears as though she heeded his advice, setting up what would come next over the following year. And so it is from the year after Prince Takechi's death that we start to really see entries focused on Prince Karu.  In the second month of 697, for instance, we see that Tahema no Mabito no Kunimi was appointed to be Prince Karu's tutor.  Likewise we see Michi no Mabito no Atomi and Kose no Ason no Ahamochi appointed as director and assistant director of the Spring Palace—the palace for the Crown Prince, the Heir Apparent.  Interestingly, Aston notes that the Nihon Shoki never actually gives an entry for when Prince Karu was named Heir Apparent—it just seems to be assumed. Ten days after the new directors were appointed, a public great-congregation was held at the Crown Prince's palace—here called the Eastern Palace, and I'll admit I'm not sure if "Eastern Palace" and "Spring Palace" were different names for the same place or what.  I assume these were all part of the newly built Fujiwara Palace, though the most important part is the implications for Prince Karu.  He was being introduced to the court, it seems, with a large congregation at his residence where the court would be expected to acknowledge his position as the crown prince and heir apparent. Three months later, we are told that Uno no Sarara grew ill.  The Ministers and various government officials made votive images of the Buddha in an attempt to make merit and help her to recover.  While she would recover from whatever illness she experienced, I suspect that this was something of a wake-up call.  Uno no Sarara was in her early 50s, and she wasn't getting any younger.  She also lived at a time where she had to realize that many others hadn't made it as far, and perhaps her illness made her realize that if she was going to do something, she had better do it sooner, rather than later.  And so, just a little more than a month later, on the first day of the 8th month, Uno no Sarara abdicated the throne in favor of her grandchild, Prince Karu, soon to become the next Tennou. This isn't the first time we've seen an abdication in the history of Yamato, but it is perhaps the first time we've seen it quite like this.  When Takara Hime abdicated, I think we can agree that it was largely under duress.  She had just seen her son lead a bloody coup against the most powerful court nobles, and that really does seem to have shaken her.  No such bloody struggle was happening here, however.  In fact, there is plenty to suggest that avoiding a bloody struggle was exactly Uno no Sarara's point.  By overseeing Prince Karu's ascension while she was still around, Queen Uno no Sarara maintained significant control over the process. Part of this rested on the fact that when she retired from the position of Tennou she didn't just become some commoner or retreat to the position of Queen Mother or Dowager Queen or something similar.  Instead, she took on a new titled:  Retired Sovereign, or Dajou-Tennou.  Technically this means that her own title was something like "Greater Sovereign", compared to Karu's "sovereign".  This position was new, and may not have even been fully formed at the time of the initial abdication.  Unlike when Takara Hime abdicated, effectively acknowledging that she wasn't actually in charge, Uno no Sarara was planning to remain an active force in government.  Her grandson would be set up as the formal sovereign, or Tennou.  He would be responsible for the rituals and ensuring everything was properly carried out, but his mother, the Dajou-Tennou, would have a tremendous amount of clout and control. By all accounts, this abdication and creation of the "Dajou-Tennou" position really does seem to have been specifically set up for this occasion, to ensure the smooth transition of power.  This way, when Uno no Sarara eventually did pass away, there would be no question about who was seated on the throne.  Given everything she had witnessed—from stories about her how her own father had come to power as well as the events of the Jinshin no Ran and then everything that happened in the aftermath of her own husband's death—I can understand why Uno no Sarara would have been pre-occupied with the idea of ensuring a smooth transition to the next sovereign.  She likely could not foresee how this new position would be used in the future, and yet it would become something of a staple in the politics of the Japanese court. Initially, retired sovereigns were typically doing so for reasons similar to Uno no Sarara—to ensure a smooth transition of power from one to the other and to ensure that the next tennou could be established to avoid instability.  However, it would become something even more.  After all, why wait until your heir is actually ready?  If you are going to be running things, anyway, why not remove yourself from the tedium of ritual while retaining your authority?  And in later centuries we see the tennou retiring younger, leaving younger and younger heirs to hold the actual throne.  There would also be a certain Buddhist aspect to it as well, allowing the retired tennou to be seen as a kind of Golden Wheel Turning Sovereign who was theoretically beyond the material cares of the day to day.  The retired sovereigns would be referred to as "In", which is likely a reference to the suffix given to their compounds, rather than the common "Miya" or "Gu".  And so the government under these retired sovereigns would become known as the Insei, or government by cloistered sovereigns, but that system was still in the future.  For now, we are just seeing the seeds of what was to come, eventually. To understand this later phase of Uno no Sarara's life, we need to take our first few steps into a new source:  The Shoku Nihongi.  The Nihon Shoki ceases to describe anything after Uno no Sarara's abdication, and the official history of Prince Karu's reign—known to us as Monmu Tennou—is taken up by the Shoku Nihongi.  This is literally the continued Japanese history, and we'll talk about it in depth at some point.  For now, I would note that it was compiled in 797 – so literally a century after the last entry in the Nihon Shoki.  That said, it likely had much better records to go off of compared to the Nihon Shoki, though it was still likely compiled with a view that was still quite friendly towards the royal family and the position of the Tennou. And so, when Uno no Sarara largely disappears from the narrative, I don't know that we should assume that she had truly gone completely hands off.  After all, with everything we've seen, do we think that this is a woman who would just hand the reins over to a fourteen or fifteen year old boy?  And yet the first time she appears is in 701, when she is making a trip to her favorite vacation spot:  the Palace at Yoshino.  That said, there were some pretty big events that happened during this period, after her abdication and assumption of the title of Dajou-Tennou.  The biggest was the creation of the Taihou Code.  Once again, this will need a fuller treatment, but the Taihou Code was an update to the Kiyomihara code.  The Asuka-Kiyomihara code was 22 volumes, and focused on  the laws, the "ryou", but not necessarily the punishments, or "ritsu".  In contrast the Taihou code was 6 volumes of "ritsu" and 11 volumes of "ryou", for 17 volumes in total.  Unfortunately, we mostly have scraps of indications here and there, and the codes that came afterwards, which were each based on what came before.  For instance, we do know that they completely overhauled the rank system yet again.  Unlike the Kiyomihara  code, which took years to develop, the compilation of the Taiho code is ordered in 700 and completed by 701—likely because it was really more of an update and a compilation of what was already on the books. This was perhaps the most significant thing that happened while Uno no Sarara was still available to exert her influence.  Karu was still only about 19 years old at this point.  He would turn 20 the following year, 702.  That same year, Uno no Sarara would travel all the way out to Mikawa no Kuni, which is the eastern half of the modern prefecture of Aichi.  The royal procession, which started in the 10th month of 702, then made its way back through Owari a month later, and from there up to Mino, and then down to Ise and back through Iga.  The royal procession is first recorded on the 10th day of the 10th month and returned on the 25th day of the 11th month—a round-trip time of roughly 45 days.  Throughout we are told that various ranks and awards were given out to important individuals at each stop. Unfortunately, that trip may have taken a toll.  A few weeks later, on the 13th day of the 12th month, Uno no Sarara grew ill.  There was a great amnesty pronounced throughout the realm, and one hundred men took Buddhist vows on her behalf.  They even read the Sutra of Golden Light in the Home Provinces.  Alas, it was all to no avail.  Uno no Sarara passed away on the 22nd day of the 12th month—or January 13th in 703.  It was roughly six years from her abdication.  She would have died with at least some knowledge that the realm was largely in order.  Her grandson was on the  throne and had been ruling for the past six years.  He had attained the age of majority, and things seemed relatively stable.  There was even a new, grand, permanent capital city, just like on the continent. But that closes out the life of Uno no Sarara.  She lived in interesting times, experienced tremendous fortune and misfortune, and she put her indelible stamp on the state of Yamato and thus the future of Japan.  There is still more to go over in this period—we have interactions with the Emishi, updates to society, and various impacts to Buddhism.  We'll also take a look at some more important people from this period, including Kakinomoto no Hitomaru, the famous poet, and the poems of the Man'yoshu, and Fujiwara no Fubito, the son of Nakatomi no Kamatari and the one largely responsible for making the Fujiwara house the most influential house in the entire court. Until then 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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Eine Stadt am Meer, auf den ersten Blick kein Paradies, aber ein Ort, den Du nie vergisst. Michi war wieder in Ostende. Schon zum dritten Mal. Er kommt mit dem Zug aus Köln an und schon am Bahnhof begrüßen ihn die Möwen. Nordsee! Das Abendlicht ist einzigartig, die Luft auch. In den Dünen fühlt sich Michi, als hätte ihm jemand einen Eimer Salzwasser in die Lunge gekippt. Jeden Tag wird er mit fantastischen Essen belohnt, dass er morgens schon auf dem Vistrap begrüßt, wo nur noch vier Fischer- Familien ihren Fang direkt vom Boot verkaufen dürfen. Dazu überall Kunst, Ostende ist eine Stadt voller riesiger Wandbilder, eine der größten Freiluft-Galerien Europas.Und am Ende bleibt eine Geschichte, die kaum jemand kennt. Ein kaputter, verschuldeter Marvin Gaye kommt 1981 nach Ostende, um sich zu retten. Und schreibt hier einen seiner größten Hits: Sexual Healing.Rüüdach! Kommt mit an die belgische Nordsee. Übrigens: In Folge zwei geht es raus in die Natur, aufs Meer und, ja, an einen Nacktstrand.—

Stundenlang durch die Dünen. Keine Menschenseele, nur Sand, Wind und das Licht, dem hier schon so viele Maler verfallen sind.Michi war rund um Ostende unterwegs, draußen in Westflandern, wo die Küste plötzlich leer wird. Er steht in einem Naturpark, der sich selbst den Flughafen für Vögel nennt, und nimmt die längste Straßenbahn der Welt bis nach De Haan, einem Belle-Époque-Ort so unversehrt, dass hier sogar Einstein einmal wohnte. Dann steht er mitten in den Dünen vor einem Schild. FKK. Und muss sich entscheiden: Blankziehen oder nicht……Am Ende bleibt ein Bild, das kaum jemand kennt. In Oostduinkerke reiten Fischer auf mächtigen Brabanter Pferden brusttief ins Meer und fangen Krabben so wie vor fünfhundert Jahren. Der einzige Ort der Welt, an dem das noch lebt. UNESCO-Erbe der Menschheit.Und ob Michi wirklich blank gezogen hat am Nacktstrand, erfahrt ihr in dieser Folge.—

Este episodio nace de una historia que nos dejó a todas con un nudo en la garganta: la de María Claire, periodista, mamá de dos, que después de años de violencia doméstica ya no encontró salida. Y nos quedó la sensación de que no podíamos pasar la página como si nada.   Nos acompaña el psicoterapeuta Antonio Porcelli Piussi para explicarnos lo que casi nadie explica: por qué salir de una relación tóxica no es cuestión de fuerza de voluntad. Hablamos de lo que pasa químicamente en el cerebro y por qué termina enganchándote justo a quien te está haciendo daño. De cómo operan estas personas para hacerte sentir que no vales nada. Y de la estrategia más peligrosa de todas: alejarte poco a poco de tu gente, hasta que un día miras alrededor y no queda nadie a quién llamar.   00:00 avance   01:34 intro   03:32 nada te arruina tanto la vida como una relación tóxica   06:13 cuando ves las red flags es demasiado tarde   08:20 “no soy lo suficientemente buena para él” 10:41 una relación tóxica transforma tu identidad   12:26 “todo tóxico fue maravilloso en algún momento” 14:05 ¿qué pasa cuando te alejas de una persona tóxica? 16:42 “un tóxico hará todo lo posible para que no lo dejes” 18:54 “tu cuerpo te avisa cuando esa persona no es para ti” 20:25 ¿cómo vivo sin esta persona? 22:18 cuando esa persona es parte de tu identidad   25:52 las relaciones de pareja desde tan jóvenes   28:05 herramientas para dejar este tipo de relaciones   30:28 nadie se salva de poder estar en un vínculo dañino   33:42 cuando el “amiga date cuenta” se hace sermón   36:30 las amenazas y el chantaje   38:56 sentir miedo es parte del proceso de dejarlo   42:28 “el amor sano si existe” 44:13 “no vas a conseguir a nadie mejor que yo” 47:16 “tienes que saber soportar sentirte como una basura” 48:09 “el gaslighting te va atando”   Nuevos episodios Miércoles a las 12:00 pm [Miami]   Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales ⬇️ https://www.instagram.com/morethanmamis https://www.instagram.com/michelleposada https://www.instagram.com/antosports   Instagram de nuestra Invitado: https://www.instagram.com/lic.antonioporcellipiussi   Para más información sobre Farmasi, habla con Michi aquí

Dejó la cocina profesional para construir un negocio digital desde cero, y hoy Jacquie Márquez es una de las mujeres más influyentes del network marketing.   En este episodio hablamos de negocios y de dinero sin rodeos, de lo que pasa en la relación de pareja cuando la mujer empieza a crecer y a facturar, de cómo se ve el éxito cuando también eres mamá, y de todo lo que nadie te cuenta del camino.   Nuevos episodios Miércoles a las 12:00 pm [Miami]   Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales ⬇️ https://www.instagram.com/morethanmamis https://www.instagram.com/michelleposada https://www.instagram.com/antosports   Instagram de nuestra Invitada:     Para más información sobre Farmasi, habla con Michi aquí

Today, we had a special musical performance of Michi, a solo on Marimba by Calvin Kadrofske at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan. Published Under License From Essential Music Publishing, LLC

Michi eröffnet im Brunch den nostalgischen Sunset Game Shop Shayou, Basti kehrt noch einmal zum handgezeichneten Metroidvania Constance zurück und Manu prüft, was sich mit Palworld 1.0 getan hat. In den News sprechen die drei über Werbeeinblendungen bei kostenlos gestreamten Xbox-Spielen, die Schließung des Studios hinter Crisol: Theater of Idols, den Abgang des Marathon-Directors und ein überraschend angekündigtes Wreckreation 2. Dazu gibt es wie immer den Ausblick auf die wichtigsten Neuerscheinungen und Podcast-Themen der kommenden Woche. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Klingel, Zeugnis, Arme hoch, raus! Sechs Wochen, die sich anfühlen wie ein anderer Planet. Wie kriegt man dieses Gefühl noch einmal zurück?Michi klettert mit dreizehn Jahren nachts aus einem Zugfenster in Ostende. Jochen fliegt an der Costa Brava auf, weil im verspiegelten Fahrstuhl die Disco-Sticker leuchten. Diese Naivität, dieses Es-passiert-gleich-was - genau das versuchen wir bis heute mit auf jede Reise zu nehmen.Und dann ein Ort, an den niemand freiwillig reist: Ein paar Schneeflocken legen London lahm, alle Flüge sind gestrichen, und ein Shuttle-Bus setzt Jochen im Dunkeln vor einem Hotel ab, in dem hunderte Fremde dasselbe Schicksal teilen: steckengeblieben zu sein. Business-Typen, die ins Nichts starren. Fremde, die zusammen feiern. Kinder, die aus Langeweile winzige Schneemänner auf Parkplätzen bauen. Wie ein Raumschiff im Orbit, in dem alle festhängen und niemand weiß, wo genau man ist und wann es weitergeht.Dazu kommen die lieben Jenny und Basti von 22places mit Packtipps, die selbst bei Jochen noch was reißen könnten. Und eine Weekender Card, die überraschend tief geht: ein Mitbringsel, das mehr bedeutet als sein Preis.Schönes Wochenende, ihr Lieben.—

Después de más de un mes fuera de casa, por fin tenemos de regreso a Anto y venimos con todos los cuentos acumulados.     En este episodio hablamos de cómo fue cubrir el mundial desde adentro: lo que se ve en cámara y lo que pasa detrás, los días largos, los proyectos increíbles en los que estuvo y todo lo que aprendió en el camino.   Pero también hablamos de lo otro. De lo difícil que fue sostener una sonrisa frente a la cámara mientras tenía el corazón roto por lo que está pasando en Venezuela.     Y sí, también chismeamos. Anto nos cuenta todo sobre su pedida de mano: cómo fue, qué sintió y todos los detalles que estábamos esperando con ansias escuchar.   Un episodio de reencuentro, de risas, reflexiones y de esas conversaciones que solo se dan cuando una buena amiga vuelve. Una curita para el alma en estos momentos tan difíciles. ❤️‍

En este nuevo episodio de More than Mamis nos sentamos con Fabiola Angulo, fundadora de Manos Misioneras, una fundación en Estados Unidos que trabaja de cerca con las comunidades de Venezuela.   Hablamos sin filtros de lo que está pasando hoy en el país y en La Guaira: la realidad de las familias, lo que de verdad necesitan y lo que muchas veces no llega a las noticias.   Fabiola nos explica cómo donar y ayudar de forma inteligente, porque tener el corazón en el lugar correcto no basta: hay que saber cómo hacer que la ayuda llegue a donde tiene que llegar.   Nuevos episodios Miércoles a las 12:00 pm [Miami]   Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales ⬇️ https://www.instagram.com/morethanmamis https://www.instagram.com/michelleposada https://www.instagram.com/antosports   Instagram de nuestra Invitada: https://www.instagram.com/manosmisionerasusa   Realiza tu donación para manos misionera comprando insumos para las mamis y bebé de Venezuela aquí

Das Brunch-Buffet ist reichlich gedeckt: Nicht nur kann Manu im Rahmen eines Preview-Events erste Eindrücke zu Castlevania: Belmont's Curse mitbringen, Basti ergänzt die Auswahl auch noch mit dem Release von Arcade-Zugspiel DenshAttack! und Michi mit der Retro-Konsole Super Station one. Außerdem reden wir über rekordverdächtige (aber geschätzte) GTA 6-Vorverkäufe, den endlosen Klon-Varianten bekannter Games auf Spiele-Plattform Roblox und dem Statement vom GameStop-CEO zu Sonys eingeläutetem “Disk-Sterben”. Viel Spaß! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Die Gameminds können die Videospiele-Welt wohl nicht retten, aber sie liefern heute ein paar gute Ideen, wie alles besser werden könnte. Dazu positive Vibes zu aktuellen Spielen, Serien und dem Spielefest in Wien, das vergangenes Wochenende stattgefunden hat. Achtung: Die ersten ca. 20 Minuten dieser SHOCK2 Podcast-Sendung sind ab sofort komplett frei verfügbar. Die komplette Sendung, mit über 2,5 Stunden, ist exklusiv für unsere SHOCK2 VIPs auf ihrem persönlichen RSS-Feed verfügbar und kann auch direkt bei Patreon und Steady heruntergeladen und gestreamt werden!

En este episodio nos sentamos con Diana Marcoccia a hablar de homeschooling y de todo lo que hay detrás de esa decisión: los miedos, los cambios y el proceso real de reorganizar la vida familiar cuando eliges educar en casa.   Diana nos cuenta cómo tomó la decisión y por qué, cómo maneja el día a día, y nos explica los diferentes programas de homeschool que existen aquí en USA y cómo funciona cada uno. Sin idealizarlo: también hablamos de las ventajas y las desventajas, para que si alguna vez te lo has planteado, tengas una idea más clara y honesta de lo que implica   Nuevos episodios Miércoles a las 12:00 pm [Miami]   Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales ⬇️ https://www.instagram.com/morethanmamis https://www.instagram.com/michelleposada https://www.instagram.com/antosports   Instagram de nuestra Invitada: https://www.instagram.com/dianamarcoccia   Para más información sobre Farmasi, habla con Michi aquí

This episode will change your life forever. I promise you. In it, I sit down for a heart to heart conversation with Michi Schreiber. Michi is an animal rights activist, PhD primatologist, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and returning guest of our podcast!We catch up with Michi's life over the last few years, and how a traumatic car accident has reframed the way she sees the world. We cover; the fragility of life, the true power of love, why giving up was never an option, Michi's journey to recovery, understanding life from a new perspective, and so much more!To listen to our first interview with Michi, please visit: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cafe-on-the-edge-of-the-world-podcast/id1669795038?i=1000608137431To get Michi's new book, please visit: https://www.amazon.de/Ich-erinnere-mich-für-dich/dp/344222442XTo learn more about Michi please visit: https://michischreiber.de/To connect with Michi on Instagram, please visit: https://www.instagram.com/michis.wild.lifeTo learn more about Michi's NGO or to donate, please visit: https://affenstark.org/einmalige-spende/

Mit Rythm Paradise Groove findet Nintendo zurück zur guten alten Form bei Quirkyness und Einfallsreichtum. Möglichst im Takt spielt ihr euch durch 80 Minigames allein und in 30 Minispielen gemeinsam auf der Couch. Ob das 40 Euro wert ist, diskutieren Manu und Michi im Review-Cast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In den Games der Woche gibt es ein ausführlichen Hands-On-Bericht zu der ersten Stunde von The Orbitals mit Micha und Manu, Michi ist in der Karibik unterwegs und ergänzt seine Eindrücke zum Black Flag-Remake und Basti prügelt sich zum Doom Soundtrack in Dead as Disco. Außerdem natürlich die News der Woche, bei denen wir in den ganzen schrecklicken Industrie-Meldungen die kleinen, positiven Dinge suchen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Diese Woche war anders. Wir mussten Abschied nehmen. Unsere Kollegin, Freundin, Tierforscherin und Podcasterin Lydia Möcklinghoff ist bei einem Flugzeugunglück in Brasilien ums Leben gekommen. Michi hat sie auf der Hausboot-Reise in Irland kennengelernt und erzählt in dieser Folge von einem Menschen, der einen ganzen Pub voller Fremder innerhalb von Minuten zu einem Freundeskreis machen konnte. Einer Frau, die das Leben und die Menschen liebte. Wir werden sie sehr vermissen.Außerdem geht es um Tipps für Reisen mit Freunden, den Mut zum “Ja”, eine spontane Taxifahrt quer durch Myanmar und die Frage, warum wir Privilegierten oft so traurige Musik hören, während anderswo das Leben gefeiert wird. Und um Madonna, die mit über sechzig eine Platte gemacht hat, die frischer klingt als vieles andere.—Unsere Werbepartner findet ihr hier.Mehr Reisen Reisen gibt es bei Instagram.Abboniere unseren Newsletter unter https://www.reisenreisen.info/p/newsletterFoto-Credit: Thomas Rabsch Instagram—IN MEMORIAMLydia Möcklinghoff (1980–2026) — Eine der bedeutendsten Ameisenbären-Forscherinnen Deutschlands, Zoologin, Autorin und Podcasterin; verstorben am 3. Juli 2026 bei einem Flugzeugunglück in Brasilien auf dem Weg zu ihrer Feldforschung im Pantanal. Michi hat sie auf der gemeinsamen Irland-Reise kennengelernt.

Nach der kurzen WM-Pause ist "Icing the kicker" zurück - und nimmt volle Fahrt auf die neue NFL-Saison. Zum Start unserer traditionellen Division Previews knöpfen sich Kucze, Michi, Thommy und Fynn die AFC North und NFC North vor. Genauer: Was sind die X-Faktoren der Steelers, Ravens, Bengals, Browns, Packers, Lions, Bears und Vikings sein? Hört rein!

En este episodio conversamos con María Paz Blanco, psicóloga, empresaria, coach y escritora, sobre algo que muchas mujeres vamos dejando en el camino sin darnos cuenta: creer en nosotras mismas.   Hablamos de cómo la maternidad, las agendas llenas y esa presión de ser fuertes todo el tiempo nos van desconectando de nuestra propia esencia. De cómo llegamos a sentirnos orgullosas de estar agotadas, pensando que mientras más hacemos, más valemos. Y de cómo, en algún momento, dejamos de creer y le damos permiso a la vida de llevarnos por donde ella quiera.   Pero también hablamos de lo posible: de reconectar con esa chispa, de entender que nuestro cerebro cree lo que le decimos, y de que la maternidad, lejos de apagarnos, puede multiplicar ese poder de creer en nosotras.   Una conversación para toda mujer que siente que se perdió un poco en el camino y está lista para volver a encontrarse. ❤️‍

Eine Woche der schlechten Nachrichten liegt hinter uns: Neben Microsofts Xbox-Sparte, die weiterhin schaut, wie sie Kostenfaktoren und Talente abbauen kann, schreibt auch Sony wenig schöne Schlagzeilen. Wie das japanische Tech-Unternehmen bekannt gibt, werden ab Januar 2028 keine physische Versionen ihrer Spiele mehr für Playstation produziert. Darüber müssen wir natürlich diskutieren! Aber genauso wollen wir nicht die schönen Seiten unseres liebsten Hobbies vergessen und über tolle Spiele sprechen! Michi hat die Infrastruktur-Bausimulation A-Train: Alle einsteigen! Tourismus! (das heißt wirklich so) mitgebracht und Basti redet über Indie-Perle Forbidden Solitaire.Die spannendsten Releases der nächsten Woche:07.07. Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations07.07. Moonlight Peaks09.07. Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced10.07. Palworld (Full Release) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ihr habt Michi schon auf dem Fluss Shannon begleitet. Jetzt geht's Backstage bis in die Kajüte..Diese Episode ist eine Podcast-Doku über dieselbe Hausboot-Reise, die ihr schon kennt, nur diesmal mit Eriks Augen und Mikrofon. Wie aus Michi Captain Dietz wird. Wie drei Freunde zum ersten Mal gemeinsam ein 13 Meter langes Boot durch Irland steuern. Wie das Giraffenloch zum festen Stammplatz wird. Und ja, natürlich lief nicht alles glatt. Der Motor stirbt. Das Boot treibt quer im Kanal. Und der Notruf landet versehentlich beim Golfclub.Tief rein ins Herz Irlands, auf den Shannon - Danke Erik von Weltwach für dieses Audio-Gold—

60.000 Menschen singen im Olympiastadion, Jochen guckt aus dem Fenster auf zwei Pferde in der Wallonie. Diesmal reisen die beiden wegen der Kunst. Michi war bei den Foo Fighters in Berlin, dem größten Konzert der Band auf deutschem Boden, und Jochen erzählt von seinem Treffen mit Dave Grohl und dass Paul McCartney auch irgendwie dabei war. Dann geht's zum angesagtesten Museums-Besuch des Jahres ins Kölner Museum Ludwig zu Yayoi Kusama, der japanischen Künstlerin, die Reisende vielleicht von ihrem weltberühmten Kürbis auf der japanischen Insel Naoshima kennen. Und es wird auch mal unbequem, wenn Michi die Schattenseiten der laufenden Fußball-WM thematisiert - verbunden mit einem Podcast-Tipp. Am Ende bleibt eine Weekender Card und eine Frage, deren Antwort persönlicher wird als gedacht: allein reisen oder zu zweit?—Unsere Werbepartner findet ihr hier.Mehr Reisen Reisen gibt es bei Instagram.Abboniere unseren Newsletter unter https://www.reisenreisen.info/p/newsletterFoto-Credit: Thomas Rabsch Instagram—MUSIKFoo Fighters — US-Rockband um Dave Grohl (früher Schlagzeuger bei Nirvana); ihr Berliner Olympiastadion-Konzert 2026 war ihr bislang größtes Konzert auf deutschem Boden. Michis Empfehlung neben Klassikern wie „The Pretender".

En este nuevo episodio de More Than Mamis, conversamos con Daniela Sichel, psicóloga, terapeuta familiar y de pareja, y cofundadora de Opción Yo, sobre cómo atravesar el dolor cuando una tragedia cambia la vida para siempre.   Hablamos de lo que ocurre en la mente de una persona que sobrevivió a una catástrofe, cómo acompañar a quienes perdieron a un hijo, a una madre o a toda una familia, por qué pedir ayuda psicológica en momentos así no es un lujo sino una necesidad, qué podemos decir —y qué es mejor evitar— cuando un niño enfrenta una pérdida tan grande, y cuáles son los primeros pasos para comenzar a sanar cuando sentimos que el mundo se detuvo.   Este episodio nace desde el corazón para todas las personas que hoy están viviendo el duelo y las consecuencias de la tragedia en Venezuela. Y también para quienes quieren estar presentes para alguien que está sufriendo y no saben cómo hacerlo.   Ojalá que esta conversación pueda abrazarte, acompañarte y recordarte que no tienes que cargar con todo en silencio. ❤️‍

Die Vorbestellungen für die Steam Machine (und der Preis) sind da, ebenso sind die 80/100 EUR für GTA 6 ohne Disc bekannt & Xbox, Apple und die Eisdiele um die Ecke erhöhen die Preise wegen der KI-Krise: Alles wird teurer!Abseits der ausführlichen News-Diskussionen haben Basti, Manu & Michi neue Spieleindrücke im Gepäck und bringen euch trotz der Hitze gut gelaunt durchs Wochende! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jochen rast durch eine endlose Schneewüste bei Kaffee und Zimtschnecke. Es ist die Zug-Strecke Oslo–Bergen, aber es sieht aus wie ein anderer Planet. Gefrorene Wasserfälle leuchten blau wie arktisches Eis, Schneeverwehungen, Fjorde zwischen gewaltigen Felswänden voller Schnee. Skandinavien im Winter ist einer der schönsten kalten Orte, die man sich vorstellen kann.In der letzten Folge von Bella Skandinavia reisen Michi, Jochen und Tamina in die frostigste, dunkelste und vielleicht berührendste Jahreszeit des Nordens. Jochen war in Finnisch-Lappland - stand auf einem zugefrorenen See, hat stundenlang Schlittenhunde gefahren, auf Bäumen 30 Zentimeter Schnee gesehen, der ‘nie' schmilzt. Michi stapfte als Michelin-Männchen durch einen Schneesturm in Tromsø, hörte das Knirschen unter seinen Füßen und fand sich plötzlich in einem warmen Café mit Kamin wieder. Und Tamina hat nach Jahren des Suchens endlich die Polarlichter gesehen — nicht in Schottland, nicht irgendwo, sondern über einem zugefrorenen See in Norwegen, in Grün, in totaler Stille.–Bei „Bella Skandinavia" reisen Deutschlands bekannteste Urlaubs-Expertin Tamina Kallert (u. a. „WDR Wunderschön") sowie Jochen Schliemann und Michael Dietz von „Reisen Reisen – der Podcast" durch den magischen Norden Europas.

We've looked at several different members of the court during the reign of Uno no Sarara, aka Jitou Tennou.  Today we start to look at her life, who she was, and what she did.  In this first part we'll touch on some of her big accomplishments, including building the Fujiwara capital, patronage of Ise Shrine, and even the publication of the Kiyomihara law code.   For more, check out the podcast blogpost:  https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-152   Rough Transcript: Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua, and this is episode 152: Queen Uno no Sarara, Part 1 It was rare that something would pull people from the fields at the height of the season, but it wasn't every day that people of Iga had the opportunity to watch a true royal procession.  They gathered on either side of the street as the parade passed through town.  There were horses and carts, but also just numerous men carrying various bags and provisions.  There were also military guards, decked out in their finest—just in case anyone got any ideas.  There were also various nobles and government officials, riding with her.  The outfits and color would have been striking, particular to those who had little business with the court.  And at the height of it all was a covered palanquin.  Nobody could see the royal presence inside through the screens, though later they would talk about getting a peek of her hair or her robes.  It didn't matter, the procession itself was enough of a spectacle for all to see. Not everyone was pleased.  A few of the more dour elders complained about how much of a disruption and a distraction it was.  They would at least be somewhat mollified by the news that, for enduring the disruption, they would at least get a break on their taxes that year.  The procession was headed east, to the land of Ise.  Apparently they were going to pay their respects at the shrine there.  Did you know that it was dedicated to the ancestor of the royal family itself?  The actual sun goddess herself, Amaterasu.  Some of the elders shook their heads.  They remembered when everyone had been focused on Mt. Miwa, to the west.  And what about this Buddha that had shown up from overseas?  There were temples to him popping up all over the place.  They weren't so sure about all of this, but they knew their local kami and their local priests, who helped with the local harvests, and that was enough for them.  The court and their fancy learning could figure out what the country needed, but they were going to stay focused on the day to day, instead. Here we are, in the reign of Uno no Sarara, widow of Ohoama and mother to the late Prince Kusakabe, known to history as Jitou Tennou.  We've actually been in Uno's reign for several episodes now, but while we've talked about how that reign began and the roles a lot of other people played in that beginning, this episode I would finally like to start focusing on her—who she was, where she came from, and what she did.  Since that covers a lot of ground, we are going to cover some of her history up to this reign, and we'll be mostly focusing on two major updates—the creation of the new capital of Fujiwara, aka Fujiwara-kyou, and the increased royal patronage of Ise, which is thought to have been responsible for the ascendancy of Amaterasu as the paramount kami of the pantheon of Shinto kami. So let's start at the very beginning. It is traditionally held that Uno no Sarara was born around 645 to Naka no Oe and Soga no Ochi no Iratsume.  Ochi was the daughter of Soga no Kurayamada no Ishikawa no Maro, cousin to the powerful Soga no Iruka.  Naka no Oe's marriage to Ochi no Iratsume and her sister, Mehi no Iratsume, had been part of a strategic alliance with Ishikawa no Maro, who helped him overthrow his cousins and institute the Taika Reforms.  We talked about all of that back in Episode 106, as well as subsequent podcasts after that covering the next several reigns. So 645 is about the earliest Uno no Sarara may have been born, the very start of the Taika era, when her father began instituting a lot of changes based on continental practices. She would have grown up in the inner buildings of the Asuka court during this  time of immense change.  She was probably a bit young when the Toyosaki palace was first built, though she may have remembered when the court abandoned it and moved back to Asuka.  Unfortunately, when she was only five years old, tragedy struck.  Ishikawa no Maro, who had been made the Udaijin, or Minister of the Right, was slandered by his own brother, Soga no Himuka, and in return, Naka no Oe sent a force to have him punished.  When he saw he could not get away, Uno no Sarara's grandfather, Ishikawa no Maro, took his own life.  The Nihon Shoki—written, I should note, at least partly under the direction of Maro's granddaughter—claims that evidence came to light demonstrating his innocence, and he was posthumously exonerated.  Maro's daughter, Miyatsuko no Iratsume, was so saddened by all of this that we are told she died of a broken heart. Miyatsuko no Iratsume appears to be another name for Ochi no Iratsume, and if so, it would mean that Uno no Sarara lost both her mother and grandfather when she was only five years old due to the actions of her own father.  This sounds to me like it should be some kind of villain origin story. From there, she was likely taken care of by her aunts and other women in the palace, at least until 657.  It was about that time, at the age of 13, that she was married off to her uncle, Prince Ohoama. We don't have a precise age for Ohoama, but he was likely no more than 5 years younger than Uno's father, Naka no Oe, and some estimates suggest he was in his late 20s or early 30s, taking to wife his 13 year old niece. I can't help but think, here, of the Heian period novel, the Tale of Genji, where the titular character, Genji, finds Lady Murasaki and marries her at the age of 10.  Uno no Sarara would have grown up in her uncle-husband's home, and she was still young when the entire realm was placed on a war footing.When the court moved to Kyushu in 661 for the prosecution of the war on the continent, Uno no Sarara went with her husband, and a year later gave birth to their son, Prince Kusakabe.  She was probably about 18 years old at the time.   I suspect that means She  probably knew about her grandmother, Takara Hime, passing away, something that the inner circle of the royal family had attempted to keep relatively quiet for fear of disrupting the war effort.   Soon after her own son was born, news came back that the forces on the continent had lost.  Baekje had fallen, and Yamato could be next.  She would have traveled with her husband and the rest of the court back to Asuka and, eventually, up to Ohotsu, where her father now ruled with his brother as his right-hand man and heir to the throne. At this time, Uno no Sarara was no stranger to politics.  While her husband was in line for the throne, she knew that her brothers were also potential claimants, once they came of age. The Nihon Shoki disqualifies them through their parentage, but we see that didn't stop the Afumi court from rallying behind Prince Ohotomo.  There was also the royal princes Kawashima and Shiki.  Prince Takeru would have technically been a potential threat as well, had he not died, tragically, at only eight years of age. Now, technically, some may have been more in line than others, but Uno no Sarara knew how her own father had jumped the line, displacing her late uncle, Furubito no Oe, and it was clear something similar might happen this time around.  There were also likely a few indications that not everything was great between her father and her husband, although you would hardly know it from the number of her siblings that were also residing in the north chambers of his residence. Things came to a head in 671.  At this point, Uno no Sarara was in her late 20s with a 10 year old son, and it was looking, for a moment, like her father, despite his illness, might have Ohoama killed to pave the way for Naka no Oe's own son, Uno's brother, Ohotomo.  When Ohoama surprised everyone and stepped down, taking the tonsure, she was the only one to follow him.  We don't know if this is because she was that loyal to her husband, or because she had no other options.  If her mother had taken her own life after her grandfather's death, she may have had nobody but her father, Naka no Oe, to turn to, and he was clearly doing poorly.  If she stayed, then she would be relying on the goodwill of Prince Ohotomo and others while looking after the nine year old son and heir of Ohoama, who was clearly persona non grata at court. In contrast, one of Ohoama's other consorts, Munakata no Amago no Iratsume would have had the Munakata family to fall back on, should she need it, and her son, Prince Takechi, was a bit older.  In addition, Uno's  sister, Ohota no Himemiko had passed away earlier, in 667, and it is unclear who cared for her son, Prince Ohotsu, who was only a year younger than Uno's son, Kusakabe.  However, he, too, appears to have remained at the Afumi court with his caretakers. So Uno no Sarara went to Yoshino with her husband.  From this point on, Yoshino would become an important place for her, and during her own reign she would frequently make visits to the palace there, sometimes just for a couple of days at a time. After Naka no Oe's death, and the entire conflict of the Jinshin no Ran that kicked off in 672, Uno stayed by her husband's side.  She and Kusakabe made the incredible overnight journey from Yoshino to the other side of the Kii Peninsula, eventually setting up in Mie.  Ohoama would continue on towards Fuwa pass, where his son Takechi was already stationed with loyal soldiers.  Before that, however, he is mentioned as turning towards Ise—towards Amaterasu.  The implication seems to be that he was praying for victory.  It is also notable that a large part of his support was coming from the East and from areas around Ise. Little is mentioned of Uno's role in the record of the Jinshin no Ran, but in the opening to her reign there is a mention that she addressed the troops and mingled with the throng, until at last they formed a plan.  This seems to indicate that she was involved in the planning, at least, for the prosecution of the war.  On the one hand she was placed well behind the front lines.  On the other hand, she was well positioned to assist with logistics.  Troops and supplies from the north could come down and be redirected to the south depending on what was needed, and communications would likely be more secure through that area fully controlled by Ohoama's troops.  It is easy enough to imagine Uno no Sarara taking a role, even if it isn't explicitly mentioned.  The fact that she is mentioned as much as she is suggests to me that she had plenty to contribute to the war effort. As the war of 672 came to a close, Ohoama had to move from a war footing to one of peacetime governance.  As he ascended to the throne in 673, Uno no Sarara was made his queen.  And in light of the recent issues, Ohoama appears to have leaned heavily on her and other members of the royal family for support. And so Uno no Sarara was not just a delicate flower sitting in the hinter palace, waiting on her husband.  She was an active participant in the government.  When Ohoama called the various princes down to Yoshino and had them swear to uphold and support each other, she was included in their number.  And the Chronicles explicitly mention that when the princes swore to uphold each other, Ohoama swore he would also support them, and then Uno no Sarara made her oath like his.  That is interesting in that she isn't included in the five princes, but rather with the sovereign, her husband.  It appears she approached this from the point of view of a ruler already.  Or perhaps she was not considered to be in the line of succession, and the focus was on upholding the various princes.  Either way, we see how that eventually turned out. Later, when starting the project for what is believed to be the Kiyomihara codes, she was seated on the dais with her husband, indicating that she certainly was involved in various matters of state.  She also gave and received presents from the various nobles, including suits of clothing, gold, and more.  When Ohoama grew ill, and could not carry out the functions of the government alone, he deferred matters to her and to the Crown Prince, presumably meaning her son, Prince Kusakabe. Now Kusakabe is recorded as being made Crown Prince, and thus heir to the throne, however, it has also been suggested that this might not have been the case.  Some have suggested that Prince Ohotsu may have been the actual Crown Prince, and that he wasn't plotting against Kusakabe and his mother, but rather it was the other way around, with Uno no Sarara clearing him off the field to make room for her son. Ohotsu, remember, was the son of Ohoama by way of Ohota-hime, who was a full sister to Uno no Sarara.  That meant that, from a strict bloodline perspective, Ohotsu had just as much of a claim to the throne as did Kusakabe, but Kusakabe was a year older—or so the Nihon Shoki, compiled under the reign of Uno and her successors, would have us believe.  We are also told that Uno was formally designated as Ohoama's queen—but again we have that from the Nihon Shoki, which is more than a little bit biased.   Personally, I feel this theory that Uno no Sarara plotted to have Ohotsu removed without anything else stretches some of what we know, but it does illustrate that Uno no Sarara had a vested interest in ensuring that the crown went to her own progeny.  I'd be more inclined to believe that there was some movement a foot, even if it was perhaps not quite as treasonous as the response to it would warrant. And this catches us up with much of what we know.  Ohotsu was executed, but then Kusakabe passed away, and so Queen Uno no Sarara became Tennou in her own right.  Things hadn't gone exactly to plan, but she still had her grandson, Prince Karu, the late Kusakabe's son, whose mother, Princess Abe, was a younger-half sister to Uno no Sarara.  Abe was the daughter of Naka no Oe and Mehi no Iratsume, making Abe another grand-daughter of Soga no Kuramayada no Ishikawa no Maro.  She was also 17 years Sarara's junior and only a year older than the late Kusakabe.  By all accounts, it seems that Abe and Sarara got on well together, though she is not as prominent in the narrative that we have in the Nihon Shoki.  Still, she had an important role, not in terms of governance, but in terms of ensuring that the line continued.  She was in charge or protecting and raising young Prince Karu until he was ready to take the throne.  In so doing, she would no doubt have had a front row seat to Queen Uno's own efforts. Since Uno no Sarara had already been so involved with the government, it should come as no surprise that she continued many of the efforts attributed to her husband.  In fact, you'll often find references to Temmu and Jitou side-by-side to describe what happened because very few things can be attributed to just one of the two, especially given how long some of these projects seem to have taken.  That said, there were some differences.  While Ohoama, aka Temmu Tennou, had relied primarily on members of the royal family following the Jinshin no Ran, Uno was much more likely to rely on trusted nobles, whose position at court was largely held thanks to the patronage of the royal family.  Having nobles running things again, rather than handing over power to those of the Princely class, may have provided opportunities for those noble houses to once again flex and grow their political muscle, but it was either that or hand that same power over to other princes with claims to royal descent—princes who might encourage the court that it would better if they, themselves, were to succeed the Queen, rather than the young prince, her own actual bloodline.  Even the loyal Prince Takechi, who seems to have supported her and Prince Karu as best he could, could easily have become a threat.  This could be one of the reasons she held on to power as long she did.  It was, after all, a deliberate choice on her part.  She could have had someone else step in as regent, but she chose not to. We've talked about Uno's dealings with Silla and the continent at this time. That was back in Episode 148, when we talked about how Ohoama was mourned and how Yamato dealt with the early missions.  We discussed, thenhow she berated the Silla envoys for not adhering to protocol and turning them away.  She also met with Emishi and Hayato embassies, which only helped to cement Yamato's place as the central hegemony over the archipelago and all those living on the islands.  At first, this was just an extension of what she and Kusakabe had been doing since Ohoama had first grown ill and handed over the reins of government.  But then Kusakabe died—and life went on.  Later, Kusakabe would be remembered as Okanomiya Tennou and the Nagaoka Tennou.  While not counted in the formal lineage, he was still granted the title "Tennou" posthumously, likely to help legitimize his son and that lineage.  And yet, despite this, there is no report of a eulogy or anything similar upon his death.  Even Royal Prince Ohotsu, when he was killed for threatening Kusakabe's own ascendance, is given a fairly wordy entry full of praise for his virtues and how he was remember.  For Kusakabe we get silence.  Things just move on. Indeed, just two weeks after the Crown Prince's death, we get orders talking about given people four holidays each month.  It seems a rather banal announcement coming the same week that the Crown Prince passed away. And banal it may be, but I do want to pick at it a bit.  I think it helps us understand even more the life at that time.  In most of the world, today, we have become accustomed to the western concept of a week with seven days, including two holidays every week—though we just refer to it as the weekend.  Saturday and Sunday began as holy days—the Sabbath in Jewish and then Christian tradition.  Even Judaism only had a single day of rest every seven days.  Many cultures did not have the concept of a weekend.  After all, there wasn't anything particularly special about one day or the other.  A lunar month is just under 30 days—alternating between 29 and 30 days depending on various factors.  Five would fit into that much better than four seven day weeks and two more days.  Or divide it into two 15 day periods, more or less.  Or three weeks of ten days each.  In fact, that is what was popular in the Tang dynasty at the time—though a seven day week had crept in through Buddhism, which had been picked up on the Indian subcontinent thanks to Hellenic influences.  This seven day week, which is now used in modern times, was originally used more by astronomers.  The days corresponded to the Sun, the Moon, and the visible planets. The point is, there's no such thing as a natural weekend.  At some point, the Tang court introduced a rest period every five days for court officials.  In Yamato, it seems that they introduced four holidays.  Specifically, the local governors were to give laborers—those conscripted as corvee labor—four days every month.  It doesn't mention if they are spaced out, or at what intervals, and it was specifically for laborers.  I should probably also mention that, at this time, there wasn't a concept of a "9-to-5" job.  Sure, the court operated on a schedule that may have fit fairly well in our modern life, other than its extremely early start due to the lack of cheap, safe artificial light sources.  Most people, however, especially in the agricultural sectors, were likely working from sunrise to sunset, when necessary.  There was no concept of overtime or a forty hour work week.  You worked when you needed to work, and that was it.  No time cards, just life, punctuated by holidays, festivals, market days, and whatever else needed to happen.  Oddly, in our modern, more regular work schedule we work both more and less, in some ways, than our ancestors did.   Our labor often goes into things beyond our job—everything from taking care of our home to various hobbies that we enjoy. Giving laborers time off from their endeavors was no doubt something they appreciated, but I don't know how much of an impact it had on things long term.  A more interesting endeavor comes a few months later.  That is when Uno had a royal commission come together as commissioners of "good words".  We mentioned this before, especially when talking about Kose no Tayasu, who had been part of this commission, though he was the lowest ranked of the bunch.  At the top it was headed by Prince Shiki, a half-brother to Uno, and one of those who had pledged his loyalty with other members of the royal family down in Yoshino, though at the time Shiki was only about 11 years old.  He was the son of Koshi no Michi no Kimi no Iratsume, and a brother to Prince Osakabe.  In 689, when he took charge of this commission from his half-sister, he would have been in his 22nd year, so this was probably one of his first major assignments. We don't have a finished product that we can point to from this project, so there isn't a clear idea of exactly what the commission did.  Aston believed that they were attempting to determine auspicious words to be used by the court.  By this one could infer that they were looking into the way to draw up formal language for edicts, or how to formally address the sovereign and members of the court.  However, others have suggested that this was more about finding stories and other such things and writing them down.  If that is the case, this may have been a continuation of—or perhaps an addendum to—the history project started during the reign of Ohoama.  The words, or stories, that the commission wrote down were likely used by later Chroniclers, though there is no specific work that is clearly attributed to their efforts.  So in the end we can't exactly know for sure.  What we can see is that Uno no Sarara was continuing to make tweaks and changes to things—and in particular in how things were stated, remembered, and passed down to posterity, one way or another.  This is also part of what we see later that same month, when the 22 books of what we now call the Kiyomihara Law Codes were also published.  Like the history project, this was also begun during the reign of Ohoama, and Uno had continued to see it through.  It appears to have been just the law itself, not necessarily the punishments which made up the other half of the Ritsuryou, but it is still significant.  Unfortunately, we don't know exactly what was in it—the earliest law code that we have good evidence for is the Taihou code, which would come over a decade later—but we have seen some of the edicts and orders and we can make some assumptions based on later law codes as well as the language used to even define the court and how things ran.  Much of what was written had likely been promulgated, previously, and a lot of this may have been more documenting the changes they had already put in place. There is also the Afumi law code, but there are even more questions about that one.  This is possibly the first one written down to this level of detail.  Though it would be superseded, later, it was still an impressive work. As in past reigns, we see things both monumental and mundane.  A month after the law codes were finished, we see about orders to the Mayors of the Left and Right to set up places for Archery—literally glossed as "Ikusa", or "war", but likely because the two had a common root and archery and war were closely intertwined.  As for the Mayors of the Left and Right, this is the first time we are seeing those terms, and I suspect they are also part of the reforms that Uno no Sarara and her late husband had been implementing. The Mayors of the Left and Right of the Capital are known as Kyoushiki or, alternatively, as Misato-zukasa.  They were like kokushi, or governors, except they oversaw the capital city.  Now remember, the quote-unquote "capital city" in use at this point is Asuka—it is the Kiyomihara palace and environs.  There were other streets, buildings, and such around, but nothing terribly organized.  Most family estates were off in their own lands or strongholds.  At the same time, the court was building out a new, permanent capital.  It was taking time—and likely had been put on hold during the three year mourning period for the late Ohoama Ohokimi.  It required that they survey and transform an immense and populated area into a new and impressive capital in the area known today as Kashihara.  This work took years—they likely had to divert labor to build the late sovereign's mausoleum, or misasagi, and there were droughts and other reasons why they may have had to pause work.  And yet, it continued, nonetheless. The main ideal for a capital city was based off of continental models.  While Luoyang may have been the more active capital, the western capital of the Tang dynasty, at Chang'an—modern Xi'an—appears to have been a more quintessential capital city layout, and may have been what the Yamato capital was attempting to mimic—though they may have also been relying on the theoretical Confucian model, as well.  In fact, I tend to think that the Confucian model was closer to this first attempt at a permanent capital.  Early on, excavations assumed that the palace structures were towards the northern end of the city, but further investigations have suggested that the scale of Fujiwara-kyo was much more ambitious, and some maps of the area place the palace towards the center of the city.  Either way, there were several key things about the capital and how it mimicked the continental models.  One of the primary things that Yamato had appropriated from across the strait was the north-south orientation of the palace, with the main audience hall facing south, so as to get the sun.  This meant that, from the point of view of the sovereign in that hall, the left side would be the east and the right side would be to the west.  And so the capital city was divided into a left and right, east and west, and each half had its own administrator responsible for taxation, public safety, and general law and order.  They were, as I said, similar to the governors of the various provinces in the scope of their powers, except that they oversaw the capital city. The building of the Fujiwara capital is perhaps one of the most obvious changes that Uno no Sarara was overseeing.  As I've mentioned before, it was a physical manifestation of court.  The three sacred mountains which were included within the boundaries of the capital were woven into the myths and legends that would find their way into the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki.  The size and scale of the earthworks and the stones laid as foundation demonstrate that this was clearly meant to be a permanent capital, overturning the idea that there would be a huge change every time a sovereign passed away.  Instead, there would be consistency.  The order of the state would go on. Later we'll talk about reasons why the Fujiwara capital was abandoned.  For now, though, let's look at what we see about its construction. In 690, the same year that Uno ascended to the throne, Royal Prince Takechi, Ohoama's oldest son, inspected the site where the new Fujiwara palace was to be placed.  Two months later, Uno no Sarara came out to see it for herself.  I imagine this as being the point where the land had been cleared, and they could see the mountains and the placement and get an idea of the overall size of what they were looking for.  With royal approval, the project continued. A year later, in 691, officials were sent to perform the Chin-sai, the pacification ceremony, for the new capital.  Today, this is a common ceremony, known as a Jichin-sai, or Earth Pacification Ceremony, done before undertaking a construction project.  Theoretically it is before breaking ground on the project, though there is often some amount of preparation that has to be done in preparation.  The idea for the Jichin-sai is to effectively negotiate with the spirits of the land before disturbing the area, a recognition that the process of construction is going to alter the natural landscape.  As such, one wants to propitiate the spirits and the kami that are on the land to ensure that the construction is successful.  This was likely a much older ritual, but this is the first mention we have of it in the record.  This ceremony was also apparently directed at the new capital as a whole, while a year later another ceremony was held specifically for the new palace complex.  In the intervening time we see the court laying out the roads and giving land for the various mansions of court nobles, like Tajihi no Shima's four chou of land—roughly ten acres.  Those of Jikikwoni rank and above were given two chou, and those from Jikidaisan down were given one chou.  Those of Gon rank on down would get land dependant on the number of inhabitants in their fiefs.  First class fiefs would get one chou, while second class would warrant a half chou and at the bottom they would get one quarter chou.  This was apparently the land that they were being given in the capital to build their personal residences.  Other land was given out for markets, temples, and other necessary facilities, but this whole city really was being built from scratch. Shortly after the pacification ceremony for the palace, officials were sent out to the major shrines of the time.  This included the great gods, the Ohokami, of Ise, Yamato, Sumiyoshi, and Kii.  So not just the local kami, but also the larger kami who were seen as the kami of the archipelago more generally. It would still take another year to build the palace.  Uno visited the site a few times during the construction, with her last visit just a quick outing on the 8th month of 693.  At that point it was likely ready, though she wouldn't formally move into the new palace until the first month of 694.  Before that, though, there was one other thing that had to happen.  In the 2nd month of 693 they had to rebury the bodies. That's right.  The Fujiwara capital occupied a huge swath of the plain of what is now known as Kashihara.  And that plain had been settled for centuries—all through the kofun period.  And those kofun, and possibly even older funkyubo, the older mixed-use burial mounds—would have been destroyed in the making of the new capital.  There also may have been plain pit burials that were dug up while laying out roads and foundations.  I don't know that there was anything approaching the size of the larger, keyhole shaped mounds, but we have no way to know for certain how many were there that had to be destroyed or moved.  I also have not seen any indications of any mass reburial site—whether they opened an existing tomb or simply dug a pit in the ground somewhere.  I imagine that such a find would be incredible, but unless archaeologists stumble upon it, I guess we'll never know.  Still, it is interesting, and almost poetic as we move further and further from the kofun period, this feels like the final nail in the proverbial coffin, if you'll forgive the pun.  Indeed, when Uno no Sarara finally passes away, she will become one of the first sovereigns to be cremated, with her ashes and burnt remains then deposited in the existing tomb with her husband, Ohoama, rather than having a new mounded tomb built.  Buddhist style cremation would eventually become commonplace throughout the archipelago, though sovereigns would still have special mausoleums built for their memory, it really was a change from the ancient practices. From 694 onward, the court would meet at the new Fujiwara Palace.  Compared to previous palaces, I can only imagine how impressive this one must have seemed.  Based on what we can tell, it was likely built much more in the continental style.  Previous palaces had largely been in the style of the archipelago, with what we believe was plain wood and a thatched roof.  The Fujiwara palace was likely a mix, but with more of the continental style than the previous Kiyomihara place.  It also dwarfed its predecessor, at over twice the size.  It was actually much closer in size and shape to the Toyosaki palace, in Naniwa.  At the southern end of the palace was the Suzaku mon, the Suzaku gate, followed by the choshu-den'in, a courtyard with two buildings, one in the east and one in the west, where officials could wait and prepare for the day.  From there they would be let into the Chodoin, a large court yard with four buildings on the east and west, and four more at the southernmost point.  These would be where the various departments, or bureaus, would operate.  There were also gates in the east and west of the Chodoin for easier access.  To the north was another gate, leading to the Daigokuden, the main audience hall.  This would have been quite the impressive and imposing structure—the main focus of the palace.  It was in its own walled enclosure, and would have been the seat of the sumera Mikoto, or Tennou.  It was both inside and apart from the Dairi, the inner palace.  This was the actual residence of the sovereign and the royal family.  The dairi itself occupied more land than the entire Kiyomihara palace.  None of the buildings exist, but we can see their footprint from the large foundation stones and there are numerous rooftiles and other architectural features that fell off or were removed and then buried, purposefully or not, allowing us to get some idea of the size and scale of the project. And yet, it appears that this palace may not have been completed when they moved in.  The entire city was likely still under construction, in fact.  The main pieces were in place, but to build an entire city from scratch took a lot of work.  Most of the buildings would have been built with more traditional—and less labor intensive—practices.  You didn't need a false second story gallery some thirty feet off the ground, even if you were the Minister of the Right.  It was enough to have a relatively simple mansion with gardens, servants quarters, and everything else needed to keep you comfortable.  That in and of itself was going to put a strain on labor and other resources. And so it looks like some parts of the galleries and other features may not have been finished even while Uno no Sarara was there.  In fact, it may not have been fully finished by the time they moved again.  The Fujiwara capital, the first permanent capital city, was only occupied from 694 until about 710—less than two decades.  This massive project, taking multiple years and how many people to create, would be abandoned several years later.  The buildings would be torn down and moved to the new site—Heijou-kyou, in modern Nara city.  And yet, the impact of Fujiwara kyou would remain. Besides making changes to the physical landscape, Uno no Sarara was also focused on the spiritual landscape as well.  Both Ohoama and Uno not only supported the Buddhist temples, building new temples and leveraging the ceremonies, but they also supported the traditional kami.  During the Jinshin no Ran, Ohoama turned and addressed the kami of Ise before heading to the Fuwa barrier.  Later we see a greater focus on Ise Shrine, with Saigu, the royal princesses sent to Ise Shrine as the Shrine priestess, being heavily reported.  In fact, the position seems to have not been commented on much until this reign, and there is some thought that Ohoama and Uno actually instituted the practice—or at least made it a formal part of the court and the royal household.  This is combined with their support of the Jingikan, the state governmental body responsible for dealing with kami matters.  At this time it appears to have been even more powerful, in many ways, than the other bureaus or departments of the Great Council of State, the Dajokan. There are plenty who argue that the preeminence of Ise was born in this period.  Early Yamato worship focused more on the deity of Mt. Miwa:  Ohomononushi.  Sun worship seems to have also been baked into the rituals of the ethnic Wa people, but that wasn't necessarily focused on Amaterasu—and Amaterasu was not necessarily seen as a feminine goddess.  Early worship appears to focus on the deities such as Takabi Musubi, and similarly named deities.  These are deities that show up in court ritual, and presumably date back to well before this period.  Thanks to the fact that we get alternate stories in the Nihon Shoki, we occasionally see them take a more central role in events, such as the descent of the Heavenly Grandson, but at the same time we also see that the main throughline of the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki has placed Amaterasu more front and center in the narrative.  Ama Terasu effectively translates to something like "The Shining of Heaven".  In neither the Japanese nor Sinitic language is she particularly gendered most of the time, and this may have been a more generic name for the concept of a sun deity.   I believe it is also somewhat telling that the Ichi-no-miya, the First Shrine, or primary shrine, of Ise is not Ise Shrine, but rather Tsubaki Grand Shrine, which is the home of Sarutahiko Ohokami.  Even in the Nihon Shoki, there is a narrative regarding the yata no kagami, the great mirror, that it was moved from its original location in the Nara Basin over to Ise and the shrine was then established there, marking the shrine as a relative late-comer to the region rather than marking a particularly ancient spot.  The Great Kami of Ise then appears to have taken on some of the shine, pun intended, of Sarutahiko, who is no longer seen as a sun-deity, and is even placed in the way of the Heavenly Grandchild's descent—perhaps a subtle nod to some of the tensions between the worship of one over the other. Besides sending the Shrine Princess, the Saigu, to Ise, the sovereigns themselves made plans to go, in person.  Ohoama made preparations, including purifying himself, but his trip was cancelled due to a sudden death in the palace.  He is never recorded as making the trip, after that.  Uno no Sarara, however, did make the trip, in 692. This was clearly quite the production, and requires several entries in the Nihon Shoki.  The first entry is in the 2nd month of the year, when she makes her intentions clear.  The Court officials were set to task to prepare all the necessary clothing for the trip, which was about 3 weeks out.  This likely also meant preparing the road, ensuring that there would be food, and a place for Uno no Sarara and her entourage to stay when they reached Ise.  The preparations clearly had an impact, as Miwa no Ason no Takechimaro, a Chunagon, or Middle Counselor, presented a memorial to remonstrate with her majesty on the trip.  He noted that they were in the middle of the agricultural season—roughly April or May by modern standards—and a royal trip would have an outsized impact on the areas where she would be traveling through.  His remonstration was heard, and overruled.  Uno no Sarara was determined to go.  As she delegated the Prince Hirose, Tahema no Mabito no Chitoko, and Ki no Ason no Yumibari to all look after the palace while she was away, Miwa no Takechimaro reiterated his remonstration and then took a drastic step:  He offered to her his cap—basically he offered to resign his rank.  This was quite the step, and not from nobody. Miwa no Takechimaro was from a prominent family.  As their name suggests, they were connected to Mt. Miwa, and the worship, there.  Based on what evidence we have, he was probably born around 657 CE, and when he was about 16 years old he was fighting on the side of Ohoama in the Jinshin no Ran.  In particular, he was involved in the fighting near Hashihaka kofun, and then moved over to attack the Afumi forces on the Middle Road.  There is evidence after that of him making his way up through the ranks, and was even one of those who offered a eulogy for Ohoama.  As Chunagon, he was in a fairly powerful position in court, and giving up his court rank would mean not just a loss in status, but also giving up the income associated with that rank. And this remonstration may be why we are told that the court commuted taxes, including forced labor, for the lands that she passed through, and she recognized the local Kuni no Miyatsuko with cap-rank.  She also remitted taxes for those who had been conscripted to help from elsewhere, such as her baggage handlers, the people who built the temporary palace for her to stay in, in Ise, etc.  So even if the procession to Ise had an impact, she seems to have done her best to lessen the blow. As for Takechimaro, we don't see him again in the Nihon Shoki, but he does show up later.  He would become the governor of Nagato, and then later he is given positions such as the Mayor of the Sakyou, or Left Capital.  So it would seem that either his resignation wasn't accepted, or that he was re-hired at some later point.  He would pass away in 706 CE. By the way, there is one other notable feature about him, and you may have caught it as I went over all of this.  That was the name of his uji, or clan:  Miwa, or Ohomiwa.    This means he had a connection to—and possibly a vested interest in—promoting the worship at Mt. Miwa, the traditional Yamato cultic center.  Nothing is outright stated, but it makes sense that someone from Miwa might be a little bit concerned with the extra attention being given to the shrine at Ise around this time—so there is that, as well. Regardless of his intentions, it certainly seems that from that point on Ise Shrine and the deity worshipped there, Amaterasu Ohokami, would be tied to the imperial line from the late 7th century onward.  Clearly the royal patronage of the shrine stepped up, and for the most part we do see a fairly regular stream of Saigu, with one slight exception:  There doesn't appear to have been one during Uno no Sarara's reign.  Ohoku no Himemiko had been sent down during the reign of Ohoama, but she was the sister to Prince Ohotsu, and appears to have returned after his death.  The position appears to have remained vacant until after Uno no Sarara's reign.  It makes me wonder if she wasn't "filling in" for the Saigu, in a way.  That could, in part, explain her travels there. There also may not have been a good candidate at the time, but I find that less believable—perhaps there was no candidate that Uno trusted given the precarious position her own bloodline was in at the moment.  Still, after her reign, the position of Saigu would be regularly filled by a member of the royal family through the end of the Heian period.  It was interrupted by the Genpei wars, and then the practice fell into decline during the period of the Kamakura bakufu.  Late Edo period pro-imperialists tried to restore the practice, but it didn't catch back on. Despite the apparent importance of the shrine to the royal family, it would also remain somewhat aloof.  The priests of the shrine would provide the sacred mirror for ascension ceremonies, but it would be very rare for any sitting sovereign to actually pay a visit to the shrine, and, as I mentioned before, Amaterasu was not one of the deities reflected in the inner court rituals.  Still, she would come to be seen as the dominant kami of the Shinto pantheon, and even today, many shrines will hold space for her as well as the primary deity; home shrines, or kamidana, will often include ofuda for Amaterasu as a central point of worship, with kami associated with one's local shrines as well. So there you have just a little taste of what Uno no Sarara was up to.  Whether she had intended to be in this position or had it thrust onto her, she was no shrinking violet.  She took control of the ship of state and set a course that would continue to influence the archipelago down to the modern day.  The reforms that started with her father and husband she continued and made manifest in the physical and spiritual world.  And this is only the beginning.  There is more to talk about regarding Uno no Sarara's reign, and her eventual abdication, but for that, we will have to wait until Part 2. Until then 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.

En este nuevo episodio de More Than Mamis conversamos con Adriana Monsalve, periodista deportiva con más de 20 años de trayectoria, ganadora de dos premios Emmy y una de las voces más reconocidas de la televisión deportiva en habla hispana.   Adriana nos abre las puertas de una realidad que pocas veces vemos detrás de las cámaras: la de una mamá que ha tenido que pasar hasta 45 días lejos de sus hijos para cubrir Mundiales, Copas y los eventos deportivos más importantes del mundo.   Hablamos sobre la culpa, los sacrificios, las conversaciones difíciles, el apoyo de su familia, el balance entre su carrera, su matrimonio y la maternidad, y cómo ha construido una vida profesional extraordinaria sin perder de vista lo que más importa para ella.   Un episodio inspirador y profundamente humano sobre perseguir tus sueños, romper estereotipos y aprender que el equilibrio perfecto no existe, pero sí la intención de estar presente en cada etapa de la vida.   Si alguna vez te has preguntado si es posible crecer profesionalmente sin renunciar a tu familia, este episodio es para ti.   Nuevos episodios Miércoles a las 12:00 pm [Miami]   Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales ⬇️ https://www.instagram.com/morethanmamis https://www.instagram.com/michelleposada https://www.instagram.com/antosports   Instagram de nuestra Invitada: https://www.instagram.com/adriana.monsalve   Para más información sobre Farmasi, habla con Michi aquí

This week on Songwriter Trysts, Rae Leigh sits down with Michi, a Virginia-born, Madrid-based indie folk artist whose music blends heartbreak, humour, and brutally honest storytelling. Picking up her first guitar at just three years old and writing songs by twelve, Michi has built an impressive international career, performing for hundreds of thousands of people and sharing festival stages with some of the biggest names in pop music.Known for her witty lyricism and deeply relatable songs, Michi has spent nine consecutive years performing on the main stage of Capital Pride in Washington D.C., while her music continues to resonate with audiences around the world. Her single Roses surpassed 100,000 streams and was featured in the final film project of acclaimed Spanish actress and director Itziar Castro.In this inspiring conversation, Michi joins Rae Leigh to talk about songwriting, building a sustainable independent music career, life as an artist abroad, and the exciting journey of recording and releasing her brand-new album, made possible through the incredible support of her fans via a successful Kickstarter campaign. Whether you're a songwriter, indie artist, or music lover, this episode is packed with insights, laughter, and the real stories behind the songs.Connect with Michi:- Spotify- Youtube-Instagram

Microsoft macht es Manu und Michi diese Woche nicht leicht, dabei könnte doch alles so einfach sein. Die aktuelle und mögliche Xbox-Strategie stehen im Fokus des Brunch. Bei den Spielen hat Manu das Jungle-Abenteuer von Dave the Diver mitgebracht, Michi hat sich in die unendlichen Weiten des Weltalls geschlagen, in Elite Dangerous und No Man's Sky Expedition 22: The Swarm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nordisches Design, einzigartige Natur, eine Fahrradhauptstadt, die zeigt, wie Metropole wirklich für Menschen funktioniert, und ein Kunstmuseum direkt am Meer, das Michi zu einem der schönsten auf dem ganzen Planeten erklärt. Dänemark hat nur sechs Millionen Einwohner und soooo viel zu bieten.Tamina ist in eine Wachablösung gestolpert und hat festgestellt, dass Monarchie und Augenhöhe kein Widerspruch sein müssen. Michi will ein Smørrebrød essen (ein wahres Kunstwerk auf Brot), und das ganze Ding fällt ihm entgegen. Während Jochen alle nach Nordjütland schickt, an einsame Strände, wilde Küsten und Dünen, die größer sind als auf den deutschen Nordseeinseln.Dazwischen: eine Bahnfahrt, die am Meer entlangführt und schon die halbe Reise wert ist. Die idyllische Insel Lolland, von der die meisten noch nie gehört haben. Plus Roskilde, das legendäre Festival, das auf Glastonbury-Niveau spielt und all das an Musik und Kunst bietet, das man wirklich von einem Open Air will. –Bei „Bella Skandinavia" reisen Deutschlands bekannteste Urlaubs-Expertin Tamina Kallert (u. a. „WDR Wunderschön") sowie Jochen Schliemann und Michael Dietz von „Reisen Reisen – der Podcast" durch den magischen Norden Europas.

Eine Regenwalddusche, die einen eiskalt erwischt. Eine Bettdecke, die wie festgenagelt ist. Und ein Architekt, bei dem es so scheint, als ob er eine Kirche auf LSD gebaut hat. Das alles passt in diese Folge. Jochen bringt euch außerdem Elbow mit, eine Band, die klingt wie Gemälde, und die man beim Reisen hören sollte. Dann geht's nach Barcelona, zur Sagrada Família, die der Papst gerade besucht hat. Eines der schönsten religiösen Bauwerke der Welt, das seit 100 Jahren nicht fertig wird. Und irgendwann kippt das Ganze komplett in Richtung, sagen wir mal, “Hotel-Hölle”: Schreibtischlampen ohne Ausschalter, Glaswände ins Bad, Seife, die die Hautflora killt. Ja, wir steigern uns tatsächlich ein wenig rein in dieses Thema.

En este episodio especial de Día del Padre conversamos con Juan Pablo Galavis sobre una de las muchas facetas de su vida, LA PATERNIDAD.     Hablamos de lo que realmente sucede cuando una relación termina y hay hijos de por medio, de los retos de criar como papá soltero, de las emociones que acompañan una separación y del trabajo personal que requiere construir una relación sana de coparentalidad.   Juan Pablo comparte experiencias, errores, aprendizajes y reflexiones sobre el ego, el amor, las segundas oportunidades y la responsabilidad que tenemos como padres de proteger la infancia de nuestros hijos, incluso cuando las circunstancias no salen como las imaginamos.   Una conversación honesta, madura y llena de perspectiva sobre lo que significa poner a los hijos por encima de las diferencias, sanar después de una ruptura y seguir construyendo desde el amor.   Porque al final, no se trata de ser la expareja perfecta. Se trata de ser el mejor papá posible.   Nuevos episodios Miércoles a las 12:00 pm [Miami]   Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales ⬇️ https://www.instagram.com/morethanmamis https://www.instagram.com/michelleposada https://www.instagram.com/antosports   Instagram de nuestro Invitado: https://www.instagram.com/juanpagalavis     Para más información sobre Farmasi, habla con Michi aquí

¿Cuántas veces una relación se rompe realmente por lo que pasó, y cuántas por la forma en que reaccionamos a ello?   En este episodio de More Than Mamis, conversamos con Stephanie Essenfeld, psicoterapeuta y conferencista, sobre uno de los temas más complejos dentro de las relaciones de pareja: EL EGO.   Hablamos de esos mecanismos de defensa que aparecen cuando nos sentimos heridos, rechazados o incomprendidos, y de cómo muchas veces, sin darnos cuenta, terminamos protegiendo nuestro ego mientras dañamos profundamente la relación.   También conversamos sobre el perdón y la diferencia entre pedir disculpas para salir del problema o hacerlo desde una verdadera responsabilidad emocional.     Profundizamos en el resentimiento, una de las heridas más silenciosas y destructivas en la pareja, y en cómo las discusiones pueden convertirse en espacios donde utilizamos las vulnerabilidades del otro como arma, generando daños que muchas veces tardan años en sanar.   Un episodio lleno de reflexiones, herramientas y conversaciones incómodas pero necesarias para aprender a identificar estos patrones, comprender de dónde vienen y descubrir formas más sanas de relacionarnos.   Nuevos episodios Miércoles a las 12:00 pm [Miami]   Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales ⬇️ https://www.instagram.com/morethanmamis https://www.instagram.com/michelleposada https://www.instagram.com/antosports   Instagram de nuestra Invitada: https://www.instagram.com/maspazmental   Retiro “ElegirNOS” para parejas, del 1 al 6 de septiembre en Costa Rica

¿Qué pasa cuando decides reiniciarlo todo después de los 30?   En este episodio de More Than Mamis conversamos con Aigil Gómez, TV Host y creadora de contenido, sobre lo que realmente significa emigrar, empezar de nuevo y reconstruir sueños cuando ya tenías una vida establecida.   También hablamos sin filtros sobre relaciones de pareja, infidelidad, sanación y esos no negociables que marcan la diferencia al volver a amar. Además, rendimos homenaje a esas mamás que lo dan todo por sus hijos y descubrimos la verdad detrás del polémico momento viral de Aigil en el reality de Marko Música.   Una conversación llena de risas, reflexiones, vulnerabilidad y empoderamiento femenino.       Nuevos episodios Miércoles a las 12:00 pm [Miami]   Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales ⬇️   https://www.instagram.com/morethanmamis   https://www.instagram.com/michelleposada   https://www.instagram.com/antosports   Instagram de nuestra Invitada: https://www.instagram.com/aigilgomez?igsh=MXUyOGV1aXAyMmo4OQ==   Para más información sobre Farmasi, habla con Michi aquí