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Thanks for the upload.

thanks for uploading it, it's nice to lisent to it while i'm doing art

Кому были и до сих пор выгодно ленинские кульбиты в национальной политике, из--за которых сегодня над всей планетой висит угроза термоядерной войны? Кто привез Ленина с его "товарищами" через Швецию в Петроград, тот и заложил термоядерные бомбы разделения по национальным образованиям тысячи лет единой неделимой России, а Ленин всего-лишь исполнитель планов англичан, на которые подписался еще в 1902г. в Лондоне вместе с организацией еврейских "революционеров" БУНД.

Крах государства. Большевики именно так одержали победу. ВИКЖЕЛЬ мог остановить эту катастрофу

Have you ever of the book called Shogun The life Of Tokugawa Ieyasu by Stephen Turnbull and A .L Sadler it is very good book 2009 book it is still in print at moment but they are coming out with the same book but a different tile this year on September 27,2022

I know this is a rather old video, but let me share my personal insight as a Japanese Studies graduate and a historian (not meaning to brag or anything, just sharing). I think you're seriously downplaying the role of strategy and tactics used in the Sengoku period. Most of the daimyo and their generals were educated and literate, they read many Chinese classics and manuals on the art of war, the generals themselves mention and quote these manuals in their own writings. I had the pleasure of reading many samurai family teachings called kakun 家訓 during my research in Japan, and all of them quote Chinese classics and many Japanese proverbs and poems. In other words, they're full of wisdom and it goes to show us that these were really well-read men. Also, drums, smoke, banners/flags, and fans were constantly used on the battlefield to convey orders. A medieval battlefield was, of course, very chaotic and uncontrollable but there still was strategy and tactics involved and the generals understood that. It never was "you just go straight towards the enemy and hope you win" - that was never the case neither in Medieval Europe, nor in East Asia. There are also war manuals that suggest many different army formations. Yes - if the formation was "wrong" depending on the circumstances, there was no way to quickly change it but they did exist and were used. Also, concerning Bushido, there always was a code of honour, but our modern and Western perceptions of honour are very different so we need to keep that in mind. Not fighting when it was not necessary and doing what was right for your clan was actually considered honourable. A general providing more for his own family and close ones was perceived as an honourable act - so generals did it sometimes by betraying their own daimyo or allies when the time was "right". It's a combination of ideals and pragmatism. The code of honour differed depending on the provinces and time period and most of it was passed down orally, but there are surviving examples of written sources like the kakun (family teachings) I already mentioned, along with the kaho 家法 rules and laws of the domain, the military manuals 軍学書, and the war epics like the Tale of Heike. Hope this clears things a little bit. Furthermore, if you want to get a better understanding of the samurai's way of thinking, I recommend training martial arts, but not the modern ones like aikido, karate or judo - train if you can iaido, kenjutsu, naginata, and jodo (yes, with an "o"), in other words, older, classical arts with weapons. You start to see how the samurai actually weren't only materialistic and greedy as you portray them in this video. They had their own particular way of thinking, culture, and values. And that does not exclude ambushing and deceiving your opponent or raiding and pillaging his village.

Do you know Anthony Cummings ?

"hire a lazy man for they will find a easy way to do a long job."

I was introduced to the Bushido Code by a martial arts instructor who taught us that we needed to be moral and disciplined in our decision making, which is what the Code is for. He wanted us to avoid fighting unless we absolutely had to. Whenever there was a question of morality posed by anyone in the class he would always refer to the Code as his basis for discussion of ethical matters. It became a part of my life and I have thought about it and lived it ever since. Regardless of an apparent lack of historical origin the Code is still real to me. It doesn't bother me that the way I regard it is not traditionally authentic.

Is Wikiyour only source? Any other?

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I don't think it's entirely correct to say that soldiers weren't paid at all, the ashigaru were paid about 4 koku annually, more or less.

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I know im late to the game, but thanks for the upload

i love this series keep up the good work

Do you think you may do videos on lesser known, but still incredible, men like Amago Tsunehisa, Asakura Yoshikage, Asakura Soteki, Ito Yoshisuke, Satomi Yoshitaka. Or even less known, and debatable if they existed people, such as Mochizuki Chiyome and Yasuke. Or very mysterious men like the Fuma Kotaros

Just letting u know bro the bookstore link shows that the website is down when u click it. So nobody can access bookstore.

Hey I am in the middle of watching your video. I'm liking it so far but I just wanted to say so far that perhaps when discussing the Soga/Fujiwara situation it would have been well to mention that the Fujiwara weren't really new kids on the block so to speak because it kind of sounded like that but that they were long time top servants as the Nakatomi clan and how Nakatomi Kamatari was given the name Fujiwara as a reward. The other thing and where I just stopped the video to make this comment was where you just spoke about Kusunoki Masashige. You mentioned how he had been long using guerrilla warfare and it's true, especially against the Hojo but then you said he died in battle committing seppuku when ordered to directly engage the Hojo. You seem to really know your stuff so I'm sure you know where I'm going but to anyone else, Go-Daigo (Kusuonkis Emperor) actually won the war against the Hojo. Kusunoki survived that war, he too prevailed so he did outlive the Hojo as well. It was the later conflict where Kusuonki fell, by that time the war was about Go-Daigo and his restored government versus the Ashikaga and disenchanted samurai. Go-Daigo stubbornly demanded Nitta Yoshisada and Kusunoki face the Ashikaga brothers and their allies (the Ko, Hosokawa, Akamatsu etc) at Minatogawa and it was in that battle where the famous Kusunoki fell

It was probably popular with merchants because everyone was equal, and merchants in Japan were not well treated.

Sweet another one can't wait to see you make more videos. Also, could you talk about Miyamoto Musashi sometime in the future maybe.

like your video, i can help, Uesugi not Uesuji and shinobi are all around spies/espionage. ninjas have to be trained and prob born into that clan. But have you read of the taiko drum comm system and those messengers with the big silk hoop arrow shields on their backs? they were conveying messages from the commander, in real time or horseback time. they may have used smoke and sky rocket signals also, large flags. flaming arrows are easy

And btw it sounds like you're maybe a liiiiiittle bit downplaying the "officialness" of the professional Ninja. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong bro you're the expert here . So I could totally be misreading things here, but what about the Iga Ninjas and other powerful Ninja guilds that ostensibly had leadership and a sort of mini state... Well, let's call it a network. For example, lets say maybe a network of mountain forts of Ninjas who were all under the same leadership (losely) that played a roll in local politics and schemes , extorting money from whoever and assassinating this and that person for pay from the local dymio . There would be full time ninjas who did this for a living who abides by the Ninjustu code, losely or not, and would consider themselves a ninja by profession and would mayyybe even look down upon brigands and bandits using known ninjistu oriented weapons and techniques? i dunno that was a question . and one last thing (sorry bro) what about when honso took Tokagawa through that secret passage to get out of enemy lands and met with another rival ninja guild and they put aside their differences to work together to get the young heir back to his lands. . . Does that kind of hint that maybe Ninjas had sowed deep into the fabric of society with a professional membership of highly trained spies and assassins that also had to administer their domains and play politics all the while. I dunno, is it possible that maybe there was a line, however blurred from being considered a true ninja and just a peasant engaging in banditry? btw, you're effing rockin these vids dude . straight up amazing information throughout the series . Well done sir!

I'm watching these videos so that I can more effectively role play shogun total war ... and gekokoju warband mod .

thank you for these videos!

The Oda-clan claimed to be descendants of the Taira. Great series so far!

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I think it also should be mentioned there was significant doubt on Hideyoshi`s paternity with both of Yodo`s children. In particular, it is assumed by most that Hideyori was not sired by Hideyoshi. While some have argued that Ishida Mitsunari could have been the father (and thus his dedication to the Toyotomi house) a great deal of evidence points to Ono Harunaga (a very minor daimyo) for the following reasons....They (Ono and Yodo) grew up together. They even shared the same wet nurse. Also, after Hideyoshi`s death, Ono was effectively Yodo`s common law husband....Finally, both Ono and Hideyori were over 6 feet in an era where Japanese men probably avereged 5 and half feet in height

Nice. I love your no-nonsense, historic approach in stating the true facts about the medieval years in Japanese history.

You forgot to mention that it was Oda Nobukatsu who instigated the Komaki-Nagakute campaign. Hideyoshi struck a deal with Nobukatsu, not Ieyasu. Traditionally they say that Ieyasu also surrendered despite their victory because he was technically fighting for Nobukatsu. With Nobukatsu making peace with Hideyoshi, Ieyasu "has no more reason to fight".

I've been watching your series on the Sengoku Period for about a week and a half or so and it's really cool to learn more about it since I am a fan of the history, and also great series. :)

Good stuff Scott...Can you discuss the reasons behind Hideyoshi`s decision to start suppressing Christianity after the Kyushu invasion?

what i want to know is how do you know that there is no truth to units and schools of shinobi is exaggerated when there is so little written about it? It is impossible to say that the schools of training was all for show. Assassination in it self is something requiring a high level of skill, i think you are dampening the nature of this job ...

Glad your back! Keep up the great work!

Well time to start over and watch these amazing videos again. Welcome back and good to see you're doing well.

Glad to see you back man. Hopefully everything you're going through gets better

I hope all is well with your partner. thanks for the great videos.

Absolutely wonderful! Please keep making these! This is my favorite period of history and I am always eager to learn more!

Would you ever consider doing a podcast on Patreon possibly? I'd definitely donate and pay to listen to what you have to say.

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Not to question your credentials, but how come I can't find anything about you on the web except for a few videos. You appear to be a serious historian, so have you published anything? you can reply at henri.arsenault@phy.ulaval.ca.

You do the culture of Japan a serious honour with this series, I'm very grateful to you. Keep it up

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Hi, have you done anything on the Three Kingdoms period (China)?

Thanks so much for making this! There are barely any videos on You tube about Japanese history, especially medieval and early modern history.

Thank you for these!