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Tag: Tokugawa

Episode 435 – The Wrong Kind of Hero, Part 3

April 22, 2022 ijmeyer 3 Comments

This week, we’re wrapping up our look at Sakamoto Ryoma’s life and legacy to see how he was transformed from…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Bakumatsu, History, Japan, Meiji, Samurai, Tokugawa

Episode 433 – The Wrong Kind of Hero, Part 1

April 8, 2022 ijmeyer

This week, we return to the turbulent age of the Bakumatsu–the collapse of the Tokugawa state–with a biography of one…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Edo, History, Japan, Meiji Restoration, Tokugawa

Episode 432 – The Tale of Nakako, Part 2

April 1, 2022 ijmeyer

This week: just what sort of scandal sent Nakanoin Nakako to the far end of Japan, and how did fate…

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

Episode 426 – The City on the Edge of Forever, Part 5

February 18, 2022 ijmeyer 1 Comment

Our final episode of this miniseries will detail the early decades of the Christian persecutions in Nagasaki. Once the religion…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Christianity, History, Japan, Nagasaki, Tokugawa

Episode 425 – The City on the Edge of Forever, Part 4

February 11, 2022 ijmeyer

This week, Hideyoshi’s death seems to suggest an end to the persecution of Nagasaki’s Christians. However, the city quickly finds…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Christianity, History, Japan, Nagasaki, Tokugawa

Episode 411 – If You Can’t Do the Time…

October 22, 2021 ijmeyer 1 Comment

This week, we’re taking a quick detour into Isaac trolling fans of Michel Foucault-er, the Edo period criminal justice system.…

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

Episode 410 – A Man of His Times

October 15, 2021 ijmeyer 1 Comment

This week: Isaac spends 30 minutes unpacking the 400+ page ramblings of a cranky retiree who died about 200 years…

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

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 372 – The First Frontier, Part 2

January 8, 2021 ijmeyer

This week: how did the threat of Western imperialism change the relationship between mainland Japan and Hokkaido, and help set…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Ainu, Edo, Ezo, History, hokkaido, Japan, Meiji, Tokugawa

Episode 333 – The Oku

April 10, 2020 ijmeyer 1 Comment

This week, we tackle one of our more unique subjects. It’s time to talk about an institution so secretive that…

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

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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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