A History of Japan
By Justin Hebert
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Episodes: 268
Oct 5, 2021
Lucio
Jul 1, 2020
nice podcast. I like that it takes the necessary time to talk about ancient history.
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A history of the people of Japan, from the prehistoric Jomon period to the modern era. WARNING: This podcast occasionally touches on subjects of human sexuality, suicide, violence, and torture.
| Episode | Date |
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The Pacific War, Part 1: Aggression and Infamy
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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The Tripartite Pact
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Pacific Positioning
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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The War At Home
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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The War with China, Part 2
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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The War with China, Part 1
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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The Imperial Way
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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The International Realignment, Part 2
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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The International Realignment, Part 1
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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The Great Withdrawal
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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The League of Blood
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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The Making of Manchukuo
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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The Frame-Up
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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The Great Crash
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Reaction and Repression
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Interview with Quin Cho, author of "The Rise of the Kwantung Army"
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Interview with Kaila Yu, author of "Fetishized"
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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The Warlord Era - BONUS EPISODE
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Taisho Feminism - BONUS EPISODE
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Radical Politics - BONUS EPISODE
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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The Pax Taishō
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May 29, 2025 |
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Taishō Democracy
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May 26, 2025 |
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Obligations, Disasters, and Atrocities
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May 22, 2025 |
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A League of Their Own
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May 19, 2025 |
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A Whole New World
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May 15, 2025 |
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The World Goes to War, Part 2
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May 12, 2025 |
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The World Goes to War, Part 1
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May 08, 2025 |
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The Republic of China
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May 05, 2025 |
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The Fall of the Qing Dynasty
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May 01, 2025 |
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Crisis and Opportunity
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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The Resident Foreigner and the Foreign Resident - BONUS EPISODE
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Nourishing the Nation - BONUS EPISODE
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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An Age of Letters - BONUS EPISODE
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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The Pax Meiji
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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The Question of Korea
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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The Long Road of Peace
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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The Russo-Japanese War, Part 2
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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The Russo-Japanese War, Part 1
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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A Tsar is Born
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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The Boxer Rebellion
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Losing Korea
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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The First Sino-Japanese War
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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The Battlefield of Ideas
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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The Qing Dynasty’s Self-Strengthening
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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The Hermit Kingdom
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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The Meiji Constitution
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Clans, Corporations, and Capital
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Counter-Revolution
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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The Meiji Reformation
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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The New Frontier
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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The View From Below
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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The Meiji Revolution
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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The Bakufu's Last Gasp
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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A Tale of Three Shogunates -- BONUS
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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The Evolution of the Samurai -- BONUS
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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The Three Outstanding Heroes -- BONUS
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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The Boshin War
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Bakumatsu, Part 3: The Last Shogun
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Bakumatsu, Part 2: Blood in the Streets
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May 30, 2024 |
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Bakumatsu, Part 1: The Ansei Purge
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May 27, 2024 |
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The Black Ships
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May 23, 2024 |
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Pillars of Resistance
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May 20, 2024 |
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The Joseon Renaissance
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May 16, 2024 |
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When Empires Collide
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May 13, 2024 |
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The Golden Age of the Qing Dynasty
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May 09, 2024 |
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Kinjiru
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May 06, 2024 |
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Let the Good Times Roll
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May 02, 2024 |
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The Kansei Reforms
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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A Question of Influence
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Cracks in the Foundation
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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The Cult of Tokugawa Ieyasu -- BONUS
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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To Rome and Back, the Journey of Hasekura Tsunenaga -- BONUS
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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The Life and Times of Miyamoto Musashi -- BONUS
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Artists of the Early Edo Period -- BONUS
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Yoshimune's Gambit
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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The Pax Edo
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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The Righteous Reign of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Tumult and Turnover in Joseon
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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The Rise of the Qing Dynasty
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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The Fall of the Ming Dynasty
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Iemitsu's Marvelous Machine
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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A State of Emergency
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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The Shimabara Rebellion
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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The Siege of Osaka
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Tokugawa Ieyasu's Big Move
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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The Sacred and the Profane
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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The One-Eyed Dragon of Oshu -- BONUS
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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To Osaka and Beyond
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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The Battle of Sekigahara
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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A Game of Succession
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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The Imjin War, Part 4: Stalemate and Withdrawal
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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The Imjin War, Part 3: Scorched Earth
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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The Imjin War, Part 2: Hideyoshi's Crusade
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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The Imjin War, Part 1: A Storm From The East
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Kanto and Tohoku
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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The Pax Hideyoshi
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Shikoku and Kyushu
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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The Battle of Komaki-Nagakute
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Nobunaga's Mantle
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Avenging Nobunaga
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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The Betrayal at Honno-ji
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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The Pax Nobunaga
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Triumph at Nagashino, Disaster at Tedorigawa
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Unfinished Business
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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The Age of the Ninja -- BONUS EPISODE
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May 22, 2023 |
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Bushido During Sengoku -- BONUS EPISODE
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May 15, 2023 |
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Kenshin and Kanto -- BONUS EPISODE
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May 08, 2023 |
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The Fall of the Ashikaga
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May 04, 2023 |
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The Road to Kyoto
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May 01, 2023 |
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Tenka Fubu
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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The Fool of Owari
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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The Dragon of Echigo and the Tiger of Kai
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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A Shogunate, If You Can Keep It
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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The Perseverance of Joseon
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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The Decline of the Ming Dynasty
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Nanban Jidai
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Sengoku "States" Part III
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Sengoku "States" Part II
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Sengoku "States" Part I
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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War Has Changed
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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The Puppetmasters
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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The Rise of Hojo
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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The Meio Coup
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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The Kaga Rebellion
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Rebuilding Kyoto
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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China's Famous Visitors - BONUS EPISODE
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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The Golden Age of Renga - BONUS EPISODE
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Selections from the Kemmu Shikimoku and Jinno Shotoki - BONUS EPISODE
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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The Onin War Part II: The Fire Spreads
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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The Onin War Part I: A Family Dispute
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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The Rising Tide
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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The Pax Ashikaga
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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The Joseon Dynasty
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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The Rise of the Ming Dynasty
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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The Fall of the Mongols
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Shikata Ga Nai
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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A Nation Somewhat United
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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A City Divided
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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A House Divided
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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A Nation Divided
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Revenues and Expenditures
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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The Northern and Southern Courts
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Takauji's Triumph
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Takauji's Treason
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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The Kemmu "Restoration"
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Season 8 Announcement
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Selections from the Taiheiki
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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The Art and Architecture of the Kamakura Period
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Poetry Selections from the Shin Kokin Wakashu - Bonus Episode
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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The Genkō War, Part II
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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The Genkō War, Part I
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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The Twilight of the Kamakura Bakufu
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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The Mongols Are Gone... Or Are They?
|
Jun 06, 2022 |
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The Mongol Invasions of Japan
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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The Reign of the Mongols
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May 30, 2022 |
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The Rise of the Mongols
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May 26, 2022 |
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Kamakura Buddhism
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May 23, 2022 |
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Pax Kamakura
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May 19, 2022 |
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The Reign of Hojo Yasutoki
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May 16, 2022 |
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The Jōkyū War
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May 12, 2022 |
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The Nun Shogun
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May 09, 2022 |
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Meet the New Regents
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May 05, 2022 |
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Minamoto Yoritomo - The Man of the Hour
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May 02, 2022 |
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Seii-Tai-Shogun
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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A Rough Start
|
Apr 25, 2022 |
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Season 7 Announcement
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Selections from The Tale of Genji
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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The Beautiful and Deadly Tomoe Gozen
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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The Gempei War Part 4: The Final Countdown
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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The Gempei War Part 3: The Rise and Fall of Kiso Yoshinaka
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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The Gempei War Part 2: A Reversal of Fortune
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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The Gempei War Part 1: An Ill-Fated Uprising
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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The Monks of War
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Taira Triumph
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Minamoto Misgivings
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Who's in Charge Here?
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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The Party Is Over
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Emperor Shirakawa's Loophole
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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The Golden Age of Goryeo
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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The Dynasties of the North
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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The Splendor of the Song Dynasty
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Another Fujiwara Clan?
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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The Middling Kampaku
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Tendai Troubles
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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The First Novel
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Michinaga the Magnificent
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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The Reign of the Regents
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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The Age of Uncertainty
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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The Age of Hunger
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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The Age of Entertainment
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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The Art and Poetry of the Early Heian Period - BONUS
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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The Pirate King
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Taira Treason
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Taira Troubles
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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A Disturbance in Kantō
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Sugawara Michizane's Revenge
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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New Emperor, Old Rivalries
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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The Reign of Emperor Uda
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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The Regent is Dead, Long Live the Regent!
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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The First Child Emperor
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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The Re-Unification of Korea
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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The Fall of the Tang Dynasty
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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The Rise of the Fujiwara
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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The Taira and Minamoto Clans
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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A Tale of Two Courts
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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The Life and Times of Emperor Kammu
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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The First Shōgun
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Kūkai's Big Journey
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Saichō's Big Journey
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Another Fresh Start
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Season 5 Announcement
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Nara Folk Tales - BONUS
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Selections from the Man'yoshu - BONUS
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Emperor Kammu's Big Moves
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Tōhoku Troubles
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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The Reign of Emperor Kōnin
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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The Reign of Empress Shōtoku
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Fujiwara Troubles
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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The Short But Eventful Reign of Emperor Junnin
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Tachibana Troubles
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Emperor Shōmu's Big Moves
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Kyūshū in Rebellion
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Prince Nagaya's Revenge
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Emperor Shōmu's Early Years
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Tang, Silla, and Balhae
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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The Age of Empresses
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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Nara Religion
|
Jan 07, 2021 |
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A Fresh Start
|
Jan 04, 2021 |
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The Emperors of Legend
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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The 604 Constitution
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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The Art of the Asuka Period
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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The New And Improved Yamato State
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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The First Tenno
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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After the Soga Clan
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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The Rise and Fall of the Soga Clan
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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The Life of Crown Prince Shōtoku
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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The Fall of Baekje
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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The Rise of the Tang Dynasty
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Peninsular Entanglements
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Buddhism Comes to Japan
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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A Brief History of Buddhism
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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The Clans of Yamato
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Kofun Art
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Who Ruled in Kofun Japan?
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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The Kofun Way of War
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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The Korean States
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Unification and Collapse in China
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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The Age of Tombs and Kings
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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BONUS: The Gishi-Wajinden
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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BONUS: Excerpts from Chinese Philosophy
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Queen Himiko of Yamatai
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Mythology, Customs, and Religion
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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Three Philosophies of Ancient China
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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East Asian Trade
|
Aug 17, 2020 |
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The Kingdoms of Korea
|
Aug 13, 2020 |
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The Mandate of Heaven: Part 2
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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The Mandate of Heaven, Part 1
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Bronze, Iron, Metallurgy, and Bells
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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From Villages to Kingdoms
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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The Yayoi Way
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Season 2 Announcement
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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BONUS: Dinosaurs of Japan
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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The Paleolithic Hoax
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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The Advent of the Yayoi
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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Meanwhile in China and Korea
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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All About Pottery!
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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The Ainu and Ryukyuan Peoples
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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The Pleistocene Era and the Jōmon Period
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Jun 15, 2020 |