Miyamoto Musashi Was a Painter Who Killed People
The thing that nobody tells you about Miyamoto Musashi is that he was a better painter than he was a […]
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi Tried to Legislate Kindness
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi has the worst nickname of any Tokugawa shōgun, and it is not his fault. The “Dog Shōgun” —
The Viper of Mino: How Saitō Dōsan Stole a Province
There was a generation of Sengoku warlords who gave themselves names and a generation who got their names from other
Sassa Narimasa: The Warlord Who Crossed the Japanese Alps
The reason I keep coming back to Sassa Narimasa, and the reason the other samurai of his generation kept talking