This week on Myths and Legends, it's the story of the 47 Ronan from Japan,

and we'll learn that you probably don't want to insult the guy who has an army of samurai at his back.

Even if you yourself have an army of samurai, just maybe be cool about stuff,

don't go shoving your feet and peoples faces. The creature this week might be an evil wear puppy,

but he's an evil wear puppy with big dreams.

This is Myths and Legends, Episode 162, Wanderers.

This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore. Some are incredibly

popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins. Others are stories that might

be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen. So for a podcast called Myths and Legends,

this week is one of those weird history episodes we do. This is a super famous story

set in Japan during the Edo period. A time ranging from 1603, when a Dimeo, a noble,

took control and became the Shogun, a ruler who was supposed to be subject to the emperor,

but really wasn't, and he effectively moved the capital from Kyoto to Edo, which is now modern

day Tokyo. It was a time of international isolation and relative stability for Japan,

that lasted until the mid-1800s, when Western colonialism came knocking, in the form of massive

warships led by U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry, and no, not that Matthew Perry. Today's episode takes

place in 1701, though, firmly in the middle of the Edo period. When feudal Japan was ruled by the

Shogun, and 300 plus Dimeos, or Lords, when they, with their samurai, controlled the whole of Japan,

we'll start with one of those samurai. A powerful one, named Oshikaronosuke riding as fast as he can,

for Edo. Oshikaronosuke pushed his squat, stocky horse as hard as he could. He had to get there,

he had to get to Edo. He had been away on other business for his master, when the man was called

Edo, to be taught the ceremonies. Though, when Kurnosuke returned home, the place was no longer his

...