IMJIN WAR Ep. 16 - Talks at Nagoya, Slaughter at Jinju
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- We’re now heading into the Imjin War’s long period of stalemate, the four-year interlude between Hideyoshi’s first and second Korean invasions. It’s going to be a time of growing misunderstanding by both the Japanese and the Ming Chinese as they try to reach a settlement. Japanese forces in Korea, meanwhile, decide to attack the city of Jinju to punish the Koreans and save face after the withdrawal to the south. The slaughter of 60,000 Koreans in the wake of the Second Battle of Jinju (June 1593) will be the worst atrocity committed by the Japanese in the war.
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In spite of being a Korean, who continuously has been watching this series, I can not but being surprised with your deep knowledge on Korean history. Even I, as a native Korean, has been learning a lot by your wonderful description of Imjin War, one of the most disastrous Korean history. This war by Japanese sudden aggression into Korea and the 35 years colonial period by Japan during the 2nd World War. These two historical events prevent both nations from reconciliation and making peace even these days.
Thank you, Shane!
Hello Shane, for me that have knowledge in both Korean as Japanese history, there was a time when Choson and Japan had a good relationship, in the Edo period of Japan for being more precisely after the invasions of Hideyoshi, when Choseon sent many ambassadors to Korea and both countries experienced a huge intercurtural exchange . I don't know if both countries will reconcile in the future since the occupation of Korean peninsula by Japan was a complete tragedy and many wounds are still opened. I hope that both countries reconcile, it's quite difficult but if that happened in the past it might occur again.
Its because the koreans vassal of yuan dynasty invaded japan first during mongol invasion of japan and then japan retaliates back by invading korea and china
Im sorry but what happens in the past should remain as is and we if we expect for a better world should always look forward and not dwell in past. Hate will only bring more suffering.
@@naoyukimurakami7745 History repeats and Japan has a history of invading during times of internal problems/conflict. Abe and his cronies are trying to change the constitution, so Japan can invade again (beyond self-defense), and many Japan's top-selling books are related to fomenting hate toward Koreans. Japanese generally support this current right-wing coalition. Shame.
I thought Hideyoshi is a sane man until maybe because the bad war progress in Korea, he become insane and mentally crazy. Maybe the meme of "I fear no men, but that Turtle Ship is scares me" become his reality 😂😂
Difference was Hideyoshi was very small and scrawny unlike the Heavy.
Nah I think folks just get eccentric when they become rich and powerful. Remember that Hideyoshi was a commoner originally so the power was likely intoxicating. Think of all the silly things you’d like to do if you were a billionaire.
Brave woman made it to Imortality. Respect !
Awesome and informative series sir. Well done.
I can't wait until the next video. Thank you again.
Thanks for watching, Brian. It's good to know that people enjoy these videos.
I already make this Imjin War Episodes a playlist and play it over and over just to wait the final one, oh and battle of roaring currents too, Yi's battle that makes him one of the greatest admiral of all time.
I am a PhD student and wrote many researches on ancient battle tacitcs. And, sir let me tell that never have I ever seen such an interesting series of videos on UA-cam. Please consider doing similar work about ancient wars .. sure they will be great too .. Many thanks from Egypt.
Thank you, Saiid! I have happy memories of travelling in your wonderful country back in the 1990s.
We just cannot speed read history... It is unfair for the people who lived stayed and fought. Respect to Koreans and you professor for this beautiful Imjin war.
Fantastisk, inlighting and very well researched love it.......
Love this series. Can’t wait until the next video.
Thanks for watching, Heyo!
Seriously good scholarly work with an engaging entertaining edge, thanks for your great continuing effort on this instructive series of historical events..
Can I just say that your opening is super catchy haha ! Is it from a Taepyeongso or a Suona haha
It’s a Chinese band called Secondhand Rose.
@@realsamuelhawley It's a very air guitar worthy riff, good pick.
amazing, great story-telling!
Love the intro music. It's so fitting for this topic series.
Wow. This episode was good. And the story of that brave woman who took one of them with her to their death is AWESOME!
Perhaps an in-depth series on Japan's WW2 invasion next?
Sam. Where can one purchase the English translation of Admiral Yi's diary? It seems out of print or super expensive.
You have done so much on educating my people on this history subject. Koreans in korea habe a tendency to teach their history from a very nationalistic perspective, and seeing someone like you who teaches it from an objective point of view is not only refreshing to see but important as well. Thank you for this video series
Hideyoshi had a very severe grieving process
The Korean court shouldve convinced the civilians to abandon jinju at any circumatances....
Is / was there another place called Nagoya on Kyushu? (In addition to the major city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture). Excellent series, by the way 👍
Thank you for another awesome episode. Do you teach online for accredited college. Definitely, will sign-up for an online course. Please let me know, or give some guidance to a referred institution. Thank you, and keep rolling!
Amazing series, hope to see more!
Are there any movies or Korean TV series based on this war?
It is interesting to see how Kato Kiyomasa is the classic military leader, proud, violent and, therefore, quite foolish, while Konishi Yukinaga, despite being a samurai, has a bright mind and his warrior training does not obscure his judgment.
They were two local rivals as well, their domains adjacent to one another in current day Kumamoto Prefecture. They hated one another bitterly.
@@deanzaZZR Not to mention Konishi was christian and Kato was a Nichiren Buddist and notorius persecuter of Christians.
According to history, after the war Kato Kiyomasa is killed by a woman assasin name "Azumi"
do the Battle of Chilcheollyang next sam! i like to see that fight narrated personally by you!
Extremely well prepared.
wait so back then there was a city named Nagoya in Kyushu too? I thought that location is either Hizen or Fukuoka
I feel like i should make a giant wall around japan (They wont be able to leave for a while).
what happened to the chapters after 16? This is Krap and a leadon
Woot wooot!
Mass, bacan and very cool 🙂
What is the name of the intro song? I love it!!!
It certainly makes you wonder how Hideyoshi would have turned out if he never invaded Korea. Would history every remember him? Would he live on an obscure, but certainly less burdened man? How many deaths could have been avoided?
May I point out Nagoya is not on Kyushu, it is on Honshu
The city of Nagoya of today (on Honshu) did not exist in 1592. The Nagoya of 1592 is where Karatsu (near Fukuoka) is today.
All v need for this fun war to continue is to send a tablet with google translate to hideyoshi. Will you be writing another similar book 📚? Perhaps another topic with so many dimensions is the opium war, though there wouldn’t be much of a retaliation theme like this
oh well..i enjoyed watchit tho
Next part...
@Samuel Hawley Oh, I remember this: Lady "ChaCha" gave birth of Hideyori, thereby triggering a "succession" issue between Hideyori and a nephew, Hidetsugu, who he made his heir. Oh, oh...someone going to have to dress in a white kimono then "cut his stomach" while another has to cut that "someone's" head!😂
SO INSTEAD OF FIGHTING THE JAPANESE, THEY JUST JUMP TO THE RIVER!!
NICE
I thought this series was finished...
You thought wrong, comrade! The series goes on!
Samuel Hawley
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I have been following this series, and I cannot help admiring your entertaining descriptions of what happened. But there is one point I would like you to comment on. There was a China-center hierarchy group in Asia in those days, and Korea was a proud vassal country to China, calling China Dai Ming and looking down on other countries that did not belong to this group. Japan was one of those countries in their eyes. They used to call Japanese east barbarians. Japan, on the other side, hasn't belonged to this group through history (except prehistoric ages), repelling Yuan-Korean invasion attempt in the 13 century. That is why Hideyoshi hadn't realized how he and Japan was looked down on in this hierarchy group until that moment in Osaka.
Korea was sick of fighting wars and China did not want to bother a country like Korea too much that agreed to be a vassal state and pay tribute. Korea had proved difficult to totally conquer in the past. In China's view, it was best to run it like a client state instead of subjugating it totally. So the two had an amicable relationship worked out. Japan's civilization was relatively new compared to the civilization of those two countries. Being an island country, much of their culture and customs were imported from China and Korea. It is believed that Korean immigrants, many of whom were aristocrats fleeing defeats in Korea (eg Baekje royals), introduced rice agriculture, iron technology, writing system, Buddhism, etc in Japan. Suddenly, Japan went from being an uncivilized nation to one that could build cities like Nara etc. Japan were not even literate and did not write books until 1300 years ago - see the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki. So it's understandable Korea and China back then had a snobbish attitude to Japan.
It seemed to them that the Japanese were only good at fighting. They were warlike thugs, in their eyes. The topdogs in that nation went around chopping off people's heads. And they did a lot of piracy and stuff like that.
That kind of reputation would have made the Chinese and Koreans look down on the Japanese.
Korea is the Land of the Morning Calm. The people prize education and erudition. Fighting was a necessity, not what they wanted to spend their time doing.
Japan. in contrast, is all about samurai and fighting. This pursuit of violence was seen as uncivilized and uncultured by the more sophisticated Chinese and Koreans.
Even the language of Japan has roots in Koreanic languages, eg, Koguryeo and Baekje languages. There is no connection to the modern Korean language in terms of similar/shared words (excluding Chinese words), but that's because the modern Korean language is based on the Silla language. The Silla language used quite different words to the Koguryeo and Baekje languages. The grammar of those three languages is very close though, and is completely different to the Chinese language.
Japanese grammar is practically identical to Korean grammar, indicating that Korean influence in Japan was strong at the beginning of its civilization, particularly Baekje and Koguryeo influences. The Korean influence, no doubt, was a result of waves of migration of Koreanic peoples to the islands. Prominent waves happened after the Koguryeo and Baekje kingdoms were defeated. There were also waves of immigration during prehistoric periods.
Instead of being conquests of mass violence, the waves of immigration were relatively peaceful. You have to remember that back then Japan was not a unified nation with a central government. It was easy for civilized people with advanced technology to settle in Japan and establish enclaves there. You just had to displace some tribes which was easily done because they lacked the technology and organization to resist. When their relatives on the mainland suffered defeats, the Korean people that had settled in Japan brought these people to Japan, and so the Korean clans rose in Japan, recreating Baekje and Koguryeo in Japan. It's estimated that Nara, the first capital city to be built in Japan, had a population that was 80-90% Korean in ethnicity by the 8th century.
Other clues that the Koreans brought civilization and built the first cities of Japan are the kofun burial mounds. These are copied directly from Korea. This is evidence the royalty of Japan had Korean ancestry.
The people who rose to prominence in Korea were the yangban. To be a yangban you had to excel in civil service examinations or excel in the military arts.
In Japan, to be one of the top people, you had to be good in just the military arts. Even today, Korean people, including North Koreans, are not interested in warfare. They have to maintain a high level of militarization, but that's not because they are naturally warlike, but because of the geopolitics in the region and the need to have a strong defense. North Korea faces off one of the strongest militaries in the world (US military). North Korea continually ask the USA to refrain from wargames exercises done near the border with South Korea. These war games increase the tension in the region and are very provocative toward North Korea. All that the USA needs to do to end hostilities is to sign a peace treaty with North Korea, but the USA refuses to do so, and engage in these exercises, citing the "military threat" from the Norks as an excuse. It's understandable that North Korea focuses her energies on nuclear weapons. These days you cannot defend yourself unless you have nukes.
Koguryeo was one of the more warlike states in Korea's history. But they became like that because they were being attacked by the Chinese and Mongol tribes continually.
But when they are pushed to fight, Koreans can be ingenuous in fighting. This is because they have had to face bigger armies in the past. Many times Korean armies have successfully repelled a much bigger enemy using innovative tactics.
The Battle of Salsu is one such example. A Koguryeo army drove back an army sent from China that numbered in the millions. Lee Soon Shin defeating the Japanese with his small fleet of boats is another example. North Korea ending the Korean War without being defeated by the USA (and the UN) is another example.
A pen would symbolize Korea. A sword symbolizes Japan.
The "vassal" relationship wasn't a one-way tribute payment. Basically China ascertained that Korea would remain friendly and loyal to them while giving them certain economic and political benefits. Exchanges of goods were mutual (though highly ceremonialized), and a lot of private trade went on on the side. Even when Korea's relationship with China was the closest (1399-1644) Korea still kept a good eye on what happened in China to see if they could use anything to their advantage.
@@engespress Japanese grammar and Korean grammar are fairly different when it comes down to it. All the similarities are due to extensive contact over a long period. Also Koguryo and Paekche are recorded as speaking the same language, and we have enough Paekche words to definitively say it was a variety of Koreanic.
The Kofuns in southwestern Korea were adopted by local elites from Japan in resistance to Paekche's expansion, at least according to I believe it was Dennis Lee.
@@asgayaajigeeyuui7152 Koreans have still have deep seated superiority complex toward Japan, that is why so many Koreans persistently claim everything in Japan has its root in Korea. But we don't feel that way. We are influenced by many foreign countries. Korea is just one of them.
@@asgayaajigeeyuui7152 NO, the two grammars are practically identical. The two languages have been proven to be related. Linguists have published papers about it recently.
No, Baekje and Koguryeo are differrent languages and they also differ to the Silla language.
*"The Kofuns in southwestern Korea were adopted by local elites from Japan in resistance to Paekche's expansion"*
This is ludicrous. How is building kofuns "resistance to Paekche's expansion"?
Explain yourself.
Don t need to know about Japan and it’s details. More on Korean side since this nation will be the new empire in 22nd century and onward.
wasn't this attack on Jinju ordered as a reaction to the envoys not accepting Hideyoshi's demands?
That wasn't my understanding of it, no.
@@realsamuelhawley you are right, double checked.
Keep up the great work!! Can't wait to see more :D
It was symbolic revenge for their previous defeat.
전쟁 동안 전라도 지방의 공격을 성공하지 못한 것에 대한 보복이었습니다.
Ah yes the Great leader Kim Choen il
Hi I love your series I saw you did a video about what if Japan had conquered China but could you do a video on what they would do after that
Kim jong il?? Oh man
Who gave this vid a "thumbs down"?
I bet it's Hideyoshi's samurais
A few angry Chinese nationalists.
:D
Melons!
From ur vids, i can conclude that the japanese has the strongest army among the three force in this saga. The chinese and japanese both are egoistical while the koreans are the victims here. The koreans are the most innovative, with their turtle ship and those ancient missiles.