Friday Night History: Recent Episodes
Nyri A. Bakkalian
This week on #FridayNightHistory is my favorite from the archive of members' episodes, and my second favorite FNH so far: the actual for real no-joke zombie daimyo story "Weekend at Bakufu's." Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
Smugglers, snark, and a solution to a dispute between two feudal domains that was found between large, artificial mounds. Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
Three farm boys from Tama County read Romance of the Three Kingdoms and swear an oath. What becomes of them? Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
A trailer for Friday Night History as the podcast enters the homestretch to Episode 100 Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
On heirs and spares in the Edo period as prelude for later things taking flight. Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
On guns, ginseng, and cake (yes, cake) in the leadup to the Boshin War. Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
On empires, explorers, and stories that end in strange places. Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
A special episode in memoriam of my doctoral advisor, who taught me how to challenge the historical status quo, exhorted me to be bold, and earned my loyalty by his humility and love of old, beautiful things. [click here for the associated blogpost with photography]
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On horses, heritage, highways, and Tohoku reaching across two oceans. Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
On horses, dolls, and horses that are dolls. Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
On fictions, footwear, and finding enlightenment. Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
On passports, Paris, and people lost in the documents. Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
Update, 29 March: This episode has been updated slightly because of an oversight in the original script where Yokoyama's full name is first mentioned.
On poetic allusions, places beyond the road's end, and people who vibe like their heroes. Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
On stones, shrines, and spectacular views. Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
On shipping, shipbuilding and Ishinomaki sailors accidentally circumnavigating the globe. Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
On rivers, sages, and a world-class port. Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
On syncretism, samurai, and a church in the Kitakami delta. Subscribe to Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
On geography, legends, and how the land remembers.
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On castles, cranes, terrain, and what remains.
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On bushido, BS, and Neo-Confucian dogma.
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On famine, finance, and the numismatic equivalent of glitter.
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On vassalage, the fickle nature of samurai loyalty, and why one family was so extra that its internal dispute got turned into a kabuki.
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On Shogunate law, loopholes, and Sendai Domain's dozens of castles that weren't.
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On nature, poetry, conspicuous consumption, matchlock guns, and one little species of cricket that lives in modern Sendai.
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On Meiji-era Istanbul, crowdfunding 19th century Armenian style, and how the more things change, the more they stay the same.
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On crickets, castle loopholes, Samurai Behaving Badly, and what to expect in Friday Night History Season 3.
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On the antebellum US Navy, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and that time a ninja went to the White House and met James Buchanan.
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By patron request, an old Twitter thread remade into a podcast: on the introduction of coffee to Japan.
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On Russian expansionism, Japanese coast defense policy, and coffee as medicine.
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OKAY, I GUESS WE'RE DOING THIS, YOU GUYS.
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On coast artillery, the Tsugaru peninsula, and why inadequate preparation is not the same as no preparation.
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On one lesser-known woman in command, Tsugaru Tamenobu as an opportunist asshole, reading between the lines in local history, and why you shouldn't trust Wikipedia.
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On what to expect over the next set of episodes, and what this all has to do with coffee.
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On one daimyo with an unlikely connection to a famous incident, and how he passed an overabundance of downtime through the briefly illegal activity of fishing.
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Part two on family lines, ninjas, and that other time the Tokugawa Shogunate went to war outside Japan.
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On family lines, ninjas, and that other time the Tokugawa Shogunate went to war outside Japan.
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Sometimes, research throws you a curveball.
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This week on Friday Night History: born of hard times, still a fixture, this is the story of Nanbu Senbei. Support this podcast: subscribe at Riversidewings on Patreon, or buy some merch at Fourthwall. (Theme is "Ohayashi" by PeriTune, CC4.0)
A teaser for the next trio of episodes, in which we go to Aomori Prefecture.
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This week on Friday Night History: How could you tell you were looking at the Date family's alternate-attendance procession? The smoke, it's the smoke.
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This week on Friday Night History: What if you put okonomiyaki on a stick?
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This week on Friday Night History: how did someone in Sendai send mail to Edo? The answer may surprise you!
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This week on Friday Night History: So what do you do when you're an overworked Heian-era bureaucrat out in the proverbial ass end of nowhere, and part of your work involves having to visit your province's shrines? Well, you make a shrine aggregator.
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This week on Friday Night History, "Boshin War, Part Six - Saga Domain and Mr. Facing Both Ways" In which we continue to talk about another contributor to the Boshin War's victorious coalition, the northern Kyushu domain of Saga.
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I burned out, then I got sick, then I was out for much of July. But I'm writing and recording again, so here's what's next for #FridayNightHistory.
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Hi-- it's been awhile. Let's get you up to speed.
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This week on Friday Night History, "Boshin War, Part Five - Tosa is the Key" In which we continue to talk about the Boshin War's main trio of victors, continuing with Tosa. To support this podcast, and for scripts, references, and bonus episodes, sign up at patreon.com/riversidewings. Check out the merch at Redbubble, or buy my new novel Grey Dawn via bit.ly/greydawnebook, and don't forget to follow me at Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, and itch.io! Thank you for being the wind beneath my wings.
This week on Friday Night History, "Boshin War, Part Four - My Lord, Is It Time Yet?" In which we continue to talk about the Boshin War's main trio of victors, continuing with Chōshū. To support this podcast, and for scripts, references, and bonus episodes, sign up at patreon.com/riversidewings. Check out the merch at Redbubble, or buy my new novel Grey Dawn via bit.ly/greydawnebook, and don't forget to follow me at Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, and itch.io! Thank you for being the wind beneath my wings.
This week on Friday Night History, "Boshin War, Part Three: Prelude to an Empire's Bloody Birth." In which we talk about the Boshin War's victors, starting with Satsuma.
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This week on Friday Night History, "Boshin War, Part Two: Staggering Through Innovation." In which we talk about reforms, innovation, and why it wasn't enough to save the Tokugawa Shogunate.
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A return to form! This week on Friday Night History, "Boshin War, Part One: A Question of Layers." In which we talk about sense of scale, the importance of filling a gap in English language discussion on the war, and set out the lay of the land. To support this podcast, and for scripts, references, and bonus episodes, sign up at patreon.com/riversidewings.
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This week on Friday Night History, "The Book, The Book, Tell Us About the Book." In which I set the stage for a course correction on this season, and a longer form project to come.
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Thanks for an amazing 2021. Here's to 2022!
This week on Friday Night History, "Dancing Through the Siege." In which the creative and off-the-wall solution breaks through a siege during the Boshin War!
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Thanks for an amazing 2021. Here's to 2022!
No podcast this week, owing to the Christmas holiday and real-world obligations. Happy Holidays, and we will be back next week.
A return to form! This week on Friday Night History, "Yamakawa Kenjirō Wins." For pictures and references, and a word about the recent hiatus, check out the entry at patreon.com/riversidewings.
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In Cleyera: Conversations on Shinto Episode 2, Zoe (Cora) and I talk about Shinto shrines, terms, some ways that shrines are created, and what shrines are and are not.
This week on Friday Night History: Reviewing "A Samurai in the Vatican."
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This week on Friday Night History: Dance and the Gods, Part One.
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This week on Friday Night History: A Retrospective on One Year of the Podcast!
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This week on #FridayNightHistory: Dance and the Gods, an Introduction to a series on Miwa-ryu, a northern tradition of ritual dance at Shinto shrines. (UPDATED 29 October owing to a technical error that cut off several minutes of audio in the original upload)
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Welcome, #FridayNightHistory listeners, to the first episode of Cleyera: Conversations on Shinto. Zoe (Cora) and I, two friends and practitioners of Shinto in the anglosphere, talk about their faith, its cultural, historical, and other contexts, and try to bring knowledge and community to others.
In this inaugural episode, we talk about some major terms relevant to Shinto, questions of Great Nature and kegare, discuss some of where we're coming from, and touch on some directions for future discussions.
This week on Friday Night History: Jōgezan
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This week on Friday Night History: The Fox Osan of the Six Spears.
(A content warning ahead of this week's episode. This week's episode partially addresses the system of public execution in the Edo period.)
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This week on Friday Night History: Shin'emon Inari Shrine. The bay that rendered one of Japan's greatest poets speechless, an island with a reputation, and one little shrine's very big history. This episode was recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings.
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This week on Friday Night History: The Fox Iroha of Okarimiya. A shrine, a fox, and a place in Sendai where the rules of the mundane world wear a bit thin. This episode was recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings.
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This week on Friday Night History: Kashikobuchi. A yokai, the Hirose River, and a strange convergence with real-world higher education in central Sendai. This episode was recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings.
(A quick note at the top here. This week's episode focuses on the folktale of the jorogumo of Kashikobuchi. This being was a benevolent, supernatural spider being who lived on the banks of the Hirose River. I won't be including images of spiders, nor will I be namedropping the word spider itself beyond a brief, cursory mention. This is because jorogumo are jorogumo, not real-world arachnids. Still, if you need to stop listening, please feel free, and I will see you next week. Please, friend, now more than ever, be good to yourself.)
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This week on Friday Night History: The Cat Who Would be God. This episode was recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings.
(A quick note at the top here. The topic of consideration here is a cat that was, sadly, killed-- but our story is about that cat's enshrinement, how the deified cat got the last laugh, and how this interfaces with folk beliefs about supernatural cats. Please listen accordingly.)
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: Emperor Tobu, Part Two. Why 1868 saw two (yes, two) emperors in Japan. This episode was recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: Emperor Tobu, Part One. Why 1868 saw two (yes, two) emperors in Japan. This episode was recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: To Whom does the Stonewall Belong? How the aftermath of the American Civil War collided with the Japanese Civil War. This episode was recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "Stumbling Over History." My encounter with Otsuka Yorimitsu, and a glimpse into astronomy education in 18th century Sendai. This episode was recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "The Mantle of Hiraizumi. House Date of Sendai and how it saw itself as heir to a millennium of precedent. This episode was recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "Mount Aoba: A Short History." This episode was recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "Coast Defense and International Learning." Hayashi Shihei, house Date of Sendai, and the defensive argument for easing Japan's national seclusion. This episode was recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "Ino Hanzaemon's Long Walk." The story of Dai Nihon Enkai Yochi Zenzu, and one man's epic mission of cartography. This episode was not recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings owing to a scheduling conflict, but episodes are usually recorded on Twitch.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "Mamiya Rinzo Goes North." The mid to late Edo era, the Shogunate's strategic policy on its northern border, and one man's survey way, way north. This episode was recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: " Noh and Noh Accessories." The house of Date, the line of Kanze, and why Sendai is the reason that some parts of modern Noh exist at all. This episode was not recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings owing to a scheduling conflict, but episodes are usually recorded on Twitch.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: Memory, redundancy, and why it really, really pays to have multiple backups of your research and digital archives. This episode recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "Gesaku." Snark, fart jokes, and why the Shogunate didn't like satire. This episode recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "Falconry." Bushi, birds, and how to disguise a military exercise in times of peace. This episode recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "Feudal Edge Case." Why the definition of what makes a daimyo gets weird and blurry around the edges. This episode recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "Kotodai Park." The story of one Sendai neighborhood and its importance to the history of Japanese education. This episode recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "At Any Cost." Ming Dynasty refugees, esoteric rituals, and the 1620s eruption of Mount Zao. This episode recorded before a live audience at twitch.tv/riversidewings
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "Things to Not Say." Daimyo, their Titles, and why some words in the Edo period were inadvisable for non-warriors to use.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: No new episode, owing to having been laid low for several days by my first COVID vaccine. However, I have an update that pertains to future episodes, including a special guest star! Check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "Brewing and the Gods." Municipal jurisdictions in the Edo period, brewing and breweries, and what gods have to do with brewing sake and vinegar and breaking the usual pattern of rules. For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: "Sendai Suzume Odori." Stonemasons, military secrets, and dancing like a drunken bird in downtown Sendai. For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: Gyutan. An enterprising Sendai chef, the US military's Occupation era supply chain, and a culinary delight that endures to the present. For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: Zunda Mochi. The house of Date, a field-expedient Dessert, and A Culinary Sense Born from War. For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: Sendai Miso. The house of Date, a supply chain for military provisions, and a flavor that endures to the present. For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: A Forest of English. Dutch merchants, Japanese interpreters, and the Shogunate's push to build capability in English. For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.
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This week, on #FridayNightHistory: The Phaeton Incident. A British skipper, a European war, and a standoff in Nagasaki Harbor. For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.
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This week, on Friday Night History: Don't Think Twice. Why did Edo period isolationism have a stretch of actively shooting at foreign ships, and what did that look like from the receiving end? And what geopolitical forces made that policy finally stop? For pictures and references, check out the entry at my blog riverside-wings.com.
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This week, on Friday Night History: Katakura Kita, Builder. On one gutsy woman in 16th century Japan, and her outsized influence in making the house of Date what it became. For pictures and references, check out my blog.
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This week, on Friday Night History: Japanese veterans of the American Civil War. I begin a journey to find the true names and stories of two men.. For pictures and references, check out my blog.
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This week, on Friday Night History: Ogata Koan, Connector. A visionary doctor, a pioneering school, and a cadre of people who went on to fame. For pictures and references, check out my blog.
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This week, on Friday Night History: The Doctor and the Daimyo. A doctor from Eastern Pennsylvania, a daimyo from northern Kyushu, and a surprising place to find mercury. Remember, kids: don't do mercury. For pictures and references, check out my blog.
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This week on Friday Night History: A polymath roboticist, a forward-thinking daimyo, a shipyard, and a household name that might surprise you. For pictures and references, check out my blog.
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This week, on Friday Night History: The Moustache of Destiny. A Japanese General, a New Technology, and the Muttonchops to End All Muttonchops. For pictures and references, check out my blog.
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Kicking off 2021, this week, listen to the story of how US slapdash gunboat diplomacy in the 1840s (yes, 1840s) accidentally kickstarted the birth of the modern Japanese navy. For the blogposts, which include photos. click here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
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With new recording equipment in hand, I have new episodes (and better audio) coming in the new year!
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Where did modern English language instruction in Japan begin? Here's the newest Friday Night History podcast! on Ranald MacDonald, the Preble mission, and English instruction in pre-1853 Japan. For the blogpost, which includes photos, click here.
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A first preview episode of Friday Night History! This is the story of Asakusa Danzaemon, an eta leader in 1868 Japan, and his role in the Boshin War (1868-1869). For text, sources, and more, visit my blog and to support this podcast, consider becoming a patron on Patreon!