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Wandering North of the Lake Biwa - The Tomb of Prince Hikoushi, APR, 2024
If you drive west on the Meishin Expressway, you will come across many historic sites that will make you want to get off along the way....
May 3, 20244 min read
Buaiso and Yanagisawaso APR.2024
There are many hidden spots that are close by but that I rarely have the opportunity to visit, and I recently visited the homes of two...
Apr 26, 20244 min read
Spring in Hida (Ema Clan Residence and Others) APR, 2024
Now that the expressways are connected, the quickest route back to Kanazawa from Tokyo is to cross Myoko on the Nagano Expressway and...
Apr 22, 20244 min read
Kozuke Sanpi - UNESCO World Memory APR, 2024
There are only 18 ancient stone monuments in Japan, but three of them (Tago Monument, Yamanoue Monument, and Kanaizawa Monument) are...
Apr 7, 20245 min read
Pilgrimage to the place in connection with Tadamasa Oguri, MAR, 2024
As I mentioned in the article about Yasukage Amano, the lord of Kokokuji Castle, I visited the ending place of Oguri Kozukenosuke in...
Apr 3, 20243 min read
Suwa - March 2024
Suwa has good hot springs, and the sake is delicious, so I often stayed there as a stopover when driving back and forth from my parents'...
Mar 24, 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...
Mar 7, 20244 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 26, 20243 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 23, 20244 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 19, 20245 min read
Walking through the historic sites of Kumagaya - Hatara Gunga(county office) ruins and Miyazuka tumulus FEB, 2024
The area that was once called Hatara County in Musashi Province now consists of Fukaya City and Kumagaya City. Even so, Japan has largely...
Feb 15, 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 12, 20243 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 8, 20244 min read
Walking around Atami, elopement case study ~ 2023, DEC
I had never visited Izusan Shrine, where Yoritomo Minamoto and Masako Hojo met, so I visited it when I went to a hot spring inn in Atami....
Feb 5, 20244 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...
Feb 2, 20243 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 31, 20244 min read
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