Kyoto
Place in History
Kyoto has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
Holland, citing Carl Friday, compares northeastern Japanese warlords to modern CEOs who identify with each other rather than with their own subordinates.
“It's like tech CEOs, industrial CEOs, financial CEOs going to Davos. They have more in common with each other than they do with the minions far below them”
The Rest Is History: 658. Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword (Part 1) (Apr 5, 2026) · Listen from 43:29
Holland says the Kyoto court regarded warfare as vulgar and warriors as scum, with status won through poetry, calligraphy and incense instead.
“They're uncouth, they're murderous, they're basically they're scum. They're kind of literally described as dogs. War has become something that is vulgar”
The Rest Is History: 658. Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword (Part 1) (Apr 5, 2026) · Listen from 40:59
Dominic SandbrookBritish historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History
Sandbrook argues that any regime showing contempt for military power is living on borrowed time.
“any regime that has a contempt or disregard for military muscle is living on borrowed time, because that's what power is all about”
The Rest Is History: 658. Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword (Part 1) (Apr 5, 2026) · Listen from 41:14
Podcasts
- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
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.