The literary monk Kenko yearned for an “uncontaminated world,” even during the tumultuous rule of Emperor Go-Daigo, who ...

In 1333 an obscure, ambitious general deserted the once potent Hoji family of military tyrants and threw his army on the side of the exiled Emperor Go Daigo. The Emperor’s side won. Having set ...

What did Emperor Go-Daigo, who built the Southern Court there, dream about while sleeping under those cherry trees?