What Tom Holland has said about The Tale of Genji
1 quote · 1 episode · Apr 5, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on The Tale of Genji once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on April 5, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holland notes that warfare and warriors are almost entirely absent from the 1,100-page Tale of Genji written around the year 1000.
“It's 1100 pages long and warfare in it is barely mentioned and it never intrudes directly”
The Rest Is History: 658. Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword (Part 1) (Apr 5, 2026) · Listen from 56:46
Episodes
658. Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword (Part 1)The Rest Is History · Apr 5, 2026 · 1 h 3 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the origins of Japan's samurai, from the Tokugawa shogunate and the Bushido myth back to the 10th-century warlord Taira no Masakado.
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