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Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan

Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan is a Japanese history podcast where we will be going through a chronological history of Japan. We will start with prehistory and continue up through the Meiji period. Episodes are released as soon as they are available--working on a monthly release schedule.

Coins, Letters, Games, and More

39 mins; March 31, 2026

Law and Order in the Reign of Temmu

42 mins; March 15, 2026

On the Edge

36 mins; February 28, 2026

Temmu's Monumental Projects

31 mins; February 15, 2026

The Four Great Temples

52 mins; January 31, 2026

Temmu's New Year's Traditions

46 mins; January 15, 2026

New Year's Recap 2026

24 mins; December 31, 2025

Improving Diplomatic Ties

43 mins; December 15, 2025

Observing the "Natural" World

49 mins; November 30, 2025

Offerings and Covenants

36 mins; November 15, 2025

Courtly Fashion

42 mins; October 31, 2025

Kabane and Court Rank

34 mins; October 15, 2025

Year One

36 mins; September 30, 2025

An Image of the Court at Kiyomihara

42 mins; September 15, 2025

Reimagining Yamato

39 mins; August 31, 2025

The Jinshin no Ran Part IV: The Afumi Campaign

47 mins; August 15, 2025

The Jinshin no Ran Part III: Fighting in the Nara Basin

42 mins; July 31, 2025

The Jinshin no Ran Part II: Gathering Stormclouds

37 mins; July 15, 2025

The Jinshin no Ran, Part I: Prologue to War

37 mins; June 30, 2025

Immigrants, Princes, and High Officials

45 mins; June 15, 2025

Time and Direction in Ancient Yamato

44 mins; May 31, 2025

New Beginnings

37 mins; May 15, 2025

The Sovereign of Heavenly Wisdom

35 mins; April 30, 2025

The Battle of Hakusukinoe

44 mins; April 15, 2025

Embassy Interrupted

36 mins; March 31, 2025

Journey to the West, Part 3

46 mins; March 15, 2025

Journey to the West, Part 2

49 mins; February 28, 2025

Journey to theWest, Part 1

37 mins; February 15, 2025

The Question of "Tukara"

39 mins; January 31, 2025

Stonework and Treason

35 mins; January 15, 2025

New Year's Recap 2025

25 mins; December 31, 2024

The People of the North, Part 2

34 mins; December 15, 2024

The People of the North, Part 1

27 mins; November 30, 2024

Red Banquets, Fashion Disasters, and Other Continental Adventures

41 mins; November 15, 2024

Public Lands and Remote Work

27 mins; October 31, 2024

The White Pheasant

39 mins; October 15, 2024

End of an Era

32 mins; September 30, 2024

Names, Ranks, and Court Caps

29 mins; September 15, 2024

Manual Labor, Mounded Tombs, and Marital Missteps

39 mins; August 31, 2024

Radical Reforms, Resourceful Rats, and Precarious Princes

43 mins; August 15, 2024

The Great Change

48 mins; July 31, 2024

Ito-koku and Na-koku

45 mins; July 15, 2024

Matsuro-koku

29 mins; June 30, 2024

Iki-koku

33 mins; June 15, 2024

Tsushima

42 mins; May 31, 2024

Gishiwajinden Tour: Geumgwan Gaya

39 mins; May 15, 2024

Winds Across the Straits

43 mins; April 30, 2024

Game of Thrones - Asuka Style

43 mins; April 15, 2024

Onsen and Uprisings

31 mins; March 31, 2024

A Bloody Start to a Golden Age

34 mins; March 16, 2024

Travelling Through the Ancient Nara Basin: Part II

23 mins; February 29, 2024

The Queen is Dead

42 mins; February 15, 2024

Temples and Tribute

36 mins; January 31, 2024

Ponds, Peaches, and Thunder-gods

29 mins; January 15, 2024

New Year's Recap 2024

40 mins; December 31, 2023

Sacred Tetris and Other Tidbits

36 mins; December 15, 2023

The Prince of the Upper Palace

30 mins; November 30, 2023

The Legend of Shotoku Taishi

37 mins; November 15, 2023

Asukadera and Shitennoji

43 mins; October 31, 2023

From the Land Where the Sun Rises

34 mins; October 15, 2023

Cap Ranks and the 17 Article Constitution

37 mins; September 30, 2023

Magpies, Buddhism, and the Baekje Summer Reading Program

36 mins; September 15, 2023

Time to Shake Things Up

31 mins; August 31, 2023

Death or Taxes, aka Don't Piss Off Umako

35 mins; August 15, 2023

Things Kick Off

32 mins; July 31, 2023

Setting the Stage

39 mins; July 15, 2023

Baekje and Yamato on the Rocks

41 mins; June 30, 2023

Let's Give This Buddhism Thing Another Try

35 mins; June 15, 2023

The Dual Eruptions of Mt. Haruna

28 mins; May 31, 2023

All the Other Stuff

39 mins; May 15, 2023

The Buddha Comes to Japan

38 mins; April 30, 2023

The Middle Way Through the Middle Kingdom

29 mins; April 15, 2023

Shakyamuni, aka the Historical Buddha

27 mins; March 31, 2023

The Fate of Nimna

42 mins; March 15, 2023

Politics of the Early Yamato Court

29 mins; February 28, 2023

Traveling through the ancient Nara Basin, Part 1

20 mins; February 15, 2023

The Asuka Period Begins

25 mins; January 31, 2023

Ankan's Glass Bowl

35 mins; January 15, 2023

New Year's Recap 2023

22 mins; December 31, 2022

Eminent Domain and Ancient Japan

26 mins; December 15, 2022

Cross-Strait Relations, Part II

39 mins; November 30, 2022

Cross-Strait Relations: Part I

25 mins; November 15, 2022

The Mirror, Sword, and ...Seal?

29 mins; October 31, 2022

Yamato and State Formation

27 mins; October 15, 2022

Southern and Northern Dynasties

33 mins; September 30, 2022

The Three Kingdoms Period

34 mins; September 15, 2022

The Yellow River and the Birth of Han Culture

35 mins; August 31, 2022

End of an Era

25 mins; August 15, 2022

A Deadly Serious Poetry Battle

22 mins; July 31, 2022

Ōke The Elder

35 mins; July 15, 2022

Woke's Grab Bag

24 mins; June 30, 2022

A Challenger Appears!

37 mins; June 15, 2022

The Party King of Wa

35 mins; May 31, 2022

The Prince in Waiting

30 mins; May 15, 2022

Immigrants, gods, and movie studios

46 mins; April 30, 2022

Crime and Punishment

41 mins; April 15, 2022

Bad Behavior and the People Who Excuse It

35 mins; March 31, 2022

The Impulsive Loves of Wakatake no Ōkimi

48 mins; March 15, 2022

Urashima Taro and Other Stories

30 mins; February 28, 2022

The Five Kings of Wa

37 mins; February 15, 2022

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