This week, we're going to zoom in on the kind of life that doesn't usually make the big picture history of Japan. It's time to look at the story of a single medical student during the final years of the Tokugawa era and explore everything from his education to his drinking habit, and to ask ourselves just what we can learn from such a focused examination of the past.
Show notes here.
Episode 345 - Blackness in Japan, Part 3
Episode 344 - Blackness in Japan, Part 2
Episode 343 - Blackness in Japan, Part 1
Episode 342 - The Other Olympics
Episode 341 - The Femme Fatale
Episode 340 - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Episode 339 - Wedding Bells
Episode 338 - Let the Games Begin, Part 3
Episode 337 - Let the Games Begin, Part 2
Episode 336 - Let the Games Begin, Part 1
Episode 335 - An Autumn Afternoon
Episode 334 - The Spanish Flu in Japan
Episode 333 - The Oku
Episode 332 - Lady Kasuga
Episode 331 - In the Beginning, Woman was the Sun, Part 3
Episode 330 - In the Beginning, Woman was the Sun, Part 2
Episode 329 - In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun, Part 1
Episode 328 - What a Strange Thing!
Episode 327 - The Lockheed Scandal, Part 2
Episode 326 - The Lockheed Scandal, Part 1
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