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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 16, 20243 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 14, 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 12, 20244 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 10, 20242 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 9, 20243 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 8, 20244 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 7, 20242 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 5, 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 4, 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...
Jan 2, 20243 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 26, 20234 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 24, 20233 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 18, 20232 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 14, 20233 min read
Kyoto Autumn Leaves 2023.NOV
Last year, I visited too early and the leaves were a bit noticeably green, but this year I was able to visit in the last week of...
Dec 11, 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 10, 20233 min read
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