Episode 289 - The Right Tool for the Job, Part 2

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

Japan, History, Japanese

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're going to talk about the impact that the gun had on Sengoku Era Japan, and the ways that it both reinforced and undermined the political trends of the time.

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1:27.2	Last week we covered the arrival of firearms in Japan and the innovations in manufacturing that followed.
1:33.4	Within just a few years, the technology to manufacture guns spread all over Japan.
1:38.3	In some cases, that technology surpassed what was available in the West.
1:42.9	Today I want to focus on the long-term impact of the gun
1:46.1	and the ways in which it reshaped Japan with its arrival.
1:50.6	In many ways, the timing of European contact with Japan was fortuitous.
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