Season 4, Episode 10: The Short But Eventful Reign of Emperor Junnin
We didn’t cover the An Lushan Rebellion in depth this episode, but you can see its massive scale on this battle map. It’s not surprising, given the huge areas of land involved, that such massive casualties resulted from this affair. Source: SY, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Because his reign was so short, and because he was prevented from accomplishing much during what little time he had, Emperor Junnin was not a popular figure among Japanese artists. Thus, all I have to show you is his tomb. Source: Public Domain
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