In the Meiji at 150 Podcast, host Tristan Grunow interviews specialists of Japanese history, literature, art, and culture. Follow us to hear about the recent research of prominent scholars of Japan along with their pedagogical approaches to one of Japan’s most transformative periods. For more, visit: https://Meijiat150.arts.ubc.ca.
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In the Meiji at 150 Podcast, host Tristan Grunow interviews specialists of Japanese history, literature, art, and culture. Follow us to hear about the recent research of prominent scholars of Japan along with their pedagogical approaches to one of Japan’s most transformative periods. For more, visit: https://Meijiat150.arts.ubc.ca.
In this episode, Dr. Steele questions narratives of the Meiji success story by reviewing modern Japanese history from the bottom-up. We discuss how common people experienced and reacted to the events of the Restoration, locate lingering Edokko antipathy for the Meiji government along with sympathy for the Tokugawa, evaluate commoner agency in the Restoration, and finally review examples of resistance to Westernization. (Transcript here).
The Meiji at 150 Podcast
In the Meiji at 150 Podcast, host Tristan Grunow interviews specialists of Japanese history, literature, art, and culture. Follow us to hear about the recent research of prominent scholars of Japan along with their pedagogical approaches to one of Japan’s most transformative periods. For more, visit: https://Meijiat150.arts.ubc.ca.
