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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...
Last episode we briefly talked about what happened when Ōama passed away, including the apparent conspiracy around the Royal Prince Ōtsu, an...
Another episode, another new reign--same old problems. This episode we talk about what happened after Ohoama, aka Temmu Tenno, passed away....
This episode we close out discussion of this reign with a bit of a grab bag. There is the minting of new coins, new letters to write Japanes...
CW: Suicide This episode we are talking about Law and Order--where Ritsuryo system gets its name. We are going to look at some of the underl...
This episode we'll be looking at a bunch of different references referring to the various provinces, particularly those on the far edges of...
This episode, we talk about two monumental projects that were started in this reign. One was the historiographical project that likely led t...
This episode we are talking about the Four Great Temples--Asukadera, Daikandaiji (aka Kudara Odera), Kawaradera, and Yakushiji. Much of the...
For the first regular episode of the year (excepting our New Year's recap) we take a look at the New Year Traditions at Temmu's court. How d...
Happy New Year! As we start a new year, here is a new recap, covering all of the previous year and bringing us up to date with where we are...
The last time Yamato was heavily involved on the continent, they were defeated militarily, and they returned to fortify their islands. So ho...
This episode we look at many of the natural events and talk about those observing and writing things down, and why they may have wanted to d...
This episode we cover the first silver mine in Japan, as well as the way that this sovereign is approaching offerings to the kami and handli...
This episode we start to get more into the material culture of the period with court fashion, as we look at the court robes that went along...
This episode looks at the Kabane and Court Rank systems in light of the changes made during this reign, in 684 and 685. We go a bit more in...
It is the first year of a new reign, so come and let's take a look at how it all begins. For more, check out our blog page at: https://sengo...
Ō ama, aka Temmu Tenn ō , ascended the throne in the Kiyomihara Palace--a rennovated version of his mother's Later Okamoto Palace. Here he r...
With the end of the Jinshin War, Oama, posthumously known as Temmu Tenno, came to the throne. And though they would need a new Great Council...
The fourth and final episode in our series on the Jinshin no Ran: we cover the campaign in Afumi (aka Ōmi - 近江). Prince Ōama and Prince Ōtom...
In this third installment of our series on the Jinshin no Ran, we are covering the battles that took place in the Nara basin. Of course, whi...
This episode we continue with the Jinshin War. This episode we follow Prince Oama on his dramatic escape to the east: From Yoshino he dashed...
The sovereign, Naka no Oe is dead, and with his death comes an all too familiar tradition: different factions warring for the throne. And th...
This episode we are covering the end of the reign of Naka no Oe, aka Tenji Tennou. We cover the events in the Chronicles, including the deat...
This episode we look at time and direction and the influence of geomancy--theories of Yin and Yang and a little bit of how people viewed the...
This episode we are looking at the early years of the official reign of Naka no Oe, aka Tenji Tenno, including the building of a brand new c...
Following the death of Takara Hime, and the war on the Korean peninsula, Naka no Ōe was taking hold--or perhaps keeping hold--of the reins o...
This episode is a bit long--we are talking about the last elements of the reign of Takara Hime, the fall of Baekje, and the attempt to resto...
This episode we will discuss various embassies to and from Yamato during the reign of Takara Hime, with a particular focus on the embassy of...
This episode we will finish up the travels of Xuanzang, who circumnavigated the Indian subcontinent while he was there, spending over a deca...
This episode we continue to follow the monk Xuanzang on his path along the silk road. From Gaochang, he traveled through the Tarim Basin, up...
This episode we kick off a series of episodes following the famous monk Xuanzang, aka the Tripitaka Master of the Law, Sanzang Fashi. Known...
This episode we are taking a trip down the Silk Road--or perhaps even the Spice Road--as we investigate references in this reign to individu...
Though it may not seem like it on first glance, across Asuka there are various remnants of a much grander period. Postholes tell the story o...
Happy New Year! This is our 2025 recap episode. In this case, we actually are recapping a fair bit more than just the year, going over the p...
This is the second of two episodes talking about the people in the north of the Japanese archipelago: The Emishi and the Mishihase. Last epi...
This is the first in a two part series on the people living to the Northeast of Yamato, in the areas of Tohoku and Hokkaido. They are called...
This episode we go back to the continent for a bit to see how things are going. Hint: not well. While Yamato was building its new bureaucrat...
This episode we look at the Hakuchi era. Specifically, the implementation of something called the "Equal Fields" system, which seems to be w...
So the year 649 was so bad that they went and changed the whole calendar to forget about it! In 650 a white pheasant is brought to the court...
Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan is a Japanese history podcast where we will be going through a chronological history of Japan. We will...
Hitting the last of the Taika reforms, including talk about names, ranks, official duties, and new sumptuary laws for officials. For more, c...
This episode we continue looking at the Taika reforms, covering only 3 months, but with edicts about mounded tombs, the labor due to the sta...
Reform, Rebellion, and Rats! And all in less than a year! This episode we continue to look at the Taika era and the reforms that bear the er...
We are finally starting to get into the Taika era and the Taika reforms, which would really start the transformation of Yamato into the bure...
Ito-koku and Na-koku were the next two countries on the path of the Wei envoys noted in the Gishiwajinden. They likely refer to the areas kn...
Moving on with our third part of the Gishiwajinden Tour, we head to the old area of Matsuro, which, for us, means modern Karatsu. Here we ha...
This is Part 3 of our Gishiwajinden Tour--following the route of the Wei embassy through the land of Wa and looking at the various locations...
This is Part 2 of our special Gishiwajinden Tour from Gaya to Tsushima, Iki, Matsuro, Ito, and Na--aka Gimhae and Busan to Tsushima, Iki, Ka...
Taking a break from the story while I do some research, so presenting a recent trip we made along the same lines mentioned in the Gishiwajin...
Filling in the rest of Takara's reign with the stories of the various envoys at court, the Baekje princes living in Yamato, and the story of...
Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan is a Japanese history podcast where we will be going through a chronological history of Japan. We will...