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Episode 429 - The Glorious Fool

History of Japan

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Yoshimasa and the Hino Women

Yoshimasa was neither carismatic nor terrifying, and thus could not rely on his personality to keep his followers in check. Yoshi masa was also surrounded by powerful, sycophantic advisers who spent most of their time trying to use the show gun for their own ends. It has been suggested that the sources themselves heap far too much blame on the hino women in particular, and especially yoshi mas's wife, pomiko,. All of which is intended to deflect from yoshi mas’s own incompetence.

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