Season 6, Episode 9: Knight Errant (Patreon)

This week on MSB: SD Gundam Gaiden episode 3: The Order of the Knights of Argus!

While his friends battle a giant in the desert, Amuro goes on a study abroad trip to the far-flung land of Argus where he meets not one Gundam knight, not two Gundams knights, but FOUR Gundam knights!

Show Notes

The Alex Containment Unit:

• Similar torture or imprisonment devices in history include the 'Drunkard's cloak,' the 'Schandmantel,' and the 'Cangue.' 
• The Carddass information card about Knight Alex:
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• Wikipedia pages for 'ofuda' and 'fulu' talismans.
• Article about Daoist seals:
  
  Daoist Seals, by Shih-Shan Susan Huang. Published in two parts at  "Daoist Seals: Part 1: Activation and Fashioning." Journal of Daoist Studies, vol. 10, 2017, p. 70-101. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/dao.2017.0003. and  "Daoist Seals, Part 2: Classifying Different Types." Journal of Daoist Studies, vol. 11, 2018, p. 46-82. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/dao.2018.0002.
  
• Articles providing an overview of Daoist talisman practice and the mechanics of how they are created and used:
  
  Daoist Charms
  
  How do Talisman Work For Us, by Nan Yi Xian Sheng for dao-word.org.
  
  The Tao of Craft: What is a Fu Talisman? by Bevin Donahue. Oct. 26, 2019.
  
  Synopsis of Fulu from Hing Chai Trading Company.

Jomon Tattooing:

• Books and articles:
  
  Totman, Conrad D. A History of Japan. 2nd ed., Blackwell, 2011.
  
  Sources of Japanese Tradition volume one, compiled by Wm. Theodore de Bary, Donald Keene, George Tanabe, and Paul Varley. Columbia UP (1958, 2nd ed., 2001).
  
  Jomon Revival, by Alex K. T. Martin for the Japan Times. An article about efforts to reconstruct what Jomon tattoos might have looked like, as part of a larger effort to re-interpret and recreate aspects of Jomon-era culture. 
  
  Fashioning Tattooed Bodies: An Exploration of Japan's Tattoo Stigma. By John M. Skutlin. Article about the history and present status of tattooing in Japan.
  
  Jomon Culture, presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An overview of developments in Jomon culture throughout the millennia, accompanied by photos of Jomon artifacts.
  
  Tattooing Among Japan's Ainu People, by Lars Krutak. An article on the tattooing tradition of the indigenous Ainu which includes speculation about a link between the Jomon and Ainu tattooing practices. 
  
• Close-up photos of Dogu faces, with marks suggesting tattoos.
• Good Smile Company's Shakoki-Dogu figma.
• Wikipedia pages for the Jōmon period and for Dogū.

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