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Episode 131 – The Fall of the Samurai, Part 14

January 9, 2016 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

  In early 1868, the armies of the loyalists and the Tokugawa bakufu will clash outside Kyoto. We’ll discuss the…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Bakumatsu, Boshin War, Tokugawa

Episode 126 – The Fall of the Samurai, Part 9

November 28, 2015 Isaac Meyer

  This week, we’ll move into the tumultuous events of 1863. Challenges foreign and domestic are going to upset the…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Bakumatsu, Shinsengumi, Tokugawa

Episode 125 – The Fall of the Samurai, Part 8

November 21, 2015 Isaac Meyer

  This week, we’ll move into the messy early/mid 1860s and look at the doomed attempt to bridge the gap…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Bakumatsu, Tokugawa

Episode 124 – The Fall of the Samurai, Part 8

November 13, 2015 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, the turbulent politics following the death of Ii Naosuke will result in the rise of one of the…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Bakumatsu, Shishi, Tokugawa

Episode 57 – The 47 Ronin

June 21, 2014 Isaac Meyer 3 Comments

This week we’re covering one of the great tales of Japanese history: 47 warriors without a master who engaged in…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: 47 Ronin, Edo, Tokugawa

Episode 41 – Striking from the Shadows

February 15, 2014 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, we’re going to discuss the ninja, or at least what we can discern about them from the limited…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Japan, Ninja, Sengoku, Tokugawa

Episode 22 – The Way of the Warrior

September 8, 2013 Isaac Meyer

For our first listener-submitted topic, we’re tackling Bushido: the warrior code of the samurai class. We’ll discuss the evolution of…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Bushido, Meiji, Samurai, Sengoku, Tokugawa

Episode 11 – The End of an Era

June 9, 2013 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

First and foremost, thank you to everyone who messaged me or commented over the past week. Your input has been…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Bakumatsu, Choshu, Edo, Satsuma, Tokugawa

Episode 10 – A Day in the Life of Edo Japan

June 2, 2013 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week, we’ll be discussing the life of your average city-dweller in Edo Japan. This is a huge topic, and…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Bunraku, Edo, Geisha, Kabuki, Prostitution, Samurai, Tokugawa, Yakuza

Episode 9 – Pax Tokugawa

May 26, 2013 Isaac Meyer 4 Comments

This week we will be discussing the social and political structure of Edo Japan. I know, that doesn’t sound like…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: bakufu, daimyo, Edo period, sankin kotai, Tokugawa

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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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