History and travel records

Dec 26, 20234 min read

A story about (Heyazumi) living in your 20s without paying and then taking over as head of the family ~ Nariaki Mito and Naosuke Ii

On the eve of the Meiji Restoration, the two men fought fiercely as leaders of the Joi (antiforeign sentiment) movement and the opening...

Dec 24, 20233 min read

Indigenous noble family ~ Saionji clan and Ichijo clan

After the Onin War, the so-called Sengoku period arrived and income from manors ceased, so the Ichijo and Saionji clans went to their own...

Dec 18, 20232 min read

Losing the heir in an accident - Emperor Shijo and Ivan

Emperor Gohorikawa enthroned his only son, Imperial Prince Mitsuhito (Emperor Shijo), at just one year old, but Emperor Shijo died at the...

Dec 14, 20233 min read

Never Separated from My Wife - Tadataka Hosokawa and Kinkata Shigenoi

Even in the days when marriage was decided based on the wishes of the family or parents, there were some couples who just couldn't break...

Dec 10, 20233 min read

Another ”Ako Roshi” （Revenge) incident

I joined the company at the height of the bubble economy, and there were various banquets held every day, and one of the songs sung at...

Dec 3, 20233 min read

Was Dokyo a bad person?

There are ruins of an ancient temple called Shimotsuke Yakushiji in Tochigi Prefecture. After the death of Empress Koken (came back to...

Dec 3, 20234 min read

Shimazu and Mouri were transferred from east to west, and Sozui Ise was transferred from west to ...

Many of the families that gained fame as the leading feudal lords of the Sengoku period were upstarts, but there were also many cases in...

Dec 3, 20234 min read

A story about establishing firm roots in your marriage

Japan's marriage system seems to have changed many times, and according to books, it has changed from Tsumadoi(man visit woman) to...

Dec 3, 20232 min read

Which one is the real Yoshimitsu?

If you get off the Oi Matsuda of Tomei Expressway and drive along the mountain road toward the prefectural border, you will arrive at...

Dec 3, 20234 min read

Takeda's legacy captured by Ieyasu

I think Ieyasu had a strong admiration for Takeda. After the Honnoji Incident and the Tensho-Jingo Rebellion, the Tokugawa, Hojo, and...

Dec 3, 20233 min read

Treatment of descendants of the Ashikaga Shogunate family

Hideyoshi granted territory in Shimotsuke Kitsuregawa (Tochigi Prefecture) and allowed the Ashikaga family, which originated from the...

Dec 3, 20233 min read

Yasukage Amano retired from Kokokuji Castle, and Tadayuki Oguri retired to Gonda Village.

Kokokuji Castle is famous as the castle where Soun Hojo came to front. I'm sure there are many castle enthusiasts who have visited...

Dec 3, 20234 min read

Poetry love triangle

The relationship between Nukatano okimi and two emperors (Tenchi and Tenmu) is said to be the oldest love triangle in Japanese history....

Dec 1, 20233 min read

Incest marriage and one lineage

It is well known that the Spanish Hupsburg family lost their descendants due to excessive incest, and the throne passed to the French...

Dec 1, 20233 min read

A story about taking care of an enemy general's child on the battlefield.

Before the final battle during the summer campaign in Osaka, Yukimura Sanada entrusted his beloved son and daughter to Shigenaga Kojuro...

Dec 1, 20233 min read

Daisen-ji and Erin-ji

Nobutora Takeda was the father of Shingen and was a famous general who unified the chaotic Kai region and created the foundation for the...

Dec 1, 20232 min read

Choyo no Jo(the beginning of childhood) and Komon-sama

It's been a while since Mito Komon aired. It is a long-running program that has been on the air for more than 40 years, having first...

Dec 1, 20233 min read

Minamoto no Yoshikuni's two breaths

Speaking of the Genji indigenous to the Kanto region, Hitachi Genji (Satake, Takeda), descended from Hachiman Taro Yoshiie's younger...

Nov 30, 20232 min read

Poet Mother and Child Hawk

Murasaki Shikibu and Izumi Shikibu, the former is overwhelmingly famous as the author of The Tale of Genji, but the two have many things...

Nov 30, 20233 min read

Samurai's exploration of Hokkaido

Requests for security in Hokkaido increased in the 19th century due to Russia's policy of moving southward, and the shogunate responded...