Mar 21, 2015
In part one of our look at women in feudal Japan, Nate and Travis look at the tales of seduction of Genji and his ilk during the Hiean period, and discuss how issues of inheritance, property rights and politics changed for women during the medieval age.
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Tonomura, Hitomi. Black Hair and Red...
Mar 17, 2015
This is just a note to let everyone know that the old Samurai Archives Japanese History forum has been retired and replaced with a brand new forum with more features. The first forum was hosted at Delphi.com from 1999-2006, and the last incarnation lasted from May 4th, 2006 until March 4th, 2015. We had a good run...
Mar 5, 2015
When a sengoku daimyo died, even the best laid plans for succession often went awry. Chris and Forest talk about Samurai inheritance and succession issues in the Sengoku period - how it worked, succession order, and inheritance disputes, in the cases of Oda Nobunaga, Mori Motonari, Uesugi Kenshin, and the complexities...