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Episode 454 - That All my Dreams Might Not Prove Empty

History of Japan

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Go Fu Ka Kusa - A Review of Towaz Gatati

Go fu ka kusa does not explicitly state that lady nijo was intended to be a surregate for her mother, but it is certainly implied. It seems fairly clear that much of what she wrote was collated later in life, so she was likely relying, to an extent, on recollection. Some of the dates she gives for events are slightly off, for example, from other chronologies we have of this time. That could be a imple error in recollection on her part. But so far as we can tell, she never invented anything in tazu gatati from whole cloth. If you would rather not hear about this, go ahead and skip to time stamp 13

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