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Episode 3: Power, Violence, Sex and Nara
Episode 3: Power, Violence, Sex and Nara
In this episode I discuss the construction of the huge temple complex in Nara, Todaiji, the domination of Buddhism and v... Read more
26 Jul 2010
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25mins
Ranked #2
Episode 4: Kyoto, Spooky Princes and Oppressed Peasants
Episode 4: Kyoto, Spooky Princes and Oppressed Peasants
Emperor Kammu builds Kyoto, gets pressured by a dead guy and the peasants do what they do best, get oppressed. Here is ... Read more
15 Aug 2010
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27mins
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Episode 17: Sengoku Jidai Part 3 Bang
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The Portuguese bumped into Japan in 1543 and brought with them guns and god. In this podcast we will hear about how Jap... Read more
22 Dec 2011
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Ranked #4
Episode 18: Sengoku Jidai, The Rise of Oda Nobunaga
Episode 18: Sengoku Jidai, The Rise of Oda Nobunaga
In this episode we introduce one of Japan’s three Great Unifiers. His rise to power was certainly not easy and could ea... Read more
22 Dec 2011
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17mins
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Episode 5: The Heian Era
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The Heian Era is sometimes seen as Japan's classical era. Great works of art, religious thought and crafty politicians m... Read more
6 Oct 2010
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Episode 19: Oda Nobunaga’s License to Kill
Episode 19: Oda Nobunaga’s License to Kill
Oda Nobunaga had the luck, the allies, the staff, the location, the armies and the validation to make a move on Kyoto wh... Read more
7 Jan 2012
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17mins
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Episode 6 The Rise of the Warrior Class
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In this episode we discuss the near-irrevocable usurpation of power by the warrior class; the samurai. For anyone think... Read more
1 Nov 2010
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22mins
Ranked #8
Episode 21: Nobunaga v Buddha
Episode 21: Nobunaga v Buddha
In 1570 Oda Nobunaga faced a dangerous combination of rival daimyo and religious fanaticism. He decided to treat Buddhi... Read more
24 Jan 2012
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23mins
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Episode 20: The Realm Subjected To Military Power
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Oda Nobunaga took Kyoto in the name of the Shogun and the Emperor in 1568. By 1570 the Shogun knew that he served at No... Read more
11 Jan 2012
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Episode 24: Hideyoshi’s Japan
Episode 24: Hideyoshi’s Japan
The rise of Hideyoshi from sandal bearer to dictator of Japan was phenomenal. After hundreds of year of civil war, he, w... Read more
19 Apr 2012
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20mins
Ranked #11
Episode 22: The Empire is Mine
Episode 22: The Empire is Mine
Between 1575 and 1582 Oda Nobunaga was sorely tested by the most powerful opponents to his domination; The Ikko Ikki Bud... Read more
27 Jan 2012
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37mins
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Episode 23: The Three Day Shogun
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If murdering Nobunaga was Phase One of a long thought-out and well-considered plan for the take-over of Japan it certain... Read more
16 Apr 2012
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21mins
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Episode 7: Rule by the Sword
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Taira Kiyomori spared the lives of Yoritomo and Yoshitsune - two young children at the time - in order, allegedly, to s... Read more
1 Jan 2011
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Episode 25: From War to Peace (Almost)
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Hideyoshi, in spite of being a warlord, transitioned Japan from a state of war to a state of peace. Though Japan wasn’t... Read more
26 Apr 2012
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27mins
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Episode 26: Hideyoshi Dreams Big
Episode 26: Hideyoshi Dreams Big
In 1592 and 1598 Hideyoshi pointed the enormous Japanese capacity for warfare at the task of conquering one of the great... Read more
11 Jul 2012
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23mins
