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Tag: Ikko Ikki

Episode 24 – In Buddha’s Name: The Rise and Fall of the Ikkō Ikki, Part 2

September 22, 2013 Isaac Meyer

We’ll be wrapping up our discussion of the Ikkō Ikki this week, as the unstoppable force of the militant wing…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Ikko Ikki, Jodo Shinshu, Kennyo, Oda Nobunaga, Shibata Katsuie, Tokugawa Ieyasu

Episode 23 – In Buddha’s Name: The Rise and Fall of the Ikkō Ikki, Part 1

September 15, 2013 Isaac Meyer

For our first two-part episode, we’re going to discuss the Ikkō Ikki, a militant insurrection of believers in the faith…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Ikko Ikki, Jodo Shinshu, Rennyo, Sengoku period, True Pure Land Buddhism

Episode 7 – Descent into Chaos

May 11, 2013 Isaac Meyer 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

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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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