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Crisis and Opportunity

26 min • 28 april 2025

The Taisho Period began with a political crisis that threatened to upend the stability established by the Meiji Period as the people of Japan took to the streets to express their displeasure by rioting.

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The Warlord Era - BONUS EPISODE

Taisho Feminism - BONUS EPISODE

Radical Politics - BONUS EPISODE

The Pax Taishō

Taishō Democracy

Obligations, Disasters, and Atrocities

A League of Their Own

A Whole New World

The World Goes to War, Part 2

The World Goes to War, Part 1

The Republic of China

The Fall of the Qing Dynasty

Crisis and Opportunity

The Resident Foreigner and the Foreign Resident - BONUS EPISODE

Nourishing the Nation - BONUS EPISODE

An Age of Letters - BONUS EPISODE

The Pax Meiji

The Question of Korea

The Long Road of Peace

The Russo-Japanese War, Part 2

The Russo-Japanese War, Part 1

A Tsar is Born

The Boxer Rebellion

Losing Korea

The First Sino-Japanese War

The Battlefield of Ideas

The Qing Dynasty’s Self-Strengthening

The Hermit Kingdom

The Meiji Constitution

Clans, Corporations, and Capital

Counter-Revolution

The Meiji Reformation

The New Frontier

The View From Below

The Meiji Revolution

The Bakufu's Last Gasp

A Tale of Three Shogunates -- BONUS

The Evolution of the Samurai -- BONUS

The Three Outstanding Heroes -- BONUS

The Boshin War

Bakumatsu, Part 3: The Last Shogun

Bakumatsu, Part 2: Blood in the Streets

Bakumatsu, Part 1: The Ansei Purge

The Black Ships

Pillars of Resistance

The Joseon Renaissance

When Empires Collide

The Golden Age of the Qing Dynasty

Kinjiru

Let the Good Times Roll

The Kansei Reforms

A Question of Influence

Cracks in the Foundation

The Cult of Tokugawa Ieyasu -- BONUS

To Rome and Back, the Journey of Hasekura Tsunenaga -- BONUS

The Life and Times of Miyamoto Musashi -- BONUS

Artists of the Early Edo Period -- BONUS

Yoshimune's Gambit

The Pax Edo

The Righteous Reign of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi

Tumult and Turnover in Joseon

The Rise of the Qing Dynasty

The Fall of the Ming Dynasty

Iemitsu's Marvelous Machine

A State of Emergency

The Shimabara Rebellion

The Siege of Osaka

Tokugawa Ieyasu's Big Move

The Sacred and the Profane

The One-Eyed Dragon of Oshu -- BONUS

To Osaka and Beyond

The Battle of Sekigahara

A Game of Succession

The Imjin War, Part 4: Stalemate and Withdrawal

The Imjin War, Part 3: Scorched Earth

The Imjin War, Part 2: Hideyoshi's Crusade

The Imjin War, Part 1: A Storm From The East

Kanto and Tohoku