All Episodes
Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan — 104 episodes
Queen Uno no Sarara, Part I
Dazai no Sochi of the Late 7th Century
Nobles of Jitou Tennou's Court
Kings, Queens, and an Empress
A Nation Mourns
Here We Go Again
Coins, Letters, Games, and More
Law and Order in the Reign of Temmu
On the Edge
Temmu's Monumental Projects
The Four Great Temples
Temmu's New Year's Traditions
New Year's Recap 2026
Improving Diplomatic Ties
Observing the "Natural" World
Offerings and Covenants
Courtly Fashion
Kabane and Court Rank
Year One
An Image of the Court at Kiyomihara
Reimagining Yamato
The Jinshin no Ran Part IV: The Afumi Campaign
The Jinshin no Ran Part III: Fighting in the Nara Basin
The Jinshin no Ran Part II: Gathering Stormclouds
The Jinshin no Ran, Part I: Prologue to War
Immigrants, Princes, and High Officials
Time and Direction in Ancient Yamato
New Beginnings
The Sovereign of Heavenly Wisdom
The Battle of Hakusukinoe
Embassy Interrupted
Journey to the West, Part 3
Journey to the West, Part 2
Journey to theWest, Part 1
The Question of "Tukara"
Stonework and Treason
New Year's Recap 2025
The People of the North, Part 2
The People of the North, Part 1
Red Banquets, Fashion Disasters, and Other Continental Adventures
Public Lands and Remote Work
The White Pheasant
End of an Era
Names, Ranks, and Court Caps
Manual Labor, Mounded Tombs, and Marital Missteps
Radical Reforms, Resourceful Rats, and Precarious Princes
The Great Change
Ito-koku and Na-koku
Matsuro-koku
Iki-koku
Tsushima
Gishiwajinden Tour: Geumgwan Gaya
Winds Across the Straits
Game of Thrones - Asuka Style
Onsen and Uprisings
A Bloody Start to a Golden Age
Travelling Through the Ancient Nara Basin: Part II
The Queen is Dead
Temples and Tribute
Ponds, Peaches, and Thunder-gods
New Year's Recap 2024
Sacred Tetris and Other Tidbits
The Prince of the Upper Palace
The Legend of Shotoku Taishi
Asukadera and Shitennoji
From the Land Where the Sun Rises
Cap Ranks and the 17 Article Constitution
Magpies, Buddhism, and the Baekje Summer Reading Program
Time to Shake Things Up
Death or Taxes, aka Don't Piss Off Umako
Things Kick Off
Setting the Stage
Baekje and Yamato on the Rocks
Let's Give This Buddhism Thing Another Try
The Dual Eruptions of Mt. Haruna
All the Other Stuff
The Buddha Comes to Japan
The Middle Way Through the Middle Kingdom
Shakyamuni, aka the Historical Buddha
The Fate of Nimna
Politics of the Early Yamato Court
Traveling through the ancient Nara Basin, Part 1
The Asuka Period Begins
Ankan's Glass Bowl
New Year's Recap 2023
Eminent Domain and Ancient Japan
Cross-Strait Relations, Part II
Cross-Strait Relations: Part I
The Mirror, Sword, and ...Seal?
Yamato and State Formation
Southern and Northern Dynasties
The Three Kingdoms Period
The Yellow River and the Birth of Han Culture
End of an Era
A Deadly Serious Poetry Battle
Ōke The Elder
Woke's Grab Bag
A Challenger Appears!
The Party King of Wa
The Prince in Waiting
Immigrants, gods, and movie studios
Crime and Punishment
Bad Behavior and the People Who Excuse It
The Impulsive Loves of Wakatake no Ōkimi