Podcasts History History of Japan Episode 117 - The Fall of the Samurai, Part 1

Episode 117 - The Fall of the Samurai, Part 1

Published: Sept. 5, 2015, 11 a.m.

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This week, we're starting our new longest ever series on the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate and the birth of modern Japan. This week, we're taking a look at the political situation in the Tokugawa period -- how was the country carved up by Tokugawa Ieyasu? Who ruled what, and what kind of implications did that have in terms of establishing a secure and stable nation?

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