Podcasts about minamoto

Vi beger oss till Japans 1100-tal och följer etablerandet av en ny instution, shogunatet. Det blir klanfejder mellan Minamoto och Taira, räv och rackarspel när en viss Yoritomo i slutändan segrar och samlar makttunga ämbeten i sin hand. Före sin resa mot makten hade han gift sig med en flicka från den släkt han satt som gisslan hos, hon heter Masako och är från Hojoklanen. Tillsammans armbågar de sig fram i det japanska maktspelet. När Yoritomo avlider fortsätter Masako ränksmideriet på egen hand i ytterligare 25 år. Lyssna på våra avsnitt fritt från reklam: https://plus.acast.com/s/historiepodden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Per questa Giornata Internazionale delle Donne scopriamo insieme le vicende di Hangaku Gozen, la onna-bugeisha che guidò una ribellione contro lo shogunato! Una storia di coraggio e determinazione nella nuova puntata del Podcast dello Shogun! Link in bio (Instagram), post in evidenza (Facebook), oppure leggi sotto!La trascrizione è disponibile sul sito:https://www.podcastdelloshogun.itSe desideri sostenere il podcast, puoi farlo in due modi:- Tramite ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podcastdelloshogun- Tramite Paypal: https://paypal.me/podcastdelloshogunLa puntata è disponibile su:podcastdelloshogun.itSpotifyYoutubeAmazon MusicSpreakerApple Podcasts(basta cercare "podcast dello shogun")Fonti:Alessandro Amitrani - Le donne samurai, la vera storiaRochelle Nowaki - Women Warriors of early JapanStephen Turnbull - Samurai women 1184/1877Valentina Calzavara - Samurai celebri ed eroi leggendari: i guerrieri giapponesi nelle stampe mushaeCarla Mais - Onna-bugeisha: La donna guerriera tra realtà storica e tradizione inventataImmagini:Hangaku Gozen, di YoshitoshiFuhamaru, la mascotte del podcast, è disegnato da @bibidrakeart#podcast #podcastitalia #podcastitaliani #samurai #shogun #storia #japan #japanese #giappone #giapponese #womensday #internationalwomensday #history #podshogun #culturagiapponese #giapponefeudale #culturaorientale #podshogun #festadelladonna #marzo #mimosa #donna #donne #giornatainternazionaledelladonna #strongwomen #womenshistorymonth #happyinternationalwomensdayGuerra Genpei, Guerra Gempei, guerra tra Minamoto e Taira, chi erano i Taira, Hangaku Gozen, onna bugeisha, donna samurai, donna guerriera

Per scrivere di Taira no Kiyomori ci sono volute 3493 parole, per un totale di 21502 caratteri, ma sono convinto che se avessi voluto scrivere proprio tutto, ci sarebbe voluto il triplo, se non il quadruplo di tutto! Scopriamo insieme il le vicende che hanno caratterizzato la vita di questo controverso personaggio!La trascrizione è disponibile sul sito:https://www.podcastdelloshogun.itCerca il podcast sui social!https://www.facebook.com/podcastdelloshogunhttps://www.instagram.com/podcastdelloshogun/https://www.tiktok.com/@podcastdelloshogun---Mi trovi anche su Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/18pSpwnHNWevxRPaFpXh26Su Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-dello-shogun/id1649546421Su Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@PodcastDelloShogunSu Spreaker:https://www.spreaker.com/show/podcast-dello-shogun---Se desideri sostenere il podcast, puoi farlo in due modi:- Tramite ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podcastdelloshogun- Tramite Paypal: https://paypal.me/podcastdelloshogunFonti: -George Sansom - A History of Japan to 1334 -Stephen Turnbull - The Gempei War 1180-85Immagini: Taira no Kiyomori richiama il sole che tramonta, di Tsukioka Yoshitoshi#podcast #samurai #shogun #storia #japan #japanese #giappone #giapponese #cultura #medioevo #bushido #kyoto #nippon #history #podshogunGuerra Genpei, Guerra Gempei, guerra tra Minamoto e Taira, chi erano i Taira, Kiyomori

Scopri le origini e l'evoluzione della famiglia Taira, un clan segnato da diversità e potere. Da Takamochi a Tadamori, esplora come i Taira siano diventati influenti attraverso il coraggio, l'intelligenza e talvolta l'astuzia (e non proprio nella legalità). Immergiti nella storia di questi samurai, dalla loro nascita fino al vertice del potere con Kiyomori, e scopri perché il loro nome è diventato sinonimo di una delle famiglie più celebri del Giappone medievale.La trascrizione è disponibile sul sito:https://www.podcastdelloshogun.itCerca il podcast sui social!https://www.facebook.com/podcastdelloshogunhttps://www.instagram.com/podcastdelloshogun/https://www.tiktok.com/@podcastdelloshogun---Mi trovi anche su Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/18pSpwnHNWevxRPaFpXh26Su Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-dello-shogun/id1649546421Su Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@PodcastDelloShogunSu Spreaker:https://www.spreaker.com/show/podcast-dello-shogun---Se desideri sostenere il podcast, puoi farlo in due modi:- Tramite ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podcastdelloshogun- Tramite Paypal: https://paypal.me/podcastdelloshogunFonti: -George Sansom - A History of Japan to 1334 -Stephen Turnbull - The Gempei War 1180-85#podcast #samurai #shogun #storia #japan #japanese #giappone #giapponese #cultura #medioevo #bushido #kyoto #nippon #history #podshogunGuerra Genpei, Guerra Gempei, guerra tra Minamoto e Taira, chi erano i Taira, Kiyomori

Quest'anno per Halloween tornano qui sul Podcast le vicende dedicate allo Sterminatore di demoni più famoso della storia dei samurai, sto parlando ovviamente di Minamoto no Raikō.L'anno scorso vi ho parlato di come Raikō abbia cacciato e sottomesso il terribile yokai aracnide Tsuchigumo, in compagnia del suo fedele vassallo Watanabe no Tsuna. Quest'anno la posta in gioco è ancora più alta.Il nemico da affrontare non sarà un semplice yokai, ma sarà colui che, secondo alcune versioni di questa leggenda, era definito come il “Dairokuten no Mahō” (第六天の魔王), “Re demone del sesto cielo”, e con un nome così altisonante non poteva essere un avversario così facile da superare. Infatti, Raikō non sarà da solo, ma avrà con sé tutti i suoi vassalli più fidati, i cosiddetti “Shitenno”(四天王) e anche un amico, molto famoso in quel periodo, anche perché appartenente a una famiglia tutt'altro che di poco conto, Fujiwara no Yasamusa. Gli Shitenno invece erano Watanabe no Tsuna, Usui Sadamitsu, Urabe Suetake e Sakata Kintoki. E nonostante tutto, un piccolo aiutino divino sarà comunque necessario.La leggenda di Shuten Dōji fa parte di un genere letterario dibattuto chiamato “otogi zōshi”(お伽草子) cioè storie, scritte soprattutto nel periodo Muromachi, che parlavano di avventure in cui i protagonisti erano una compagnia di persone. Di questa esistono varie versioni, che fanno capo a due versioni principali, quella Oeyama e quella Ibukiyama. Tra queste, la differenza sostanziale è il luogo dove si svolgono i fatti, in una, la più antica il tutto si svolge sul monte Oe, mentre nell'altra sul monte Ibuki.Ciò che vi racconterò io oggi è una mia libera interpretazione del mito originale, la versione Oeyama, mixata alla versione recente pubblicata nel 18° secolo a opera di Shibukawa Seiemon, quest'ultima è facilmente reperibile su internet tradotta anche in inglese.La traduzione a cui mi sono ispirato si trova nel libro "Japanese Demon Lore", di Noriko T.Reider.La trascrizione è disponibile sul sito:https://www.podcastdelloshogun.itCerca il podcast sui social!https://www.facebook.com/podcastdelloshogunhttps://www.instagram.com/podcastdelloshogun/https://www.tiktok.com/@podcastdelloshogun---Mi trovi anche su Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/18pSpwnHNWevxRPaFpXh26Su Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-dello-shogun/id1649546421Su Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@PodcastDelloShogunSu Spreaker:https://www.spreaker.com/show/podcast-dello-shogun---Se desideri sostenere il podcast, puoi farlo in due modi:- Tramite ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podcastdelloshogun- Tramite Paypal: https://paypal.me/podcastdelloshogun---#podcast #samurai #shogun #storia #japan #japanese #giappone #giapponese #mitologia #halloween #yokai #podshogunShuten Doji, Shuten Douji, Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Fujiwara, Ibaraki Doji

Burritt Sabin was born in New York City and came to Japan as a naval officer in 1975. His professional career in Japan started as a journalist, and he quickly moved into writing and historical research. The first book we're going to discuss today is about Yokohama,  one of the first Japanese ports to open to foreign trade in the 1850s. A Historical Guide to Yokohama: Sketches of the Twice-Risen Phoenix is a window into a time when Japan was rapidly opening up to the world. (The book is in English, despite what the Amazon listing says.)The other book we'll talk about is Kamakura: A Contemplative Guide,which highlights the first samurai capital in the 12th century. Shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo chose this city for the seat of his military government, ushering in the Kamakura Period in 1185.Subjects covered in the podcast:1. Townsend Harris and the opening of Japan (Yokohama)2. The meeting of Sun Yat-sen and Miyazaki Toten in Yokohama3. The Hotel New Grand in Yokohama4. The Great Buddha of Kamakura5. Natsume Soseki's and Suzuki Daisetz's sojourn at Kigen-in, Kamakura6. The Kamakura bunshiSabin also discusses his three favorite books on Japan:1. The Death of Old Yokohama in the Earthquake of 1923 by Otis Manchester PooleA gripping account in real time of a man navigating the post-quake hellscape in an attempt to reach his family.2. Aru Shisei no To: Koshikata wa kanashiku mono kiroku (A Waif of the Streets: Record of a Sad Passage) by Hasegawa ShinHasegawa Shin (1884~1963) recounts growing up in poverty in late-19th century Yokohama, teaching himself to read and write and later becoming a leading popular playwright.3. Sugao Kamakura (The True Face of Kamakura) ed. by Osaragi JiroAn insightful collection of essays on Kamakura by writers who have made the city home.Be sure to check out Burritt Sabin's books A Historical Guide to Yokohama: Sketches of the Twice-Risen Phoenix (2002) and Kamakura: A Contemplative Guide (2021), available on Amazon or at your favorite bookstore. The Books on Asia Podcast is sponsored by Stone Bridge Press. Check out their books on Japan at the publisher's website.Amy Chavez, podcast host, is author of Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan and The Widow, the Priest, and the Octopus Hunter: Discovering a Lost Way of Life on a Secluded Japanese Island.Books on AsiaTwitter: @BooksOnAsiaSubscribe to the BOA podcast at https://linktr.ee/booksonasia

Le seppuku et le hara-kiri désignent tous deux une forme de suicide rituel au Japon pratiqué principalement par les samouraïs. Bien que ces deux termes soient parfois utilisés de manière interchangeable, il existe des différences dans leurs connotations et leur usage, tant linguistiquement qu'historiquement. 1. Origine et signification des termesLe terme seppuku (切腹) est un mot sino-japonais composé des caractères "切" (setsu, signifiant "couper") et "腹" (fuku, signifiant "ventre"). Il fait référence à l'acte de s'ouvrir le ventre. En revanche, hara-kiri (腹切り) est une version plus familière ou vulgaire du terme, littéralement "couper le ventre" dans l'ordre japonais. En somme, les deux termes désignent la même action, mais seppuku est un terme plus formel, utilisé dans un contexte rituel et codifié, tandis que hara-kiri est plus courant et peut avoir une connotation plus brutale ou désinvolte. 2. Contexte historique et rituelLe seppuku est un acte de suicide rituel profondément ancré dans la tradition des bushidō, le code d'honneur des samouraïs. Il était pratiqué pour préserver l'honneur après une défaite militaire, éviter la capture par l'ennemi, ou expier une faute grave. Le seppuku suivait un rituel extrêmement codifié. Le samouraï, vêtu de blanc, s'asseyait dans une posture spécifique, puis s'ouvrait le ventre à l'aide d'un tantō (un couteau court). Le but était de démontrer son courage, son contrôle de soi et sa loyauté. La procédure pouvait être accompagnée d'un second (appelé kaishakunin) qui décapitait rapidement le samouraï pour lui éviter des souffrances trop longues après l'ouverture du ventre. Le hara-kiri, quant à lui, désigne généralement le même acte d'ouverture du ventre, mais sans la connotation rituelle stricte. Ce terme a été popularisé par les étrangers au Japon au cours du XIXe siècle et est souvent employé dans un contexte moins formel pour désigner un suicide par disembowelment. Cependant, contrairement à ce que l'on pourrait penser, les Japonais eux-mêmes préfèrent largement utiliser le terme "seppuku", qui est considéré comme plus noble et respectueux. 3. Seppuku dans la culture japonaiseLe seppuku est resté un symbole puissant dans l'histoire et la culture japonaise. Historiquement, l'un des exemples les plus célèbres est celui de Minamoto no Yorimasa en 1180, le premier seppuku formellement enregistré dans l'histoire japonaise, pratiqué pour éviter la capture après une défaite. D'autres exemples célèbres incluent le seppuku de la bande des 47 rōnin en 1703, qui suivit le suicide de leur maître pour restaurer leur honneur. Au-delà des samouraïs, le seppuku a parfois été utilisé par des militaires et des civils, notamment durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, où des officiers japonais se donnaient la mort pour éviter la reddition. Plus récemment, l'écrivain et nationaliste Yukio Mishima commit seppuku en 1970, en signe de protestation contre la modernisation du Japon. 4. Distinction culturelle et éthiqueEn résumé, la différence principale entre seppuku et hara-kiri réside dans le niveau de formalité et de respect accordé à chaque terme. Le seppuku est considéré comme un acte noble, codifié par des siècles de traditions samouraïs, tandis que le hara-kiri est souvent perçu comme un terme plus vulgaire ou descriptif. Si les deux termes renvoient à l'acte d'ouvrir le ventre, leur usage dépend du contexte, de l'époque et des perceptions culturelles autour de cet acte. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Le seppuku et le hara-kiri désignent tous deux une forme de suicide rituel au Japon pratiqué principalement par les samouraïs. Bien que ces deux termes soient parfois utilisés de manière interchangeable, il existe des différences dans leurs connotations et leur usage, tant linguistiquement qu'historiquement. 1. Origine et signification des termesLe terme seppuku (切腹) est un mot sino-japonais composé des caractères "切" (setsu, signifiant "couper") et "腹" (fuku, signifiant "ventre"). Il fait référence à l'acte de s'ouvrir le ventre. En revanche, hara-kiri (腹切り) est une version plus familière ou vulgaire du terme, littéralement "couper le ventre" dans l'ordre japonais. En somme, les deux termes désignent la même action, mais seppuku est un terme plus formel, utilisé dans un contexte rituel et codifié, tandis que hara-kiri est plus courant et peut avoir une connotation plus brutale ou désinvolte. 2. Contexte historique et rituelLe seppuku est un acte de suicide rituel profondément ancré dans la tradition des bushidō, le code d'honneur des samouraïs. Il était pratiqué pour préserver l'honneur après une défaite militaire, éviter la capture par l'ennemi, ou expier une faute grave. Le seppuku suivait un rituel extrêmement codifié. Le samouraï, vêtu de blanc, s'asseyait dans une posture spécifique, puis s'ouvrait le ventre à l'aide d'un tantō (un couteau court). Le but était de démontrer son courage, son contrôle de soi et sa loyauté. La procédure pouvait être accompagnée d'un second (appelé kaishakunin) qui décapitait rapidement le samouraï pour lui éviter des souffrances trop longues après l'ouverture du ventre. Le hara-kiri, quant à lui, désigne généralement le même acte d'ouverture du ventre, mais sans la connotation rituelle stricte. Ce terme a été popularisé par les étrangers au Japon au cours du XIXe siècle et est souvent employé dans un contexte moins formel pour désigner un suicide par disembowelment. Cependant, contrairement à ce que l'on pourrait penser, les Japonais eux-mêmes préfèrent largement utiliser le terme "seppuku", qui est considéré comme plus noble et respectueux. 3. Seppuku dans la culture japonaiseLe seppuku est resté un symbole puissant dans l'histoire et la culture japonaise. Historiquement, l'un des exemples les plus célèbres est celui de Minamoto no Yorimasa en 1180, le premier seppuku formellement enregistré dans l'histoire japonaise, pratiqué pour éviter la capture après une défaite. D'autres exemples célèbres incluent le seppuku de la bande des 47 rōnin en 1703, qui suivit le suicide de leur maître pour restaurer leur honneur. Au-delà des samouraïs, le seppuku a parfois été utilisé par des militaires et des civils, notamment durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, où des officiers japonais se donnaient la mort pour éviter la reddition. Plus récemment, l'écrivain et nationaliste Yukio Mishima commit seppuku en 1970, en signe de protestation contre la modernisation du Japon. 4. Distinction culturelle et éthiqueEn résumé, la différence principale entre seppuku et hara-kiri réside dans le niveau de formalité et de respect accordé à chaque terme. Le seppuku est considéré comme un acte noble, codifié par des siècles de traditions samouraïs, tandis que le hara-kiri est souvent perçu comme un terme plus vulgaire ou descriptif. Si les deux termes renvoient à l'acte d'ouvrir le ventre, leur usage dépend du contexte, de l'époque et des perceptions culturelles autour de cet acte. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

It's the finale of this series on the Genpei War (1180-1185); the showdown between the two most powerful clans of the age. This episode is one of the most drama & action packed that I have ever covered in History on Fire. We'll discuss Minamoto Yoritomo's Godzilla-sized ego, the Minamoto killing each other when they are not busy warring against the Taira, the legendary female samurai Tomoe Gozen, a ritual suicide to urge your commander to stop having sex and concentrate on military maneuvers instead, the charge at Ichi No Tani, the mythical fight between Kumagai Naozane and Taira Atsumori, a victory party in Kyoto parading enemy heads, Yoshitsune's utter fearlessness, a feat of archery so amazing that it convinced the enemies to stop battle and cheer for the archer, the child emperor's grandmother drowning herself and her grandson, samurai crabs, Benkei being a pal and holding back an army so that Yoshitsune can kill himself, and much more.

Gdybym zapytała was o skojarzenia z Japonią, samurajowie pewnie znaleźliby się w pierwszej trójce. Kodeks honorowy, charakterystyczne miecze i zbroje, długie włosy związane w kok, absolutne posłuszeństwo wasala wobec seniora. Ile z tego wizerunku to potwierdzona historycznie prawda? O samurajach rozmawiam dziś ze znaną wam prof. Ewą Pałasz-Rutkowską z Katedry Japonistyki na Wydziale Orientalistycznym Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.By trwająca aż 700 lat władza siogunów mogła się rozpocząć, potrzebne było kilka korzystnych zbiegów okoliczności. Pierwszych siogunów (generałów do ujarzmienia barbarzyńców) mianował cesarz w VIII wieku. Jak sama nazwa wskazuje, byli potrzebni do ochrony cesarstwa przed atakującymi je od wschodu Ajnami. Z biegiem czasu wrogów cesarstwa było coraz więcej, a wojskowi coraz mocniej rośli w siłę. W XII wieku panowie z rodów Minamoto i Taira byli już tak potężni, że zajmowali cywilne stanowiska w administracji państwa, wcześniej zarezerwowane dla arystokracji. Pod koniec XII wieku tytuł sioguna otrzymał od cesarza Yoritomo Minamoto. Jego potęga była na tyle wielka, że zmienił ten tytuł na dożywotni i dziedziczny i założył pierwsze bakufu, czyli siogunat: sformalizowaną, feudalną strukturę, w której władzę sprawuje kasta samurajów (bushi) – wojowników pod wodzą sioguna. W pierwszym okresie (Kamakura) siogunowie dzielili się jeszcze władzą z cesarzami, z biegiem czasu przejmowali jej coraz więcej. Nie było jednak koncepcji obalenia tronu cesarskiego. – To było ważne, żeby to cesarz pozwolił nam sprawować władzę, będziemy wobec niego lojalni – wyjaśnia prof. Pałasz-Rutkowska.Ikonicznym okresem władzy siogunów było sto lat od połowy XV do połowy XVI wieku, znanych jako okres Sengoku. Państwo było mocno rozdrobnione, co ułatwiło tzw. wypieranie góry przez dół: nikomu nieznani wojownicy zdobywali sławę w ciągłych walkach i rugowali ze stanowisk panów ze znanych rodów. – To, co wtedy robili wojownicy, zostało zebrane w coś, co nazywamy kodeksem samurajów, bushido – opowiada prof. Pałasz-Rutkowska. – Najgorsza była hańba – dodaje. Hańbą było niewypełnienie zadania, nie tylko przegranie bitwy, ale np. walczenie za sprawę, która została przegrana. Śmierć z własnej ręki (seppuku) była honorowym wyjściem. Kodeks bushido to jednak nie tylko walka, zawierał też np. zalecenie edukowania się i kultywowania sztuki – samurajowie powszechnie uwielbiali poezję. Elementy bushido można dostrzec też we współczesnej Japonii, np. w korporacjach lub… wśród yakuzy, czyli japońskiej mafii.W odcinku usłyszycie też, jak wyglądała sytuacja kobiet w świecie samurajów, jak to było z tymi katanami oraz jak mit samurajów wykorzystywano w propagandzie podczas II wojny światowej. Będzie coś o roninach, filmach Kurosawy i japońskiej broni palnej. Bardzo ciekawy odcinek! Zainteresowanych tematyką japońską odsyłam też do poprzedniej rozmowy z prof. Pałasz-Rutkowską o otwarciu Japonii na Zachód: https://radionaukowe.pl/podcast/japonia-pod-presja-samurajowie-przegrywaja-z-maszyna-parowa-e186/

The Genpei War (1180-1185), pitting against one another the two most powerful clans of the era, the Minamoto and the Taira, is one of the most crucial turning points in Japanese history. Movies and video games have usually overlooked this conflict in favor of the civil wars of the warring states period of the 1500s. Big mistake since the story of the Genpei War is packed with drama and larger than life characters—from the tragic hero Minamoto Yoshitsune, his brother in arms the gigantic warrior monk Benkei, the female samurai Tomoe Gozen and many others. And on top of it, this civil conflict ushered major changes in Japanese society, shifting power from a nobility made of imperial bureaucrats into the hands of landowning samurai families. In this first of two episodes dedicated to the Genpei War, we'll tackle one of the most important works in Japanese literature, Buddhist impermanence, the 1156 Hogen Rebellion, the 1160 Heiji Rebellion, revenge, exorcisms, the rise of the Taira family, emperors struggling with loss of power, warrior monks, the battle at the Uji River, announcing your family lineage before cutting heads off, inviting the gods to witness battle, Minamoto Yorimasa's suicide, Yoshitsune learning swordsmanship from the demons of the forest, the duel between Yoshitsune and Benkei, the Taira burning down the monasteries of Nara, Kiyomori's death, and much more.

Moving on with our third part of the Gishiwajinden Tour, we head to the old area of Matsuro, which, for us, means modern Karatsu.  Here we have some of the oldest rice paddies in all of Japan, but Karatsu is so much more.  It was part of Matsura, where the Matsura family (aka league, factions, or pirates, depending on how you saw it) arose.  It is also a short hop from Nagoya, which briefly became the capital of Japan; Nagaoka-kyo gets a mention in the histories, but Nagoya rarely merits it, since it was just the Taiko and every actually important person minus the Tenno. For more photos and others such things, check out: https://www.sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/matsuro-koku/   Rough Transcript: Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua and this is Gishiwajinden Tour, Part Four:  Matsuro-koku So far on this tour through the locations listed in the Weizhi's Wa Record, the Gishiwajinden, following the route to Queen Himiko of Wa, we've hit the area of Gaya, or Gara; Tsushima—or Tuma-koku; Iki, aka Iki-koku; and now we are arriving at Karatsu, thought to be the location of Maturo-koku. Now before we go any further, let's talk about the name.  After all, up to this point in the account, the names haven't been too far off.  Well, Tsushima was recorded as something like Tuma in the Chinese record, which seems reasonable, and “Iki” was actually recorded as something like “I-dai”, though we are pretty sure that was a transcription error based on other evidence. But Karatsu and Maturo, really don't seem related.  Also, didn't we earlier equate Matsuro with Matsuura, Matsura?  But if you look for Matsuura on a map it is quite some distance away from Karatsu—in fact, it is in modern Nagasaki prefecture as opposed to Karatsu, which is in modern Saga prefecture. First off, Karatsu is a later name for the city, not the area.  It literally means “Tang Port”, and that name seems to appear in the 15th century in the form of Karatsu Jinja, or Karatsu Shrine.  So no, the names Karatsu and Matsuro are not related.  Prior to being called Karatsu, though, it was part of a larger area called Matsura.  It sits at the head of the Matsura River, which spills out into what is now called Karatsu Bay.  In ancient times this seems to have been the heart of the area known as Matsura or Matsuro.  Over time it was incorporated into the larger area known as Hi no Kuni, and when Hi no Kuni was divided up by the Ritsuryo state into Hizen and Higo, we see the Matsura district, or Matsura-gun, is a part, along the coast.  The fact that it is spelled as “Matsu” and “Ura”, meaning “pine beach”, might hint at the original name of the place or could be a false etymology, imposed by the need to record the location in kanji, the Sinitic characters used at the time.  Fun fact time:  Hizen refers to the area of the land of Hi that was closer to Yamato, while Higo refers to the area of the land of Hi that was further away.  If you look at a modern map of where these two ancient provinces were, however, you'll notice that by a slight technicality, Higo is actually closer, as the crow flies.  But remember, people are not crows, at least not in this life, and in all likelihood, most of the travel to and from Yamato would have been via sea routes.  So Hizen is closer to Yamato from that perspective, as you would have to sail from Higo, around Hizen, or take the long way south around Kagoshima. But where were we? So Matsura district in Hizen started at Matsura-gawa and the area around Karatsu bay, and included modern areas of Hirado all the way out to the Goto islands.  That was a pretty large area.  It later got further subdivided into East, West, North, and South Matsura subdistricts, with Karatsu in the Eastern subdistrict, and some portion of the west.  Eventually, Karatsu city became its own administrative district, in modern Saga prefecture, and so did Hirado city, in what was the old Northern Matsura sub-district, joining Nagasaki prefecture.  The western sub-district went to Karatsu or incorporated as Imari, known for their Imari-ware pottery.  And that left a small portion of the northern sub-district. The incorporated villages and islands eventually came together as Matsuura city, in Nagasaki prefecture, which is what you'll see, today.  And that is why, looking at a modern map, “Matsura” and modern “Matsuura” are not precisely in the same place. That history also helps demonstrate the historical connections between Karatsu, Hirado, Iki, and Tsushima—as well as the Goto islands.  This region was where the Matsura clan arose, which controlled at least out to Iki, Hirado, and the Goto archipelago, and it was known for its strong navy, among other things. For our trip, heading to Karatsu was originally borne out of convenience:  Our goal was to take the ferry so that we could travel along the ocean routes.  We had traveled the route from Izuhara, on Tsushima, to Ashibe port, on Iki island.  During that trip it was interesting to watch as Tsushima disappeared and then eventually Iki appeared on the horizon, but it wasn't immediate, and I suspect you would have wanted an experienced crew who knew the route and knew what to look for.  Conversely, from Indoji port, on Iki, to Karatsu I felt like we were constantly in sight of one island or another, or at least could see the mountains of Kyushu to get our bearings.  There wasn't really a time that felt like we were that far out from land.  Even so, it would still have been a treacherous crossing back in the day. Coming in to Karatsu from the ferry, the first thing you will notice is the castle.  Karatsu castle, also known as Maizuru Castle, is a reconstructed castle, but it really does provide a clear view of what one would have seen.  The original was abandoned in the Meiji period and sold off in 1871.  The main keep was later demolished and made into a park.  In 1966 they built a new, 5-storey keep on the original base, and from 1989 onward have continued to make improvements to various parts of the castle moats and walls.  You can still see the layout of the Ninomaru and honmaru sections of the castle, encompassing the old samurai districts of the jokamachi, or castle town, of Karatsu during the Edo period. Our primary goal in Karatsu, however, was not castle focused.  We wanted to go back to an earlier time – the Yayoi period, to be precise - and Karatsu and the Matsuro-kan did not disappoint.  While not quite as extensive as the reconstruction at other Yayoi sites like Harunotsuji or Yoshinogari, the site at the Matsuro-kan is still impressive in its own right. What is the Matsuro-kan, you might ask?  It is the building and grounds of what is also known as the Nabatake site.  In 1980, construction workers were excavating for a road through the Nabatake section of Karatsu when they noticed they were pulling up artifacts.  An investigation between 1980 to 1981 determined that the artifacts were from the late Jomon to middle Yayoi period.  Further investigation discovered the presence of old rice paddies.  In 1983 the site was designated as a national historic site, further excavations were carried out, and the Matsurokan was built to house the artifacts and also provide some reconstructions of what the rice paddies would have looked like.  For context these are some of the oldest rice paddies found in Japan, along with the nearby Itazuke rice paddies, in neighboring Fukuoka prefecture, and are key for giving us insights into what we know about early rice field cultivation. Here I should point out that these fields were in use through the middle Yayoi period, while the mission to Yamato—or Yamatai—recorded in the Weizhi would have been in the late Yayoi or early Kofun period, so likely several hundred years later.  There are other Yayoi settlement remains found up and around the peninsula, and there are Kofun in the area, especially along the banks of the Matsura river.  Given how built up much of the area is, it is possible that any large scale settlement may have been destroyed by subsequent settlements, or is somewhere that there just hasn't been a good reason for a full excavation.  Still, who knows what we might eventually find.    The Matsurokan appears to stick with the dating of the Yayoi period from about 300 BCE.  This is based largely on assumptions regarding the development of different pottery styles.  Recent research has suggested that this should be pushed back to about 800 or even 1000 BCE, suggesting a more gradual development.  For our purposes, it is enough to note that this site appears to cover from the final Jomon era in Kyushu to the coming of wet rice agriculture with the advancing Yayoi culture. Based on what was found at the site, the wet rice paddies were created in what at least one scholar has suggested as a “primitive” wet rice paddy.  The paddies themselves appear to have been placed in a naturally swampy area, irrigated by a natural stream.  This would have made flooding the fields relatively simple, without the large ponds or waterworks required to cover a more extensive area.  This may have sufficed for a small village, possibly only a handful of families living together and working the land. Besides the impressions of the paddies themselves, various tools, pottery, and more were also found at the site.  Stone harvesting knives were plentiful—a semicircular stone knife that was held in the fingers of one hand, allowing a harvester to grasp the stalks and cut them quickly.  This was the standard method of harvesting prior to the arrival of the sickle, or kama, and is still in use in some parts of China and Southeast Asia.  It is more labor intensive than the sickle, but provides some benefits in the consistency and lack of waste product. The Matsurokan demonstrates how a lot of the Yayoi tools are, in fact, still in use in one form or another in different cultures that also absorbed rice cultivation, showing how widespread it became. In addition, there are artifacts such as shards of pottery showing what looks to be the imprint of a woven fabric, and various equipment for weaving and sewing.  We have some beams and posts from buildings, which give us something at least try to guess at how things were put together. There are bones of various animals as well as stone arrowheads.  There are also fish and even dugong bones, suggesting they also made a living from the nearby sea.  And there are various bits of jewelry, including magatama, and what appears to be a shark's tooth with holes drilled in so it could be worn on a cord.    There are also carbonized rice grains found at the site, likely grown there. We don't have any ancient strains of rice that can be proven to come from these fields, but in their reconstruction, outside the museum, they have rebuilt some of the rice fields and grow old rice variants in them.  This is used, in part, to teach local schoolchildren about rice cultivation – in fact, local schools are allocated individual paddies each growing season. Besides the rice paddies, the Matsurokan also boasts several reconstructed dwellings.  These are similar to ones you might find elsewhere depicting what life was like back in the Yayoi period. As the Yayoi period gave way to the kofun, we do see some mounded tombs in the area, though not quite as many as in others.  Matsura appears to be rather rural. Around the Heian period, we see the rise of a local group that comes to be known as the Matsura group, or Matsura-tou, which eventually consolidated into the Matsura family.  There are several lineages claiming that the Matsura family descended from the Minamoto or Abe clans or through branch families thereof.  Matsura-to itself is sometimes called the 48 factions of Matsura.  It wasn't as much a family as an alliance of local warriors, each with their own base of operations.  I can't quite tell if the lineage of the later Matsura clan, as they were known, were meant to represent a single lineage or the various lineages that came together.  For all we know, they may have married into official families or otherwise concocted lineages to help legitimize them as much as anything else—this far out from the center, in the 11th century, there wasn't necessarily as much oversight. Early in the 11th century they also had a chance to prove themselves with the Toi invasion – that was the Jurchen invasion we mentioned last couple episodes.  After the Toi invaders attacked Tsushima and Iki, they set their sites on Hakata Bay, which was the closest landing to the Dazaifu, the Yamato government in Kyushu.  They were chased off and headed down the coast.  Minamoto Tomo is said to have led the forces that repelled the Toi invaders, who finally departed altogether, striking one more time on Tsushima before heading back to wherever they came from. Minamoto Tomo is said, at least in some stories, to have been the founder of the Matsura clan, or at least the leader of the 48 factions, which then coalesced into the Matsura clan, which eventually would run the Hirado domain. Over two hundred and fifty years after the Toi Invasion would come the Mongols.  If the Toi were bad, the Mongols were much worse.  The Toi were a band of marauders, who caused a lot of havoc, but do not appear to have had state backing.  The Mongols were perhaps more appropriately the Yuan empire, who had already conquered the Yellow river valley and were working on the Song dynasty along the Yangzi.  While the Toi had brought with them Goryeo warriors as well—who may or may not have joined up willingly—the Mongols had huge armies from all over that they could throw at a problem. As we talked about in the past two episodes, the Mongols swept through Tsushima and Iki and then headed straight for Hakata, the closest landing zone to the Dazaifu, the government outpost in Kyushu.  Even during the height of the Kamakura shogunate, this was still an important administrative center, and would have given the Mongols a huge advantage on holding territory and eventually sweeping up the archipelago. Fortunately, they were stopped.  Whether it was the gumption, skill, and downright stubbornness of their samurai foes or the divine wind that swept up from the ocean, the Mongols were turned back, twice. During each of these invasions, the Matsura clan and others rushed to the defense of the nation, but unlike with the Toi invasions, there do not appear to have been any serious battles along the Matsuura coastline—not that I can make out, anyway. After the Mongol invasion, Kyushu was not left out of the troubles that would follow, including the downfall of the Hojo, the rise of the Ashikaga, and the eventual breakdown of the shogunal system into the period known as the Warring States period.  Through it all the Matsura continued to ply the seas and encourage the trade from which they and others, like the Sou of Tsushima, came to depend on.  They also allied with other entrepreneurial seafarers, known to others as pirates, and they started trading with a group of weird looking people with hairy beards and pale skin, who came to be known as the Nanban, the southern barbarians—known to us, primarily, as the Portuguese. One faction of the Matsura were the Hata—no relation to the Hata that set up in what would become the Kyoto region in the early periods of Yamato state formation.  The Hata ruled the area that would become Karatsu, but eventually they were taken over by the Ryuzoji, who were allied with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi's interest in the Karatsu and Matsura area had to do with its easy access to the continent.  And so Hideyoshi began to pay attention to Nagoya, at the end of the peninsula down from Karatsu.  And no, not *that* Nagoya.  If you hear Nagoya, today, you are probably talking about the bustling metropolis in Aichi, which was where Toyotomi himself got his start, growing up and going to work for the local warlord, named Oda Nobunaga.  Due to a quirk of Japanese names and how they read particular characters, this is a different Nagoya. The Kyushu Nagoya had been one of the Matsura trading posts, run by a sub-branch of the Hata family, who had built a castle on the site.  Hideyoshi had much grander plans for the area.  In 1591 he began work on a massive castle and associated castle town.  This castle was to be his new headquarters, and he moved his entire retinue there from Osaka, with an expectation that all of the daimyo would follow him.  Sure enough, they showed up with their own vassals, setting up camps around the peninsula and in the new city-to-be. The castle was the base of operations from which Hideyoshi coordinated the invasions of Korea.  It was a massive undertaking, and extremely impressive.  The city itself sprung up, and although the wood was still new, and the buildings somewhat hastily put together, it was soon a bustling metropolis and briefly became the center of art and culture in the entire archipelago. Hideyoshi himself had a teahouse built within the confines of the castle, where he apparently spent most of his days, even when receiving reports on how things were going across the sea on the archipelago.  The city had a Noh theater, as well.  It must have been a sight to see. As for the castle itself, based on the remains, it was massive.  It appears to use the contours of the hill upon which it sits.  It seems there was a previous castle there of some kind, and it is unclear how much this was merely expanded, but Hideyoshi's new castle was truly monumental, with a labyrinth of gates to get in -- similar  to Himeji Castle, for anyone who has been there, but with a serious vertical incline as well.  Nagoya Castle was second only to Osaka castle, and yet it was erected quickly—only 8 months.  I guess that's what you can do when you can mobilize all of the daimyo across Japan.  Even today, ruined as it is, the walls tower over you, and you can spend hours wandering the grounds. For all that it was impressive, the good times at Nagoya Castle lasted only for a brief seven years—when Hideyoshi passed away, the council of regents moved back to Osaka, and Nagoya castle was deliberately destroyed, stones removed from the walls such that it could never survive a true siege. This was a sign to the Korean peninsula – the Joseon court - that, with the death of the taiko, Japan had given up any pretext of conquering the peninsula. Today, only the stones and earthworks remain of the briefly thriving city, but on the grounds is a wonderful museum that catalogs this particular slice of Medieval life.  The Nagoya Castle Museum of Saga prefecture is off the beaten path—there is no train, so you'll need to take a bus or private car to get there—but it is well worth it. The museum itself is dedicated to Japanese and Korean cross-strait relations, which feels a bit like atonement given that the castle was built with conquest in mind. Of course, the centerpiece of the Museum is the castle, but it also does a good job telling the story of relations between the peninsula and the archipelago.  It starts in the ancient times, talking about how, even during the Jomon period, there were commonalities in fishhooks and similar equipment found from Kyushu up through the Korean peninsula.  From there, of course, trade continued, as we've seen in our journey through the Chronicles.  It talks about some of the shared cultural items found from the Yayoi through the Kofun, and also demonstrates how some of the earliest Buddhist statues have clear similarities to those found in Silla.  It goes over the various missions back and forth, and even gives a map of the Toi Invasion that we talked about hitting Tsushima and Iki. The Mongol invasion is also heavily talked about, but not nearly so much as the invasion of Korea.  There is another reproduction of the letter of King Sejeong, with the faked seal from the Sou clan in Tsushima.  This of course, was the period when they built Nagoya-jo into a castle and city of at least 100,000 people, almost overnight.  Even the Nanban were there, trading in the city while supplies from across the country were gathered and shipped off to keep troops fed on the invasion of Korea. There are plenty of images from this time—from a Ming envoy to Nagoya castle to images of the invasion from the Korean perspective, with Koreanized samurai manning the walls of the castles they had taken.  They don't exactly lionize the samurai, but they don't accentuate some of the more horrific things, either, like the piles of ears taken from those killed because taking their heads, as was standard practice in older days, was too cumbersome. There is also some discussion of relations afterwards—of the Joseon embassies, though those went through Hakata, Nagoya-jo having long been abandoned at that point.  For reasons one can probably understand, it doesn't go into the post-Edo relations, as that is much more modern history. After the destruction of Nagoya castle, the area was largely abandoned, but the city of Karatsu proper really thrived during the Edo period.  Karatsu was also a castle town, as we've mentioned, but a bit out of the way.  As sailing ships were now more sturdy and able to handle longer sea crossings, it was now often Hakata, in Fukuoka, that received much of the trade, and the Dutch traders who had replaced the Portuguese, were limited to Dejima, in Nagasaki. When Hideyoshi swept through, the Hata were not exactly considered trustworthy, and were placed under the Nabeshima, a branch of their rivals, the Ryuzouji.  During the invasion of Korea, the Hata rebelled, and were destroyed for it in 1593.  Their territory was given to Terazawa Hirotaka, who had been put in charge of the construction of Nagoya castle and later put in charge of the logistics for the invasion effort from the Kyushu side.  As a result, he was granted the lands formerly controlled by the Hata, including Karatsu, and what would become the Karatsu domain. Hirotaka could see which way the wind blew—in more ways than one.  After Hideyoshi's death, he supported Tokugawa Ieyasu, allowing him to keep and even expand his fief.  He redirected the Matsura river—then known as the Hata river—to its present course, and he built a pine grove along the northern beach that is the third largest such grove in all of Japan.  Known as the “Niji no Matsubara”, or the ”Rainbow Pine Forest” for its shape, it was erected as a windbreak to protect the precious farmland just on the other side.  It is still there today, still managed, and quite famous.  You can drive through the pine trees or stop and walk through them, even out to the beach.   And there is even a fantastic burger truck that parks along the main road through the pine grove, so you can enjoy a lovely picnic among the trees. The Terazawa would not remain in place for very long.  During the Shimabara rebellion of the early 17th century—a rebellion based on either taxes or Christianity, depending on whom you ask—the Terazawa line was extinguished.  Terazawa Katataka, then ruler of the Karatsu domain, was held liable for mismanagement of the domain and loss of a castle to the rebels.  He had land confiscated and he felt publicly humiliated, and so he took his own life while he was in Edo.  As he had no heir, the Terazawa line died out. Karatsu domain went through a variety of hands after that.  Its value fluctuated, but it is generally thought that the real value of the domain, thanks to the ability to trade, was well beyond what it was assessed to produce.  As such it was a lucrative position, and also held sway as a check against Nagasaki, watching the trade there with the Dutch merchants.  Because of all of this, the lord of Karatsu was also banned from holding certain government positions, so as not to distract from their duties, making the position something of a blessing and a curse. Through the years, Karatsu thrived.  They were and are still known for a type of traditional pottery, known as Karatsumono, or Karatsuware, and they maintain elaborate festivals.  One of the festivals, the Karatsu Kunchi, is considered a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.The Karatsu Kunchi is an annual parade where neighborhood associations carry giant floats through the city from Karatsu Shrine down to the shore.  It was inspired, in the early 19th century, by the famous Gion Matsuri of Kyoto—a wealthy merchant saw that and donated the first lion-head float to Karatsu Shrine.  Later, others would create their own floats. These floats, known as “Hikiyama” or “pulled mountains” can be five or six meters high and weigh anywhere from two to five tons.  There appear to be 14 hikiyama, currently, though there used to be 15—a black lion is currently missing.  The floats have gone through a few iterations, but are largely the same, and often have some relationship to the neighborhoods sponsoring them. From Matsura, aka Matsuro-koku, we went north along the coast of Kyushu to Itoshima, thought to the be old country of Ito-koku, and beyond that, the Na-koku of Fukuoka.  We'll cover both of those in our next and final installment of our Gishiwajinden tour. If you like what we are doing, 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 us at 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.

Lord Kiyomori has sent a massive army to suppress the Genji uprising in the east led by Minamoto no Yoritomo. But for now Yoritomo has a more immediate threat: outnumbered ten to one, he prepares to confront a force of 3,000 samurai on the slopes of Mount Ishibashi. Yoritomo's response to this attack will pass into legend - and will lead to the war between Genji and Heike that will change Japan's history forever.People featured in this episode:For the Genji:- Minamoto no Yoritomo - Genji heir; future First Shogun of Japan- Masako Hojo - Yoritomo's wife; the future 'Nun Shogun'- Tokimasa Hojo - Masako's father; landowner and samurai- Minamoto no Yoshitsune - Yoritomo's half-brother- Musashibo Benkei - a giant warrior-monk; Yoshitsune's retainer- Miura Yoshizumi - heir to the Miura clan; son of Miura YoshiakiFor the Heike- Taira no Kiyomori - Lord of the Heike- Taira no Koremori - Kiyomori's grandson- Kajiwara Kagetoki - Heike retainer; samurai commanderThe First Shogun podcast website: https://firstshogun.buzzsprout.com

All'età di 17 anni era alto 2.10m e i lineamenti del suo visto ispiravano regalità e leadership.Arciere geniale, non è chiaro se per via dei continui ed estenuanti allenamenti, o per via di una mutazione genetica, ma pare avesse il braccio sinistro più lungo del braccio destro di 12cm e che questo gli permettesse di tendere il suo enorme arco più del normale. Arco lungo ben 260cm e pare che ci volessero tre persone di stazza media per poterlo tendere.Insomma, incontrare un uomo del genere oggi farebbe indubbiamente un certo effetto, ma immaginate di incontrarlo nel Giappone del XII secolo! Certamente avrebbe lasciato la sua impronta nella storia e così è stato, tanto da entrare a far parte della cultura pop, infatti lo troviamo anche in videogiochi, anime e libri.Parliamo quindi di questo gigante, parliamo quindi di Minamoto no Tametomo, io sono Andrea e questo è Focus On.Cerca il podcast sui social!https://www.facebook.com/podcastdelloshogunhttps://www.instagram.com/podcastdelloshogun/https://www.tiktok.com/@podcastdelloshogun---Mi trovi anche su Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/18pSpwnHNWevxRPaFpXh26Su Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-dello-shogun/id1649546421Su Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@PodcastDelloShogunSu Spreaker:https://www.spreaker.com/show/podcast-dello-shogun---Se desideri sostenere il podcast, puoi farlo in due modi:- Tramite ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podcastdelloshogun- Tramite Paypal: https://paypal.me/podcastdelloshogun---#podcast #samurai #shogun #storia #giappone #minamoto #tametomo #FocusOnguerra samurai, battaglia samurai, ribellione di hogen, taira e minamoto, guerra gempei

An imperial decree urges rebellion against the Heike clan. As the Genji heir Yoritomo considers his response, a veteran Genji living in the capital - Minamoto no Yorimasa - takes matters into his own hands, and leads the first serious challenge to Lord Kiyomori's authority. The uprising will lead to the first pivotal moment of the Gempei War - the legendary Battle of Uji Bridge.Key figures in this episode:Yoritomo - Genji exile, the future First ShogunYorimasa - a veteran Genji warriorLord Kiyomori - Head of the Heike clanMunemori - Kiyomori's heir and eldest surviving sonGo-Shirakawa - the Retired EmperorMochihito - the Retired Emperor's second sonKio - an imperial guard Jomyo Meishu, Ichirai - warrior monksWritten and presented by Sean Bermingham. Music and sound effects from Pond 5: www.pond5.comThe First Shogun podcast website: https://firstshogun.buzzsprout.com

Un Shōgun es un Comandante de los ejércitos japoneses. Recientemente hemos podido ver una serie de nombre Shōgun y me ha parecido interesante sumergirnos en la historia de Japón para ampliar los conocimientos de aquellas épocas de aquél país. Bien para profundizar en la serie o ampliar los conceptos que en la serie se nos dan, o bien para, simplemente conocer la sociedad oriental de aquellos míticos años. El Shōgun en la Historia de Japón El término "shōgun" tiene sus raíces en la historia japonesa y se refiere a un título que era otorgado al comandante militar supremo del país. El shōgun era el líder del gobierno militar y ejercía un poder considerable, a menudo superior al del propio emperador, quien se mantenía como una figura simbólica y religiosa. Este sistema de gobierno, conocido como shogunato, se mantuvo durante varios siglos y fue un pilar fundamental en la estructura feudal de Japón. El origen del shogunato se remonta al siglo XII, con Minamoto no Yoritomo estableciendo el primer shogunato Kamakura en 1192. Este evento marcó el comienzo de un sistema feudal en el que el shōgun no solo era el líder militar sino también el gobernante de facto del país. Durante este tiempo, el emperador delegaba la autoridad civil, militar, diplomática y judicial al shōgun, quien gobernaba en su nombre. A lo largo de la historia de Japón, existieron tres shogunatos principales: el shogunato Kamakura, el shogunato Ashikaga y el shogunato Tokugawa. El shogunato Tokugawa, establecido por Tokugawa Ieyasu en 1603, fue el más duradero y marcó el final del período medieval japonés. Este período se caracterizó por un gobierno centralizado y políticas de aislamiento respecto al resto del mundo, con el shōgun controlando el país mediante la lealtad de los daimyō (señores feudales) y un ejército propio. La posición del shōgun estaba en la cúspide de la jerarquía social y política, ejerciendo un control absoluto sobre el país. A cambio de su lealtad y servicio militar, los vasallos recibían tierras y privilegios, creando una relación feudal entre señor y vasallo que era la base del poder del shōgun. La Restauración Meiji en 1868 fue un punto de inflexión en la historia japonesa, donde el emperador Meiji retomó su papel protagonista en la política del país y la figura del shōgun fue abolida. Este cambio transformó a Japón de un estado feudal a una nación moderna, dejando un legado significativo que aún hoy se puede apreciar en la cultura y sociedad japonesas. El shogunato en Japón fue, por tanto, más que un simple título o una figura militar; fue un sistema de gobierno que definió la estructura política, social y cultural de Japón durante siglos. Su influencia se extendió más allá de las fronteras del país, y su legado continúa siendo un tema de estudio e interés para historiadores y entusiastas de la cultura japonesa. Otros temas en el programa: 34:17 Las gotas de Dios 59:42 Errores del estudio del Universo 1:23:10 Reseña de Fallout No soy el Señor Monstruo - Capítulo 6 Puedes leer más y comentar en mi web, en el enlace directo: https://luisbermejo.com/shogun-zz-podcast-05x38/ Puedes encontrarme y comentar o enviar tu mensaje o preguntar en: WhatsApp: +34 613031122 Paypal: https://paypal.me/Bermejo Bizum: +34613031122 Web: https://luisbermejo.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZZPodcast/ X (twitters): https://x.com/LuisBermejo y https://x.com/zz_podcast Instagrams: https://www.instagram.com/luisbermejo/ y https://www.instagram.com/zz_podcast/ Canal Telegram: https://t.me/ZZ_Podcast Canal WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va89ttE6buMPHIIure1H Grupo Signal: https://signal.group/#CjQKIHTVyCK430A0dRu_O55cdjRQzmE1qIk36tCdsHHXgYveEhCuPeJhP3PoAqEpKurq_mAc Grupo Whatsapp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FQadHkgRn00BzSbZzhNviThttps://chat.whatsapp.com/BNHYlv0p0XX7K4YOrOLei0

The TV series "Shogun" brings Japanese history to life, but who was the first Shogun? In the first episode of this new podcast series, Sean Bermingham explores Minamoto no Yoritomo's extraordinary rise to power in medieval Japan, amidst the dramatic backdrop of the Gempei War - an epic clash between two rival samurai clans, the Genji and the Heike. We'll see how the Tale of the Heike was passed down over generations by traveling storytellers - and in a secluded temple cemetery, we'll accompany a brave musician who has an unearthly encounter with samurai spirits from a vanished age...Places mentioned in this episode:Kitano Tenmangu Treasure House, Kyoto - the shrine preserves an ancient sword believed to be the Genji heirloom 'higekiri' : https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220826/p2a/00m/0et/037000cAkama Shrine, Shimonoseki - shrine dedicated to the boy-Emperor Antoku and the Heike who died at Dan-no-Ura; the setting for the tale of Hoichi the Earless:https://en.japantravel.com/yamaguchi/akama-shrine/17401Music and sound effects from Pond 5: www.pond5.comThe First Shogun podcast website: https://firstshogun.buzzsprout.com

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Nella scorsa puntata ci siamo lasciati nell'anno 1156 quando, dopo il fallito tentativo di Fujiwara no Yorinaga di riportare la Reggenza ai fasti di un tempo in quella che è passata alla storia come la Ribellione di Hougen, era ormai palese che gli antichi giocatori del potere erano ormai decaduti e sulla cresta dell'onda c'erano nuovi giocatori che ormai avevano abbastanza potere per farsi avanti alla guida del Paese. Questi erano i samurai delle famiglie Taira e Minamoto...Cerca il podcast sui social!https://www.facebook.com/podcastdelloshogunhttps://www.instagram.com/podcastdelloshogun/https://www.tiktok.com/@podcastdelloshogun---Mi trovi anche su Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/18pSpwnHNWevxRPaFpXh26Su Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-dello-shogun/id1649546421Su Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@PodcastDelloShogunSu Spreaker:https://www.spreaker.com/show/podcast-dello-shogun---Se desideri sostenere il podcast, puoi farlo in due modi:- Tramite ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podcastdelloshogun- Tramite Paypal: https://paypal.me/podcastdelloshogun---"Ishikari Lore" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Fonti: -George Sansom - A History of Japan to 1334 -Stephen Turnbull - The Gempei War 1180-85

This week: the rise of the Minamoto clan, the destruction of the Taira clan, and the birth of a new kind of political arrangement in the form of Japan's first shogunate. Show notes here.   

Nichiren Daishonin wrote this letter at Minobu in the intercalary third month of the second year of Kenji (1276) to Nanjō Tokimitsu, who lived in Ueno Village, in Suruga Province. Tokimitsu's father, Nanjō Hyōe Shichirō, had died in 1265, when he was seven years old and his mother was pregnant with his younger brother Shichirō Gorō. The death of his father and, later, of his elder brother forced Tokimitsu to assume the duties of steward of Ueno while still in his teens. He was about eighteen years old when he received this letter from the Daishonin. In the seventh month of 1274, immediately after the Daishonin moved to Minobu, Tokimitsu went to visit him there. Inspired by that reunion—Tokimitsu had met the Daishonin with his parents when he was a child—Tokimitsu devoted himself to faith with renewed earnestness. In the first month of 1275, Nikkō visited the grave of the late Nanjō Hyōe Shichirō on the Daishonin's behalf; from that time on, Tokimitsu looked up to Nikkō and aided him in propagating the Daishonin's teachings. About thirty letters addressed to Nanjō Tokimitsu are extant, no less than eleven written during the two-year period between the Daishonin's retirement to Minobu and the date of the present letter. At the beginning of this letter, the Daishonin praises the sincerity of Tokimitsu's faith, expressed in his offerings of an unlined robe, salt, and oil. Such earnestness, the Daishonin says, ultimately reflects Tokimitsu's father's deep faith in the Lotus Sutra and surely must please the late Nanjō. Next, the Daishonin recounts the tale of Ōhashi no Tarō and his son. According to this story, Ōhashi no Tarō, a general in Kyushu and a descendant of the Taira clan, for some reason incurred the wrath of the shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo and was imprisoned in a cell in Kamakura for twelve years. When his son recited the Lotus Sutra out of his ardent desire to save his father, the power of his recitation moved Yoritomo to stay the execution of and pardon his father. With this story, the Daishonin points out that Tokimitsu's sincere attitude in faith is the highest expression of filial devotion and will surely save his late father. In conclusion, the Daishonin addresses the rumor of an impending attack by the Mongols. He emphasizes that only firm faith in the Lotus Sutra will serve as protection against this threat, and points out that, although he himself earnestly wishes to safeguard his followers, the crucial thing is whether or not they develop their own faith. https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/Content/85

Hoy se abren las puertas de nuestro programa de par en par para hablar de uno de los personajes más interesantes que he conocido y que, sinceramente tiene mucho de donde se le puede aprender. Autor, maestro del arte de la espada y leyenda hoy hablaremos del hijo de Minamoto.

In questa puntata speciale per Halloween ci discostiamo un'attimo dalla storia per avventurarci nella leggenda, parlando di una vicenda accaduta a uno dei più grandi ammazzademoni della storia giapponese, Minamoto no Yorimitsu o, come lo conoscono in tanti, Minamoto no Raikou, insieme a uno dei suoi quattro più fedeli vassalli, Watanabe no Tsuna.Vi consiglio l'uso delle cuffie!Lasciate un like e condividete, grazie!

La productora Lune Pictures anunció que el doujinshi hentai escrito e ilustrado por Minamoto, “Tsuma ni Damatte Sokubaikai ni Ikun ja Nakatta (I Shouldn't Have Gone To The Doujinshi Convention Without Telling My Wife)”, será adaptado a la animación en dos episodios.Nuevamente, la animación corre a cargo de T-REX, mientras que el doujinshi original está disponible en el catálogo de nhentai (271797). Finalmente, la sinopsis de los dos episodios anunciados escribe:Episodio 1: El esposo siempre sale de viaje de negocios a finales del año. Cuando su esposa Yumiko comenzó a sentirse sola y a acumular mucho líbido, encontró algunos doujinshi hentai debajo de la cama en donde dormía su esposo, quien nuevamente se había dio de viaje de negocios. Su esposo, que parecía no tener interés en el sexo, si que parece estar interesado en este tipo de contenido. Yumiko se imagina haciendo el delicioso con su esposo tal como en el doujinshi que tiene en sus manos. Esto la calienta tanto que no duda en aceptar que el chico del vecindario se acueste con ella.Síguenos en ==> TWITCH (Livestreams todos los domingos a las 10pm) & DISCORD (Nuestra comunidad ♥)Escucha también nuestros programas CINENTRADA y PODCARTOONDonaciones via YAPE o PLIN a 961892597

1185 - Tension between the clans during the Heian period of Japanese history was reaching boiling point particularly after the Taira clan had expelled the Minamoto from the capital city of Heian-kyu (Kyoto). The result was the outbreak of the Genpei War, and the Battle of Dan-no-ura was the concluding episode of this war.

Apparently the new Shonen Jump+ series called History's Mentalist by Tomato Tri and Natsuko Uruma wanted to get real real and be depressingly relatable for many during these past few years! Music: Ishy (Instrumental) by The A.C. Be sure to follow me on all my social medias, too: https://ko-fi.com/theacstories https://discord.gg/x78UXV22XD https://www.instagram.com/the_ac_stories/ https://www.threads.net/@the_ac_stories https://twitter.com/theacstories https://www.facebook.com/theacstories https://www.twitch.com/theacstories https://theacstories.wixsite.com/theacstories Or, email me at: theacstories@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theacstories/support

La crescita e l'emancipazione culturale del Giappone tra l'VIII e l'XI secolo non sarebbero potute avvenire probabilmente se dietro non ci fosse stata una famiglia che per tutti questi secoli ha condotto e deciso il destino del Paese del Sol Levante, con i loro grandi statisti, ma anche con i loro grandi intrighi e scandali. Scopriamo insieme le vicende del clan Fujiwara!Cerca il podcast sui social!https://www.facebook.com/podcastdelloshogunhttps://www.instagram.com/podcastdelloshogun/https://www.tiktok.com/@podcastdelloshogun---Mi trovi anche su Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/18pSpwnHNWevxRPaFpXh26Su Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-dello-shogun/id1649546421Su Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@PodcastDelloShogunSu Spreaker:https://www.spreaker.com/show/podcast-dello-shogun---Se desideri sostenere il podcast, puoi farlo in due modi:- Tramite ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podcastdelloshogun- Tramite Paypal: https://paypal.me/podcastdelloshogun---"Ishikari Lore" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Fonti: -George Sansom - A History of Japan to 1334 -Stephen Turnbull - The Gempei War 1180-85

The group stages are over, it's time to whittle our remaining 15 series 1v1 until only one remains! Which will join Solo Leveling and Look Back as Not Actually Trash? And what will be thrown into the slurry pit of Trashest Manga, Friends like Minamoto's Story and Redo of Healer? All those answers and more as Trashtacular Tournament Three concludes! ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't! Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short. Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa and review the first two volumes, looking at what's good, what's bad... but mainly, what's t~r~a~s~h~ Will this be one of the real ones? Or another miserable piece of junk? Listen in to find out... ~ Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast Follow foreveeer host Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking Follow speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire Mike on Twitter, Twitch & YouTube @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer - https://www.youtube.com/user/Bersekrer Follow Phil ("if you must" - Phil) on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official releases! Girls of the Wild's is licensed by Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/ Call of the Night, Food Wars, Platinum End and Bleach are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/ Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, Tomo-chan is a Girl and Re:Monster are licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/ Blue Lock and A Couple of Cuckoos are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/ Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro is licensed by Sekai Project - https://sekaiproject.com/ Oshi no Ko is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/

Episode 215: New Gamer Mistakes!   News: (3:12) New Unmatched Sets Two new Unmatched sets announced, for 2023 release announced with an update from Unmatched tales to amaze. Brains and Brawn - set 5 (final one) of Marvel Unmatched - She Hulk, Dr. Strange, and Spiderman. Q3 Release.  Suns Origins - Featuring two individuals from Japan's history. “Oda Nobunaga was the daimyo of the Oda clan, renowned for unifying feudal Japan” and “Tomoe Gozen was a legendary onna-musha of the Minamoto clan.” Q4 release Evacuation Evacuation designed by Vladimír Suchý and publisher Delicious Games- 1-4 players,  60-150 minutes - estimated Release October 2023 (Essen). Designer of Underwater Cities, Woodcraft, Shipyard, Last Will, Prodigals Club, Pulsar 2849, Shipyard and others. The Sun has become too harsh to withstand life on the planet, players must move their economy to another planet and establish new operations. Players compete to be the best at performing this task. Wild Gardens Wild Gardens is on Backerkit, designed by Isaac Vega, Illustrated by Alyssa Menold and published By Rose Gauntlet Entertainment. From BGG: “Discover the exciting world of foraging where new foods and friends await! Wild Gardens is a strategy game where 1-4 players take on the role of foragers, competing to cook delicious meals for the most discerning of guests. Travel to a variety of real-life locations, carefully planning your moves to gather ingredients, upgrade your skills, complete recipes, and serve up your creations to a host of hungry guests. Personalize your foraging strategy to suit your unique playstyle and turn those tasty dishes and satisfied guests into valuable victory points. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins!” Freelancers: A Crossroads Game Freelancers: A Crossroads Game - Designed by Donald Shults, art by Chris Bryan, Allison Carl, Sam Mameli (Better Legends), Sean McCoy, Karl Stjernberg and published by Plaid Hat games. This is a follow up to Forgotten Watters that uses RPG elements as well as an app to drive the storytelling. 3-7 players August 2023 release(Gencon) Clank! Legacy 2: Acquisitions Incorporated: Darkest Magic Clank! Legacy 2: Acquisitions Incorporated: Darkest Magic - Designed by  Paul Dennen, Jay E. Treat, III and Published by Dire Wolf 2-4 players Coming to Kickstarter May 2nd 2023 What have we been playing: (22:51) (Adam) Ticket to Ride: San Francisco, Final Girl (Courtney) Earth (Kent) The Great Spilt (Matt) Just One, Scout (Rob) D&D (Roy) Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze Topic: New Gamer Mistakes! (1:04:52) Using the Top 100 on BGG to find games for your first time Chasing FOMO Don't worry about getting all the expansions up front Take it slow and go at your own pace Also make sure to not push anyone else too fast into heavier games Make sure you learn most of the rules before sitting down to play Learn about filler games Have a game setup before people arrive to a gameday Follow Epic Gaming Night @EpicGamingNight on Twitter and Instagram EpicGamingNight.com We stream the show normally on Tuesday nights bi-weekly at 9 PM Eastern time at www.youtube.com/epicgamingnight  

En este episodio hablamos acerca de "El Cantar de los Heike" o el "Heike Monogatari", una obra clásica de la literatura japonesa. El Heike contiene doce libros y un epílogo que fueron escritos a principios del siglo XIII, y que nos narran la rivalidad y la lucha por el poder entre dos clanes militares, los Genji (o Minamoto) y los Heike (o Taira). A menudo el Heike es comparado con otras grandes obras de la literatura, como La Iliada o La Odisea, pero, ¿es esta comparación justa? La obra cubre un periodo de 90 años, de 1131 a 1221, pero la mayoría se enfoca en 18 años, desde que Taira Kiyomori asume el liderazgo en 1167 y hasta la destrucción de las fuerzas de Heike en la batalla "Dan no Ura". Repleto de episodios de guerreros, el Heike es una obra clásica de la literatura japonesa, y es considerada la obra con la cual nace la literatura samurái. En este episodio, platicamos con el Dr. Pitarch y el Dr. Stilerman acerca de qué hace al Heike un clásico de la literatura japonesa, de cómo inaugura la tradición de la literatura samurái y de la relevancia que dicha obra tiene para los lectores contemporáneos. El Dr. Pitarch es profesor de literatura japonesa moderna en la Universidad de Waseda, Tokio. Tiene un doctorado en literatura japonesa por la Universidad de Columbia y un master de la Universidad de Tokio. Es también administrador de la página "Kappa Bunko" sobre literatura japonesa. El Dr. Ariel Stilerman es profesor del Departamento de Idiomas y Culturas del Este de Asia, en la Universidad de Stanford. Cuenta con un doctorado de la Universidad de Columbia y una maestría de la Universidad de Waseda, ambos en literatura japonesa. Su investigación se centra principalmente en la literatura japonesa pre-moderna, específicamente en las poesía de la corte imperial. Créditos: Locución y guión: Patricia Portillo y Sofía Ortega Equipo técnico: Moisés Pérez Música de cortinilla: Jorge Aja Música adicional: "Imperial Forces" de Aaron Kenny Este podcast es una colaboración entre Fundación Japón en México y Fundación Japón, Madrid. Visita nuestros sitios web y síguenos en nuestras redes sociales: Fundación Japón en México - Homepage Fundación Japón en México (jpf.go.jp) - Instagram: Fundación Japón en México (@fjmex1) • Instagram photos and videos - Facebook: Fundación Japón en México 国際交流基金メキシコ日本文化センター | Mexico City | Facebook Fundación Japón, Madrid - Inicio :: FUNDACIÓN JAPÓN MADRID (fundacionjapon.es) - Instagram: Fundación Japón, Madrid (@bibliotecafjm) • Instagram photos and videos - Facebook: Fundación Japón, Madrid | Facebook

The samurai were the result of centuries of corruption from the oldest clan in Japan, the Fujiwara. The Fujiwara held complete control of the government of ancient Japan, even at one-point controlling the emperor. Through this power abuse rose the Taira and Minamoto who eventually took over and then fought a civil war between themselves with the Minamoto coming out on top. A Daimyo could not become Shogun unless he had lineage dating back to the Minamoto clan, The Oda did not have this. One such clan that did have this lineage was the Mori clan of Western Japan. The Mori were famed seamen and through the leadership of their great lord Mori Motonari, they became the most powerful clan of Western Japan.  Topics Covered Ancient Japan The Fujiwara Clan The Rise of the Taira and Minamoto The Genpei War The Kamakura Shogunate Part II Oda Nobunaga Destroys the Ashikaga Shogunate The History of the Mori Clan Mori Motonari The Battle of Miyajima The Mori Declare War On the OdaSupport the show

The Hunted speak with Hatsume Tsubone, the leader of the Crimson Butterflies and the last of their order, and learn of Hirohito no Minamoto's history.

A brand new venture can bring trepidation, and is never as straight forward as it may seem. That's something that I know all too well. On this episode of The Unfinished Print, I speak with curator, collector, and small business owner David Kutcher about his Japanese woodblock print gallery Moonlit Sea Prints. Located in Easthampton, Massachusetts, David opened his gallery to share his love of Japanese woodblokc prints. We discuss why he got involved with the Japanese woodblock, the background of the business, his own private collection, the competition, and how history plays a part in his business.  Please follow The Unfinished Print and my own mokuhanga work on Instagram @andrezadoroznyprints Twitter @unfinishedprint, or email me at theunfinishedprint@gmail.com Notes: may contain a hyperlink. Simply click on the highlighted word or phrase. Moonlit Sea Prints - website, Instagram.  Night Fishing by Arai Yoshimune (1873-1935) - Arai Yoshimune was a woodblock print designer who designed for the Hasegawa/Nishinomiya publishing house. “Night Fishing” is one print in a series of popular shin-hanga style woodblock prints published in the early 1900's by Hasegawa/Nishinomiya of Tōkyō, called "Night Scenes". The series is made up of 21 prints. A fascinating article on this series can be found, here. Below is the "Fishing Boat," print from the this series.    Fuji Arts - is an online Japanese woodblock print store, for collectors and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The company has been in operation since 2000.  Connie Mack (1862-1956) - was an American professional baseball player and manager, and is the longest serving manager in baseball history.   Babe Ruth (1895-1948) - is arguably the greatest American baseball player of all time. Made famous for his time with the New York Yankees form 1920-1934. Is said to have hit his first ever home run here in Toronto in 1914 when baseball was played on the island, against the Toronto Maple Leafs (baseball club).  1934 Japan Baseball Tour - baseballs all stars of the time, including Connie Mack and Babe Ruth, went to Japan in 1934 to play on an “All American All-Stars” team. More information can be found here, with some footage.  Acidic and non acidic matting - acid is a natural occurring element within paper. Like food, some have more, some have less. For very acid-free paper you would be using paper made from cloth rag and containing a small amount of a chemical compound called “lingnin” which is in all paper. The more lignin, the more acid the paper has. You want to use an acid-free paper to protect your print or piece of art from yellowing and other damage. For a great read on the subject, you can check it out, here .  Starry Night by Takahashi Shōtei (1871-1945) - is a woodblock print, 6”x15” produced around 1926-1927.  Shōtei  designed woodblock prints for the Okura Shoten publishing house, and later for Maeba Shoten, finally designing some of his most famous prints, such as the one below, with Watanabe Shōzaburō (1885-1962). I have seen this print with the 1926/27 year of production as well as a 1936 date as well. A biography of Shōtei can be found, here. Tōshi Yoshida (1911-1995) and the Franklin Mint - in the early 1980's Tōshi Yoshida, the eldest son of Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) embarked on a collaboration with the Franklin Mint. A private mint (a place where currency is made) based in Pennsylvania. The series of prints are considered surimono (privately commissioned prints). The prints are three sets of prints, called The Friendly Garden, Birds of the Seasons, and the calendar prints of birds and flowers. The sizes seems to vary. In muy research i've seen some prints as being 13.5" x 21.5" for the calendar prints and 12" x 20" for Birds of the Seasons. You can see some of these prints here.   print sizes - Japanese print sizes vary. The following are from the book, “The Printed Image: the Flowering of Japan's Woodblock Print Culture, (2018). ōban - 15” x 10” chūban - 10.4” x 7.5” ōtanzaku - 15.3” x 7” chūtanzaku - 15.3” x 5.2” For a larger and more extensive list you can find that, here, at artelino.com Japan in the 1950's - coming out of the second world war, Japan was slowly beginning to recover ecenomically. Starting with the U.S/Japan security alliance, called the San Fransisco Peace Treaty of 1951. By the late 1950's, and well into the late 1960's, with the help of the United States, Japan's GDP began to grow exponentially. A few economic reasons were for this. First, the US market was opened to Japanese exporters, leading to protectionism by a stregthening Japanese bureaucracy, enabling the Japanese government to control domestic and international production. Second, is what Jeff Kingston calls  “industrial targeting.” This is where the Japanese government would focus on certain sectors deemed to be vital to economic growth, thereby giving private loans which in turn would create strength in Japanese infrastructure like heavy industry, crude-oil and natural gas. This also enabled the cartel system by creating fixed cliques which as a matter of course, were open to corruption. These cartels (zaibatsu) played a large part in the fascist Japanese war machine, but with their connections with American corporations and being anti-Communist, the American post-war occupying government saw these zaibatsu as an asset to Japanese growth. Companies that had connections to militarist Japan are, Mitsui, Mitsubishi, and Hitachi to name a few. This growth that began in the 1950's, continued until the Japanese economic bubble burst in 1989. For more information on Japan's economic history check out Jeff Kingston's 2019 book, called Japan: Polity Histories. Moonlit Sea by Shoda Koho (1871-1946) - Koho was the designer of this famous print. Little seems to be known about this print designer who published his designs with Nishinomiya Yosaku, also known as the Hasegawa Publishing Co.  Jimbōchō -  is an area in the city of Tōkyō. Located in Chiyoda. It is an area made famous for its bookstores, where you can buy vintage, used, and new books of all genres. Some information can be found, here. Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) - considered to be the last ukiyo-e designer. Known as an incredible talent and having his own demons, Kunichika studied under Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) and lived and died in Tōkyō. His work is powerful, bombastic, and colourful. His triptychs at times broke from the single panel sheet traditoin of one image per sheet, where one image for Kunichika could take up all three panels. More information can be found, here. The Museums of Liverpool have a new Kunichika exhibition from April 15, 2022 - September 4, 2022. The print below is Onoe Kikugoro V as Akashi no Naruzo (1890) Yoshikazu Utagawa (dates unknown but active from 1850-1870) - famous for his Yokohama-e prints, prints that focused on the foreigners in Yokohama City in the 19th Century. Yoshikazu also made triptychs of tengu (long nose trickster forest goblins), and other demons. The triptych below is, Yoshitsune on Mount Kurama. Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159-1189) - was a leader of the Minamoto clan, associated with the period of warrinhg between the Minamoto and the Taira clans during the Heian Period (794-1185). Yoshitsune's history, like many individuals of that historical period in Japanese history, is mixed with legend and is difficult to know what is true and what is not. Many woodblock prints were made describing his military prowess, as well as his adventures with his friend Benkei.  Some history of Yoshitsune can be found, here.  intaglio printmaking - is a style of printmaking, the opposite of relief printmaking, where scratches are made with a burin on the plate (copper, zinc, aluminum) and then dipped in acid. Ink and pigment is rubbed on with a brayer, brushes, etc. More info can be found, here. Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) - a designer of more than six hundred woodblock prints, Kawase Hasui is one of the most famous designers of the shin-hanga movement of the early twentieth century. Hasui began his career with the artist and woodblock designer Kaburaki Kiyokata (1878-1971), joining several artistic societies along the way early in his career. It wasn't until he joined the Watanabe atelier in 1918 that he really began to gain recognition. Watanabe Shōzaburō (1885-1962) had Hasui design landscapes of the Japanese country-side, small towns, and everyday life. Hasui also worked closely with the carvers and printers of his prints to reach the level Hasui wanted his prints to be. The print below is Kude Beach, Wakasa (1920) Tsuchiya Kōitsu (1870 - 1949) - apprenticed under artist and print designer Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915), and worked as a lithographer. Kōitsu then joined the Watanabe atelier in 1935. Kōitsu also collaborated with Doi Sadachi publishers, amongst others. Below is Suma Beach (1938) James Abbott McNeil Whistler (1834-1903) - was an American painter based in Britain. His paintings are generally of landscapes of lonely terrain, as well as of portraits. His most famous painting is of his mother.  His complete works can be found, here.  Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - born in Edo, Hiroshige is famous for his landscape series of that burgeoning city. The most famous series being, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856-1859), and the landcape series, Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (1833-1834). His work highlights bokashi, and bright colours. More info about his work can be found, here. Below is, Coastal Landscape In Moonlight (1857) Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) -  was a Viennese born artist who was a part of the art nouveau, and Vienna Secessionist movements.  His subjects were, generally, of women. More information can be found, here. Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) - was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter. He began to collect Japanese woodblock prints around the winter of 1886-1887 from the art dealer Siegfried Bing, to collect and to sell for a profit, although he didn't sell very many. This collection would go on to influence much of his work.  Red Fuji - also called “Fine Wind, Clear Morning,” is a woodblock print designed by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) and made around 1830-1832.  The Great Wave off Kanagawa - is a woodblock print designed by Katsushika Hokusai in 1831. It is very famous.  Hokusai Updated - was an exhibition held at the Mori Art Museum in the Roppongi area of Tōkyō which ran from January, 17th, 2019 to March, 24th, 2019.  Hokusai manga - first published in 1814 these comical figures, lansdscapes, flowers, and other various images were created by the woodblock designer and artist Katsushika Hokusai. Beginning with Volume 1, “Transmitting the Spirit and Revealing the Form of Things,” the series became impressively popular and was continually produced, in fifteen volumes, until 1878, and in woodblock print form.  More information from the Princeton Library can be found, here.  Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831-1889) - was a woodblock print designer and painter who focused on dark, devious, ghostly images and even some war prints.  Kyōsai's work has had a resurgence the passed decade with many people outside of the woodblock print community. More information can be found, here. Below is his triptych, Demon's Out. The Western influence on the Japanese print market - Western collectors have had a deep affinity for Japanese woodblock prints since the late 19th Century. In 1891, the print curator of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts held a Japanese print exhibition at the Smithsonian and in many ways, helped usher in a love for the Japanese woodblock print in America. As the popularity of Japanese woodblock prints began to grow, with more foreign artists living and working in Japan and abroad, such as Emil Orlik (1870-1932), Bertha Lum (1869-1954), and Helen Hyde (1868-1919) who started making their own woodblock prints. This new awareness of contemporary and vintage Japanese woodblock prints began to foster more collecting. As time has gone on, and with the Japanese woodblock print becoming so famous in the West, prices in Japan have begun to climb steadily, with more collectors in Japan collecting woodblock prints.   sensō-e - are Japanese woodblock prints which focus on war. They can be single panel, diptych and triptych's. Complicated woodblock techniques were used, which highlighted war, specifically the first  Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). Artists such as Kobayashi Kiyochika designed prints for this war, the beginning of the Japanese Imperialist project. More information can be found, here. Below is Great Victory and Occupation of Jiuliancheng (1894) by Watanabe Nobukazu (1874-1944)  Shirō Kasamatsu (1898-1991) - was a woodblock print designer who worked with the Watanabe atelier making shin-hanga designs. Below is Mount Wakakusa (ca. 1930) and Mountains Cottage in Spring (ca. 1960's) Floating World Gallery - is a Chicago-based  brick and mortar / online Japanese woodblock print outlet in operation since 1987.  Focusing on all genres of Japanese woodblock prints. More info, here.  Crosseyed Gallery - is a Los Angeles based woodblock print online store. More info, here.   Art Walk: Easthampton, Massachusetts - is a monthly art walk held the first Friday of the month and created by Easthampton City Arts. They arrange arts programming and cultural events. More info, here.  Pillar prints  - also called hashira-e (柱絵), are prints which have the shape of scrolls but are smaller. They are 4.5” x 28” and were attached to pillars in Japanese homes. Associated with the 18th Century. More info can be fond, here. Below is Cherry and the Moon, by Yoshimoto Gesso (ca. 1910-1930) Yoshimoto Gesso (1881-1936) - was a shin-hanga print designer who designed many landscapes, birds, and flowers. More info, here. Below is his Blue Bird and Asters (ca.1930's) surimono (摺物)-  are privately commissioned woodblock prints, usually containing specialty techniques such as mica, and blind embossing. Below is Heron and Iris, (ca. 1770's) by Andō Hiroshige (1797-1858). This print is from David Bull's reproduction of that work. You can find more info about that project, here.  Ronin Gallery - is a NYC based Japanese woodblock print brick and mortar, online shop, and was established in 1975. More info can be found, here.  Taoist alchemy -  also called nei-dun, is a type of internal alchemy in Taoism which purports to give the initiate a long life. External alchemy in Taoism is called wai-dan which uses herbs and minerals to promote a long life. More info can be found, here.    © Popular Wheat Productions opening and closing credit sound - I am listening to the CBC's IDEAS podcast and the episode is called "Madame Blavatsky: Intellect, Adventurer, Occultist...Fraud. This can be found on any podcast platform.  logo designed and produced by Douglas Batchelor and André Zadorozny  Disclaimer: Please do not reproduce or use anything from this podcast without shooting me an email and getting my express written or verbal consent. I'm friendly :) Слава Україну If you find any issue with something in the show notes please let me know. ***The opinions expressed by guests in The Unfinished Print podcast are not necessarily those of André Zadorozny and of Popular Wheat Productions.*** Bibliography: Forrer, Matthi, Michael Scuffil, and Adele Schlombs. The Printed Image: The Flowering of Japan's Woodblock Printing Culture. Köln: Buchhandlung Walther König, 2018. Marks, Andreas, Chiaki Ajioka, and Elisabeth Sövik. Seven Masters: 20th-Century Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Wells Collection. Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2015. Martin, Katherine. Highlights of Japanese Printmaking, Part 3: The International Perspective.Scholten Japanese Art, 2008. Uhlenbeck, Chris, Louis van Tilborgh, Shigeru Oikawa, Lynne Richards, and Diane Webb. Japanese Prints: The Collection of Vincent Van Gogh. London: Thames & Hudson, 2018.  

The Tale of Genji (or Genji Monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature written in the early 11th century by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu. The work recounts the fictional life of Hikaru Genji, or "Radiant Prince", who is the son of an ancient Japanese emperor (known to readers as Emperor Kiritsubo) and a low-ranking concubine called Kiritsubo Consort. Due to the intense political conflicts at the court and out of protection for his son,  the emperor removes Genji from the line of succession, demoting him to a commoner by giving him the surname Minamoto, so that he pursue a career as an imperial officer. The tale concentrates on Genji's romantic life and describes the customs of the aristocratic society of the time. With us today is Prof. Edward Kamens, Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies, East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University. Prof. Kamens will share his expertise on the history of the work's translations as well as how other modes of  interpretation shape  our understanding of the work.Reading List:Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji Edward Kamens, "Flares in the Garden,Darkness in the Heart: Exteriority, Interiority, and the Role of Poems in The Tale of Genji," in Studies in Modern Japanese Literature: Essays and Translations in Honor of Edwin McClellan For aficionados interested in Japanese versions:Shin Nihon koten bungaku taikei Shin Nihon koten bungaku zenshuThis podcast is sponsored by Riverside, the most efficient platform for video recording and editing for podcasters.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

The Bakufu enjoyed a relatively stable period in the early 1200s thanks largely to the  joint leadership of Hojo Masako and her brother Yoshitoki. Masako earned such a reputation for power brokering that she was given the nickname "Ama Shogun," which means "The Nun Shogun."Support the show

In the wake of Minamoto Yoritomo's death, the Bakufu appointed his son Yoriie as the new Shogun under the watchful eye of the regent Hojo Tokimasa. However, the oldest son of Yoritomo had ideas of his own about how the nation ought to be governed and whom should do the governing.Support the show

We have learned much about Yoritomo's actions as a leader, but in this episode we will start by examining his family life and later years.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AHistoryOfJapan)

With the Northern Fujiwara gone, Yoritomo continued to consolidate power and was named to the post of Seii-Tai-Shogun.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AHistoryOfJapan)

After the Gempei War, Minamoto Yoritomo moved toward creating a permanent parallel government in Kamakura. Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa, however, continued to interfere until eventually brother was pitted against brother.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AHistoryOfJapan)

With the Minamoto army now unified under the banners of Yoshitsune and Noriyori, both brothers would seek to bring the war to a close and put an end to the Taira Clan once and for all. At the battle of Dan-no-Ura, the factions would face off for the last time in a dramatic naval battle in the straits of Shimonoseki.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AHistoryOfJapan)

Kiso Yoshinaka, cousin to Yoritomo, was a rising star of the Minamoto clan who was feared on the battlefield and respected by his peers. So where did it all go wrong for this talented samurai general?Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AHistoryOfJapan)

By the late Heian Period, the four most influential temples in Japan all fielded their own private armies and frequently clashed with one another and with the government as well. One of the most famous Sohei (Warrior Monk) would become the close companion of a legendary Minamoto warrior.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AHistoryOfJapan)

When Taira Kiyomori and his entourage left the capital for a pilgrimage, Minamoto Yoshitomo and Fujiwara Yorinaga launched a coup, kidnapping the sitting Emperor Nijo and the retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa and murdering their opponents. What followed was a series of political purges, negligent missteps, and a bloody conclusion that would establish samurai domination over the government.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AHistoryOfJapan)

In this episode, we will follow the further adventures of Minamoto Yoshiie, son of Yoriyoshi, as he is made the governor of Mutsu province and tries to take advantage of a local dispute.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AHistoryOfJapan)

In this episode, we will examine the origins and development of the two samurai clans who would come to dominate the later Heian Period and eventually vie with one another for control of the nation.For pictures of the crests of these clans, as well as a map of the Kantō, check out the supplemental post!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AHistoryOfJapan)

This week on Royally Screwed, we're talking about the first Shogun of Japan, Minamoto no Yoritomo, and his grand quest of vengeance that ends with him as the most powerful man in Japan.Subscribe for more episodes as they come.Twitter: @DenimCreekProSubscribe to the Channel on YouTubeMusic: Intro/Outro: “Life O' the Lavish” - Jules Gala, "Neroli" - Ennio Máno, "Reconcile" - Peter Sandberg, "The Crossroads" - Lindsey Abraham, "Dayfreak" - White Bones, "A Snowflake's Tale" - Howard Harper-BarnesCopyright2021, Denim Creek Productions

As an onna-musha, Tomoe Gozen was one of the rare few female warriors to participate in offensive warfare if the stories are to be believed. Join us again for another tale set during the Genpai War. The same tale of family drama and betrayal – this time from the side of Minamoto no Yoshitaka and the warrior that would go on to inspire generations of samurais. In this choose-your-own-ending adventure, we'll tell the story of Tomoe's final stand and speculate over what happened to this deadly, decapitating difficult damsel after the stories all end. Oh, and if you should ever come across the ghost of Tomoe Gozen on horseback with a naginata in hand? Run. Definitely run. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Known to history as the Shogun Nun, Hōjō Masako's rise to power in Medieval Japan tends to be overshadowed by her husband and Japan's first official Shogun, Minamoto no Yoritomo. Yet, long after her husband died and she shaved her head in the style of Japanese widows of the time, Masako remained a formidable and ruthless figure in the Kamakura shogunate. Thanks to this Difficult Damsel, the Hōjō Clan would go on to rule the shogunate 100 years after her death. Also in this episode, Rachel and Kat start their own Therapy Treehouse. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Their story is the stuff of legends. In this episode, we talk about Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Musashibo Benkei and the swords that were intertwined with the fate of master and retainer.