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 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
Episode 325 - The Teijin Scandal, Part 2
Episode 324 - The Teijin Scandal, Part 1
Episode 323 - Musui's Story
Episode 322 - The Heist
Episode 321 - The Regent
Episode 320 - Minamata, Part 2
Episode 319 - Minamata, Part 1
Episode 318 - Lone Wolf and Cub
Episode 317 - Separate Ways
Episode 316 - The Entrepreneur
Episode 315 - The World Cast Aside
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