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Episode 616 - I am Legend, Part 3

Podcast: History of Japan
Published: Feb 20, 2026
Duration seconds: 2019
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Summary

This week, we come to the text that more than any other helps build the Yoshitsune legend: Gikeiki. Here, at long last, we see the legend of Yoshitsune taking a form that a modern audience might recognize--and in the process, beginning to diverge pretty substantially (though not entirely) from the historical record. Show notes here .