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Tag: Ashikaga

Episode 429 – The Glorious Fool

March 11, 2022 ijmeyer 1 Comment

How can a man who was terrible as a ruler also be one of the most important tastemakers in Japanese…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Art, Ashikaga, History, Japan, Muromachi

Episode 315 – The World Cast Aside

November 22, 2019 ijmeyer 1 Comment

This week, we trace the evolution of Noh theater over the course of the careers of its famous founders: the…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Ashikaga, History, Japan, Noh, Theater

Episode 277 – The House of Cards, Part 5

February 23, 2019 ijmeyer 2 Comments

This week, we arrive at the end of the Ashikaga. What were the final 100 years of Ashikaga “rule” like,…

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

Episode 276 – The House of Cards, Part 4

February 16, 2019 ijmeyer

This week, we do a deep dive on the life of Ashikaga Yoshimasa and the lead up to the Onin…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Ashikaga, History, Japan, Muromachi, Onin, Samurai

Episode 275 – The House of Cards, Part 3

February 9, 2019 ijmeyer

This week we turn away from politics to discuss religion, art, and the economy during the age of the Ashikaga.…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Ashikaga, History, Japan, Muromachi, Samurai, Zen

Episode 274 – The House of Cards, Part 2

February 2, 2019 ijmeyer

This week: war in the Ashikaga age. Plus; the reign of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is generally considered the zenith of Ashikaga…

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

Episode 273 – The House of Cards, Part 1

January 26, 2019 ijmeyer 2 Comments

This week we start a multipart series on the Muromachi period and the reign of the Ashikaga family. How did…

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

Episode 43 – The Great Traitor

March 1, 2014 ijmeyer

This week, we’ll be doing our second shogunal biography. We’re going to discuss the life and legacy of the man…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Ashikaga, Muromachi, Nanbokucho

Episode 7 – Descent into Chaos

May 11, 2013 ijmeyer 1 Comment

This week we will be covering the fall of the Ashikaga bakufu and the beginnings of the Sengoku, or W11arring…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Ashikaga, History of Japan, Ikko Ikki, onin war, Sengoku period

Episode 6 – A New Order

May 4, 2013 ijmeyer 2 Comments

This week’s episode is on the structure of the Kamakura bakufu, its war against the Mongol Yuan dynasty of China,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Ashikaga, Hojo, Kamakura, Mongol Invasions, Muromachi, Noh, Pure Land Buddhism, Yuan, Zen

About Me

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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