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This week, we\'re going to stay in the Sengoku but take a step away from all this samurai action to ask: what\'s everybody else up to? From farmers in the countryside enjoying the fruits of a more commercialized economy (while fearing being raided by marauding armies) to merchant towns asserting their authority against warlords, it\'s a fascinating look into a neglected piece of the era\'s history.
Show notes here.
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