All Episodes

EP168 The Edo-Bakumatsu Ishin Shiryo Database

EP167 What is a Sengoku Daimyo? - The Lost Episode!

EP166 Historians Discuss Netflix's Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan P2

EP165 Historians Discuss Netflix's Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan P1

EP164 Dr. Elijah Bender Talks Ghost of Tsushima P2

EP163 Dr. Elijah Bender Talks Ghost of Tsushima P1

EP162 The 2019 Shuri Castle Fire P2

EP161 The 2019 Shuri Castle Fire P1

The Origin of the One-Eyed Dragon: Date Masamune - Tales of the Samurai #8

EP159 Interview with Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan Podcast host Joshua Badgley

EP158 Travel and Tourism in Premodern Japan P2

EP157 Travel and Tourism in Premodern Japan P1

EP156 Japan and the Chinese Tributary System P2

EP155 Japan and the Chinese Tributary System P1

Sengoku Daimyo Mori Motonari - All Out War - Tales of the Samurai #7

The Rise of Sengoku Daimyo Mori Motonari - Tales of the Samurai #6

EP152 An Introduction to Daimyo Alternate Attendance – Sankin Kotai P2

EP151 An Introduction to Daimyo Alternate Attendance – Sankin Kotai P1

The Samurai and the Evolutionary Psychology of Violence and Warfare - Tales of the Samurai #5

EP149 Weird Weapons of the Samurai - Guest Host Jaredd Wilson

EP148 The Shimazu Clan, Ryukyu, and the Bakufu P2

EP147 The Shimazu Clan, Ryukyu, and the Bakufu P1

The Medieval History of Japanese Tea - Tales of the Samurai #4

EP145 The Top Ten Samurai Films of All Time P2

EP144 The Top Ten Samurai Films of All Time P1

The Early History of Japanese Tea - Tales of the Samurai #3

EP142 Talking Tea and Philosophy with Dr. Jesse Workman

EP141 Discussion of the Nara Period Military Defense Statute P2

EP140 Discussion of the Nara Period Military Defense Statute P1

EP139 Uesugi Kenshin Facts and Fictions - Guest Host Scott Patrick

The Revenge of the 47 Ronin - Tales of the Samurai #2

EP137 Ouchi Clan Documents and the Battle of Funaokayama P2

EP136 Ouchi Clan Documents and the Battle of Funaokayama P1

Seppuku: Samurai Suicide - Tales of the Samurai #1

EP134 Double Harakiri - BONUS EPISODE 10

EP133 Teaching Japanese History

EP132 Okinawa: Crossing the Meiji Divide P2

EP131 Okinawa: Crossing the Meiji Divide P1

EP130 Ninja Movies! An Interview with Mance Thompson

EP129 So You Want to be a Historian P2

EP128 So You Want to be a Historian P1

EP127 A History of the Martial Arts with Jaredd Wilson

EP126 Japan This! Marky Star Returns

EP125 Japan This! Legends of Setagaya

EP124 Philosophy of Gods and Monsters

EP123 Busting the Myths of the Samurai P2

EP122 Busting the Myths of the Samurai P1

EP121 Peasant Life During the Edo Period P2

EP120 Peasant Life During the Edo Period P1

EP119 Military History and Japanese Studies P2

EP118 Military History and Japanese Studies P1

EP117 Samurai Clans, Houses, and Families P2

EP116 Samurai Clans, Houses, and Families P1

EP115 Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain: Resource Management in the Takeda Domain P2

EP114 Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain: Resource Management in the Takeda Domain P1

EP113 You Can't Spell "Bushido" Without "Bull"

EP112 "What If" and Japanese History - BONUS EPISODE 9

EP111 Revisiting the Military Revolution Theory P2

EP110 Revisiting the Military Revolution Theory P1

EP109 Orientalism and Ideology

EP108 The Martial Arts in the Modern World

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

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

EP105 Sengoku Samurai Inheritance and Succession - BONUS EPISODE 8

EP104 Samurai of the Soma Noma Oi P2

EP103 Samurai of the Soma Noma Oi P1

EP102 Edo Period Economics P2

EP101 Edo Period Economics P1

EP100 Live from Roppongi Hills - BONUS EPISODE 7

EP99 Castle Towns

EP98 Samurai, Bushido, and Death - BONUS EPISODE 6 - P2

EP97 Samurai, Bushido, and Death - BONUS EPISODE 6 - P1

EP96 The Dharma Bums - Buddhism and Other Wild Ideas on the Silk Road

EP95 The History of the JSDF - Japan's Self Defense Force P2

EP94 The History of the JSDF - Japan's Self Defense Force P1

EP93 Martial Arts and Thoughts - An Interview with Jaredd Wilson

EP92 The Pacific War - Island Hopping and Bomb Dropping

EP91 The Pacific War - Japan from Manchuria to Midway in WWII

EP90 An Interview with A Short History of Japan's Cameron Foster P2

EP89 An Interview with A Short History of Japan's Cameron Foster P1

EP88 Bad Decisions of the Sengoku Daimyo - BONUS EPISODE 5 - P2

EP87 Bad Decisions of the Sengoku Daimyo - BONUS EPISODE 5 - P1

EP86 2014 Fields of Conflict Conference P2

EP85 2014 Fields of Conflict Conference P1

EP84 WTF Do We Know About History? - BONUS EPISODE 4

EP83 Book Recommendations P2

EP82 Book Recommendations P1

EP81 Nobunaga's Motley Crew - BONUS EPISODE 3

EP80 Grinding the Kanji

EP79 Nobunaga's Ambition - BONUS EPISODE 2

EP78 Everybody Loves Shingen - BONUS EPISODE 1

EP77 Tripping Japan P2

EP76 Tripping Japan P1

EP75 (Re)Visiting the Battlefield P2

EP74 (Re)Visiting the Battlefield P1

EP73 An Introduction to Kabuki P2

EP72 An Introduction to Kabuki P1

EP71 Barbarians at the Northern Gates - Russian Incursions During the Edo Period P2

EP70 Barbarians at the Northern Gates - Russian Incursions During the Edo Period P1

EP69 Japan This! An Interview with Marky Star P2

EP68 Japan This! An Interview with Marky Star P1

EP67 The Myth of Okinawan Pacifism P2

EP66 The Myth of Okinawan Pacifism P1

EP65 Parades and Processions of Edo Japan P2

EP64 Parades and Processions of Edo Japan P1

EP63 Ryukyuan Embassy Processions

EP62 Sakoku and Misunderstanding Japan’s Long Isolation P2

EP61 Sakoku and Misunderstanding Japan’s Long Isolation P1

EP60 Politics of the Edo Period P2

EP59 Politics of the Edo Period P1

EP58 An Introduction to Sankin Kotai

EP57 Principled Warfare - Modern Concepts in Medieval Warfare

EP56 The Anime Paradox - An Interview with Stevie Suan P.2

EP55 The Anime Paradox - An Interview with Stevie Suan P.1

EP54 The Horse in Sengoku Warfare

EP53 The Takeda Clan in the 1560s

EP52 Shady Ethics in the Japanese Antique Armor Trade P2

EP51 Shady Ethics in the Japanese Antique Armor Trade P1

EP50 The Sengoku Daimyo Domain as Political State P2

EP49 The Sengoku Daimyo Domain as Political State P1

EP48 The MIS in the Pacific Theater During WWII

EP47 History of the Samurai Archives Website

EP46 Bathing in Medieval Japan

EP45 Japanese State and Identity During the Edo Period

EP44 Samurai Armor - An Interview With Trevor Absolon Part 2

EP43 Samurai Armor - An Interview With Trevor Absolon Part 1

EP42 The Smithsonian Edo Period Book Digitization Project

EP41 Currency in Ancient Japan

EP40 Samurai as Commander - Q&A with Nate Ledbetter

EP39 The Narrative and Analysis of the Battle of Nagashino

EP38 The Military Decision Making Process in Analyzing Nagashino

EP37 Methodology - What Do Historians DO?

EP36 Samurai As Commander - The Battle of Nagashino and the Military Decision-Making Process

EP35 2012 Japan Studies Association Conference Roundtable Part 3

EP34 2012 Japan Studies Association Conference Roundtable Part 2

EP33 2012 Japan Studies Association Conference Roundtable Part 1

EP32 A Discussion of Hokusai’s Eight Views of Okinawa

EP31 Revenge in Edo Period Popular Culture and Entertainment

EP30 A License to Kill: Blood Revenge During the Edo Period

EP29 14 Japanese Movies You Should See Part 2

EP28 14 Japanese Movies You Should See Part 1

EP27 Symposium Report - Why Ryoma Now

EP26 A Chat With the Hosts of the Samurai Archives Podcast

EP25 Military History Lesson: Strategy Vs Tactics, A Sengoku Example

EP24 Intro to Japanese History P15 - Tokugawa & Toyotomi Unification

EP23 Intro to Japanese History P14 - The Wars of Oda Nobunaga

EP22 Intro to Japanese History P13 - Sengoku Daimyo Who’s Who

EP21 Intro to Japanese History P12 - The Early Sengoku Period

EP20 Intro to Japanese History P11 - Prelude to the Sengoku

EP19 Intro to Japanese History P10 - The Early Muromachi Period

EP18 Intro to Japanese History P9 - The Mongol Invasions in Brief

EP17 Intro to Japanese History P8 - The Kamakura Period

EP16 Intro to Japanese History P7 - The Minamoto and Taira

EP15 Intro to Japanese History P6 - The Rise of the Warrior

EP14 Intro to Japanese History P5 - The Heian Period

EP13 Intro to Japanese History P4 - Asuka-Nara Part 2

EP12 Intro to Japanese History P3 - Asuka-Nara Part 1

EP11 Intro to Japanese History P2 - Yayoi and Kofun Periods

EP10 Intro to Japanese History P1 - Prehistory

EP09 Maritime Defense of Nagasaki During the Edo Period

EP08 Samurai Behaving Badly - Deceit and Deception

EP07 Samurai Behaving Badly - Surrender

EP06 Samurai Behaving Badly - Disloyalty

EP05 The Myth of Samurai Giving Up the Gun

EP04 Guns During the Sengoku Period

EP03 The History of Guns in Medieval Japan

EP02 The Battle of Nagashino and Its Context in the Military Revolution P2

EP01 The Battle of Nagashino and Its Context in the Military Revolution

Seals of Red and Letters of Gold - An Interview With Travis Seifman

AAS/ICAS Conference Wrap-up Part 2

AAS/ICAS Conference Wrap-up

AAS/ICAS Conference, Day 1, Part 2

AAS/ICAS Conference, Day 1