Episode 79 - The Bismarck of the East

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

Japan, History, Japanese

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2014

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Our topic this week is the life and legacy of one of Japan's greatest political leaders: Ito Hirobumi, author of Japan's first modern constitution. Born into a low-rank samurai family in Choshu, Ito would wear many hats in his life: radical, terrorist, student, diplomat, leader, and finally -- and fatally -- as the face of Japanese dominance in Korea. His life and his legacy are central to the story of modern Japan.

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1:28.1	Hello and welcome to the History of Japan podcast.
1:32.2	Episode 79, the Bismarck of the East.
1:38.0	This week, I want to talk about one of the most important figures in modern Japanese history.
1:44.1	His influence spans the breadth of the Meiji period, and it would be wrong not to characterize him
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