The Shogun Manifesto

Lessons from Japan's Economic Wars

By Paul Sully

Coming September 30, 2026

2,600 years. One thread. What to build. What lasts.

The imperial consensus. Dōjima. The bubble. Mt. Gox. The chrysanthemum throne to Web3. If you're building in crypto, DeFi, or any system that needs to last, this is the capstone. No one else has connected these dots.

About the Book

The capstone. All seven books distilled into one question: what can we learn from Japan's economic wars? What to build. What lasts. What to avoid.

Mt. Gox. Dōjima. Paper exceeding reality. Trust and collapse. The imperial consensus. The rice exchange. The bubble. The monster. The comeback. The Japanese have seen it all. Crypto is living through it now.

If you're building in Web3, DeFi, or any system that needs to last, this book ties the thread. 2,600 years. One manifesto. No one else has connected these dots.

In the Series

The "protocol that does not command" from Divine Foundations returns here as the core lesson for builders.
The Dōjima exchange from Rice Empire echoes in the Mt. Gox analysis.
Bubble patterns from The Bubble and recovery from The Comeback inform the manifesto.