[S3E4] 📚 History in Fiction with Prof Susan Furukawa

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Beyond Japan with Oliver Moxham

Centre for Japanese Studies at UEA

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Beyond Japan is an interdisciplinary podcast which invites you to take a look at the broad reach of Japanese Studies, both within and beyond Japan. The series is hosted and produced by Oliver Moxham (@OllieMox on Twitter), researcher of language and Japanese war heritage, and brought to you by the Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia in collaboration with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. Visit https://JapanInNorwich.org/Beyond-Japan to get in touch, find more episode-related resources, watch with subtitles and get PDF transcriptions.

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[S3E4] 📚 History in Fiction with Prof Susan Furukawa

Beyond Japan with Oliver Moxham

30 minutes 25 seconds

2 years ago

[S3E4] 📚 History in Fiction with Prof Susan Furukawa

Oliver is joined by Susan Furukawa, Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures at Beloit College, to discuss history in fiction through works on the iconic and problematic life of 16th century shogun Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Susan and I look at how Hideyoshi sought to establish his own literary legacy, how he has been made a hero in different ways through the 20th century, and why darker elements of his past have failed to break through in these narratives.

Read Susan's book, The Afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Historical Fiction and Popular Culture in Japan.

IMAGE AND AUDIO CREDITS

Intro-outro music: jasonszklarek / MotionElements.com

[L] One Hundred Aspects of the Moon #7, Inaba Mountain Moon - The young Toyotomi Hideyoshi leads a small group assaulting the castle on Inaba Mountain; 1885, twelfth month.

[C] Professor Susan Furukawa. Photograph by Nick Mischler.

[R] Important cultural property "Toyotomi Hideyoshi portrait" (part of artwork). Acclaimed in the 3rd year of Keicho (1598), Kōdai-ji Temple, Kyoto.