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Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan is a Japanese history podcast where we will be going through a chronological history of Japan. We will start with prehistory and continue up through the Meiji period. Episodes are released as soon as they are available--working on a monthly release schedule.All content is copyright Sengoku Daimyo unless otherwise stated. Ciencias Sociales Mundial
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  • Urashima Taro and Other Stories

    Urashima Taro and Other Stories
    Mar 1 2022
    This episode we will take a break before diving into the life of Ōhatsuse Wakatake, looking, instead, at three stories from the Nihon Shoki from this time, including one of the oldest incarnations of the story of Urashima Tarō, often seen as Japan's own Rip van Winkle. https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-59 Rough Transcript: Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan. My name is Joshua and this is Episode 59: Urashima Taro and other stories. First, thanks to Lauren for supporting us over on Ko-Fi.com, and a belated thanks to Gaijin Historian for supporting us on Patreon. If you would like to join them, go check out SengokuDaimyo on either platform, or see the links on our own home page at SengokuDaimyo.com. With that out of the way, a quick apology: this episode is a little short. I had intended to jump into the life of our current sovereign, Ohohatsuse, aka Yuryaku Tenno, but there is still a lot of information I'm trying to get through, and I'd rather make sure that I have as much as I can before I start jumping into all of that, because it is a lot. But I don't want to leave you hanging, and there are a few fun stories that don't really impact the overall story, so I thought I would pull on those. To be honest, these stories would probably fit better in a Halloween episode. They are full of ghosts and werewolves and fantastical stories—and some of them you may even know. They hearken back to some of the stories we've already heard: from the isle of the immortals to stories about the great Homuda Wake, aka Oujin Tennou, and I think they also help tell us a few things as well. For one thing, it is interesting that they exist at all. For the most part the Nihon Shoki was compiled as a dynastic history, telling the story of the royal family. Rarely do we get glimpses of others unless they are directly involved, somehow, in the royal lineage. Most of the time the stories of the fantastical are built around the stories of the sovereigns themselves—and certainly we have those stories in this period, too. Of course, stories of ghosts and magic can't exactly be taken at face value, and it does make us wonder about the rest of the narrative. We can't even be sure that these stories are set in the proper time. Were these stories that were being told in the 5th century? Or did they come about later, and just get added in here? Certainly some of the stories of continental exploits seem like they may actually be more appropriately attributed to an earlier sovereign, so while we can probably start to make some assumptions as to the accuracy of some dates, other events may have simply been placed in the time that seemed to best suit the lesson that was being communicated. Either way, we can't necessarily claim that these are actual fifth century stories—what we really know is that they existed by the eighth century and were well-known enough to have been written down in the compilation that became the Nihon Shoki. The three stories I want to focus on each deal with slightly different themes and events. To start with, perhaps it may be best to talk about the ghostly horse from the tomb of Homuda Wake, aka Oujin Tennou. As you may recall, his reign was credited with the arrival of the first horses from the Korean peninsula, along with their keeper, Ajikki. Next, we'll dive into something of a werewolf story. Well, kind of—it may not exactly be a Lon Chaney style story, but there is definitely the idea of fantastical shapeshifting, which is almost its own genre in traditional Japanese stories. Finally, we'll touch on what I suspect is the most famous of the stories—perhaps one of the most famous stories in Japan. That is the story of Urashima Taro, or, as he is known in these early stories, Urashima-ko, the Child of Urashima. This is Japan's own Rip van Winkle story, and it also shares a fair amount with some of the earlier stories of the Nihon Shoki, during the legends of the very first heavenly descendants. This early version also relies on the use of the famous Peng Lai, or Isle of Immortals, from stories of the famous Qin dynasty. All of that, and perhaps a little bit more, in this episode. Let's get into it, shall we? Our first story in today's triple feature comes, we are told, from the reports from the Kawachi area as recorded in the Nihon Shoki. If the Chronicles are to be believed, one of the earliest purposes for writing in the archipelago was to collect information from around the countryside and relay it back to the central government. Reports like this—the later fudoki—often give us intriguing insights into life outside the center, and can be quite illuminating. The report from Kawachi tells of a man in Asukabe named Hakuson of the Tanabe no Fubito. Hakuson—and that name is odd, as it doesn't look like a Japanese name, but I'll touch on that later. Anyway, Hakuson had a daughter, and she was married to a man named Karyu of ...
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  • The Impulsive Loves of Wakatake no Ōkimi

    The Impulsive Loves of Wakatake no Ōkimi
    Mar 16 2022
    This episode we really start getting into the reign of Wakatake, aka Yūryaku Tennō, and we'll start with stories centered mostly on the women who were his wives and consorts--or, in some cases, almost were. Through that we'll examine what the Chronicles have to say about his character. For more, check out the podcast webpage at https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-60 Rough Transcript: Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan. My name is Joshua, and this is episode 60: The Impulsive Loves of Wakatake no Ohokimi. Let's start with a quick recap of where we are—so this is the latter part of the 5th century, and our current sovereign is Ohohatsuse Wakatake—though perhaps Wakatakiru would be more accurate, since we have what appear to be two contemporary inscriptions of that name on swords from different parts of the archipelago, indicating that he was recognized well outside of the core Yamato homelands around the Nara Basin and the Kawachi plains. That said, I think I'll stick with Wakatake for consistency for now. He is very likely one of the five Kings of Wa mentioned in the records of the Liu Song dynasty—many believe he is the fifth ruler known as "Bu", as that name uses the same character found in his name, also pronounced "take", though I suspect that he was probably the 4th ruler, "Ko", based on both the timing of the entries as well as some of the details provided. The name "Ohohatsuse" is likely a locative, drawn from the location of his palace in Asakura in the area of Hatsuse, while Wakatakiru seems to have been his given name. He was clearly a sovereign of some import, but his legacy is somewhat marred by stories of violence and cruelty. The chronicles here are clearly divided in the picture they are attempting to paint of him—the Nihon Shoki lays bare episodes of cruelty and capriciousness that often turn the sovereign into little more than a villain, tossing his weight around, often for his own pleasure. He reminds me not a small bit of Peter the Third in Hulu's series, "The Great". And yet we also see growth over time. In many ways, the stories about Wakatake—if you strip the more fantastical elements—come off as a remarkably human experience: the image of a complex, flawed individual with an inordinate amount of power and authority. If the general story is to be believed, it would not seem entirely implausible that he truly helped strengthen the State of Yamato and its hegemony. On the other hand, it is also fairly clear that he was lauded perhaps a bit overmuch. All of the Chronicles talk about how, upon his birth, there was a great light, and he is universally described as strong and handsome, if not necessarily kind-hearted. The Kojiki, in particular, seems to go to great pains to show him in a positive light, leaving out many of the less savory details given elsewhere. Of course, the Kojiki, in general, tends to often be light on details. It rarely deals with events that were not happening on the archipelago, and even then it seems to prefer stories of sexual and romantic conquest over others. This all makes sense for what the Kojikiclaims to be: a narrative extolling the virtues and lineage of the royal family back to time immemorial. It is meant to be a story, and we tend to want our stories to be more simple and clear-cut. In contrast, the Nihon Shoki revels in bringing us details from different sources, so of course that's where we find snippets from the Baekje Annals and various other works. It seems to have been leveraging a much larger corpus from which to draw on, so we get a much richer and darker picture of the tapestry of Wakatake's reign. The Kujiki—or at least the Sendai Kuji Hongi—seems to fall somewhere in between, though in this case it seems rather sparse on details. In fact, based largely on the account in the Kujiki, it almost feels as if very little of import happened during this reign. But one should remember that, much like the Kojiki, the Kujiki was more interested in lineages and the basic flow of the royal family—not to mention the Owari and Mononobe families—and often acknowledges that it is skipping over large stories that it felt were not germane to its overall goal. And all this makes me a little more cautious than usual about what we see during this reign. It seems clear that Wakatake no Ohokimi had some not inconsiderable sway in the archipelago, and certainly there was a lot that was happening in the 5th century in general. What isn't entirely clear is not just how many of the stories are true, but whether they all belong to the same reign. Certainly some sources, like the Baekje Annals, likely had dates that could fit into this regnal period—and for the most part it does seem like the dates for this reign, which likely started in the 450s and ended around 479, are more concrete than any others up to this point—but how many of the sources that the scribes were drawing from had...
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This is a truly hostorical documentary with minimal to no opinionated perspective. The provision of historical recordings, archeological evidences, linguistic developement, and surrounding cultural behavorial influences are very well done. Some story minded examples are given but thos is not a story. I highly appreciate its accuracy and objective approach to clarifying sources that can be openly questioned. The absence of opinionated personal perspective bias is rare to find. This should be considered a Master Class of Japanese cultural sociological developement. Minimal to no political and warfare coverage.

Documentary style with historical recordings and archeological evidence provided in an objective view.

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