Had there been no Mitsuyo Maedas, with the emphasis on the plural Maedas, jiu-jitsu would probably have been forgotten during the 20th century. We owe the survi

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"Here is the first full-length biography in English of the most important political figure in premodern Japan. Hideyoshi—peasant turned general, military geni

It's been over a year since Okajima Seijiro put his plan to blackmail Reina, get his hands on Megumi, and gain possession of the Kitsuragi fortune with the help

"A grandson’s photo album. Old postcards. English porcelain. A granite headstone. These are just a few of the material objects that help reconstruct the histo