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Members' Episode 3 of "Dragon Ascendant" just dropped on the Patreon, in which we discuss a 1959 film about Masamune. Here's what you need to know.
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Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Music is "Shinshun Ryoutei," "Kyoto no Ohayashi," "Hokora Uta," and "Yamagami no Yashiro," from 「MOMIZizm MUSiC(もみじば)|フリーBGM 」)
Taking stock of Season Four, and considering what comes next.
Script and sources available at http://riverside-wings.com
Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Music is "Shinshun Ryoutei," "Kyoto no Ohayashi," "Hokora Uta," and "Yamagami no Yashiro," from 「MOMIZizm MUSiC(もみじば)|フリーBGM 」)
This week, Friday Night History is off. Here's why, and what comes next.
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The year is 2025, and in modern Sendai, the City of Immortals, Date Masamune enjoys a strange immortality. We examine the story of an unlikely shrine and a beloved statue that tell us more about his city than the man himself. And finally, we visit his greatest monument of all.
Sound effects from Pixabay.com/sound-effects include: walking-on-leaves by MUSICHOLDER, Walking by freesound community, Walking on a Gravel by kokoreli777, Tokyo Street by freesound_community, Tokyo_Cicada by freesound_community, and Japanese bush warbler (uguisu) in a city ambiance, by freesound_community
Script and sources available at http://riverside-wings.com
Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Music is "Shinshun Ryoutei," "Kyoto no Ohayashi," "Hokora Uta," and "Yamagami no Yashiro," from 「MOMIZizm MUSiC(もみじば)|フリーBGM 」)
Date Masamune makes a desperate, white-knuckle trip to reach Edo before death claims him. The nation mourns the dragon's passing. And at Otamaya, just south of Mount Aoba on the banks of the Hirose, the making of a legend is completed.
Script and sources available at http://riverside-wings.com
Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Music is "Shinshun Ryoutei," "Kyoto no Ohayashi," "Hokora Uta," and "Yamagami no Yashiro," from 「MOMIZizm MUSiC(もみじば)|フリーBGM 」)
The shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu's relationship with Date Masamune deepens. Masamune continues to party hard and live and love boldy. And for an outspoken statement in an unexpected place, Masamune receives an unexpected privilege.
Script and sources available at http://riverside-wings.com
Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Music is "Shinshun Ryoutei," "Kyoto no Ohayashi," "Hokora Uta," and "Yamagami no Yashiro," from 「MOMIZizm MUSiC(もみじば)|フリーBGM 」)
On Date Masamune's orders, Kawamura Magobe'e tames the fourth largest river in Japan, and a Chinese refugee wizard named Wang Yi joins one of Masamune's sons to tame an unruly volcano that threatens life and agriculture alike.
One of these endeavors will come at a terrible price.
Script and sources available at http://riverside-wings.com
Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Music is "Shinshun Ryoutei," "Kyoto no Ohayashi," "Hokora Uta," and "Yamagami no Yashiro," from 「MOMIZizm MUSiC(もみじば)|フリーBGM 」)
Hasekura Tsunenaga returns from Rome to a changed Japan. With the attainder of Yamagata Domain, Lady Yoshi chooses relocation to Sendai and reenters our story. And with the ascension of the third shogun Iemitsu, Date Masamune confronts a shogunate that was in fact here to stay.
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Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Music is "Shinshun Ryoutei," "Kyoto no Ohayashi," "Hokora Uta," and "Yamagami no Yashiro," from 「MOMIZizm MUSiC(もみじば)|フリーBGM 」)
Date Masamune embraces a Renaissance man's range of hobbies. Tokugawa Hidetada works to undergird his family's marriage alliance with house Date. And as Hasekura Tsunenaga returns home, one ship has an unexpected afterlife.
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Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Music is "Shinshun Ryoutei," "Kyoto no Ohayashi," "Hokora Uta," and "Yamagami no Yashiro," from 「MOMIZizm MUSiC(もみじば)|フリーBGM 」)
House Date goes for broke against the Toyotomi clan in Osaka. Hasekura Tsunenaga and Luis Sotelo weather Jesuit interference as they try to lobby Pope Paul V for aid. And as the dust settles, the last of the Three Great Unifiers takes his leave of the world.
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Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Music is "Shinshun Ryoutei," "Kyoto no Ohayashi," "Hokora Uta," and "Yamagami no Yashiro," from 「MOMIZizm MUSiC(もみじば)|フリーBGM 」)
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