Sengoku Jidai: Age of the Warring States: Recent Episodes
Liam Ortiz & Joe Gustin
An exploration into the Warring States Period of Japanese history; starting with the Onin War and carrying on through the eventual unification of Japan. Join us as we battle through this tumultuous time in Japanese history!
Feel free to email us any questions you may have as the podcast goes on at warringstatespodcast@gmail.com
The in depth history of Nagamasa Azai from his early years, to his marriage to Nobunaga Oda's sister Oichi, to his eventual betrayal of Nobunaga which would lead to his ultimate demise at Odani Castle.
In this episode of our Profiles series, we explore a detailed life of Masumune Date, Lord of the Date Clan from 1584-1636.
In the inaugural episode of our Profiles series, we cover the histories of three individuals that were part of the main timeline podcast.
In this episode we come to the Battle of Sekigahara. In addition to the battle itself we explore the aftermath and ramifications for several of the major combatants.
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In the second part of our episode covering the Battle of Sekigahara we discuss the size of the two armies that will meet to give an idea of the scale of the coming battle.
The political fallout in Japan following the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, in this first part of our section covering the Battle of Sekigahara we explore the dynamics of power shifts leading to the outset of conflict which will soon result in the battle itself.
In this episode we cover the Japanese campaign into Korea as well as the fate of the second unifier.
Following the death of Nobunaga, Hideyoshi continues to strive towards achieving the unification of Japan.
In this episode we jump right in following the Siege of Odani. Topics covered include the Battle of Mikatagahara, the fall of the 300 year old Ashikaga Shogunate, the deaths of Shingen Takeda & Motonari Mori, and finally the build up to Nagashino.
In this first part of our fifth episode we follow Nobunaga on his way to and through the Battle of Anegawa and the first Siege of Nagashima afterwards.
Follow Nobunaga on his rise to power as he battles his way through Japan to finally reach the capital city of Kyoto.
In this episode Liam goes in detail about the various Diamyo around the provinces of Japan. Also in this episode is the beginning of discussing Oda Nobunaga, who will become a hugely important figure going forward in the series.
In this re-make of our first episode Liam extensively goes over the Onin War and the factions and major individuals involved.