The Almost Forgotten
The Almost Forgotten
4.8from 366 ratings
- 92
- Episodes
- 5
- Transcribed
- 366
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About The Almost Forgotten
The podcast focuses on the lives and times of great historical figures that have mostly fallen through the cracks of our collective memories. We may have heard of these people, but they don't get the attention that some do. Here, they get their due. http://almostforgotten.squarespace.com on Twitter: @thealmostforgot
- Publisher
- The Almost Forgotten
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Feb 2016
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
5 of 92 episodes have a transcript.
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 10.10 - Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Episode 10.9 - Toyotomi Hideyasu
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 10.8 - Oda Nobunaga
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Episode 10.10 - Tokugawa Ieyasu
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] All previous shogun had ties to the Minamoto clan, so it was an obvious move for the emperor to appoint him as Seitai shogun. In 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu became Japan's first official shogun since the last Ashikaga shogun only 30 years earlier in 1573. But really, he was the first shogun with actual authority ruling the bakufu in probably a century and a half. At this point, Tokugawa Ieyasu was 60 years old. As shogun, one of his first decisions was the location of the bakufu. For this, he broke from more recent precedent and chose Edo in his new territory to the east over Kyoto. This was not the first shogunate to have an eastern capital, and it allowed him to keep the bakufu away from the imperial court and the political intrigues there. […]
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- 279 ratings
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- 4.9 / 5
- 87 ratings
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