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Episode 382 – Flipping the Script

March 19, 2021 ijmeyer Leave a comment

This week, we’re going to stay in the Sengoku but take a step away from all this samurai action to…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, Samurai, Sengoku

Episode 381 – The Three Daughters of Azai, Part 2

March 12, 2021 ijmeyer 1 Comment

This week, we cover the rest of the lives of Sugen’in, Joko’in, and Yodo-dono (and some other really fascinating incidental…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, Samurai, Sengoku, Tokugawa, Women

Episode 380 – The Three Daughters of Azai, Part 1

March 5, 2021 ijmeyer Leave a comment

This week, we’re revisiting some well-trod ground (the final decades of the 1500s and the careers of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi)…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: hideyoshi, History, Japan, oda, Samurai, Sengoku, Women

Episode 379 – So Close, and Yet So Far

February 26, 2021 ijmeyer 3 Comments

This week, we’re starting off a month of Sengoku-themed content with a look at one of the remoter areas of…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: chosokabe, History, Japan, Samurai, Sengoku, Sengoku period

Episode 323 – Musui’s Story

January 31, 2020 ijmeyer 2 Comments

This week, we’re discussing the autobiography of a troublemaking, low-ranking samurai whose life didn’t reshape Japan, but whose tale can…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Edo, History, Japan, musui, Samurai

Episode 299 – The Rebellion that Never Was

August 2, 2019 ijmeyer 1 Comment

This week, we cover an obscure bit of samurai history: the Keian Incident, a planned coup against the Tokugawa Shoguns…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Edo, History, Japan, ronin, Samurai, Tokugawa

Episode 289 – The Right Tool for the Job, Part 2

May 17, 2019 ijmeyer 2 Comments

This week, we’re going to talk about the impact that the gun had on Sengoku Era Japan, and the ways…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: arquebus, History, Japan, Samurai, Sengoku, teppo

Episode 285 – Rags to Riches, Part 3

April 20, 2019 ijmeyer Leave a comment

This week: how did the Hojo go from the zenith of their power to utter destruction in a single generation?…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Hojo, Japan, Samurai, Sengoku

Episode 284 – Rags to Riches, Part 2

April 16, 2019 ijmeyer Leave a comment

This week, we will talk about the innovations the Latter Hojo used to secure their dominance, and about their long…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Hojo, Japan, Samurai, Sengoku

Episode 283 – Rags to Riches, Part 1

April 6, 2019 ijmeyer Leave a comment

This week, we start a series on one of the also-rans of the Sengoku period: the Latter Hojo clan. Who…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Hojo, Japan, Samurai, Sengoku

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My name is Isaac Meyer, and I’m a  former PhD student at the University of Washington, specializing in modern Japan (with sub-specializations in modern China, modern Europe, and international relations). Today, I work as a teacher at an independent school in the Seattle area.

I also have a tendency to go off on random historical tangents. One day, I decided to combine these two traits in podcast form, and thus was born the History of Japan Podcast!

In 2018, I decided start the Criminal Records Podcast with my wife, Demetria Spinrad. This podcast gives me the chance to talk about world history–and the weird, wonderful world of historical crime and punishment.

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