History and travel records

Mar 7, 20244 min read

Three types of Kokudaka(lord's official income) fraud - Katsuie Matsukura, Nobutoshi Sanada, Motohisa Osawa

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

Feb 26, 20243 min read

Yoritomo and another Ichijo family

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...

Feb 23, 20244 min read

Astronomical archaeology: Seimei Abe and Teika Fujiwara

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

Feb 19, 20245 min read

History changed by smallpox: the four Fujiwara brothers and Prince Sanehito

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

Feb 12, 20243 min read

A shogun and a head of family eligible for regents with many children - Ienari Tokugawa, Harutaka Nijo

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...

Feb 8, 20244 min read

The deaths of the Daigo family and a piece of modern Japanese history

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...

Feb 2, 20243 min read

The son of Kanpaku(Chancellor) who changed his career to a samurai - Masayoshi Saito and Nobuhira Takatsukasa

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...

Jan 31, 20244 min read

Securing an heir through ”Ryoto Tetsuritu system" (the heir is alternately chosen between 2 lines)

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...

Jan 25, 20245 min read

Three types of court nobles who kill each other ~ Munenobu Kiyohara, Aritoki Ayanokoji, Arikazu Karahashi

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

Jan 17, 20244 min read

Ends life after being exiled to the Takashima clan ~ Tadateru Matsudaira, Yoshichika Kira, Tadaatsu Mizuno

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

Jan 16, 20243 min read

A story about father and boy marrying the same woman ~ Tai no Onkata and the poet Ise

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

Jan 14, 20244 min read

Japan in the Edo period as seen by stipend(rice-production base) and population

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...

Jan 12, 20244 min read

Relative relationships between court nobles and samurai families - Konoe family, Shimazu clan, and Tsugaru clan

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

Jan 10, 20242 min read

Cool horse falls and ugly horse falls ~ Naomasa Ii and Louis III

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...

Jan 9, 20243 min read

Be careful in the bathroom: Yoshitomo Minamoto, Yoriie Minamoto, Dokan Ota, Jean-Paul Marat

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

Jan 8, 20244 min read

After the eldest son was the third son ~ Hideyasu Yuki and Okiaki Hosokawa

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...

Jan 7, 20242 min read

Rather than soba in Shinshu and Shinano... Soba culture moved to the Sanin area with the change of country (Matsue and Izushi)

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

Jan 5, 20243 min read

Shameless incidents involving court nobles and monks in Edo: Inokuma Incident and Enmei-in Incident

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

Jan 4, 20243 min read

Sengoku Noble Survival Boarding Strategy - Ouchi, Imagawa, etc.

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

Jan 2, 20243 min read

Longevity family: Shoshi Fujiwara, Kanshi Fujiwara and Sadako Shijo

In order to become the Regent and Kanpaku, it was necessary to become a maternal relative of the Emperor, that is, to have one's daughter...