Episode 11 - The End of an Era
History of Japan
Isaac Meyer
4.7 • 790 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2013
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
This week, we'll be talking about the period called the Bakumatsu, or the end of the Bakufu. We'll be tracing a complex, but very interesting narrative describing how the Tokugawa went from masters of all they surveyed to defeat and destruction in a mere 15 years.
Man, that sounds really gloomy. I promise there are fun bits too!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, and welcome to the History of Japan podcast. |
| 0:19.1 | Episode 11, The End of an Era. |
| 0:22.9 | Before we get started, three quick programming notes. |
| 0:26.6 | First, I want to say thank you to every single person who sent me an email, posted on |
| 0:32.1 | Facebook, or dropped me a comment on the podcast website. |
| 0:36.0 | I found all of your input extremely helpful in structuring what I'm planning for the future |
| 0:40.4 | of the podcast. |
| 0:41.9 | In particular, quite a few of you raised the very good point that I don't really need to |
| 0:45.9 | choose between doing outline podcasts and thematic podcasts. |
| 0:49.9 | I can just intersperse the one with the other. |
| 0:52.9 | So, that's what I'm planning to do. |
| 0:55.3 | We'll be continuing with the outline episodes, |
| 0:57.8 | interspersed with occasional thematic episodes to break things up a little bit, |
| 1:02.4 | until I get to probably the 1990s or so. |
| 1:06.3 | And then we'll switch to going completely over to thematic episodes. |
| 1:09.9 | With that in mind, programming note number two is our schedule for the next couple of weeks. |
| 1:15.7 | This week, as well as next, we'll be doing a pair of outline episodes on the end of the |
| 1:20.6 | Tohugawa and the start of the Meiji period. |
| 1:24.1 | After that, I'll be doing a side episode on a story I find extremely interesting. |
| 1:28.3 | I hope you'll like it as well. |
| 1:30.3 | Unfortunately, this brings me to my last programming note, |
| 1:34.3 | which is that there's going to be something of an interruption in the release schedule of the podcast. |
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