mudslug’s Reviews > The Shortest History of Japan: From Mythical Origins to Pop Culture Powerhouse―The Global Drama of an Ancient Island Nation > Status Update
mudslug
is on page 192 of 256
“For decades, experiences such as these served to colour perceptions of Japan and the Japanese among western and Asian neighbours.”
what a strange way to refer to the thai-burma death railway camps & rape of nanking?? also, not a single mention of korean comfort women, unit 731, manila massacre, etc. etc.
when u talk about the holocaust u don’t talk about how it “coloured perceptions of germany” so wtf
— 8 hours, 39 min ago
what a strange way to refer to the thai-burma death railway camps & rape of nanking?? also, not a single mention of korean comfort women, unit 731, manila massacre, etc. etc.
when u talk about the holocaust u don’t talk about how it “coloured perceptions of germany” so wtf
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mudslug
is on page 178 of 256
“Albert Einstein spent two months in Japan, which he found fascinating, exotic and somewhat hard to understand.” average experience
— 9 hours, 12 min ago
mudslug
is on page 151 of 256
veering into stuff i know about now. 15 pages dedicated to the bakumatsu period and the Boshin war was not referenced once. very disappointing chapter i feel like a lot of information was glossed over, there’s so many different sides and their goals just aren’t made clear. makes me wonder if previous chapters were equally lacking and i just didn’t catch it
— Oct 13, 2026 09:11AM
mudslug
is on page 114 of 256
oh no somebody stop them they’re brewing sake and soy sauce
— Oct 12, 2026 02:50PM
mudslug
is on page 99 of 256
japanese history is a roller coaster. every few generations the rulers get so zen and so into their art and poetry that they forget to run the country and then all the warlords break up the provinces again. and it’s just like ah shit ah fuck we did it again boys *goes to war for fifty years while the current ruler meditates in a teahouse*
— Oct 10, 2026 02:53PM
mudslug
is on page 85 of 256
author was doggin on michinaga so hard you’d think she had personal beef
“In reality, he does not seem to have been the wisest or greatest of men, nor did he bring about epoch-making changes or instigate great policy reforms. He did not change the course of history or create monuments of which people could say ‘Michinaga built that’. He was not the greatest of poets either.
— Oct 08, 2026 04:54PM
“In reality, he does not seem to have been the wisest or greatest of men, nor did he bring about epoch-making changes or instigate great policy reforms. He did not change the course of history or create monuments of which people could say ‘Michinaga built that’. He was not the greatest of poets either.