English Story Catalogue — 22 Works
Stories from Japanese history
Enter the turning points of Japan’s past through the people who faced them, then follow every interpretation back to its evidence.
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Published English stories
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Shigeki English
Before the famous night came accounts, letters, separation, and an attempt to restore a fallen house.
- When Genroku 14–16, spanning 1701–1703; month and day references retain the old Japanese calendar
- Where Ako, Yamashina near Kyoto, and Edo
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Follow the assassination of Ii Naosuke through the orders, letters, and announcements that followed it.
- When 1860, with political background in 1858 and an aftermath extending into the 1860s
- Where Edo Castle and Hikone, with reports circulating beyond Edo
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330
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Why leaving office did not mean leaving power
- When 1311–1333, late Kamakura period
- Where Kamakura, Kyoto and the political connections between them
24 min read
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308
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Reading the earthquake, urban damage, information, relief, and reconstruction as distinct processes
- When September 1, 1923, at 11:58 a.m.; relief and reconstruction continued afterward
- Where Tokyo, Yokohama, and the wider Kanto region of Japan
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Travel, shipping, correspondence, and proposals for a new political order
- When 1835–1867, with a focus on activity after leaving Tosa in 1862
- Where Tosa, Nagasaki, Kyoto, and the networks connecting them
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Two wars, in 1585 and 1600, understood through terrain, town, and political alliances
- When 1585 and 1600, with later destruction and rebuilding
- Where Ueda in Shinano Province, now eastern Nagano Prefecture
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Four days in 1936, read through reports, orders, and the politics that followed
- When February 26–29, 1936; political consequences continued afterward
- Where Central Tokyo, Japan
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256
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From Ichi-no-Tani and Dannoura to Koshigoe, the failed western escape, and death at Koromogawa
- When From Yoshitsune's meeting with Yoritomo in 1180 through the Taira campaigns of 1184 to 1185 and his death at Koromogawa in 1189
- Where Eastern and western Honshu, Shikoku, the Shimonoseki Strait, Kyoto and Kamakura, and finally Hiraizumi in northern Japan
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Reconsidering a political actor through shogunal succession, government, credit, contemporary criticism, and current scholarship
- When From Hino Tomiko's birth in 1440 to her death in 1496, with attention to the Onin-Bunmei War of 1467–1477 and the Meio Coup of 1493
- Where Primarily Kyoto and the Kinai region during the later Muromachi shogunate
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How the Kyoto Shugoshoku, petitions by northeastern domains, the breakthrough at Bonari Pass, and a month-long siege became one connected war
- When From Matsudaira Katamori's appointment as Kyoto Shugoshoku in 1862 through the Aizu War of 1868 and its postwar consequences
- Where Kyoto, the northeastern domains of Honshu, and the Aizu Basin in present-day Fukushima Prefecture
26 min read
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After defeat in the Jokyu War, political exile and the continuing work of poetry unfolded on the same distant islands
- When From the Jokyu War in 1221 to Go-Toba's death in 1239, with later memorials extending into the modern period
- Where Kyoto and Ama on Nakanoshima in the Oki Islands, now part of Shimane Prefecture
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Before the celebrated march came a negotiated peace, a relay at Himeji, and letters sent ahead of the army
- When June 1582, immediately after the Honnoji Incident and before the Battle of Yamazaki
- Where From Bitchu Takamatsu in present-day Okayama Prefecture through Himeji and Settsu toward Yamazaki near Kyoto
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