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Episode 356 – Women in Edo Japan

September 18, 2020 Isaac Meyer

This week: how do historians learn about the lives of everyday people? Let’s take a look at how it’s done…

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

Episode 355 – Tales of Moonlight and Rain

September 11, 2020 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week, we’re talking about one of Japan’s most famous collections of supernatural tales, the fantastic Ugetsu Monogatari (Tales of…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Edo, History, Japan, literature, supernatural

Episode 354 – Elementary, My Dear Okamoto!

September 4, 2020 Isaac Meyer 4 Comments

This week, we’re talking about popular literature, with a specific focus on one of Japan’s most famous pieces of detective…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: crime, detective, Edo, History, Japan, literature, Tokyo

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 343 – Blackness in Japan, Part 1

June 19, 2020 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, we’re beginning an overview of black history in Japan with a focus on the Sengoku and Edo eras,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: africa, black, Edo, History, Japan, Sengoku, yasuke

Episode 333 – The Oku

April 10, 2020 Isaac Meyer 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

Episode 332 – Lady Kasuga

April 3, 2020 Isaac Meyer

This week, we tackle the life of one of Japan’s most interesting women, who rose from obscure origins to become…

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

Episode 328 – What a Strange Thing!

March 6, 2020 Isaac Meyer 3 Comments

This week, we’re talking about my absolute favorite poet in the history of forever: Kobayashi Issa. I promise he’s great,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Edo, History, issa, Japan, kobayashi, poetry

Episode 323 – Musui’s Story

January 31, 2020 Isaac Meyer 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

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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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