Understanding Japan: A Cultural History. Episode 10, Japan at Home and Abroad, 1300 - 1600Understanding Japan: A Cultural History. Episode 10, Japan at Home and Abroad, 1300 - 1600

Japan's second great wave of globalization, the subject of this episode, stretched from the 1300s to the early 1600s. It's a fascinating period that includes competition with China's Ming dynasty; the new influence of the West (which brought with it guns and Christianity); and the rule of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japan's most powerful warlord.