Episode 513 - The Specter of the Continent

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

Japan, History, Japanese

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

This week: why did the Mongols invade Japan? How did a seemingly invincible military machine falter in its assaults on the island of Kyushu? And why, in the long term, did the Mongol invasions begin the process of bringing down the Kamakura shogunate?

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0:00.0	Before we get to today's episode, I want to recommend a podcast I've been listening to that I think listeners of this show might find interesting.
0:09.4	It's the History of Vikings hosted by Noah Tetzner and available wherever you get your podcasts.
0:16.1	This is a great show featuring conversations with leading historians about Viking history, Norse mythology,
0:21.6	the history of medieval Scandinavia more generally.
0:24.6	Some recent episodes have included King Harold Bluetooth of Bluetooth fame,
0:29.6	ghosts and zombie stories from the Viking Age, weapons and battle tactics,
0:33.6	the history of the Vikings in Russia, and most recently, an whole interview about
0:39.0	the holiday of Yule, the Norse Winter Holiday.
0:42.2	It's a great show, and Noah's a fantastic interviewer, so if you're at all interested in the
0:46.8	subject matter, I highly encourage you to check out the history of Vikings, wherever you
0:51.8	listen to this or any other podcast.
0:56.1	And now, on with the show.
1:04.9	Hello, the episode you're about to listen to is part of a multi-part series introducing an overview of Japanese history. This is a repeat of one of the original projects the History of Japan podcast was built on,
1:12.8	and is intended to serve as an update and supplement to these original works.
1:18.1	After 10 years, my hope is to return to this approach and to do it a little bit better,
1:23.1	given the skills that I have improved in the intervening years.
1:27.0	If you haven't been doing so already, you should listen to these episodes sequentially,
1:31.8	starting with episode 501.
1:35.0	Without any further ado, enjoy the episode. Hello and welcome to the History of Japan podcast, episode 513, The Specter of the Continent.
2:05.1	Some time during the period of samurai political emergence, the precise date is disputed, but
2:10.6	1162 is the most commonly favored year, a boy was born thousands of miles from Japan.
2:18.1	The precise date and location are a matter of some dispute.
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