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History of Japan

This podcast, assembled by a former PhD student in History at the University of Washington, covers the entire span of Japanese history. Each week we"ll tackle a new topic, ranging from prehistoric Japan to the modern day.

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36:40

Episode 477 - What a Twist!

History of Japan ·

2023/03/17

This week, we're covering the art of rakugo--storytelling with a twist! How did rakugo emerge from the history of Buddhism, and what has enabled its enduring popularity where contemporary entertainments like kabuki have fallen by the wayside? Show notes here.

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35:46

Episode 476 - To Have My Deeds Known

History of Japan ·

2023/03/10

How did one man's determination to get paid end up producing one of the best records we have of a pivotal moment in Japanese history? Show notes here.

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35:27

Episode 475 - Southward, Ho! Part 4

History of Japan ·

2023/03/03

This week: Japan's empire in Micronesia comes apart under the face of both the miscalculations of military leadership and the contradictions that had haunted it from the jump. Show notes here.

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37:48

Episode 474 - Southward, Ho! Part 3

History of Japan ·

2023/02/24

So far, we've talked about how Micronesia came under Japanese rule, but what was Japan's rule over the region like? Show notes here.

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35:53

Episode 473 - Southward, Ho! Part 2

History of Japan ·

2023/02/17

When World War I began, many among the Japanese leadership were hesistant to take advantage of the opportunity to move into Micronesia. What changed their minds, and how were they able to square a colonial government with the idealistic language of the postwar League of Nations? Show notes here.

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36:19

Episode 472 - Southward, Ho! Part 1

History of Japan ·

2023/02/10

Japan would seize control of German Micronesia in the fall of 1914, but Japanese interest in the region goes back centuries further. This week: how did Japan get from disinterest in the nebulously defined 'Southern Seas' to active military operations to take control of them? Show notes here.

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36:46

Episode 471 - The Osaka Incident

History of Japan ·

2023/02/03

This week: the bizarre story of an attempted coup in Korea that, along the way, touches on everything from Japanese liberalism to the birth of overseas empire. Show notes here.

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39:22

Episode 470 - The Vaccinators, Part 2

History of Japan ·

2023/01/27

If the first translation of a text on smallpox vaccination in Japan was finished in 1820, how did it take another 29 years for the first mass vaccination campaigns to begin? The answers involve everything from a German doctor accused of being a spy to networks of physicians trying to navigate obscure bureaucracy. And they might remind you more of the last few years than you'd think. Show notes here.

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36:34

Episode 469 - The Vaccinators, Part 1

History of Japan ·

2023/01/20

This week: the elimination of smallpox is probably one of the greatest medical accomplishments in human history. The vaccine that made it possible, however, was invented during a time of isolation for Japan. So how did the vaccine make it to Japanese shores, and what does that story tell us about public health, the sharing of information, and the nature of society in late feudal Japan? Show notes here.

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35:40

Episode 468 - To Eat Their Own

History of Japan ·

2023/01/13

This week, we're looking at the implosion of the Japanese New Left with a focus on the factional conflicts of the Zengakuren. How did a student youth movement end up divided into 20+ factions, the two largest of which engaged in a multi-decade war of assasination and street violence against each other? And how might that be connected to the general decline of Japan's left-wing opposition more broadly? Show notes here.

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37:40

Episode 467 - The Cause of Peace

History of Japan ·

2023/01/06

This week, we're looking at a very different kind of 60s protest movement: an attempt to build a cross-sectarian, non-ideological movement to oppose the American war in Vietnam. How did the anti-Vietnam War movement emerge in its Japan, and how did it simultaneously grow to a massive size and fail to have any appreciable political impact? Show notes here.

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36:27

Episode 466 - Rebels Without a Cause, Part 2

History of Japan ·

2022/12/23

This week, for the final episode of 2022: the Zenkyoto movement arrives at Japan's largest private school. Plus: how did a movement that grew so big so quickly fall apart just as fast? Show notes here.

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36:54

Episode 465 - Rebels Without a Cause, Part 1

History of Japan ·

2022/12/16

This week, we're beginning a month on radical activism in the 1960s with a look at the student uprisings of 1968. Today is all about where those uprisings came from, how they're related to the "two Zens" of the 1960s, and the specific example of the University of Tokyo, where a debate about student medical internships turned into a violent and bloody battle between leftist student groups. Show notes here.

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36:23

Episode 464 - The Wolves of Mibu

History of Japan ·

2022/12/09

This week: a long-requested dive into the ronin police force known as the Shinsengumi. Who were the members of this group, and how, despite their rather marginal role in the history of the 1860s, have they become one of the most famous organizations in Japanese history? Show notes here.

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38:02

Episode 463 - The Afterlives of a Samurai

History of Japan ·

2022/12/02

This week is all about a biography of a fascinating figure of the Meiji Restoration: Oguri Tadamasa. But it's also about much more: about how the present shapes our view of the past, and about how, as a result, the ways we talk about someone long dead can shift and change as well. Show notes here.

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38:10

Episode 462 - The Empty Throne, Part 5

History of Japan ·

2022/11/18

This week, we wrap up our imperial biographies with a look at the Meiji Emperor's relationship to three important aspects of his reign: the constitution, the wars fought in his name, and his heir. Plus, we talk Meiji's death, and his legacy. Note: no episode next week for American Thanksgiving; show notes here.

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36:17

Episode 461 - The Empty Throne, Part 4

History of Japan ·

2022/11/11

This week: the life of the Meiji Emperor in the turbulent 1870s and 1880s. We'll cover everything from the birth of his first surviving child to his drinking habits to his role in various political crises to the complicated process of shaping what a "modern" emperor's role even was. Show notes here.

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38:22

Episode 460 - The Empty Throne, Part 3

History of Japan ·

2022/11/04

This week: the boy emperor Meiji takes responsibility for Japan's future. But what did that mean in practice? What does an emperor, especially a boy emperor, actually do? Show notes here.

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38:05

Episode 459 - The Empty Throne, Part 2

History of Japan ·

2022/10/28

This week: Emperor Komei attempts to protect tradition in a nation beset by crisis. However, his efforts will be brought short by his untimely death, and the reigns of power passed to his untested boy successor: Meiji. Show notes here.

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38:14

Episode 458 - The Empty Throne, Part 1

History of Japan ·

2022/10/21

This week: the beginning of a multipart biography of two of the best documented figures we know very little about: Emperor Komei, and his son and heir Meiji, whose name would end up defining one of the most important eras in Japanese history. Show notes here.

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