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- 織田信長の弟・有楽斎：人を動かし、茶の湯で歴史を繋いだ言葉の力
国宝茶室「如庵」を建てた織田有楽斎を解説。織田嫡流として徳川と豊臣をつないだ「和議の力」とは。天下泰平の真の立役者として生きた有楽斎の生きざまを、J-Histories代表が現代の視点で紐解きます。 - Lord of Hiroshima Castle: Mori Terumoto Bet It All at Sekigahara
On July 19, 1600, Lord of Hiroshima Castle, Mori Terumoto (1553–1625, 毛利輝元), rode into the Nishi-no-maru compound of Osaka Castle — barely a week after receiving a letter from Ishida… Read more: Lord of Hiroshima Castle: Mori Terumoto Bet It All at Sekigahara - The Politician Who Founded Japan's First Samurai Government Yoritomo and Tsurugaoka Hachimangu
Why did Minamoto no Yoritomo—not the military genius Yoshitsune—found Japan's first samurai government? Discover Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, where the age of the samurai began.
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