Tag: Tohoku

Kanto and Tohoku

August 31, 2023 justin-david-hebert Azuchi-Momoyama, Season 10 Comments Off on Kanto and Tohoku

After campaigning in Shikoku and Kyushu, the only remaining regions still just outside of Hideyoshi’s grasp were Kanto and Tohoku, who would both soon be brought into line.

Sengoku “States” Part II

March 30, 2023 justin-david-hebert Season 9, Sengoku Jidai Comments Off on Sengoku “States” Part II

This episode broadly covers the developments in the Date, Oda, and Mori Clans during the first half of the 1500s.

Another Fujiwara Clan?

October 25, 2021 justin-david-hebert Heian, Season 6 Comments Off on Another Fujiwara Clan?
Season 6, Episode 9: Another Fujiwara Clan?
Minamoto Yoshiie holding a war fan with an attendant. Public Domain
An illustrated scroll portraying the Later Three Years War, or Gosannen War. Public Domain
Fujiwara Kiyohira, the founder of the Northern Fujiwara Clan. Public Domain

The First Shōgun

July 8, 2021 justin-david-hebert Heian, Season 5 Comments Off on The First Shōgun
Season 5, Episode 4: The First Shōgun
An ink drawing of Sakanoue Tamuramaro, the Seii-Tai-Shōgun credited with subduing the Emishi of Tōhoku early in the Heian Period. Source: Public Domain
The reputed grave of Emishi leader Aterui, located near Ōsaka. Source: Public Domain

Emperor Kammu’s Big Moves

February 22, 2021 justin-david-hebert Nara, Season 4 Comments Off on Emperor Kammu’s Big Moves

This site has a great rundown of the Battle of Subuse with diagrams and illustrations – http://emishi-ezo.net/Conquest/Subuse.html

Season 4, Episode 15: Emperor Kammu’s Big Moves
Emperor Kammu, artist unknown. Source: Public Domain
A scale model reconstruction of Nagaoka-Kyo’s palace and courtyard. Source: Public Domain
All that remains of Nagaoka-kyo today: a solitary pilar which serves as a memorial monument to the short-lived capital. Source: Public Domain
Miniature scale model of Heian-kyo as it existed in former times. Today it is the city of Kyoto. Source:Public Domain

Tōhoku Troubles

February 18, 2021 justin-david-hebert Nara, Season 4 Comments Off on Tōhoku Troubles
Season 4, Episode 14: Tōhoku Troubles
A map of Japan with the Tohoku region highlighted. While today it is composed of six prefectures, in the Nara Period it had only two administrative divisions: Dewa and Mutsu. Source: TUBS, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons