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Stuart IlesJapanese history based in Kyushu.
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Jokanji – The Throw Away Temple of the Yoshiwara Prostitutes.
This is a copy from an article I wrote about 10 years ago. I updated it a little to get a little more feeling into the story.
Not far from Minowa station on the Hibiya line is a nondescript temple called 浄閑寺—Jokanji. From the street, it l...
Ancient Northern Mariners, Traders and Raiders in the Sea of Okhotsk.
For centuries, the Sea of Okhotsk was a realm of ghosts and grey mists. It was a frozen frontier that the Shogunate had not yet conquered, but as the 1700s waned, the unknown northern wilderness began to open up and offer an abundance of ne...
Ancient Envoys and Seafarers of Japan
Ancient Envoys and Seafarers of Japan
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In the very early history of Japan, despite the perilous nature of sea travel, Japanese envo...
The Evolution of the Warrior: Distinguishing Bushi and Samurai in Japanese History
What is a Samurai and what is a Bushi?
I wrote this a while back regarding Yasuke, but it applies to anyone—including the Japanese—who was not a samurai by birth but achieved the status through service to a lord. The meaning of “samurai” e...
6th Century Japan and the Emergence of Buddhism.
Buddhism arrived rather late in Japan in the middle of the 6th century, along with Korean and Chinese priests … one thousand years after the religion had originated with Siddhartha Gautama in India. From India, Buddhism had moved eastward t...
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Japanese History researcher - Living in Fukuoka, Kyushu.
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