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Interested in Archaeology, Culture, and History? Here we focusing on Productive, Civil, and Credible Discourse. Do we have all the answers? Of course not! But that's part of the Fun. Here we focus on understanding the past and take an Austrian Economic lens to these topics. I hope you join us, In Credible Discourse.

Sean O'Connor


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    Yasukuni Part 3: Faith, Rituals and Traditions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 33:31


    Last two times we explored the history of Yasukuni shrine from its establishment to the modern day. Today we are going to take a peek at the belief system that was cultivated by the Yasukuni Shrine establishment, the Japanese Army and the The National/Imperial Government.Outline: State Use of Death RitualsBasic Shinto CosmologyBuddhism and SHinto relations Buddhism and Shinto SeparateThe Two people who separated themLegal Problems for having Shinto FuneralsThe legal privileges of War time ShintoRituals as Buddhist How Shinto Adopted these ritualsFuneral RitesTypes of Ghosts / SpiritsEarly Public Funerals Later Public Funerals Changing of public opinionSchoolsPropaganda - Forced compliance   To Dream of Dreams (Book) David M. O'Brien and Yasuo ŌgoshiYasukuni Shrine (Book) Dr. Akiko Takenaka A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine https://escholarship.org/content/qt7zb9f29b/qt7zb9f29b.pdf?t=n4oxscIn Credible Discourse Website Music Credits: New Intro: http://shw.in/sozai/japan.php Tsuzdumi Japan 3 Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

    ICD Shorts: Japanese War Economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 5:11


    In Credible Discourse Shorts!These are little fun Fact sized tid-bit mini-sodes.Today we deal with the economic production and consequences of war in the Pacific.  We will see how the war time effort did not and could not have helped the Japanese economy and how the best for the prosperity of people throughout the Japanese empire was peace. InCredibleDiscourse.comhttps://incrediblediscourse.com/economic-cost-of-war-japan-20th-century-japan/  

    Yasukuni Part Two: Religion and the State

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 39:09


    The post war period is the first time that the Japanese government was forced to separate from religion, not for selfless reasons but according to its own laws and to preserve the existence of the Japanese State. Today we are going to explore how Yasukuni and its branches navigated the post war separation of State and Religion. We are going to look at some of the Legal cases that set precedent and how the vast majority of the government has tried to ignore those rulings.Further Reading:  To Dream of Dreams (Book) David M. O'Brien and Yasuo ŌgoshiYasukuni Shrine (Book) Dr. Akiko TakenakaA Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine https://escholarship.org/content/qt7zb9f29b/qt7zb9f29b.pdf?t=n4oxscIn Credible Discourse Website Music Credits: New Intro: http://shw.in/sozai/japan.php Tsuzdumi Japan 3 Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

    Yasukuni Shrine Part One: History

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 57:43


    Today we explore the origin and early history of the Yasukuni Shrine. What is Yasukuni? Simply put it is a shrine dedicated to peace and the soldiers of Japan. It's name translates to Peaceful Land Shrine (Yasukuni Jinja) and despite the name it is the most controversial Shinto Shrine there is. This is because is has continuously been at the center of post war / post Japanese colonization politics. How did it come about? Was it always the center of Japanese militant nationalism? Lets find out!   In Credible Discourse WebsiteKyoto Memorial Shrine  Further Reading: Yasukuni Shrine (Book) A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine  Music Credits: New Intro: http://shw.in/sozai/japan.php  Tsuzdumi Japan 3 

    Religion in Japan: Shinto

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 30:38


    Further Reading: Ritual Buddhist and Shinto:   https://www.academia.edu/19610337/The_Ritual_World_of_Buddhist_Shintohttps://academia.edu/resource/work/25730156https://www.amazon.com/Year-Life-Shinto-Shrine/dp/0295975008Kojiki and NihongiYasakuni Shrine Music Credits: New Intro: http://shw.in/sozai/japan.php  Tsuzdumi Japan 3 

    Tengu of Japan

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 33:19


    Thanks for listening, if you have any comments questions or concerns please hit me up at ICD@gmail.com or on twitter @Increddis (ICD Sean)  References and Further Reading Episode 2: Tengu: Books: 7 Tengu ScrollsWhen Tengu Talk Midnight Mass as Buddhist TaleRitual in Medieval Japan Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

    International Intelectual Discourse in the Early Medieval Period

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 34:12


      References and Further Reading: Discourse in the Early Christian Churchhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/2384086Jianzhen goes to Japan:  by Dorothy Wong. Islam and Afghan Society    Intellectual Discourse    Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

    Money in Ancient Japan

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 66:38


    Part 1: Economics and Archaeological PracticePart 2: What is Money?Part 3: The 4 Stages of Monetary DevelopmentPart 4: Epilogue Rant   Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by KomikuFurther Reading: VonMises: Human Action, Theory of Money and Credit, Theory and HistoryMenger: On the Origins of MoneyGoodwin, J. 2018: Land, Power, and the Sacred: The Estate System in Medieval Japan Amino, Y. 2012: Rethinking Japanese HistoryTrigger. B, 2006:  A History of Archaeological Thought: Second EditionSheffield Archaeology DepartmentMexico - Japan Relations Video

    Shoen Estates

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 22:40


    For Further Reading on Shoen Estates: Goodwin, J. 2018: Land, Power, and the Sacred: The Estate System in Medieval Japan Amino, Y. 2012: Rethinking Japanese History Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

    Austrian Economics and Archaeology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 20:18


    Incrediblediscourse.com   (its up, but the mobile version is still giving me grief)  Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by KomikuTwitter: @InCredDisYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-51gkCQGevqzG68BYH7hcA Blog: https://incrediblediscourse.com/blog-home/  

    Post Modernism and Nara Buddhism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 60:44


    During the Nara Period, 6 distinct schools of Buddhism developed in the City of Nara. These would represent the major houses of Philosophical thought at the time and illustrate the importance of Buddhism in the intellectual development of Japanese Culture.The Schools of Nara Buddhism: Ritsu 律宗: strictly observance of the prātimokṣa and Monastic ordinationJoJitsu  成実宗: Transient phenomenon is not "real"Kusha  倶舎宗: Dharma Analysis Treasury school, trying to understand Phenomenology and the self.Sanron  三論宗:  Experience without conceptualization, focused on three treatises that explained emptiness, mystical knowledge, and realities of physical things.Hosso 法相宗: 8 kinds of consciousness, intense drills on use of the mindKengon  華厳宗, 花嚴宗: These sutras theorized the unobstructed interpenetration of all phenomena, or that all ideas and things can be penetrated and collected into one mind Further Reading: Engaging Japanese Philosophy: A Short History - Kasulis, TJapanese PHilosophy: A Source Book - Heisig J, Kasulis T, Maraldo J.Ritualized Writing - Lowe, B 

    Early State Formation in the Japanese Archipelago

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 58:14


    The works by Rothbard I reference can be found here: https://mises.org/library/anatomy-state  Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

    Japanese History Part 13/13 The Modern Japan

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 23:57


    Today we continue our journey through the story of the Japanese islandsThere are several specific topics that I would like to take a deeper dive into but I want to make sure that we have some basic ground covered before we get too deep into it.Throughout these 13 episodes, We will cover the entire span of Japanese history, from the early hunter-gatherers of the Jomon to the Newest Era, Reiwa. This will introduce the general outline of Japanese  history for those who are not familiar and will begin to contextualize famous events and people Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

    Japanese History 12/13 The Post War Period

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 31:42


    Today we continue our journey through the story of the Japanese islandsThere are several specific topics that I would like to take a deeper dive into but I want to make sure that we have some basic ground covered before we get too deep into it.Throughout these 13 episodes, We will cover the entire span of Japanese history, from the early hunter-gatherers of the Jomon to the Newest Era, Reiwa. This will introduce the general outline of Japanese  history for those who are not familiar and will begin to contextualize famous events and people Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

    Japanese History: 11/13 Japan's Wars in the 20th century.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 20:13


    Today we continue our journey through the story of the Japanese islandsThere are several specific topics that I would like to take a deeper dive into but I want to make sure that we have some basic ground covered before we get too deep into it.Throughout these 13 episodes, We will cover the entire span of Japanese history, from the early hunter-gatherers of the Jomon to the Newest Era, Reiwa. This will introduce the general outline of Japanese  history for those who are not familiar and will begin to contextualize famous events and people Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku 

    Japanese History 10/13 The Meiji - Taisho periods

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 34:51


    Today we continue our journey through the story of the Japanese islandsThere are several specific topics that I would like to take a deeper dive into but I want to make sure that we have some basic ground covered before we get too deep into it.Throughout these 13 episodes, We will cover the entire span of Japanese history, from the early hunter-gatherers of the Jomon to the Newest Era, Reiwa. This will introduce the general outline of Japanese  history for those who are not familiar and will begin to contextualize famous events and people Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

    Japanese History 9/13 The Tokugawa Period (EDO)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 35:46


    Today we continue our journey through the story of the Japanese islandsThere are several specific topics that I would like to take a deeper dive into but I want to make sure that we have some basic ground covered before we get too deep into it.Throughout these 13 episodes, We will cover the entire span of Japanese history, from the early hunter-gatherers of the Jomon to the Newest Era, Reiwa. This will introduce the general outline of Japanese  history for those who are not familiar and will begin to contextualize famous events and people Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

    Japanese History 8/13 The Sengoku Period

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 30:12


    Today we continue our journey through the story of the Japanese islandsThere are several specific topics that I would like to take a deeper dive into but I want to make sure that we have some basic ground covered before we get too deep into it.Throughout these 13 episodes, We will cover the entire span of Japanese history, from the early hunter-gatherers of the Jomon to the Newest Era, Reiwa. This will introduce the general outline of Japanese  history for those who are not familiar and will begin to contextualize famous events and people Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

    Japanese History 7/13 The Kamakura Period

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 47:14


    Today we continue our journey through the story of the Japanese islandsThere are several specific topics that I would like to take a deeper dive into but I want to make sure that we have some basic ground covered before we get too deep into it.Throughout these 13 episodes, We will cover the entire span of Japanese history, from the early hunter-gatherers of the Jomon to the Newest Era, Reiwa. This will introduce the general outline of Japanese  history for those who are not familiar and will begin to contextualize famous events and people Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

    Japanese History 6/13 The Heian Period

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 33:56


    Today we continue our journey through the story of the Japanese islandsThere are several specific topics that I would like to take a deeper dive into but I want to make sure that we have some basic ground covered before we get too deep into it.Throughout these 13 episodes, We will cover the entire span of Japanese history, from the early hunter-gatherers of the Jomon to the Newest Era, Reiwa. This will introduce the general outline of Japanese  history for those who are not familiar and will begin to contextualize famous events and people Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku

    Japanese History 5/13 The Nara Period

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 11:56


    Today we continue our journey through the story of the Japanese islandsThere are several specific topics that I would like to take a deeper dive into but I want to make sure that we have some basic ground covered before we get to deep into it.Throughout these 13 episodes, We will cover the entire span of Japanese history, from the early hunter-gatherers of the Jomon to the Newest Era, Reiwa. This will introduce the general outline of Japanese  history for those who are not familiar and will begin to contextualize famous events and people  Music Credits: Opening: The Wind by Komiku Closing: Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones by Komiku 

    Japanese History 4/13 Asuka Period

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 21:15


    Previously we have seen the Rise of Hunter-gatherers in the Jomon and the development of food surpluses and the rise of social complexity through the Yayoi and Kofun, now we see the social-political organization make further developments as Buddhism and Confucianism enter into the islands.   .The Period that begins with the emergence of Buddhism into the islands and the capital being moved to the Asuka region. Emperors: Kinmei ->  Bidatsu -> Yomei -> Sushun -> Suiko (Prince Shotoku)   

    Japanese History 3/13 The Kofun Period

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 26:15


    Today we continue our journey through the story of the Japanese islands. There are several specific topics that I would like to take a deeper dive into but I want to make sure that we have some basic ground covered before we get deep into it. Throughout these 13 episodes, We will cover the entire span of Japanese history, from the early hunter-gatherers of the Jomon to the Newest Era, Reiwa. This will introduce the general outline of Japanese History for those who are not familiar and will begin to contextualize famous events and people.

    Japanese History 2/13: The Yayoi Period

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 32:19


    Hello, my name is Sean O’Connor and, you’re listening to ICD, the podcast where we explore the past, we explore, exploring the past and we spend a little too much time in Japan.Today we continue our journey through the story of the Japanese islandsThere are several specific topics that I would like to take a deeper dive into but I want to make sure that we have some basic ground covered before we get deep into it.Throughout these 13 episodes, We will cover the entire span of Japanese history, from the early hunter-gatherers of the Jomon to the Newest Era, Reiwa. This will introduce the general outline of Japanese history for those who are not familiar and will begin to contextualize famous events and people.

    Japanese History 1/13: The Jomon Period

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021 13:20


    Long long ago, roughly 16,000 years, in the wildlands of the Japanese archipelago Man fired his first ceramic on the Japanese islands.  Hello, my name is Sean O’Connor and, you’re listening to ICD, the podcast where we explore the past, we explore, exploring the past and we spend a little too much time in Japan.Today we continue our journey through the story of the Japanese islandsThere are several specific topics that I would like to take a deeper dive into but I want to make sure that we have some basic ground covered before we get deep into it.Throughout these 13 episodes, We will cover the entire span of Japanese history, from the early hunter-gatherers of the Jomon to the Newest Era, Reiwa. This will introduce the general outline of Japanese history for those who are not familiar and will begin to contextualize famous events and people.

    Archaeology and The Economy (and some bells)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 17:48


    I talk with you lovely people today about the important relationship between Archaeological research and Economic Principals. I also mention bells in the beginning.

    Who Pays for Archaeology?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 21:22


    Today we discuss Who Pays for Archaeology? I also ask the question: Who was the first Professional Archaeologist?

    ICD: Shotoku, A War Criminal?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 25:25


    Prince Shotoku (574 - 622) The man who coined the term "Japan", the man who wrote the first constitution in the Japanese islands, the father of Japanese Buddhism is considered on all accounts to be a saint. But I have this gut feeling he's a war criminal and today we will explore this idea.

    What's in a Halloween?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 17:50


    Today, I push Halloween into November and discuss the Holiday, ReCall my Holiday Experience at The Hill of Tara. That is then compared to the holidays and rituals of comparable celebrations in Japan.

    The Japanese Archipelago

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 8:22


      The units of land is called a 

    In Credible ReBoot

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 5:06


    This podcast was recorded in the car at a lovely park. If you have any comments, questions, or concerns please email me at: [ incrediblediscourse@gmail.com ]      or@InCredDis  (Twitter) 

    ICD Episode 03: Japanese Language Reform

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2020 17:11


    Three Eras of ReformsThe Meiji Era ReformsThe Taishou Era ReformsThe Showa Era ReformsThe Actors:1)Ministry of Education2)National Language Council was established (NLRC. (kokugo-chousai-iinkai)3) Coalition of Newspapers4) Interim Committee on the National Language5) Imperial Army6) Allied Forces High Command7)Deliberate Committee https://incrediblediscourse.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/japanese-its-a-language/  I want to attribute the Introduction and outro music: Intro:  Komiku_-_13_-_The_WindOutro: Komiku_-_54_-_Escaping_like_Indiana_Joneshttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku 

    ICD Episode 2: Confucius

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 40:46


    The road that leads us to Confucius today starts off in the Archaeology of the Japanese Archipelago. Confucian thought lays the foundation for what will become Japanese Culture. What is interesting to note is that Japan has historically show itself to hold stronger Confucian ties than continental China or the Korean Peninsula. Today: -Who was Confucius?-What were his Teachings about?-The Four BooksThe Great LearningThe Doctrine of the MeanThe AnalectsThe Mencius-The Five ClassicsClassic of PoetryClassic of DocumentsClassic of RitesI ChingSpring and Autumn Annals` 

    InCredibleDiscourse (ICD): Easy Opening

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 8:09


    Introduction of myself (Sean), your host and guide on throughout the podcast. Topics that the Podcast will be exploring: Promote The Great LearningCreating Discourse around tough questionsPrivatize Archaeology:Applying Austrian Economics to the field of archaeology and HistorySupport Free Markets and the explore the concerns and reservations that people may have to this. I want to attribute the Introduction and outro music: Intro:  Komiku_-_13_-_The_WindOutro: Komiku_-_54_-_Escaping_like_Indiana_Joneshttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku  

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