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Follow your hosts on a trek into Japanese history, from ancient Japan to the end of the Samurai and

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This episode we talk to Dr. Travis Seifman about his work translating the Edo-Bakumatsu database Ish

About 7 years ago, back in 2014, Forest Seal and myself did a bunch of episodes discussing various t

In February 2021, Netflix released a docuseries on Sengoku era Japan entitled Age of Samurai: Battle

In February 2021, Netflix released a docuseries on Sengoku era Japan entitled Age of Samurai: Battle

In this episode, we continue our discussion with Dr. Elijah Bender about the new Playstation game Gh

In this episode, Dr. Elijah Bender talks about the new Playstation game Ghost of Tsushima from the p

Welcome back to our coverage of the fire at Shuri castle in Okinawa in 2019. Dr. Travs Seifman conti

In late 2019, Shuri Castle in Okinawa burned down in a fire.  Multiple buildings were burned, as wel

In far Northern Japan on the peripheries of the known world, an aggressive and moody child with one

Today I'm talking to Joshua Badgley, the host of Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan podcast.  Get

This episode, Marky Star, Dr. Travis Seifman, and I continue our discussion of travel and tourism in

This episode I'm joined by Marky Star of the JapanThis blog, and Dr. Travis Seifman to talk about tr

In this episode we continue our discussion of Japan's place in the "Chinese World Order". For thousa

In this episode we discuss Japan's place in the "Chinese World Order". For thousands of years China

By the mid-1550's, Mori Motonari had expanded and consolidated his power base considerably.  But wit

Early in the Sengoku period in 1523, Mori Motonari became the unexpected head of a scrappy little wa

This episode we continue our discussion of the Edo-period concept of "Sankin Kotai" - Daimyo alterna

This episode we introduce the Edo-period concept of "Sankin Kotai" - Daimyo alternate attendance.  T

Have you ever wondered where our human propensity for violence and history of warfare comes from?  W

This episode guest host Jaredd Wilson, the host of the "Martial Thoughts Podcast" introduces you to