History of Japan Podcast
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Where did the 'Japanese' come from? What are the stories about the creation of the islands and the interaction with gods, people and nature that shaped the society we see today?
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Episode 25: From War to Peace (Almost)
Author: Cameron Foster
Thu, Apr 26, 2012
Hideyoshi, in spite of being a warlord, transitioned Japan from a state of war to a state of peace. Â Though Japan wasn’t finished with the sengoku jidai by the time he died in 1598, he did put in place a series of laws that made peace more profitable than war. Â When it came to creating [...]
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Episode 24: Hideyoshi’s Japan
Author: Cameron Foster
Thu, Apr 19, 2012
The rise of Hideyoshi from sandal bearer to dictator of Japan was phenomenal. After hundreds of year of civil war, he, without any sense of irony, brought the country to unified peace with remarkably little bloodshed. Â Well, at least a lot less than what one might expect if Nobunaga had lived long enough to make [...]
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Episode 23: The Three Day Shogun
Author: Cameron Foster
Mon, Apr 16, 2012
If murdering Nobunaga was Phase One of a long thought-out and well-considered plan for the take-over of Japan it certainly wasn’t obvious in 1582.  In fact, it hardly seems obvious today!  One thing we do know, Hideyoshi, though flat-out besieging the Mori clan, was not going to let this opportunity pass.  If things went right, he could [...]
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Episode 22: The Empire is Mine
Author: Cameron Foster
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Between 1575 and 1582 Oda Nobunaga was sorely tested by the most powerful opponents to his domination; The Ikko Ikki Buddhists, the Takeda Clan and the Uesugi Clan. Â In the end, however, it might have been an unpaid dinner tab that killed him.
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Episode 21: Nobunaga v Buddha
Author: Cameron Foster
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
In 1570 Oda Nobunaga faced a dangerous combination of rival daimyo and religious fanaticism. Â He decided to treat Buddhist rivals to his power the same way he did anyone else. Â With fire.
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Episode 20: The Realm Subjected To Military Power
Author: Cameron Foster
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
Oda Nobunaga took Kyoto in the name of the Shogun and the Emperor in 1568. Â By 1570 the Shogun knew that he served at Nobunaga’s pleasure and little else. Â Nobunaga almost lost it all to traitors and two bullets from a ninja’s arqubus andThe Asakura and Asai daimyo took to field against Nobunaga in [...]
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Episode 19: Oda Nobunaga’s License to Kill
Author: Cameron Foster
Sat, Jan 07, 2012
Oda Nobunaga had the luck, the allies, the staff, the location, the armies and the validation to make a move on Kyoto while the other major Daimyo kept busy fighting amongst themselves.  He also had an ego to match his ambition.  Here is a map of the provinces of medieval Japan and the the script for [...]
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Episode 18: Sengoku Jidai, The Rise of Oda Nobunaga
Author: Cameron Foster
Thu, Dec 22, 2011
In this episode we introduce one of Japan’s three Great Unifiers. Â His rise to power was certainly not easy and could easily have relegated him to the status of also-ran.
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Episode 17: Sengoku Jidai Part 3 Bang
Author: Cameron Foster
Thu, Dec 22, 2011
The Portuguese bumped into Japan in 1543 and brought with them guns and god. Â In this podcast we will hear about how Japan received these products of the west.
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Episode 16: Sengoku Jidai Part 2
Author: Cameron Foster
Wed, Oct 12, 2011
Battle in the Sengoku Jidai was a fashion show. Â Bravery and recognition was gained by looking great and doing great things. Â We also meet a man called Hojo Soun who rose from obscurity to control almost all of the Kanto Valley - a hobby he only started at the age of 60! Podcast script is [...]
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Episode 15: Sengoku Jidai Part 1
Author: Cameron Foster
Sun, Oct 09, 2011
The term Sengoku Jidai refers to the particularly violent time between the Onin War of 1467 and the beginning of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1615. Â In this podcast I’ll be talking about the hard life of clans seeking to expand or at the very least, not be devoured by their competitors. Â I’ll also talk about [...]
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Episode 14 : You Bloody Ingrates; The Onin War and Revolting Peasants
Author: Cameron Foster
Thu, Jul 21, 2011
The Ashikaga Shogunate stumbled and staggered through the 1400s. The Onin War (1466-1477)exemplifies so many of the changes, both positive and negative, that Japan went through. The provinces saw a rise in local military independence, the peasants’ life improved dramatically and the seemingly apathetic Shogun Yoshimasa wrote poetry as the capital burnt to [...]
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Episode 13: The Gold Pavilion
Author: Cameron Foster
Thu, Jul 14, 2011
The Ashikaga Shoguns oversaw Japan’s tumble into the Warring States Period (Sengoku-Jidai) along with the split in the Imperial family into the Northern and Southern Courts. They also nurtured the Zen Buddhist sect and built the Gold Pavilion in Kyoto while the country starved of hunger, suffered famine, earthquake and disease.
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Episode 12: A Clayton’s Restoration
Author: Cameron Foster
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Back in the day, there was a softdrink (soda for the north Americans) brand called “Clayton’s”. It was a non-alcoholic beverage that had the slogan ‘the drink you’re having when you’re not having a drink’. In this episode, the Emperor of Japan will be restored to power in a manner in which he [...]
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Episode 11: Tsunami
Author: Cameron Foster
Fri, Apr 22, 2011
A look at the history of tsunami and Japan
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Episode 10: Blowhards, the Kamikaze Story
Author: Cameron Foster
Sun, Feb 20, 2011
The Mongols attacked Japan twice; in 1274 and 1281. These attacks gave birth to the now world famous term, ‘kamikaze’. In this podcast we’ll look at the reasons Kublai Khan attacked Japan, who he attacked them with and how Japan didn’t lose. We’ll also look at a blowhard called Suenaga who, if [...]
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Episode 9: The Kamakura Dominance
Author: Cameron Foster
Wed, Jan 19, 2011
The Minamoto engage in fratricide, clan-icide, infanticide, regicide - all in 20mins!
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- Published:
January 2011
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