Literature
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E81 A Troubled Stomach
Show Notes for episode 81 of our Podcast – A Troubled Stomach. Story Notes Now this is a tale which can be found in the konjaku monogatari shū,…
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Drinking, Folklore, Food, Gods and Goddesses, Literature, Magic, Podcast, Poetry, Religion, SacrificeE77 To Live Forever
Show Notes for episode 77 of our Podcast – To Live Forever. Show Notes This is another story by Yei Theodora Ozaki, a woman who sorely deserves her…
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E76 A Cautionary Buddhist Tale
Show Notes for episode 76 of our Podcast – A Cautionary Buddhist Tale. Story Notes This particular tale comes from the Uji shui monogatari and centers around the…
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E73C The Road to being Geisha
Show Notes for episode 73C of our Podcast – The Road to being Geisha. Story Notes When life began as a maiko all of Mineko’s time disappeared. Her…
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E72 Higuchi Ichiyo
Show Notes for episode 72 of our Podcast – Higuchi Ichiyo. Story Notes Today we finally delve into the life of Higuchi Ichiyo, the woman you can see…
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E71 Hidden Names
Show Notes for episode 71 of our Podcast – Hidden Names. Story Notes Our first episode during Womens History Month, so I wanted to do an episode on…
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E70 Making Withered Trees Bloom
Show Notes for episode 70 of our Podcast – Making Withered Trees Bloom. Story Notes Long, long ago there lived an old man and his wife who supported…
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B17 Frolicking Animals (Chōjū-giga)
Show Notes for bonus 17 of our Podcast – Frolicking Animals. (Chōjū-giga) Story Notes We return to Kyoto as we often do on our show, this time to…
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E66C Tattooing – The Suikoden
Show Notes for episode 66C of our Podcast – Tattooing – The Suikoden. Story Notes So lets us bring to a close our episodes on the history of…
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E65 Urashima Taro
Show Notes for episode 65 of our Podcast – Urashima Taro the Fisher Lad. Story Notes Long, long ago in the province of Tango there lived on the…
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E64 To Hell and Back
Show Notes for episode 64 of our Podcast – To Hell and Back. Story Notes Listeners discretion advised for this episode. It is gory, and graphic, and due…
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E63 Turtle Folkore
Show Notes for episode 63 of our Podcast – Turtle Folklore. Story Notes There are four divine beasts in Chinese culture, and it’s from this that Japanese culture…