This podcast, assembled by a former PhD student in History at the University of Washington, covers the entire span of Japanese history.... more
This week: what can we learn about the past if we look not at elite literature, but at the lowbrow... more
This week, we conclude our look at canine history in Japan with the nation's most famous dog: Hachiko. You might... more
This week we continue our footnote on the history of dogs in Japan. How did public perceptions of dogs change... more
In the final footnote for our Revised Introduction, we turn our attention to a little discussed subject that is a... more
This week's footnote is a continuation of last week's discussion of the gozan, or five mountain system for the ranking of... more
This week on the Footnotes to the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: many describe Zen as the religion of the... more
This week, we're continuing last week's footnote on the postwar ultraright. How did the fall of the Soviet Union affect... more
This week's footnote: the first of two parts on the postwar extreme right. This week, we're mostly focusing on the... more
This week, we're continuing last week's footnote on daily life in Meiji Japan. Topics covered this week include life as... more
This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History Footnotes: what was it like to live in the Meiji Era?... more