"How did it come to this?" - This must have been the question the Christian missionaries asked...
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To Christian missionaries, Japan was a most attractive prospect. Literate, cultured and rich -...
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Episode 32: Masterful Inactivity
With the destruction of the Toyotomi at Osaka in 1615, the Tokugawa clan were unrivalled in their...
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Episode 31: End of the Sengoku Jidai
The Siege of Osaka Castle in the winter of 1614-15 and the final Battle for Osaka Castle in the...
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Episode 30: For Whom The Bell Tolls
Tokugawa Ieyasu had won the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 and set up organising Japan under his...
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And the winner is of the Size-L Oda Nobunaga t-shirt - complete with his slogan “Tenka Fubu” (The...
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With Hideyoshi’s body barely cold, the plotting and scheming began in earnest. This was the...
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Episode 27: You Can’t Take It With You
My mother says that the cemetery is full of people who thought they were indispensable - but in...
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Episode 26: Hideyoshi Dreams Big
In 1592 and 1598 Hideyoshi pointed the enormous Japanese capacity for warfare at the task of...
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Episode 25: From War to Peace (Almost)
Hideyoshi, in spite of being a warlord, transitioned Japan from a state of war to a state of...
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The rise of Hideyoshi from sandal bearer to dictator of Japan was phenomenal. After hundreds of...
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Episode 23: The Three Day Shogun
If murdering Nobunaga was Phase One of a long thought-out and well-considered plan for the...
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Episode 22: The Empire is Mine
Between 1575 and 1582 Oda Nobunaga was sorely tested by the most powerful opponents to his...
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In 1570 Oda Nobunaga faced a dangerous combination of rival daimyo and religious fanaticism. He...
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Episode 20: The Realm Subjected To Military Power
Oda Nobunaga took Kyoto in the name of the Shogun and the Emperor in 1568. By 1570 the Shogun...
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Episode 19: Oda Nobunaga’s License to Kill
Oda Nobunaga had the luck, the allies, the staff, the location, the armies and the validation to...
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Episode 18: Sengoku Jidai, The Rise of Oda Nobunaga
In this episode we introduce one of Japan’s three Great Unifiers. His rise to power was...
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Episode 17: Sengoku Jidai Part 3 Bang
The Portuguese bumped into Japan in 1543 and brought with them guns and god. In this podcast we...
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