Deep In Japan

In this episode, I discuss the Hojoki and Kyoto with Matthew Stavros, historian of early Japan at the University of Sydney and the author of Kyoto: An Urban History of Japan’s Premodern Capital. You can learn more about Professor Stavros by visiting his website: https://www.mstavros.com/ or pick up a copy of his translation of the Hojoki at https://amzn.to/32mSSEU The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210Also, be sure to join the Deep in Japan Facebook discussion group to keep up with all the latest chatter: https://www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapanThe audio at the beginning of the pod was a sample from Stavros's upcoming audiobook rendition of his Hojoki: A Hermit's Hut as Metaphor. Credit to MG Miller for the narration. The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubst