Episode 73 - The Slow and Steady Step, Part 2

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

Japan, History, Japanese

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

After his defeat at the hands of Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu will lie low for a decade or so, biding his time. However, when the opportunity presents itself with Hideyoshi's death and the succession of his young heir, Ieyasu will strike at last, and gamble everything for one more shot at power.

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0:00.0	This week's episode is brought to you by Audible.
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0:34.2	This week, I'm going to recommend Japan 1941 by Arihata.
0:39.4	If you check out the show notes for the unnatural intimacy episodes, you'll notice I rely on that book a lot for the episodes leading up to Pearl Harbor.
0:48.2	Dr. Hata does a great job of giving you a feel for the characters who led Japan into war and the times in which they lived.
0:55.9	To download your free audiobook today, go to audibletrial.com slash Japan.
1:01.2	Again, that's audibletady Step, Part 2.
1:30.8	When we last left things, Tokugawa Yeyasu had made his bid for power and lost.
1:37.5	His attempt to rally a force to oppose Toyotomi Hideyoshi by holding up Odonobu
1:42.5	Katsu as a rallying point, had failed.
1:46.2	However, that failure was not as complete as it could have been.
1:50.1	Hideoshi apparently was convinced that it would take more work to thoroughly destroy
1:54.1	Yeyasu than it was worth, and thus agreed to let bygones be bygones.
1:59.3	Or at least, to let Yeeyasu walk away with his life,
2:03.2	though he did extract some insurance. Ieyasu's eldest son, Hideyasu, was adopted by Hideyoshi.
2:13.1	By the way, if you're noticing a pattern with the names here, well, it's definitely there.
2:18.7	Ideyasu's firstborn son, after all, was Nobuyasu, a combination of Nobunaga and Iyasu.
2:25.4	This one is now Hideyasu, a combination of Hideyoshi and Iyasu.
2:30.7	The man knew how to suck up, I guess.
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