It's story time! Today we hear two stories of monks who self-mummified, one starting out as the perfect samurai, the other as a not-so-perfect farmer in samurai-era Japan.
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Self-mummification II: The Perfect Samurai and the Farmer Fuck-up – Japanese History | Dead Ideas: The History of Extinct Thoughts and Practices podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
