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If you think I'm salty five episodes in to this #FridayNightHistory season on the Boshin War, wait'll we get to the war in the north and I talk about how much the Emperor's warmongering boorish envoys sealed their own fate of getting dragged out of their beds and stabbed by angry Sendai men.
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one of the wildest things about this week's #FridayNightHistory is how we're going to see a veteran of Antietam commanding infantry once more...in Hyogo.
One of the things in this season of #FridayNightHistory I'm most looking forward to when we get to the surrender of Edo Castle and the Battle of Ueno is introducing notorious Bakumatsu shitposter and newsman Fukuchi Gen'ichiro.
With your help, Patreon's become the mainstay of my monthly income— now, I'm aiming to raise that by $166, to $1500. That $166 more will keep the house as cool as I need to work comfortably, in a very hot summer. Curious about my work? Check out this past #FridayNightHistory episode: buff.ly/62B3ny8
this week on the podcast, we learn about how in February 1868 in Japan, once again the US Navy was involved in an international incident. #FridayNightHistory
Folks, I'm sorry about this, but #FridayNightHistory is postponed until next week, owing to unexpectedly urgent circumstances on a personal matter that require me to not be doing my usual mad dash of scripting. Thank you for understanding, and I'll see you on Friday the 27th.
ICYMI: #FridayNightHistory 140 is "Force Multiplier"-- the end of Toba-Fushimi, Yoshinobu's flight east, and an important question of historiography.
(140 episodes! Dang. Has it really been that long?)
A reminder that #FridayNightHistory episode scripts and their sources are on my website, which also has commission info, publication history, and a contact form!
Next week on #FridayNightHistory we get to the most covered-to-death seppuku in Japanese history: that of Taki Zenzaburō.
This week on #FridayNightHistory Season 5: #IntoTheScaleOfBattle, we examine one of the likely reasons why focused anglophone scholarship on the Boshin War has been so sparse.
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This Friday is Toba-Fushimi Part 1, on #FridayNightHistory, and if you want to know the vibe of just how badly the Shogunate Army fucked this up, well, I have a soundtrack for you that should set the mood.
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My favorite thing about this week's #FridayNightHistory episode is a tossup between the letter to Seward from Van Valkenburgh saying "so who's in charge right now? we're not sure" and the fact that I got to call Emperor Meiji a tool.
Hey #FridayNightHistory listeners, just a reminder ahead of this week's episode:
All dates in this podcast are Gregorian calendar dates unless otherwise specified.
In other words: the Battle of Toba-Fushimi began 27 January, not 3 January.
This week on #FridayNightHistory is among other things a case in point about how "Meiji Restoration" is a hilarious falsehood from the start. Ain't nobody being restored. It's Ōkubo, Shinagawa, and Tamamatsu finding the most powerful rubber stamp in the country.
Next week on #FridayNightHistory Season 5: #IntoTheScaleOfBattle--
Satsuma domain's campaign of "I'm not touching you, I'm not touching you" goes up in smoke and flame as Shōnai Domain and the Shinchōgumi say enough is enough and finally shoot back.
Friday Night History Season 5: Into the Scale of Battle, A History of the Boshin War keywords: samurai, katana, bushi, bakumatsu, tokugawa, shogunate, shogun, kyoto
When you hear "Meiji enlightenment," remember: it was imposed in blood. This is the story of that bloody imposition: the Boshin War.
#FridayNightHistory S5, "Into the Scale of Battle" Ep. 1 is "Pax Tokugawa"
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This week and next week on #FridayNightHistory
NEXT WEEK! The premiere of #FridayNightHistory Season 5!!
Be there!
One of my favorite things about this new season of #FridayNightHistory is just how much of it I can write basically from memory after a PhD in this exact topic.
This is also my least favorite thing about this season, because it means I have to be twice as careful about double checking myself.
Okay, folks, just a heads-up, I am running behind my usual working rhythm for the week, so this week's members ep of #FridayNightHistory gets recorded *and* released tomorrow.
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