Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire

  • 2004

A three-hour history of `a world the reverse of Europe' from the first arrival of Westerners in the 16th century until their return some 200 years later. In between, the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu would... More

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Season 1
Episode Number Episode Name Viewing Progress Airdate
Ep3 #1 The Return of the Barbarians
Ep2 #1 The Will of the Shogun
Ep1 #1 The Way of the Samurai

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Ep1 The Way of the Samurai; The Will of the Shogun; The Return of the Barbarians
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The Return of the Barbarians

Airdate: 5/26/04
The conclusion charts the 200 years of Japanese isolation, from the middle of the 17th century until 1853, when Commadore Matthew Perry's “black ships of evil appearance” sailed into Tokyo harbor. It was a time of peace, culture and refinement, and the prosperous Edo (Tokyo) grew into the largest city in the world. But peace made the samurai class aimless (and increasingly useless), and intellectuals were becoming increasingly interested in Western medicine and learning in general. When Perry ar
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