The Tale of Genji
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The Tale of Genji has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
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
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- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
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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.