Dazai no Sochi of the Late 7th Century
The Dazai no Sochi--the head of the Yamato government in Kyushu--was a powerful position, with a lot of autonomy with lucrative opportunitie...
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Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan
Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan is a Japanese history podcast where we will be going through a chronological history of Japan. We will start with prehistory and continue up through the...
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Listen to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan, a Society & Culture podcast by Joshua Badgley. Stream 103 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 103 episodesNobles of Jitou Tennou's Court
A big part of the court are the actual court nobles, so this episode we are taking a look at some of the ones mentioned in the Chronicles fo...
Kings, Queens, and an Empress
We talk about the famous Wu Zetian, as well as Kings Munmu, Sinmun, and Hyoso in Silla. These were the rulers at the same time that Uno no S...
A Nation Mourns
Last episode we briefly talked about what happened when Ōama passed away, including the apparent conspiracy around the Royal Prince Ōtsu, an...
Here We Go Again
Another episode, another new reign--same old problems. This episode we talk about what happened after Ohoama, aka Temmu Tenno, passed away....
Coins, Letters, Games, and More
This episode we close out discussion of this reign with a bit of a grab bag. There is the minting of new coins, new letters to write Japanes...
Law and Order in the Reign of Temmu
CW: Suicide This episode we are talking about Law and Order--where Ritsuryo system gets its name. We are going to look at some of the underl...
On the Edge
This episode we'll be looking at a bunch of different references referring to the various provinces, particularly those on the far edges of...
Temmu's Monumental Projects
This episode, we talk about two monumental projects that were started in this reign. One was the historiographical project that likely led t...
The Four Great Temples
This episode we are talking about the Four Great Temples--Asukadera, Daikandaiji (aka Kudara Odera), Kawaradera, and Yakushiji. Much of the...
Temmu's New Year's Traditions
For the first regular episode of the year (excepting our New Year's recap) we take a look at the New Year Traditions at Temmu's court. How d...
New Year's Recap 2026
Happy New Year! As we start a new year, here is a new recap, covering all of the previous year and bringing us up to date with where we are...
Improving Diplomatic Ties
The last time Yamato was heavily involved on the continent, they were defeated militarily, and they returned to fortify their islands. So ho...
Observing the "Natural" World
This episode we look at many of the natural events and talk about those observing and writing things down, and why they may have wanted to d...
Offerings and Covenants
This episode we cover the first silver mine in Japan, as well as the way that this sovereign is approaching offerings to the kami and handli...
Courtly Fashion
This episode we start to get more into the material culture of the period with court fashion, as we look at the court robes that went along...
Kabane and Court Rank
This episode looks at the Kabane and Court Rank systems in light of the changes made during this reign, in 684 and 685. We go a bit more in...
Year One
It is the first year of a new reign, so come and let's take a look at how it all begins. For more, check out our blog page at: https://sengo...
An Image of the Court at Kiyomihara
Ō ama, aka Temmu Tenn ō , ascended the throne in the Kiyomihara Palace--a rennovated version of his mother's Later Okamoto Palace. Here he r...
Reimagining Yamato
With the end of the Jinshin War, Oama, posthumously known as Temmu Tenno, came to the throne. And though they would need a new Great Council...