The People of the North, Part 2
This is the second of two episodes talking about the people in the north of the Japanese archipelago: The Emishi and the Mishihase. Last episode we covered things from an archaeological overview, lo...
16 Dec 202434min
The People of the North, Part 1
This is the first in a two part series on the people living to the Northeast of Yamato, in the areas of Tohoku and Hokkaido. They are called in the Chronicles, the Emishi and the Mishihase, and these...
1 Dec 202427min
Red Banquets, Fashion Disasters, and Other Continental Adventures
This episode we go back to the continent for a bit to see how things are going. Hint: not well. While Yamato was building its new bureaucratic state, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla were battling it ou...
16 Nov 202441min
Public Lands and Remote Work
This episode we look at the Hakuchi era. Specifically, the implementation of something called the "Equal Fields" system, which seems to be what the court was trying to implement in some of their earl...
1 Nov 202427min
The White Pheasant
So the year 649 was so bad that they went and changed the whole calendar to forget about it! In 650 a white pheasant is brought to the court, and they sieze on that as a chance to rename the era from...
16 Okt 202439min
End of an Era
1 Okt 202432min
Names, Ranks, and Court Caps
Hitting the last of the Taika reforms, including talk about names, ranks, official duties, and new sumptuary laws for officials. For more, check out: https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-111 Rou...
16 Sep 202429min
Manual Labor, Mounded Tombs, and Marital Missteps
This episode we continue looking at the Taika reforms, covering only 3 months, but with edicts about mounded tombs, the labor due to the state vice individuals, and a variety of "offenses", often coun...
1 Sep 202439min
