This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "Sendai Suzume Odori." Stonemasons, military secrets, and dancing like a drunken bird in downtown Sendai. For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.

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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: Gyutan. An enterprising Sendai chef, the US military's Occupation era supply chain, and a culinary delight that endures to the present. For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.

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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: Zunda Mochi. The house of Date, a field-expedient Dessert, and A Culinary Sense Born from War. For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.

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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: Sendai Miso. The house of Date, a supply chain for military provisions, and a flavor that endures to the present. For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.

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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: A Forest of English. Dutch merchants, Japanese interpreters, and the Shogunate's push to build capability in English. For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.

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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: The Phaeton Incident.  A British skipper, a European war, and a standoff in Nagasaki Harbor. For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.

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This week, on Friday Night History: Don't Think Twice. Why did Edo period isolationism have a stretch of actively shooting at foreign ships, and what did that look like from the receiving end? And what geopolitical forces made that policy finally stop? For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.

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This week, on Friday Night History: Katakura Kita, Builder. On one gutsy woman in 16th century Japan, and her outsized influence in making the house of Date what it became. For pictures and references, check out my blog.

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This week, on Friday Night History: Japanese veterans of the American Civil War. I begin a journey to find the true names and stories of two men..  For pictures and references, check out my blog.

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This week, on Friday Night History: Ogata Koan, Connector. A visionary doctor, a pioneering school, and a cadre of people who went on to fame. For pictures and references, check out my blog.

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