EP168 The Edo-Bakumatsu Ishin Shiryo Database
This episode we talk to Dr. Travis Seifman about his work translating the Edo-Bakumatsu database Ishin Shiryo for the Tokyo Historiographica...
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EP167 What is a Sengoku Daimyo? - The Lost Episode!
About 7 years ago, back in 2014, Forest Seal and myself did a bunch of episodes discussing various themes in Japanese history, and one episo...
EP166 Historians Discuss Netflix's Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan P2
In February 2021, Netflix released a docuseries on Sengoku era Japan entitled Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan . We continue our discussion...
EP165 Historians Discuss Netflix's Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan P1
In February 2021, Netflix released a docuseries on Sengoku era Japan entitled Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan . We have two historians who...
EP164 Dr. Elijah Bender Talks Ghost of Tsushima P2
In this episode, we continue our discussion with Dr. Elijah Bender about the new Playstation game Ghost of Tsushima from the perspective of...
EP163 Dr. Elijah Bender Talks Ghost of Tsushima P1
In this episode, Dr. Elijah Bender talks about the new Playstation game Ghost of Tsushima from the perspective of a professional historian....
EP162 The 2019 Shuri Castle Fire P2
Welcome back to our coverage of the fire at Shuri castle in Okinawa in 2019. Dr. Travs Seifman continues his discussion of the fire, its imp...
EP161 The 2019 Shuri Castle Fire P1
In late 2019, Shuri Castle in Okinawa burned down in a fire. Multiple buildings were burned, as well as a whole host of irreplaceable cultur...
The Origin of the One-Eyed Dragon: Date Masamune - Tales of the Samurai #8
In far Northern Japan on the peripheries of the known world, an aggressive and moody child with one eye and a bad temper would come to promi...
EP159 Interview with Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan Podcast host Joshua Badgley
Today I'm talking to Joshua Badgley, the host of Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan podcast. Get the inside scoop on this new podcast narr...
EP158 Travel and Tourism in Premodern Japan P2
This episode, Marky Star, Dr. Travis Seifman, and I continue our discussion of travel and tourism in premodern Japan. Support the podcast on...
EP157 Travel and Tourism in Premodern Japan P1
This episode I'm joined by Marky Star of the JapanThis blog, and Dr. Travis Seifman to talk about travel and tourism in premodern Japan. We...
EP156 Japan and the Chinese Tributary System P2
In this episode we continue our discussion of Japan's place in the "Chinese World Order". For thousands of years China was the center of cul...
EP155 Japan and the Chinese Tributary System P1
In this episode we discuss Japan's place in the "Chinese World Order". For thousands of years China was the center of culture and commerce i...
Sengoku Daimyo Mori Motonari - All Out War - Tales of the Samurai #7
By the mid-1550's, Mori Motonari had expanded and consolidated his power base considerably. But with the Ouchi, Otomo, and Amako threats eve...
The Rise of Sengoku Daimyo Mori Motonari - Tales of the Samurai #6
Early in the Sengoku period in 1523, Mori Motonari became the unexpected head of a scrappy little warrior house in Aki province, caught betw...
EP152 An Introduction to Daimyo Alternate Attendance – Sankin Kotai P2
This episode we continue our discussion of the Edo-period concept of "Sankin Kotai" - Daimyo alternate attendance. The system of Sankin Kota...
EP151 An Introduction to Daimyo Alternate Attendance – Sankin Kotai P1
This episode we introduce the Edo-period concept of "Sankin Kotai" - Daimyo alternate attendance. The system of Sankin Kotai developed by th...
The Samurai and the Evolutionary Psychology of Violence and Warfare - Tales of the Samurai #5
Have you ever wondered where our human propensity for violence and history of warfare comes from? Why there is such an established history o...
EP149 Weird Weapons of the Samurai - Guest Host Jaredd Wilson
This episode guest host Jaredd Wilson, the host of the "Martial Thoughts Podcast" introduces you to the Weird Weapons of the Samurai. Suppor...