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| kitsuno | Jul 20 2017, 11:25 AM Post #1 |
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This thread will be the Samurai Archives podcast megathread, we'll keep all podcast conversation here (I shut down the podcast subforum because having one thread per episode didn't seem to do much more than add clutter, so I think this is a more effective way of doing things). Ask any questions, contribute ideas, discuss episodes, whatever works. As new episodes are posted, I'll put the notifications here. But feel free to discuss past episodes as well. Please read this post before posting to the thread. Podcast Frequently Asked Questions 1. Suggestions/How about topic X? We absolutely welcome suggestions and topic ideas, and we have a list. Just keep in mind that we can't tell you when or even if we'll get to it. There are a few reasons we have to pick and choose topics that we tackle: A. We're all full time doing something else. Until a rich benefactor bankrolls this whole production, we do this during (not much) free time. Some of us don't have the time to explore any topics beyond what we're currently researching, so ideas that are a little too far away from that may not work. B. Some great ideas are just impossible due to lack of sources and a lack of existing scholarship. Over the millennia, documents get lost, burned, looted, and trashed. Sometimes there just aren't any extant documents or information and what actually happened has been lost to history. Or maybe it exists in some mountain temple in Niigata, but hasn't been examined by scholars yet. You get the point. The best we could do would be a discussion about what might have happened, but per point A, no guarantees that will happen. It really depends on the topic/subject. C. Interests matter. If a topic falls outside of the interest or specialty of everyone, it probably won't happen. On the bright side, that's when we can take the opportunity to interview other people with those specialties or interests. So if it's not something we'd tackle, sometimes we can find someone who does. If we try to tackle something that is constrained by A, B, or C, it results in weak episodes, and can (or will) tick off people with that interest. So the cost/benefit ratio is just not worth it. 2. Audio Quality Stuff Up to about early 2013 the episodes were done live in Honolulu, and because there is no winter, buildings for the most part are shoddy third world contraptions with no insulation or soundproofing (I'm looking at you, University of Hawaii). So that's pretty much the main reason why the sound quality was so bad. That and the old digital recorder had a problem with the left speaker. I have a new digital recorder, so any new in-person podcasts should be fine, and otherwise we're at the mercy of skype. Also, since this is all out of (my) pocket, I can't really afford to get super high tech with it. I'd like to get mics and/or a soundboard I could plug into the digital recorder, but that will probably have to wait until the Patreon income reaches that financial goal. I'm a software guy, not a hardware guy, so I do what I can with what I have - and thus spend hours and hours on post production. 3. Format Stuff Mainly our format is to pick one of three formats: 1. A specific research interest one of us has, and talk about it. 2. One or two journal articles with an interesting topic to introduce and talk about. 3. Some sort of event/conference/presentation that one or more of us attended. Ideas that fall into one of those three are the most likely to get done sooner rather than later. Everyone involved in the podcast is free to do one-off type episodes or change the format as they wish - interview a third party, write a "scripted" individual episode, team up with another person and do an episode, etc. It's sort of rare because of time constraints. The Bonus Episodes are an example of "going off format". And with all episodes, if a person wasn't there for the recording, they have nothing to do with it. That should be obvious, but sometimes people don't get it, so there you go. The members of the podcast are much more of a confederation than a team. Sometimes person A is around, sometimes person B, sometimes person C, and sometimes only A and C or B and C, etc. I like to expand the format whenever I can and as much as possible, and I'd like to do more of that as time and ability permits. Some people prefer discussion, some people prefer scholarly treatments, some people prefer philosophical meanderings on Japanese history; I try to address all that when I can. I don't like being locked into one format. Also, I really don't like to "date" the episodes. I like the idea that if someone listens to an episode recorded in 2014 in 2022, it's still relevant, and doesn't include a lot of references to current events, the date, etc. Each episode should be considered a standalone episode, with very little impact on the preceding and following episodes. Are you going to do any narrative history episodes like the XYZ podcast? At least one. More if possible. The sheer volume of reading and research and time that goes into it is staggering. I don't like to half-ass that sort of thing like some other podcasts out there that crank out lots of episodes but with little substance. Just my preference. If I'm going to do it, I want to do it right. 4. How much work goes into the podcast? How hard can it be? Well, depends on a few things. If the topic is a research topic someone is already working on, it's a lot easier, and essentially becomes an interview with that person. Topics based on journal articles basically just require reading that article, and maybe one or two related to get a good foundational base. That plus any prior knowledge. Bigger topics take more time, effort, and reading. The individual episode I'm working on has been in process for about 7 months, with the majority of work being done in the last three months. Currently free time is at a premium, so I do a little bit here and there when I can. The number one thing that requires the most time and effort is editing the audio. Conservatively it takes about 3-5 times as long to edit an episode as the episode is long. So for every hour of audio, it takes an additional 3-5 hours to go through and edit it all into a coherent and clean episode. This is a big reason I'm currently only doing one episode per month. 5. How can I support the podcast/forum/website/blog? The Samurai Archives has been around for 18 years. I've always tried to keep pace with the technology, so that's why there is so much stuff. But doing so means $$$. So I've dutifully paid out of pocket for these 18 years, scraping together funds from the Amazon links, the T-shirt shop, etc. But anything above and beyond that income comes right out of my pocket. SO, help is greatly appreciated. I've set up a Patreon account that is at this point finally paying for the podcast. If you check out the site, you'll see the financial goals that I've set, as well as the little perks you can get for donating. And like I always say, even 1$ an episode helps - As things progress, I can tick off each financial goal, and every time that happens I'll be able to continue improving the podcast. So please take a look, and consider contributing. 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| kitsuno | Nov 27 2017, 05:03 PM Post #51 |
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It's actually a few posts up from here: http://forums.samurai-archives.com/single/?p=10051649&t=10256348 |
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| Kurogami | Nov 30 2017, 04:43 PM Post #52 |
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Thank you for the early release link of Ouchi Clan Documents and the Battle of Funaokayama P2. So a light bulb came on when Nate mentioned the Minister of the Left 左大臣 = Minister of the East 左大臣. So that means Minister of the Right 右大臣 = Minister of the West. Sorry if this is Heian Court Nobility 101...would someone mind giving me a brief explanation for why these imperial titles were labeled with cardinal directions? And why is the left/east ranked higher than the right/west? Did these titles come from inyougogyou 陰陽五行 cosmology? A Buddhist reference to gokuraku 極楽 western paradise? Or from something else? Thanks! |
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| Toranosuke | Nov 30 2017, 09:55 PM Post #53 |
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Someone else might know better, but I believe the courtiers/officials may have actually been assigned to set places within the imperial audience halls - i.e. being divided into those who sat on the left side of the hall, and those who sat on the right. Which is to say, the Sadaijin and all his followers or subordinates sitting to the emperor's left, and the Udaijin and his men sitting to the emperor's right. And since the palace would have been organized (god I hope I'm remembering this right and not making a fool of myself) to face south, the emperor's left would have been on the east, and his right on the west. And since the East is associated with the Rising Sun, therefore it's higher in status than the west, associated with the setting sun. Right? Whether that's 陰陽五行 or not, I'm not sure, but it definitely has origins in Chinese geomancy, or feng shui, or whatever one wants to call it. I'm not 100% positive about the layout of the Heian palace, but Chinese imperial palaces were certainly organized in a fashion along these lines, with geographic positioning having strong importance/significance. |
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| ltdomer98 | Dec 1 2017, 05:38 AM Post #54 |
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They copied Chinese (Tang) titles and court/governmental organizations. We've been spending some time on this in class, as we're working our way through some court diaries and so on, and titles are a big thing. I'm starting to think that at some point I want to take a look at the changes in importance--we're often told that by the 16th C the titles were "meaningless" since they didn't actually correspond to fulfilling certain duties and multiple people could hold the same title. Yet they're still given out, still sought after, still clearly have "meaning." I've been talking a lot with Conlan about when it changes, and how much it changes, and he's of the idea that they still hold a lot of importance--to the point of where, as we're talking about the Ouchi, being Sakyo Daibu or Ukyo Daibu means you're literally "governing" that half of Kyoto, in the early 16th C. I'm not sure how I'd go about tracking this, other than a ton of diving into texts, but it's something that fascinates me. |
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| Toranosuke | Dec 1 2017, 03:09 PM Post #55 |
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It would really be fascinating to learn what, if any, actual practical power/authority or responsibilities came with these court titles in the Sengoku through Edo periods. |
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| Kurogami | Dec 1 2017, 04:03 PM Post #56 |
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Thank you, your thoughts sent me off on a hunt and I think I found a clue. This paper Land of the Rising Sun: The Predominant East-West Axis Among the Early Japanese confirms ltdomer98's summary of how the Japanese Imperial Court adopted the ideal layout of the Chinese capital, and it was based on fengshui/fuusui 風水 (wind water) geomancy. (BTW, thanks for the correction Toranosuke, cosmology is metaphysics, not spatial orientation.) The author confirms Toranosuke's suggestion that indigenous Japanese beliefs equated the east-west orientation as holding superior value/power/meaning in relation to the origin of the sun. As noted by ltdomer98, by the Heian period, the sources incorporated Chinese geomancy and superimposed it onto the Japanese beliefs. As evidence of this, the author looked at early references (mythology, literature, archaeology, historical records, scholars) and found the earlier sources clearly included more east-west axis references. The later sources give way to more Chinese north-south axis (North Star, feng shui) references. There is some debate as to whether the east represents the planetary object, or manifestation of a deity. The author seems to agree with the latter and offers these two translations. From the Kojiki: Then [Itu-se-no-mikoto] said: 'It is not right for me, the child of the sun-deity, to fight facing the sun. This is why I have been wounded by such a lowly wretch. Now let us go around to where the sun will be at our backs and attack.' Thus agreeing, they went around from the south.26 At this time, Waka-kusaka-be-n6-miko sent word to the emperor: 'It is an awesome thing that you should deign to come with the sun at your back. Rather let me go up directly [to the capital] and serve you.' For this reason, he went back to the palace. From the Nihon Shoki: The Emperor was vexed, and revolved in his inmost heart a divine plan, saying:- 'I am the descendant of the Sun-Goddess, and if I proceed against the Sun to attack the enemy, I shall act contrary to the way of Heaven. Better to retreat and make a show of weakness. Then sacrificing to the Gods of Heaven and Earth, and bringing on our backs the might of the Sun-Goddess, let us follow her rays and trample them down. If we do so, the enemy will assuredly be routed of themselves, and we shall not stain our swords with blood.' The author proposes the meaning of these passages goes beyond the tactical advantage of having the sun glaring into the eyes of your enemy and points to superstitious/supernatural instructions. The idea being that keeping your back towards the sun allows the sun deities to infuse your body with mystical power. And conversely, facing the sun drains you of power. The original solar charging system! So putting two and two together....this means that when the Minister of the Left addresses or visits the Minister of the Right, the sun is shining on his back. Regarding ltdomer98's comments...what popped into my head is this is why left/east and right/west titles are so important. They offer a divine reinforcement of a lord's authority. Back to the paper...historian Senda Minoru suggests ritsuryou titles may have been influenced as much by the indigenous east-west axis as T'ang geomancy. From the Nihon Shoki In this way East and West were reckoned as in a line with the sun, while North and South were reckoned as athwart the sun. The sunny side of the mountains was called the light-face and the shady side of the mountains was called the back-face. Senda interprets this passage as describing 6 regions under the ritsuryou system. Four named using cardinal directions--Toukaidou/Tousandou (east), Saikaidou (west), Nankaidou (south), Kokurikudou (north). Two named using the east/west axis, Sanyoudou 山陽道 (sunny side of the mountains) and and Sanindou 山陰道 (shady side of the mountains). I read through this really fast, so apologies in advance if I've misinterpreted things. BTW, I also like tracing how meaning changes over time. It seems to me that to properly understand Japanese language (and maybe everything?) you must learn to read the void between the sparkly bits. P.S.--Interesting side note, the paper mentions using the animals of the four quarters to name sections of the city in the late 7th thru 8th century: north, genbu 玄武、Black Turtle east, seiryou き竜, Azure Dragon south, suzaku 朱雀, Red Bird west, byakko 白虎, White Tiger If these names look familiar, it's probably because they are the four home-defense units used by Aizu han during the Aizu War (autumn 1968). The Byakkotai are of course famous in Japan for their tragic deaths during the initial invasion of the castle town Wakamatsu. The Aizu han's home-defense troops were organized using French military strategy, so why label them using 8th century references? Especially because this usage of the animal corners was pretty much discarded by the Heian period and replaced with T'ang geomancy. I've been doing some reading about the Aizu War and it seems sometime around the Battle of Toba Fushimi (early 1868), pro-imperial forces branded the Aizu as enemies of the emperor. Partly it was the manifestation of the bitter grudge fostered by the Choushuu against the Aizu, but it was also designed to encourage their allies to switch sides. I am relying on a scant handful of English sources, so take this with a grain of salt...it seems the Aizu pride was severely stung by this accusation. So it got me wondering...perhaps the use of classical names dating back to the Nara period was a statement of the Aizu's alignment with the Yamato Court. In other words, they weren't fighting to usurp Emperor Meiji so much as to uphold a greater, overarching ideal of imperial authority. At any rate, thanks for the input! |
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| Kurogami | Dec 1 2017, 06:23 PM Post #57 |
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Reading my post, I think I missed connecting the dots regarding sanyoudou/sanindou... I think (big emphasis on my thinking) what Senda was saying is the Nihon Shoki inserts the Chinese labels of yin/yang with a distinctly Japanese interpretation. The Chinese concept of "inyou" 陰陽 (yin/yang) refers to a pair of primal, interconnected phases/forces. From their interaction comes all matter/energy/life. By Senda's interpretation, "in" (sun at your back) and "you" (sun in your face) are orientations along lines of mystical power that, while opposing, are not necessarily interconnected. This meaning includes a stronger connection with deities and less with metaphysics. At least that's how I understood that part of the paper. OK, that's it, I'm done... |
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| Toranosuke | Dec 2 2017, 02:24 PM Post #58 |
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This is great! I love learning about how simple practical realities inform ritual practice, and superstition. |
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| kitsuno | Dec 5 2017, 05:50 PM Post #59 |
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| kitsuno | Dec 26 2017, 09:49 AM Post #60 |
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Here are the sources I used for the 47 Ronin podcast (12/31/17 - or 12/29 for Patreon supporters). After this will be an episode on the punishment of the 47 Ronin, and a lot more of the sources will come into play. Tales of Old Japan - Mitford Seppuku - Andrew Rankin The Revenge of the 47 Ronin - Turnbull Ellgen, J. P. (2007). The Changing Significance of Seppuku in Tokugawa Japan (M.A. Humanities). California State University Dominguez Hills. Masahide, B., & Smith, H. D. (2003). The Akō Incident, 1701-1703. Monumenta Nipponica, 58(2), 149–170. Norinaga, M., & Marcon, F. (2003). The Story of the Loyal Samurai of Akō. Monumenta Nipponica, 58(4), 467–493. Smith, H. (2006). The media and politics of Japanese popular history: The case of the Akō Gishi. Historical Consciousness, Historiography, and Modern Japanese Values. Retrieved from http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/pdf/2006_Ako_Gishi_media_and_politics.pdf Smith, H. D. (2003). The Capacity of Chūshingura: Three Hundred Years of Chūshingura. Monumenta Nipponica, 58(1), 1–42. Smith, H. D., Ii. (2004). The Trouble with Terasaka: The Forty-Seventh Ronin and the Chushingura Imagination. J Apan Review, 16, 3–65. Tochuken, K., & Smith, H. D. (2006). Parting in the Snow at Nanbuzaka, by TōchÅ«ken Kumoemon. Monumenta Nipponica, 61(4), 509–519. Edited by kitsuno, Jan 7 2018, 02:23 PM.
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| Toranosuke | Dec 27 2017, 01:50 PM Post #61 |
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A bit late, perhaps, but I've just happened upon another potentially interesting article: "Restaging the Forty-Seven Rōnin: Performance and Print in Late Eighteenth-Century Japan" by Will Fleming. (https://doi-org.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:9443/10.1353/ecs.2015.0031) |
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| kitsuno | Jan 1 2018, 02:52 PM Post #62 |
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![]() The Revenge of the 47 Ronin http://samuraipodcast.com/the-revenge-of-the-47-ronin ...And it's live. This one took about 6 weeks of focused work, since I (sort of stupidly) painted myself into a corner promising it at the end of December. That being said, I'm sure there is no other podcast episode in podcast land that covers the 47 gangsters to this level of detail. This episode covers the fiction version, then deconstructs it or examines it up to but not including the punishment portion. That warrants at least another hour of examination in and of itself. So tentatively I'll plan on it being the end of this month, but that might not be enough time (and we have a few other topics available if I don't have this ready by then). As it was, 6 weeks was not enough time to go into the insane level of detail that I originally planned for this episode (but again, it's still super detailed), but on the bright side, it looks like there will be content left over for Patreon patrons, so that's something. This one took me about 2.5 hours to record, and maybe 5-6 hours of editing, so that's an improvement over the monster that was the Seppuku episode. |
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| kitsuno | Jan 29 2018, 09:28 AM Post #63 |
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Expect the next episode out at the end of this month, featuring guest host Saru, who talks about the facts and fictions of Uesugi Kenshin. Also, don't forget - feedback, feedback, feedback. As a producer of content, I find feedback extremely important and useful (as well as an indication that people are actually listening and give a crap :P) . So as always, let me know what you think of whatever episode you happened to be listening to. |
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| ltdomer98 | Jan 29 2018, 10:30 AM Post #64 |
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No more of that Nate guy. He puts me to sleep every time. |
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| kitsuno | Jan 29 2018, 12:40 PM Post #65 |
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I think my favorite nonsense feedback was by someone offended that we'd dare to shred respected scholar Noel Perrin, and went something along the lines of "It's good, but sometimes you have to get past that "The young know it all" attitude". Oh, if only they knew how old we are. You don't really get anywhere by holding on to bad ideas, Perrin-lover. |
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| kitsuno | Jan 31 2018, 01:44 PM Post #66 |
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![]() EP139 Uesugi Kenshin Facts and Fictions - Guest Host Scott Patrick http://samuraipodcast.com/ep139-uesugi-kenshin-facts-and-fictions-guest-host-scott-patrick Scott does what the title says, talks about some facts and fiction about Uesugi Kenshin. Please direct all questions, comments, and feedback to Saru
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| kitsuno | Feb 27 2018, 07:40 PM Post #67 |
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The newest episode is now available to Patreon supporters, and will be live on 3/1. |
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| kitsuno | Apr 3 2018, 09:14 PM Post #68 |
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I keep forgetting to update this thread, I'll have to work on that going forward. Anyway, voila:![]() EP141 Discussion of the Nara Period Military Defense Statute P2 http://samuraipodcast.com/ep141-discussion-of-the-nara-period-military-defense-statute-p2 |
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| kitsuno | Apr 28 2018, 04:08 PM Post #69 |
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The next episode of the podcast will be available to Patreon patrons tomorrow around 11AM PST, and to the rest of the planet on May 1st. |
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| kitsuno | May 1 2018, 09:55 AM Post #70 |
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![]() EP142 Talking Tea and Philosophy with Dr. Jesse Workman http://samuraipodcast.com/ep142-talking-tea-and-philosophy-with-dr-jesse-workman In this episode I talk to philosopher Dr. Jesse Workman about the history and philosophy of Japanese tea, and its influence on Western philosophy as well as it's dark role in the Japanese imperial government leading up to WWII. I'll probably be doing a detailed history of tea here at some point, so this was a jumping off point to start the tea theme. This one is mainly a conversational mix of history and philosophy. |
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| Sam | May 1 2018, 03:22 PM Post #71 |
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I just started listening and I wanted to let you know that China History Podcast did a 10-episode long series on history of tea (link goes to playlist of all episodes). He did not cover Japan of course but some of his references might be of interest to you (they reference would be listed in each episode page, here is a link to the first episode: CHP 140: The History of Tea - Part 1). |
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| Sam | May 1 2018, 06:49 PM Post #72 |
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I don't expect people involved in tea ceremonies to atone for their past, after all Zen Buddhism itself was used by and for the Japanese military, see Zen at War by Brian Victoria. One last post on the issue of nationalism as a form of religion: the case of Jehovah's Witnesses's in United States in 1930s and 1940s is a really neat historical example. The Jehovah's Witnesses considered saluting the flag as a form of idolatry and refused to do so, in those days that created a great deal of hostility and prosecution which got a lot worse after Supreme Court's unfortunate decision in Minersville School District v. Gobitis (it was reversed shortly afterwards). Edited by Sam, May 1 2018, 07:08 PM.
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| kitsuno | Jun 6 2018, 05:28 PM Post #73 |
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![]() The Early History of Japanese Tea - Tales of the Samurai #3 http://samuraipodcast.com/the-early-history-of-japanese-tea-tales-of-the-samurai-3 In this episode we go way back to the early history of tea in Japan; where it came from, who brought it, who drank it, and why. We look at tea's trip from Buddhist medicine to a fancy high-end foreign drink, to a drink for the masses, and how it got from the monastery to the millet grubbing dirt farmers. Basically tea's ancient history through the 15th century. |
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| kitsuno | Jul 6 2018, 05:48 PM Post #74 |
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Next episode will be a two-parter with Maikeruart and Wicked L where we reveal the TOP 10 SAMURAI FILMS OF ALL TIME. Epic stuff. I'll try to have part one out by Tuesday. Unfortunately the recording cut off, so we have to do a little re-recording of the last 20-30 minutes of part 2, but otherwise, it was a blast. |
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