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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
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, 20233 min read
Alaska Highway June 2012
At the time, we were acquiring large-scale shale gas development projects and frequently traveled back and forth to Canada. The town...
Dec 3, 20231 min read
Burgess September 2014
This is a story about Earth history, not Japanese history. I was once involved in a project to export Canadian shale gas, which boasts...
Dec 3, 20232 min read
Soji-ji Temple and Depopulation in Noto April 2023
After staying at Wakura Onsen(hotspring) with my family, I went to Soji-ji Temple. Soji-ji Temple was relocated to its current location...
Dec 3, 20233 min read
Koga Kubo-kan(Koga shogunate castle) November 2020
Kamakura is a place with a very rich history for the Genji clan. Yoriyoshi Minamoto, who was active in the Zen Kunen War, became Naokata...
Dec 3, 20232 min read
Shibayama Tumulus and Jews June 2020
As I wandered around the Kanto Plain, I noticed that there were many ancient tombs. I heard that there were more kohun(tumuluses) in the...
Dec 3, 20231 min read
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