Show overview
History of Japan has been publishing since 2010, and across the 16 years since has built a catalogue of 650 episodes. That works out to roughly 360 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 29 min and 37 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language History show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 31 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Isaac Meyer.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
View all 650 episodesEpisode 638 - The Catastrophe, Part 6
Episode 637 - The Catastrophe, Part 5
Episolde 636 - The Catastrophe, Part 4
Episode 635 - The Catastrophe, Part 3
Episode 634 - The Catastrophe, Part 2
Episode 633 - The Catastrophe, Part 1
Episode 632 - The Pretender, Part 2
Episode 631 - The Pretender, Part 1
Episode 631 - An Interview with Evelyn Iritani
Bonus episode - The Chishima Incident
Episode 629 - Flowering Fortunes, Part 4
Episode 628 - Flowering Fortunes, Part 3
Episode 627 - Flowering Fortunes, Part 2
Episode 626 - Flowering Fortunes, Part 1
Episode 625 - An Ocean Between Us, Part 3
Episode 625 - An Ocean Between Us, Part 2
Episode 624 - An Ocean Between Us, Part 1
Episode 623 - The Great Peace, Part 2
Episode 622 - The Great Peace, Part 1
The Taiheiki is arguably one of the most dismissed works of literature in Japanese history, doomed to always exist solely in comparison to the far more highly regarded Heike Monogatari. But even so, there's a lot to draw the interest of the interested historian. So, what can we learn about medieval Japan from its most famously "eh" work of literature? Show notes here.
Episode 621 - The Manga Revolution, Part 3
This week: the manga industry during World War II. Plus some thoughts on the development of shojo manga, and finally a look at Tezuka Osamu and the ways in which his work helped create the manga market that exists today. Show notes here.