Episode 84 - A Day in the Life of Rural Edo Japan
History of Japan · Isaac Meyer
January 10, 201522m 36s
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Show Notes
This week, we go back to address a glaring flaw from episode 10: my total lack of discussion of the countryside. Rural life in the Edo Period involved a lot more than simply farming from dawn to sunset, and this week we'll get into exactly what it meant to be a peasant in the golden age of the samurai.