History and travel records

NHK, a broadcasting station, collects viewing fees from the general public, and I think that it pays a lot of attention to its audience,...

The Utsunomiya clan, which ruled Shimotsuke during the medieval period, is said to be a descendant of Michikane Fujiwara, who played the...

During the 65 years from the Hogen War (1156) to the Jokyu War (1221), there was a rapid change of government from the Insei to the Heike...

Yusuke Santamaria(Japanese actor) plays Seimei Abe in the currently airing "Hikaru Kimi e". Although his appearance and role were quite...

The spread of smallpox vaccination in Japan began in 1849, when the Dutch doctor Monicke in Dejima island (Dutch consulate's located) was...

It is a well-known story that Ienari Tokugawa had many children, so I think many people know about them, but I also learned that Harutaka...

At the end of the war, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Navy's 6th Fleet was Marquis Tadashige Daigo. The 6th Fleet was mainly made...

The first time I read Ryotaro Shiba's novel was when I was in elementary school, my father had a copy of ``Kunitori Monogatari'', and I...

Whether you're a king, a general, or a company owner, it's human nature to want to choose your heir from among your children. The...

In the NHK Taiga drama ``Hikaru Kimi e'', Kaneie Fujiwara's second son Michikane killed Mahiro's (Murasaki Shikibu) mother Chiyaha, and...

Takashima Castle, known as the Floating Castle of Suwa, was built by Takayoshi Hineno, a military commander from Mino, who received...

If you look at the parent-child relationships of noblemen in the Heian period, you will find incestuous marriages here and there, and I...

It is said that the amount of rice that one person eats in one year is calculated as one koku, but according to the book "Atlas of Japan...

Japan's medieval and early modern periods can in some respects be described as a dual government between court nobles and samurai, but...

Many people have died from falling from horses in the past and present, but most of them seem to have been caused by accidents while...

Bathrooms have no choice but to be unprotected, but Japanese people probably love bathing, and they are popular as assassination sites....

Securing an heir is an important issue, and the second son is usually kept as a spare for the eldest son, but that position is not...

The Echizen Matsudaira family has been a prestigious family since Tokugawa Ieyasu's second son, Hideyasu Yuki, joined Echizen Kitanosho,...

After Sekigahara War, Ieyasu was declared shogun, and two years later, he handed over the post to Hidetada to clarify the next...

In a separate article, I wrote about the court nobles who settled in their own manors and became feudal lords during the Sengoku period,...