The 19th Century Novel Podcast

Chapters 17-20: 0:00—Girls’ school. 6:37—Byron’s character. 9:57—Shinoda’s sermon. 12:17—Workers’ meeting. 19:26—Interlude.

Chapters 21-23: 20:21—Umeko eyes Matsushima. 28:00—General Aritomo Yamagata. 30:41—Shutting down Shinoda. 31:27—Why war? 37:10—Imperialism. 44:09—Interlude.

Chapters 24-30: 45:05—Shinoda in Chichibu. 52:18—Comrade Azuma. 55:15—Society strikes back. 1:03:18—Political posturing. 1:06:30—Closing.

Text: Kinoshita, Naoe. Pillar of Fire. Translated by Kenneth Strong. London: George Allen & Unwin. 1972.

Interlude: Ensemble Nipponia, "Edo No Uta", performed by Minoru Miki and Ayako Handa, Soloists of the Ensemble Nipponia (1976, Nonesuch Records, H-72072, Internet Archive).

Illustration: Naoe Kinoshita, 1937 (Wikipedia).

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Thanks to Professor David Ambaras and the students of HIS 573: Japan's Empire in Asia, 1868-1945, NCSU, Fall 2024.