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Arson was punishable by burning at the stake. It is said that the prison guards urged Oshichi to claim her age as 15 in order to be exempt from execution, but she insisted on stating her true age of 16.

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June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Unfortunately, the youngest boy to be Shogun in history was also the youngest to die as Shogun 🥺.

He is remembered to have made appearances before regional feudal lords on his most trusted vassal’s lap 🥺🥺🥺.

Painting of Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709 - 1716).
June 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In all seriousness, Jakuchū experienced the loss of many loved ones during his extensive lifetime: his mother, who had raised him single-handedly, and even his two younger brothers.

Humorously depicting death despite his loneliness may have been his way of coping with it 🥹.
June 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
In the woodblock print, the Mikan samurai is fighting octopi, probably because Mikan came to Edo via sea route 😂.
June 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
June 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
What’s funny is that, after the battle, Yukihira sold one of his only two kimonos to buy a souvenir for his boss 😂. Clearly, somebody didn’t subscribe to the idea of playing it safe 😂😂😂

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June 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
丑の刻参り Ushinokoku Mairi

In an era with fewer choices and less freedom than we enjoy today, people of the Edo Period (1603 - 1868) needed a means to address their grudges in secret 😫.

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May 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
While Japanese men today lose their heads over so-called “idol” girl bands, pre-modern Japanese men lost theirs over local cafe waitresses.

Okita from Nanba-ya Cafe and Ohisa from Takashima-ya Cafe were the Beyonce and Rihanna of the cafe world in 18th-century Edo; their fans were lowkey at war.
May 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
So here’s a woodblock print of the Shogun looking out his castle window, envious of his subjects who ate the freshly cooked food he never ate 🥺.

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May 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Trying times 🥹
May 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
May 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The first wild marketing success of Japanese cosmetics dates back to 1811. A novelist in Edo (the old name of Tokyo) developed a facial toner himself, and made his product go viral 😆

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May 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
May 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A poet friend saved a drunk poet’s day ☺️🍶

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May 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Artistic talent equated to career potential in ancient Japan ☺️

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May 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A Kabuki actor who was so good that the Kabuki world had to bend its rules to make him a star 🤩
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May 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
An ancient Japanese folktale that survived the test of time without even a real hero, a heroine, or moral 😆
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May 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A samurai warrior who took the specialist path right up until retirement 🫡
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May 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The final project in life of wartime samurai warriors was to have someone tell their story 🥺
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May 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A monk slept with at least 59 women during the samurai-ruled Edo Period… and got his head chopped off 😩

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April 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
April 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The early 20th century was a wild time for Japanese women’s hairstyle 😆
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April 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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April 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
A Japanese folktale about paper screen doors ☺️✨
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April 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM