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660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

The Rest Is History

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Go-Shirakawa Turns Kiso Into a Liberator

Tom Holland explains how the cloistered emperor defects, returns to Kyoto, and recasts the Minamoto as defenders of legitimacy.

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