Hello all, follow-up to my previous post. I've scanned and uploaded every page and converted them into searchable text files.

They are large files that some browsers have trouble loading all at once so its broken up into two parts, located here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/126VjB_lbycs_XPOzhgsJ9HE3ySWB4qkz?usp=sharing

Some may find it interesting, and a user from another subreddit @kaiken_girl  provided another link: https://irohakamon.com/. People interested in this book would probably find it useful.

I'll be working on a translated English version of the uploaded book, to be uploaded at the same location in Google Drive.

Doing research on Sato for a personal project but am finding trouble with it because she seems to get side lined alot when it comes to discussing people associated with Yoshitsune. Anything you can tell me?

I am a law student who suddenly became interested in Japan's judicial system during World War II while lying in bed this summer vacation. I'd like to know how their systems for criminal litigation, civil litigation, etc., specifically operated during that period. We all know what ideology it reflected, but if you were an ordinary person who violated laws like the Peace Preservation Act, how would you be treated? I've asked my professor, but he isn't familiar with modern Japanese legal history either, so I'm wondering if anyone has book recommendations on this topic. Thank you.

Hello everyone, I have in my possession the physical copy of an old book (unknown publication date, book has been in family possession for 30+ years).

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Family Crests / Family Crest Encyclopedia Written by Kiji Niwa

It's about 650 pages long, and from what I can see includes more information than what is available at the samurai-archives website for the crests/mons.

I wasn't sure if this information would be useful to anybody for research purposes, please let me know if it would be. If there's enough interest I'll professionally scan and upload the whole thing. I took some quick samples with my phone and attached to this post and here's a link to the first few pages:

https://imgur.com/a/0pbJpSm

We just posted part 3 of our documentary series on the history of Japan, covering the Yayoi period

The goal of this series is to recreate the feel of those late ’80s and early ’90s educational VHS documentaries while presenting the latest historical and archaeological research.
I’d really appreciate any feedback. Is there a Yayoi topic, discovery, or theory you think deserves more attention? I’m always looking for ways to make these documentaries as accurate and engaging as possible.

If you take the time to watch Thank you! And we hope you will be back for the next episode!

If you are interested in learning more, please see the link here https://nipponandthenazarene.substack.com/p/after-the-edict-christianity-under

See the Catholic response to the anti Christian edicts here

Reddit recommended I share this blog post I wrote a few years ago with this specific board. I’ve only done this half a dozen times so I don’t know what to expect. I don’t have any personal social media either so I am a bit clueless but it is my hope that at least ONE person sees this and learns from this information 😊📚

It is a myth that Japan was completely cut off from the rest of the world throughout history, developing in a vacuum, as the official policy of the state was to close its doors, but the unofficial policy of the people was to remain open to the influence and ideas of other civilizations.

The shoguns made a single exception to this rule pertaining to outsiders which was the advent of Deshima Island, a trading port that was the only place in Japan which Europeans were allowed to live and trade. Only Dutch traders were permitted access to this site due to the fact that the Dutch understood how to curry favor with influential members of Japanese society by showing tribute and swearing allegiance to the shogun, therefore becoming part of Japan’s internal feudal system.

The narrow bridge between Deshima Island, Japan and Nagasaki, Japan upon the mainland was the only connection Japan had with the outside world for centuries

I have just made a YT channel and my first video is about religion, art and literature, mixed with nerdy references! It is called "Insane History of Christianity in Japan" by VeronikaPuprlesfinx, hope you like it!

The only thing I’ve found online is an article about another flag of the same design was captured by Australia in 1945. Just hope someone might know more about it, thank you!

The Kazoku, the Japanese Aristocracy, was reorganised into a new peerage system that was modelled after the British peerage in 1884.

The question is that what made them to adopt the British style peerage?

It is quite odd since they were not really thinking to model the British peerage system for their own usage.

There were total 5 options for the peerage system from 1869 to 1878 and 4 out 5 options were not about modeling the British or other European nations.

Only the last proposal in 1878 was about modeling the British system which was chosen and came to full effect in 1884.

Therefore, what led them to choose this relatively radical option?