Hakkenden Explained. The Past and Present of Eight Dog Warriors with Glynne Walley
Apr 15, 2024•51 min•Ep. 29
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Episode description
Nanso Satomi Hakkenden or Eight Dog Warriors of the Satomi Clan is a masterpiece of Edo period literature. The book was not only hugely popular in its own time but has gone on to become one of the most influential Japanese novels ever written. And today, together with scholar and translator of Hakkenden Glynne Walley we'll try to find out how that happened.
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