Kato Kiyomasa probably one of most interesting warriors of the Imjin War. His story from the beginning of the war to the end is just amazing. Thanks for these videos they're really good.
It was said that Kato Kiyomasa was severely traumatized by his experience in Tosan that when he came back to Japan, he dug so many wells and planted bunch of fruit bearing trees in his castle so he will not experience starving ever again.
Kato even made tadamis(japanese style mattress widely used even today) for the castle with edible plants. The castle built by Kato, Kumamoto castle became battle ground of seinan war in 19th century and survived artillery bombardment of meigi government's army. But unfortunatley it was half collapsed after recent earthquake that hit the area a few years ago.
Thanks for raining on my parade!! I hoped it would go on forever. On the other hand, we look forward together to what will obviously be more great videos.
Samuel Hawley just a side though, and minor suggestion, but-when you finish this series, would you go through and pick out and read some of the comments? A vast number of those who comment have left a wealth of knowledge I’ve loved reading through. I also want you to just spend time reading all of our gratitude. It would be fun to hear you read some of the comment and divulge further little tidbits. I itch for the tiniest of details.
The irony was that Hideyoshi used his war in Korea to help to keep his troops busy but it also weakened the ones who loyally supported his son after Hideyoshi died. When his son called on support to fight, the best ones loyal to his clan were already dead in Korea.
I am enjoying this entire series! Would love to see another series on Wars and battles and China too. Love ancient history and this time period as well.
Thanks, Samuel, for the riveting and insightful recounting of the war. While stories of battles are fascinating, the fact that the peninsula, which had done nothing to provoke the war, was laid to waste by men who blindly obeyed a megalomanic is truly sobering.
I used freesound.org for a lot of the audio effects in this series. You need an account (free) to access the site. That particular snippet of drumming is a recording of a Buddhist festival in Japan. The recording is entitled "Oeshiki parades of mandou festival." Here is the link: freesound.org/people/Ignat/sounds/202966/
I listed to "Picking Flowers". It is similar, but a different melody. The music is definitely Chinese style - not Japanese. I wish I knew what the song is. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction , at least. 🙂
@@aichujohnson8444 Sorry Aichu Johnson. Maybe this will help: freemusicarchive.org/music/Second_Hand_Rose/Live_on_WFMUs_100_Whatever_with_Mary_Wing_October_19_2014/Picking_Flowers
This is basicly how the modern Korean war went too. First total domination of one side, then from like a small strip of land left a full comeback from the other side. Then China starts to participate which swings the battle once again to the other side. And in the end nobody really won anything and is at its starting position.
The next documentary video project I have in mind are several episodes on the Hiroshima atomic bomb, which I have researched for a number of years for a book that I never wrote. There are some facets of the story that are not so well known...
Samuel Hawley sounds good as long as you can keep it more objective. I know there are more inside stories than just "avoiding casualties", or "to avoid casualties" may just be an excuse.
Samurai Blue That horse has already been beaten to death. Topics I would cover would be: How did the bomb actually work? Could the bomb have failed? Did the Japanese know something big was coming?
@4:40. How do you NOT build a gate, however take the materials and manpower and instead build an entire inner fortress concurrently???? Isn't a gate built quicker, with fewer men, and fewer materials??
Probably deliberately left that gate "open" to bait and funnel most of the Joseon/Ming attackers and expose them to musket fire. While prioritizing the inner fortress as by their calculation, the gates will eventually be breached. So, much effort was made to make the fortress as defensible as possible.
Tosan & its double line of fortifications reminds me of Alesia. I wonder if Julius Caesar had been there, could he have held out and beaten the Japanese?
The double line fortifications reminds me of the Zhizhi battle, where the Chinese fought the Huns in 36BC in modern Taras, Khazakstan. The outer wall was made of logs, but the inter wall was of clay. It seems quite common in the ancient time.
You can defeat a lot number of soldier if you stop their food supply from the sea - Yi Sun Shin Smart Meme I think Imjin War was basically a attrition war, like Vietnamese against Mongol and later USA. Just my opinion
The biggest victims in the second invasion were the people. Many were massacred with ears and noses severed and taken as trophies. In the end, an estimated ten percent of the Korean population perished.
Seems like the victories won on land for the Chinese and Koreans were minor and basically just breaking even compared to Yi's sea victories. Thank God for Yi.
The Japanese should have been better prepared by hoarding more food and water to prepare for the long siege. It shows their lack of continental battle experience that they ran out of supplies during the siege. Koreans OTOH had more experience in siege warfare including defending a fort, due to the many wars and battles they had from would-be invaders from the north.
I saw some of Yi sunshin's war diaries, and it seems like some of the words (maybe all the words) are in Chinese? For example, his pen name, in Chinese, means "one heart" symbolizing his loyalty to king & country. Did the Koreans use Chinese interchangeably during this period? 🤔🤔🤔
Good question, I'm guessing that learned men (and women) in Korea continued to study Classical Chinese and could chose to use it. Japanese samurai continued to use Classical Chinese at times well into the 19th century.
The upper class most likely did learn Chinese as well as Hangul, lower class probably only knew hangul if they could read that is. However, many older koreans can read Some Traditional Chinese as it used to be taught in school. Alot of news papers had Chinese words here and there back in the day, and when listening to Taiwanese people talk, i can understand random words here and there although it may only be like 0.5-2%.
it seems like the Japanese won every battle but just can't win the war according to your history. Every time they slaughtered the Chinese and Korean, they would withdraw their undefeated troops. then Why bother to fight in first place ?? okay~ to punish the Korean. then what about the first IMjin war ?? isn't Their goal to conquer China? How about the result ?? in the episode, 50,000 Chinese and Korean soldiers have to retreat when facing less 1000 Japanese troops as they literally can't even stand and fight? This guy even made a video about 'Could Japan have conquered China ?' Danm u just desperately want the Japanese to win don't you lol? Even made a video about 'wat if'. There is no such thing called 'if' in history. and why don't you make a video say "Could Hilter have conquered the entire universe??? Man, I have to tell you some history even Japanese could have conquered the whole Korean peninsula, wat they gonna face? the Jurchen, and Guanning tieji (the best Ming force) which is designed to fight with mogul and Jurchen. But of course, according to ur 'IF' history, the Japanese would slaughter both of them. sorry, can't stop laughing. I know how desperately u want the Japanese to win the war, however, they lost, so u only select the winning parts for Japanese. Even desperately made video about ‘could have’ lol. Guys the Japanese can't lose this war or failed to conquer the Korean by winning every battle right? so if u want some REAL history please check out here ua-cam.com/video/7ENmMCS42XY/v-deo.html they are fair and balanced. bro sorry for ur poor views, it might help you when u start to make real balance and a fair history
Kato Kiyomasa probably one of most interesting warriors of the Imjin War. His story from the beginning of the war to the end is just amazing. Thanks for these videos they're really good.
It was said that Kato Kiyomasa was severely traumatized by his experience in Tosan that when he came back to Japan, he dug so many wells and planted bunch of fruit bearing trees in his castle so he will not experience starving ever again.
Interesting detail.
I wonder how many Hannibal cannibals were created during this incident?
All of that because Yi Sun Shin 😂😂😂
PTSD yo...
Kato even made tadamis(japanese style mattress widely used even today) for the castle with edible plants. The castle built by Kato, Kumamoto castle became battle ground of seinan war in 19th century and survived artillery bombardment of meigi government's army. But unfortunatley it was half collapsed after recent earthquake that hit the area a few years ago.
There only one more after this:((( this series has been a treasure.
Thank you!
Thanks for raining on my parade!! I hoped it would go on forever.
On the other hand, we look forward together to what will obviously be more great videos.
Samuel Hawley no sir, thank you. You honor a many good and innocent people with your work
MarkH10 so so true. I will follow this channel with intent. I apologies for raining on your parade.
Samuel Hawley just a side though, and minor suggestion, but-when you finish this series, would you go through and pick out and read some of the comments? A vast number of those who comment have left a wealth of knowledge I’ve loved reading through.
I also want you to just spend time reading all of our gratitude. It would be fun to hear you read some of the comment and divulge further little tidbits. I itch for the tiniest of details.
The irony was that Hideyoshi used his war in Korea to help to keep his troops busy but it also weakened the ones who loyally supported his son after Hideyoshi died. When his son called on support to fight, the best ones loyal to his clan were already dead in Korea.
And the new Tokugawa shogun wanted normalize relationship with Joseon. Hideoyoshi failed.
Thanks this is great and I love the way you tell the "story. I did not know any thing about this war before.
Thanks for watching, Tommie!
long have i waited! thank you Samuel!
Well next episode is going to be tragic :( , the coalition navy attacked the japanese navy, they won with a very have price.
Yi Sun-sin dies
@@krixpop :(
I am enjoying this entire series! Would love to see another series on Wars and battles and China too. Love ancient history and this time period as well.
professor Hawley, thank you very much for this awesome series. I've read your book and learned so much about this period. This series is just icing.
Insightful and well produced. Thanks Samuel. Sincerely appreciate your work.
Another amazing episode, thank you Dr. Hawley
Great episode... Sad that this awesome series is coming to an end. Thank you Sam!
a big fan of this channel. its like im waiting for the next episode with excitement. feels like the 90s
Thanks, Samuel, for the riveting and insightful recounting of the war. While stories of battles are fascinating, the fact that the peninsula, which had done nothing to provoke the war, was laid to waste by men who blindly obeyed a megalomanic is truly sobering.
i love it..great job telling the stories 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
The Imjin war and the Taiping rebellion are my two personal favorites, both extremely fascinating parts of east Asian history.
I was just amazed by how Kato survived in this siege.
By sacrificing the grunts.
your programs are almost always excellent
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오냐
Thank you man ♥️
12:12 Where's the audio/music for the ending from? The drum part. Thanks.
I used freesound.org for a lot of the audio effects in this series. You need an account (free) to access the site. That particular snippet of drumming is a recording of a Buddhist festival in Japan. The recording is entitled "Oeshiki parades of mandou festival." Here is the link: freesound.org/people/Ignat/sounds/202966/
@@realsamuelhawley thank you
NOICE VID MATE
Samurai are breathtaking!
Hi Samuel,
What is the name of the music in introduction? Where can I listen to the full version of it?
Thank you.
Some Chinese band.
Look up a Chinese band called Second Hand Rose. The song is "Picking Flowers."
I listed to "Picking Flowers". It is similar, but a different melody.
The music is definitely Chinese style - not Japanese. I wish I knew what the song is.
Thank you for pointing me in the right direction , at least. 🙂
@@aichujohnson8444 Sorry Aichu Johnson. Maybe this will help:
freemusicarchive.org/music/Second_Hand_Rose/Live_on_WFMUs_100_Whatever_with_Mary_Wing_October_19_2014/Picking_Flowers
AMAZING!!!
Thank you!
It's unfortunate that there is a band with the same and with the same song name, but the song has a different music and lyrics.
This is basicly how the modern Korean war went too. First total domination of one side, then from like a small strip of land left a full comeback from the other side. Then China starts to participate which swings the battle once again to the other side. And in the end nobody really won anything and is at its starting position.
But 1894-1895 first sino-Japanese war?
South Korea at least won half of their land.
awesome sir. What other books will you present?
The next documentary video project I have in mind are several episodes on the Hiroshima atomic bomb, which I have researched for a number of years for a book that I never wrote. There are some facets of the story that are not so well known...
Samuel Hawley sounds good as long as you can keep it more objective. I know there are more inside stories than just "avoiding casualties", or "to avoid casualties" may just be an excuse.
Samurai Blue That horse has already been beaten to death. Topics I would cover would be: How did the bomb actually work? Could the bomb have failed? Did the Japanese know something big was coming?
Also the Wanli Emperor was furious that Yang Hao broke the siege and sacked him.
@4:40. How do you NOT build a gate, however take the materials and manpower and instead build an entire inner fortress concurrently????
Isn't a gate built quicker, with fewer men, and fewer materials??
Probably deliberately left that gate "open" to bait and funnel most of the Joseon/Ming attackers and expose them to musket fire. While prioritizing the inner fortress as by their calculation, the gates will eventually be breached. So, much effort was made to make the fortress as defensible as possible.
I hope to see Shimazu Yoshihiro's total badassery in Suncheon. That's, also, a great story.
This is like a birthday present! My birthday was 2 days ago
Happy birthday, Comrade R.!
Samuel Hawley :D it's my only my 13th birthday and only virtual friends care more about me then real friends...
@@hiimryan2388 all friends are virtual anyway kid
Tosan & its double line of fortifications reminds me of Alesia. I wonder if Julius Caesar had been there, could he have held out and beaten the Japanese?
The double line fortifications reminds me of the Zhizhi battle, where the Chinese fought the Huns in 36BC in modern Taras, Khazakstan. The outer wall was made of logs, but the inter wall was of clay. It seems quite common in the ancient time.
Do rise of Imperial Japan next?
You can defeat a lot number of soldier if you stop their food supply from the sea - Yi Sun Shin Smart Meme
I think Imjin War was basically a attrition war, like Vietnamese against Mongol and later USA. Just my opinion
The biggest victims in the second invasion were the people. Many were massacred with ears and noses severed and taken as trophies. In the end, an estimated ten percent of the Korean population perished.
Oof
I really ike this series, but that music in the beginning... horrid is the word.
No, I disagree! It's fantastic! So evocative!
@@lawrencelow949 I am still watching it ;--)
Chinese band called Second Hand Rose.
thumbs up from me bro
Very interesting video channel. Why don't you add Korean / Japanese subtitles to get more subscribers?
This one ended too soon.
Seems like the victories won on land for the Chinese and Koreans were minor and basically just breaking even compared to Yi's sea victories. Thank God for Yi.
The Japanese should have been better prepared by hoarding more food and water to prepare for the long siege. It shows their lack of continental battle experience that they ran out of supplies during the siege. Koreans OTOH had more experience in siege warfare including defending a fort, due to the many wars and battles they had from would-be invaders from the north.
I saw some of Yi sunshin's war diaries, and it seems like some of the words (maybe all the words) are in Chinese? For example, his pen name, in Chinese, means "one heart" symbolizing his loyalty to king & country. Did the Koreans use Chinese interchangeably during this period? 🤔🤔🤔
Good question, I'm guessing that learned men (and women) in Korea continued to study Classical Chinese and could chose to use it. Japanese samurai continued to use Classical Chinese at times well into the 19th century.
Written Hanja , not spoken language.
The upper class most likely did learn Chinese as well as Hangul, lower class probably only knew hangul if they could read that is. However, many older koreans can read Some Traditional Chinese as it used to be taught in school. Alot of news papers had Chinese words here and there back in the day, and when listening to Taiwanese people talk, i can understand random words here and there although it may only be like 0.5-2%.
@@98765432123456789000 They didn't learn Chinese. It's written Hanja, like how Germans used Latin back in the day. It wasn't used as spoken language.
Literary/Classical Chinese (not the spoken version) was the Latin of the day.
Don’t be mistaken. The war on the land is decisive. Also Chinese historians suspected Yi was assassinated by Korean king.
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First like :)
我恨杨浩 萨尔浒兵败皆因此人，yang hao is a crappy commander, he lost the war against jurchen
Ok, the Chinese army is a joke, the Koreans won automatically.
IMAO.....
Not quite that, but it is true that the Korean forces (government, irregular, and monk soldiers) are often not given the credit they deserve.
japan invaded at the wrong time
it seems like the Japanese won every battle but just can't win the war according to your history. Every time they slaughtered the Chinese and Korean, they would withdraw their undefeated troops. then Why bother to fight in first place ?? okay~ to punish the Korean. then what about the first IMjin war ?? isn't Their goal to conquer China? How about the result ?? in the episode, 50,000 Chinese and Korean soldiers have to retreat when facing less 1000 Japanese troops as they literally can't even stand and fight? This guy even made a video about 'Could Japan have conquered China ?' Danm u just desperately want the Japanese to win don't you lol? Even made a video about 'wat if'. There is no such thing called 'if' in history. and why don't you make a video say "Could Hilter have conquered the entire universe??? Man, I have to tell you some history even Japanese could have conquered the whole Korean peninsula, wat they gonna face? the Jurchen, and Guanning tieji (the best Ming force) which is designed to fight with mogul and Jurchen. But of course, according to ur 'IF' history, the Japanese would slaughter both of them. sorry, can't stop laughing. I know how desperately u want the Japanese to win the war, however, they lost, so u only select the winning parts for Japanese. Even desperately made video about ‘could have’ lol. Guys the Japanese can't lose this war or failed to conquer the Korean by winning every battle right? so if u want some REAL history please check out here ua-cam.com/video/7ENmMCS42XY/v-deo.html they are fair and balanced. bro sorry for ur poor views, it might help you when u start to make real balance and a fair history
Very interesting video channel. Why don't you add Korean / Japanese subtitles to get more subscribers?