
Episode 444 - The Crysanthemum Taboo
History of Japan
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Tale of an Elegance
Furiu mutan is clearly intended more as a satire of the japanese left than anything else. The somewhat pointless nature of the revolution that's happening makes that pretty clear. Condemnations flowed fast and furious from the pens of japanese conservative cultural critics. On february first, 19 61, a 17 year old man by the name of mori kasu taka knocked at the door of shimanaka hoji, editor in chief of chuo koron.
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