Truth and Myth: a History of the Samurai

Constant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 227, Segment 1

Aug 8, 2019 • 28m

Guest: Michael Wert, Associate Professor, East Asian History, Marquette University, and author, “Samurai: A Concise History” The history of the magnificent and powerful samurai, a symbol of Japan, is actually much more complicated and nuanced than we realize. Women and children even had their place in samurai culture.

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