S1E3 - The Yamato Confederation

03/03/20 • 14 min

We enter the Kofun period. Elaborate burial mounds are created for the rulers of Japan. Emperor Anko meets a bloody end at the hands of a child. The head of the Soga clan begins to marry his daughters into the Imperial House, so that he may the foundations for control of the Emperor.

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S1E2 - Prehistory

Early in Japanese history, nomadic hunter gatherers settle what would eventually become Japan. A shamaness Queen named Himiko unites the warring factions under one banner, her Kingdom of Yamatai, and diplomats from China observe not only the rulers, but the daily life of the people in a fledgling Kingdom.

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Sources for this episode include: The Nihon Shoki The Kojiki The Cambridge History of Japan Vol. 1 A Concise History of Japan by Brett Walker The History of Japan to 1334 by George Sansom Historians of China and Japan by W.G. Beasley and E.G. Pulleybank _ _A History of East Asian Civilization, Vol. 1 by John Fairbank Prehistory of Japan, by C.M. Aikins and Higuchi T. The Prehistory of Japan, Gerard J. Groot.

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S1E4 - The Korean Kingdoms

The Yamato state establishes early ties with the three Kingdoms of Korea. The Soga clan pushes for reforms and new doctrines such as Buddhism, while the Mononobe and the Nakatomi ally together to prevent this new threat to the Yamato way of life.

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