Samurai Archives Japanese History Podcast

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EP108 The Martial Arts in the Modern World Apr 20, 2015

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Jaredd Wilson is back again to talk about the state and place of traditional martial arts in today's world of the internet, cage fighting, and the UFC. We talk about how things have changed in the martial arts in the past few decades, and also address other issues in the contemporary martial arts - some new, some old, and some that need to go away but don't.

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Mann, Jeffery. When Buddhists Attack: The Curious Relationship Between Zen and the Martial Arts&nbsp Tuttle Publishing; Hardcover with Jacket edition (October 10, 2012) http://www.amazon.com/WhenBuddhistsAttack

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EP107 Sex, Seduction, and Status - Women in Classical and Feudal Japan P2 Apr 05, 2015

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In part two of our episode on sex in medieval Japan, your hosts look at gender roles and relations, including the tradition of same sex relations among the Samurai.

Mentioned in this podcast:

Morinaga, Maki. The Gender of Onnagata As the Imitating Imitated: Its Historicity, Performativity, and Involvement in the Circulation of Femininity positions: east asia cultures critique Volume 10, Number 2, Fall 2002 https://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/positions/v010/10.2morinaga.html

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EP106 Sex, Seduction, and Status - Women in Classical and Feudal Japan P1 Mar 21, 2015

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In part one of our look at women in feudal Japan, Nate and Travis look at the tales of seduction of Genji and his ilk during the Hiean period, and discuss how issues of inheritance, property rights and politics changed for women during the medieval age.

Mentioned in this podcast:

Tonomura, Hitomi. Black Hair and Red Trousers: Gendering the Flesh in Medieval Japan The American Historical Review Vol. 99, No. 1 (Feb., 1994), pp. 129-154 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2166165

Morris, Ivan. The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan Kodansha USA (June 15, 1994) http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/1568360290

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EP105 Sengoku Samurai Inheritance and Succession - BONUS EPISODE 8 Mar 05, 2015

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When a sengoku daimyo died, even the best laid plans for succession often went awry. Chris and Forest talk about Samurai inheritance and succession issues in the Sengoku period - how it worked, succession order, and inheritance disputes, in the cases of Oda Nobunaga, Mori Motonari, Uesugi Kenshin, and the complexities surrounding Takeda Katsuyori's succession to the head of the Takeda clan.

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EP104 Samurai of the Soma Noma Oi P2 Feb 20, 2015

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In part two, we continue our discussion with Trevor Absolon about the Soma Noma Oi - a festival in Fukushima, Japan that has a history going back 1,000 years. Trevor produced a documentary on the festival, and we discuss the events and history of the festival, his personal involvement, and the impact of the 2011 tsunami that devastated the region.

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Trailer for Ritual: The Samurai of the Soma Noma Oi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIooma4pIpc

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EP103 Samurai of the Soma Noma Oi P1 Feb 08, 2015

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This episode, we talk to Trevor Absolon about the Soma Noma Oi - a festival in Fukushima, Japan that has a history going back 1,000 years. Trevor produced a documentary on the festival, and we discuss the events and history of the festival, his personal involvement, and the impact of the 2011 tsunami that devastated the region. Part one of two.

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EP102 Edo Period Economics P2 Jan 20, 2015

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This episode covers part two of our discussion of the economics and finance of the Edo period.

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EP101 Edo Period Economics P1 Jan 07, 2015

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As part of our ongoing series looking at the Edo period of Japanese history, we look at the economics and finance of the Edo period. Part one of two.

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Mentioned in this podcast:

Vaporis, Constantine. Tour of Duty: Samurai, Military Service in Edo, and the Culture of Early Modern Japan Univ of Hawaii Pr (July 31, 2008) http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/0824832051

Katsu, Kokichi. Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai University of Arizona Press; Reprint edition (July 1, 1991) http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/0816512566

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EP100 Live from Roppongi Hills - BONUS EPISODE 7 Dec 20, 2014

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For our 100th episode (and 7th bonus episode) we take it live to Mifune restaurant in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. Chris (Twitter: @samuraiarchives), Marky Star (Twitter: @JapanThis) and Lonny (Twitter: @Rekishinotabi) get into the epic life of Tokugawa Ienari, why Kondo Isami raises his sake cup with his left hand, the burial location of Kondo Isami's father, an impromptu review of the new book "Samurai Revolution", a foriegn exchange student named Yoshi, and other completely random topics connected only by beer, sake, and giant onigiri.

Hotteoite Kudasai (Watashi wa Nihonjin Dakara) by Awesome Rocket https://archive.org/details/AwesomeRocketsJapaneseSongs

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Hillsborough, Romulus. Samurai Revolution Tuttle Publishing; Hardcover with Jacket edition (March 25, 2014) http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/4805312351

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EP99 Castle Towns Dec 05, 2014

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In this episode we talk about the development of castle towns during the medieval period of Japanese history, the whys and hows, and how the structure of castle towns affected urban planning through to the modern era.

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