Episode 436 - Fist of the Buddhas, Part 1
History of Japan
English - May 06, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 597 ratingsHistory history japan japanese Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This week: what does the historical record have to say about the veracity of the image of the warrior-monk, or sohei, that is so pervasive in pop cultural understandings of medieval Japan?
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