Hitomaro Kakinomoto (fl. 689-700) is best known as one of the three greatest premodern poets of Japan, says Commons (East Asian studies, U. of Alberta, Canada), but people living near one of the shrin
Lovable Losers is the first substantial piece of English-language scholarship to examine the actions and the memorization of the Heike (Ise Taira), a family of aristocratic warriors whose resounding d
Lovable Losers is the first substantial piece of English-language scholarship to examine the actions and the memorization of the Heike (Ise Taira), a family of aristocratic warriors whose resounding d
