
Episode 429 - The Glorious Fool
History of Japan
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Yoshinori Story
The fifth show an, yoshi mochi, retired in 14 23 in favor of his only son, yoshi kazu. Yoshi kazu was deeply sick and died in 14 25, at which time his father took back over. Yoshinori had an intense paranoia that others were out to get him. He literally ordered people executed or banished for such trivial offences as cooking him a bad meal or breaking the branch of a plum tree in his garden.
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