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Episode 350 – The Rising Sun Will Come to Us From Heaven, Part 2

August 7, 2020 Isaac Meyer

This week, we’re talking about Christianity during the Bakumatsu Period — the era that saw the forced opening of Japan…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Christianity, Edo, History, Japan, Meiji, religion

Episode 349 – The Rising Sun Will Come to Us From Heaven, Part 1

July 31, 2020 Isaac Meyer 4 Comments

This week, we’re turning our attention to Christianity in Japan after the “Christian Century.” Despite its status as a minority…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Christianity, Edo, History, Japan, religion

Episode 307 – The Prisoners of Nanbu, Part 2

September 27, 2019 Isaac Meyer 3 Comments

The Breskens crew arrive in Edo, with the question of how they are to be treated looming over them. At…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Christianity, Dutch, Edo, History, Japan

Episode 39 – Japan’s Christian Century, Part 2

February 1, 2014 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week, we’ll continue our discussion of Japan’s Christian century with the high-point of Christian missionizing in Japan, starting with…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Catholicism, Christianity, Francis Xavier, Nagasaki, Otomo

Episode 38 – Japan’s Christian Century, Part 1

January 25, 2014 Isaac Meyer

This is part one of an eventual three part series on the rise and fall of Christianity in medieval Japan.…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Christianity, Francis Xavier, Portugal, Sengoku

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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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