Of course I would submit a food-related blog on Thanksgiving.


Shikisankon.


In 1630, Tokugawa Iemitsu made a Shogunal visit to the daimyo of Satsuma, Shimazu Iehisa.

As was the custom, the banquet kicked off with shikisankon, "The Three Formal Rounds of Drinks." The drinks were, of course, sake, and they were also accompanied by a variety of snacks. Listed below are the...

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Well, it's been a very long time since I've added anything to my blog here. Who knew being a father would demand so much of your time?!

I hope to become more active in both my posting and my blogging here. To start, I thought I would make a short blog about a subject that has always fascinated me, the akuto.

There are different definitions for what actually constitutes an akuto. I hope to provide a wide range of definitions put forth by different historians here....

So, I think it's pretty evident I like lists. Lists of generals, lists of battles, and of course, lists of rules!

The latest set of house codes are considered to be one of the first of the Sengoku period. Asakura Toshikage's Injunction of Seventeen Articles was written in 1480. Eight years after Toshikage took control of Echizen province for the Asakura family.

Like most house codes, these were meant to secure the future for Toshikage's descendants. The following...