Awesome video Jack. When I saw Shogun for the first time I loved where it all went. And you helped to reveal more about the MC of that series. God bless you Jack. And have an awesome time on your Japan trip. I'm sorry that I can't go.
I don’t want to be that guy (and I know the controversies regarding Assassin’s Creed Shadow, PLEASE keep the comments civil and constructive), but shouldn’t Yasuke be considered the first weeb? The guy had a good reason: he doesn’t want to live in chains. Thank Oda Nobunaga for that.
Please make a video about the samurai who went to see the pope by travelling through Mexico in the 1600s. It’s one of the most bizarre stories I’ve ever heard.
There's a reason only the dutch were allowed during their period of isolation We got a weeb containment island as it's rather shocking how many men ended up just living in Japan. I believe they even have a mini-netherlands theme park round there nowadays Can't confirm the latter, my last trip only kept me in Tokyo walking 30-40km a day because what's the fun of going to Tokyo without just getting lost wandering side streets in what feels like perfect safety
That’d actually work out pretty well bc 9th century Sri Lankan armies were mechanized and had a strong navy, both things England needed to defeat the Vikings
The only thing sillier than Dutch names - if I don't spell mine out foreigners are stumped - is our land. I can tell Jack used a modern map at 0:30 for the Netherlands, not because of the land borders, but the coastline. That island in the middle? That's an entire province we dredged up out of Neptune's claws in the twentieth century. And we'll f***ing do it again, Neptune, you Uranus-plagiarising hack!
Fun Fact: When Commodore Perry arrived to force Japan to open its borders 200 years later, the Crimean War was raging in Europe. And had that not happened, Russia most likely will be the one that force Japan to open its borders instead. P.S: King James of England and Scotland actually owned a samurai armor is the wildest and the coolest thing I heard today. So thank you!
Should do the reverse and cover the Japanese Pirates Christopher & Cosmas visiting England, as the first Japanese. As well as the funny crossover with Anthony Knivet and his whacky adventures.
I’m watching a Qing Dynastry drama and there’s a white character based off a real white court painter that I didn’t know about, he deadass jumpscared me lmao
In fairness, the Portuguese Jesuits in Japan weren't really all that bad. They were still at the stage of "Hey, I got this nifty belief system, I think it's pretty great. Maybe give it a try if you want, but no pressure. Well, maybe a little pressure, but nothing that would, say, get us thrown out of the country or crucified or anything." At one point, quite a few daimyo and even warlords at the top of government were converting to Christianity. And then the Spanish came in and buggered things up for everyone. They were so forceful and loud about turning Japan Catholic that it caused a huge backlash. Not helped at all by the Spanish starting and aiding a religious revolt that spread to a quarter of the country before it was finally put down. Basically, it was the Spanish Catholics who caused Japan to close its borders to the rest of the world for several hundred years. Except the Dutch, whose Protestant priests stayed on their little island in Nagasaki and were pretty much like "Eh, as long as you buy our stuff, you do you, buddy. But hey, if you do want to buy some of our religious texts, just keep it on the down low, ya feel me? No, not in the Catholic way, in the 'this stuff will get you super executed by the Shogun, so keep your mouth shut until things blow over' sort of way." P.S. There was also the sequel movie starring Thomas Glover, a Scottish merchant and one of the first Europeans to set down roots in Japan outside of the Dutch legation, building a tea plantation just outside Nagasaki in 1859. He may have even imported Japan's first steam locomotive. He was a huge driving force in Japan's industrialization following the Boshin War, including being a founding member of the Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Company, which we know today as yes, *that* Mitsubishi.
@@sirrliv Thomas glover also took a lot of his profits from Mitsubishi to import and set up beer production - he was one of the principal investors in what would become Asahi. Because of course the Englishman couldn't do without a beer
I’m sad you didn’t mention his Dutch compatriot Jan Joosten van Lodensteyn. He often gets overshadowed in this story, but he was incredibly instrumental in getting ties with the the Dutch. He also became the first and only Dutch Samurai.
Osaka Castle is nice, but also a mostly concrete replica. The original is long gone. But the surrounding park still has a bunch of original walls and stuff. I recommend Himeji Castle. Good day trip option from Osaka. All original construction. One of the oldest in Japan.
I suggest visiting Hirado, I've been to grave of Adams. The island itself is also beautiful and outside of the regular tourist locations. A lot of history there. Especially Dutch-Japanese history.
@@tremere3337probably a lot of people assumed Yasuke was added because of DEI rather than due to being an actual historical figure. Plus Nioh is relatively obscure and released before the culture wars heated up again, while AC:shadows is very public and due to be released at a culture war peak. A shame all round, Yasuke is my favorite bit of historical lore. Edit: also- people have been clowning on Ubisoft for a while now, sometimes even for the right reasons
@@Delmworks My argument was the intent behind it. Revisionism and Historical Fiction are two different intentions. Shame as I find Yasuke's story fascinating and even sad with how it ended but he's being used as a pawn by Ubisoft.
@@danielwoods3896 Nobunaga, besides liking the nifty guns and cannons the Portuguese brought, he also love to wear Western clothes and drink European wine. He's more open to Christianity and other Western thoughts of study.
He's heavily based off John Adams. Toranaga is based Tokugawa Ieyasu and Mariko is based off a real person too, though I can't remember her name. The irl Mariko was nowhere near as tragic as Mariko though which soothes my broken heart
Fun fact, Will Adams was born in the same town that James Jezreel built the Jezreel's Tower, Gillingham, we have a few monuments of Will Adams as well as a few streets named after his time in japan, such as Yokosuka way and Ito Way
4:44 Correction. That was Oda Nobunaga’s grandson. His first son was killed during Honnoji as well. He also had two other sons (Of note) One died fighting Hideyoshi and the other one submitted to him after allying with Ieyasu
Excellent and hilarious video as always! A great companion piece might be on Thomas Blake Glover, the Scottish arms dealer who helped propel Japan into the 19th century with a literal bang.
Sidenote, another wacky European weeb was Jules Brunet. He was born in France (Belfort), became an military officer, fought in the boshin war then came back and fought in the Franco-Prussian war.
Or, all of the British christians that the Spanish Armada slaughtered?
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@@VarangianGuard13 Fun you speak about it : Byzantine Emperor asked the Crusaders to help him overthrow the Usurper, and the Crusaders did what he asked. Then he got Murdered. So the Crusaders still allowed the Usurper an out - if he paid them, they would leave. He refused. SO he got his comeuppance. The only real bad thing about Foruth Crusade was siege of Zara, for which they got Excommunicated. By the Pope. So yeah, Fourth crusade was demonized for wrong reason to begin with. The Byzantines are responsible for their own civil wars, not "the furth crusad" Sure, Siege of Zara was a sin for the crusaders, and they did wrong. But constantinople? Blame byzantines for their constant civil wars.
How many other "Christian brothers" did the catholics murder, though? Butchering the English, the Dutch, the Swedes. Protestants don't count, apparently.. and what about the innocent Jewish people that were murdered?
We do not take phonecalls on the subway! We also don't CALL it the 'subway'! It's the 'tube' or the 'underground' here and, anywhere where it goes underground, you *can't* take phonecalls because you have no service! Downside of London being the first city ever to develop an underground rail network is we're also the last to upgrade! _Some_ people do take phonecalls on the overground but 98% of us think the 2% that have loud, protracted phonecalls on public transport are *twats!* We do stand on the right side of the escalator and that is odd because we drive on the same side of the road as Japan. Not sure why the difference.
If you want to do another video of a overly motivated dude on very long trip I suggest you make a video on Jesuit priests from Poland named Michał Piotr Boym. He baptize the last Ming emperor, Zhu Youlang (Yongli Emperor) and went on diplomatic mission to Europe to find Christian allies against Qing dynasty. And in this story Portuguese did not care about the possibility of Christianizing China and already made trade deals with Qing, hence they made everything they could so Michał Piotr Boym never reached European monarchs with his letters from China. But as I said, dude was very determined.
The show is based on a series of books written in the 70’s that were based around the diaries written by William Adams so there’s a link but it’s not direct.
Still holding out hope that you'll do a video about Oda Nobunaga someday. The guy who was called both the Fool of Owari and Demon King of the Sixth Heaven (even better this one was probably him mocking one of his rivals). There is just so much entertaining material about him, and like 75% is probably true!
Were those rivals by any chance the Warrior Monks he constantly had to put down? I always heard that the Demon King moniker was slander against him by his Buddhist rivals.
@@bumblingbureaucrat6110 So story (found in a letter from a Jesuit priest living in Japan) goes that Takeda Shingen signed a letter to Nobunaga "Tendai-no-zasu Shamon Shingen" which means something along the lines of "Head of Tendai Sramana Shingen." Basically Shingen was proudly proclaiming his role as protector of a sect of Buddhists. The story continues that in response Nobunaga claimed himself to be "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven Nobunaga," which is a reference to an asura named Mara (if you've played SMT, yes him) that is associated with temptation. So if the story is true, Shingen claimed a pompous title and Nobunaga responded with a more pompous title, probably to mock him or maybe as posturing as to their relative positions.
Need to put a hashtag there. Also, as much as I like 'Nioh', the history buff in me wants to put my skull through a thousand desks every time I hear that damn joke.
now that you mention dutch... please make a video about dutch liberation war (from spain)! especailly about dutch selling weapons to spain DURING WAR of all things! and many things besides when spain sending inquisition to holland.
I kinda hope we get another portuguese character theres a lot of silly ones Vasco da gamas trips to india are hilarious at times and him slowly turning into darth gama could make a fun episode
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You're the Best Jack! Love your content 😊😊😊
Did you reach to to Magellan TV when you were making your Magellan videos?
Awesome video Jack. When I saw Shogun for the first time I loved where it all went. And you helped to reveal more about the MC of that series. God bless you Jack. And have an awesome time on your Japan trip. I'm sorry that I can't go.
I don’t want to be that guy (and I know the controversies regarding Assassin’s Creed Shadow, PLEASE keep the comments civil and constructive), but shouldn’t Yasuke be considered the first weeb? The guy had a good reason: he doesn’t want to live in chains. Thank Oda Nobunaga for that.
@@pandawok301---You misspelled Oda
Please make a video about the samurai who went to see the pope by travelling through Mexico in the 1600s. It’s one of the most bizarre stories I’ve ever heard.
One samurai came to the United States pre Civil War and wrote about his experiences while there too.
If you want a good story on it, Voices Of The Past did a 40-ish minute video on it. Very beautifully told that story
@@jamescorvus6709the Tokugawa embassy of 1860?
@@Nomadithbeat me to it. +1
@@etiennemourez3059 ay, nice. He has a good voice, speaks in a good pace, and breaks up his videos between script and quote.
Toranaga: “Would you like to leave Japan, Anjin-sama?”
John Blackthorne: “I don’t want it. She (Mariko) is my queen.”
There's a reason only the dutch were allowed during their period of isolation
We got a weeb containment island as it's rather shocking how many men ended up just living in Japan. I believe they even have a mini-netherlands theme park round there nowadays
Can't confirm the latter, my last trip only kept me in Tokyo walking 30-40km a day because what's the fun of going to Tokyo without just getting lost wandering side streets in what feels like perfect safety
@@commisaryarreck3974Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Nagasaki is the theme park you were mentioning
Tbh it kinda looks cool
she's muh queen - said Jon Snow
Shogun mentioned
@@nont18411 I will never escape this meme. She’s my queen
We have entered the “Jack makes videos about the stuff he’s learned while prepping for his trip” phase
I’m hyped
Its like if a Sri Lankan merchant got lost, wound up in Britain, and somehow became best buddies with Alfred the great while he unified England
That’d actually work out pretty well bc 9th century Sri Lankan armies were mechanized and had a strong navy, both things England needed to defeat the Vikings
Didn’t expect to learn King James I had samurai armor
The next time he appears in one of my videos I desperately want to work this in there
@@JackRackam from know on king James the 1st can only appear in samurai armor.
@@CamdenSingletary "To all my critics, can you prove he *wasn't* wearing his samurai every day?"
Same
Unfortunately, the armour gifted to King James was kept in the Tower of London as the "Great Mogul's" armour.
The only thing sillier than Dutch names - if I don't spell mine out foreigners are stumped - is our land. I can tell Jack used a modern map at 0:30 for the Netherlands, not because of the land borders, but the coastline. That island in the middle? That's an entire province we dredged up out of Neptune's claws in the twentieth century. And we'll f***ing do it again, Neptune, you Uranus-plagiarising hack!
"Netherlands, you can't just pull land out of the sea and build farmland on it!"
"I sure as hell can and I'll do it again!"
Fun Fact: When Commodore Perry arrived to force Japan to open its borders 200 years later, the Crimean War was raging in Europe. And had that not happened, Russia most likely will be the one that force Japan to open its borders instead.
P.S: King James of England and Scotland actually owned a samurai armor is the wildest and the coolest thing I heard today. So thank you!
*Which King James, 1st or 2nd ?!??*
Should do the reverse and cover the Japanese Pirates Christopher & Cosmas visiting England, as the first Japanese. As well as the funny crossover with Anthony Knivet and his whacky adventures.
The first weeb
@@wyatt8315 A trailblazer and a visionary
@JackRackam please do video on raja raja chola or Timmarusu
And the last air bender
*The first weeb ruins christianity.
Individual truly ahead of his time.
I’m watching a Qing Dynastry drama and there’s a white character based off a real white court painter that I didn’t know about, he deadass jumpscared me lmao
Yep, Matteo Ricci. He actually did quite a lot of portraits for the Qing Emperors.
@@rgm96x49 No, not Matteo Ricci, he died before the Qing was founded. The Qing dynasty court painter was 郎世寧 Giuseppe Castiglione
@@lan6139 Ah, got confused there, many thanks.
what show are you watching?
Ruyi’s royal love in the palace?
In fairness, the Portuguese Jesuits in Japan weren't really all that bad. They were still at the stage of "Hey, I got this nifty belief system, I think it's pretty great. Maybe give it a try if you want, but no pressure. Well, maybe a little pressure, but nothing that would, say, get us thrown out of the country or crucified or anything." At one point, quite a few daimyo and even warlords at the top of government were converting to Christianity.
And then the Spanish came in and buggered things up for everyone. They were so forceful and loud about turning Japan Catholic that it caused a huge backlash. Not helped at all by the Spanish starting and aiding a religious revolt that spread to a quarter of the country before it was finally put down. Basically, it was the Spanish Catholics who caused Japan to close its borders to the rest of the world for several hundred years. Except the Dutch, whose Protestant priests stayed on their little island in Nagasaki and were pretty much like "Eh, as long as you buy our stuff, you do you, buddy. But hey, if you do want to buy some of our religious texts, just keep it on the down low, ya feel me? No, not in the Catholic way, in the 'this stuff will get you super executed by the Shogun, so keep your mouth shut until things blow over' sort of way."
P.S. There was also the sequel movie starring Thomas Glover, a Scottish merchant and one of the first Europeans to set down roots in Japan outside of the Dutch legation, building a tea plantation just outside Nagasaki in 1859. He may have even imported Japan's first steam locomotive. He was a huge driving force in Japan's industrialization following the Boshin War, including being a founding member of the Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Company, which we know today as yes, *that* Mitsubishi.
The Dutch spent most the time saying "do you want to buy guns?" "yes?" "neet, heres some guns".
The jesuits where very close to actually converting the emperor of china. But then the franciscans just and screwed it up
So when the Japanese allowed in catholic priests, they weren't expecting the Spanish Inquisition?
Protestants back then did have a lot of experience in keeping quiet about their beliefs to avoid getting their heads cut off, so not surprising
@@sirrliv Thomas glover also took a lot of his profits from Mitsubishi to import and set up beer production - he was one of the principal investors in what would become Asahi. Because of course the Englishman couldn't do without a beer
I’m sad you didn’t mention his Dutch compatriot Jan Joosten van Lodensteyn. He often gets overshadowed in this story, but he was incredibly instrumental in getting ties with the the Dutch. He also became the first and only Dutch Samurai.
Osaka Castle is nice, but also a mostly concrete replica. The original is long gone. But the surrounding park still has a bunch of original walls and stuff. I recommend Himeji Castle. Good day trip option from Osaka. All original construction. One of the oldest in Japan.
I suggest visiting Hirado, I've been to grave of Adams. The island itself is also beautiful and outside of the regular tourist locations. A lot of history there. Especially Dutch-Japanese history.
At 7:17 I realised and started wondering how long I had been listening to Bad Apple
I'll have to go look this up now Iol
@@comettamer Basically Jack is waving a flag about how huge of a weeb he is
"Adams-dono what's wrong?"
"I miss England and her jellied eels."
3:15 Your writing is incredible and only gets better.
Truly, when we lay awake at night, catgirl body pillow in hand, we walk on the shoulders of giants.
OH MY CHRIST ITS THE NIOH GUY! YOU DID THE NIOH GUY! FUCKING AWESOME!
“Is that why you became a pirate, to wage war against your Catholic enemies in the name of this god you don’t quite believe in?”
- Tokugawa Ieyasu
@nont18411 You know its funny no one in Japan complained about Yasuke as a samurai in Nioh. Wonder what the difference was...?
My reaction entirely
@@tremere3337probably a lot of people assumed Yasuke was added because of DEI rather than due to being an actual historical figure. Plus Nioh is relatively obscure and released before the culture wars heated up again, while AC:shadows is very public and due to be released at a culture war peak.
A shame all round, Yasuke is my favorite bit of historical lore.
Edit: also- people have been clowning on Ubisoft for a while now, sometimes even for the right reasons
@@Delmworks My argument was the intent behind it. Revisionism and Historical Fiction are two different intentions. Shame as I find Yasuke's story fascinating and even sad with how it ended but he's being used as a pawn by Ubisoft.
As a Dutch person I respect the effort you put in that Dutch line. It didn’t sound too good but I respect it none the less.
Dutch is very much not my forté lol
The chaotic energy these videos have is just 👌😩🤌
There is no historical commentary like Jack Rackham..... Absolutely excellent once again
Off topic, can you do Oda Nobunaga. He was a reverse weeb, and loved Western culture
How do you mean?
The term is westaboo
@@danielwoods3896 Nobunaga, besides liking the nifty guns and cannons the Portuguese brought, he also love to wear Western clothes and drink European wine. He's more open to Christianity and other Western thoughts of study.
@@inisipisTV
Basically, Odo Nobunaga is Eiji Tsuburaya.
My wife and I went to Osaka castle on our honeymoon. It's awesome.
JOHN BLACKTHORNE FROM SHOGUN WAS A REAL DUDE?
BASED ON REAL DUDE. I don't think there's any englishmen named John Blackthorne in japan during Shogun time.
He's heavily based off John Adams. Toranaga is based Tokugawa Ieyasu and Mariko is based off a real person too, though I can't remember her name. The irl Mariko was nowhere near as tragic as Mariko though which soothes my broken heart
Thank you for reminding me that I need to watch Shogun. I keep telling myself that I should but I haven't yet.
Suggestion: Victor Emanuel iii, king of Italy during the two worlds wars and during Muss*lini.
Fun fact, Will Adams was born in the same town that James Jezreel built the Jezreel's Tower, Gillingham, we have a few monuments of Will Adams as well as a few streets named after his time in japan, such as Yokosuka way and Ito Way
Wow, so the show is actually pretty accurate it seems. Good on them!
This is great content!
Anjin san IRL over here
He’s literal the inspiration for John Blackthorne
Shogun is literally an interpretation of his life story, just with names changed.
Adam's title is "anjin miura", so that makes sense.
Geat book, great show. Great video.
Suggestion: Meiji the Great. Japans greatest Emperor
4:44 Correction. That was Oda Nobunaga’s grandson. His first son was killed during Honnoji as well.
He also had two other sons (Of note) One died fighting Hideyoshi and the other one submitted to him after allying with Ieyasu
Oda Nobunaga had a lot of sons; three of them ended up being adopted by Hideyoshi but got executed later when Hideyori was born.
As someone who watched the first season, I can vouch that Shogun is a great show to watch!
Damn. I dunno if i wanna sign up for a trip with the Rackman if theres only a 6.5% survival rate.
Do have anything lower?
You have to do the story of Fernão Mendes Pinto. Such a crazy life, that no one believed him until a few centuries later.
Video suggestion: the Mexican civil war when one side was back by the United States and the other by Vatican City and Ireland.
5:25 is that bad apple or am I just seeing 2hu everywhere
It is in fact Bad Apple
Excellent and hilarious video as always! A great companion piece might be on Thomas Blake Glover, the Scottish arms dealer who helped propel Japan into the 19th century with a literal bang.
Fore those interested, the names of the Dutch ships mean, the hope (hoop), the love (liefde), the loyalty (trouw) , the faith (geloof)
You gotta do one on Ishida Mitsunari, some of the hilarity and irony in his life is prime comedy material.
5:28 is proves that Jack is a fan of dubbed anime over subbed anime
5:25 I spit out my soda once Bad Apple started playing holy
"They're pirates" Lord: 😮
Adams’ second mate Jan Joosten van Lodenateyn also became a samurai. He was called Yan Yousten in Japan or Yayosu for short.
Story is that he got banned from gatherings because he got drunk far too often.
@@kuronoch.1441 seeing as he was a Dutch sailor I think that story is probably true.
Sidenote, another wacky European weeb was Jules Brunet. He was born in France (Belfort), became an military officer, fought in the boshin war then came back and fought in the Franco-Prussian war.
7:34 when he said spoilers I thought that was going somewhere else 💀
Nobunaga needs his own video, that man's life is ridiculously over-the-top
This seems like it would make a good book
Why does this make me remeber the shogun show
This was the inspiration!
What's with the body pillow of Megumin?? 🤣🤣🤣 EXPLOSION!!!
My man, Jack Rackham back again! 💪🏼💪🏼
William Adams is what thomas lockley wanted Yasuke to be like
The first and BEST weeb
Personally, I don't like him, and Tokugawa. But I'm catholic, so excuse me for not liking a men who killed my christian brothers.
You mean like the crusaders did to the Byzantines?
Or, all of the British christians that the Spanish Armada slaughtered?
@@VarangianGuard13
Fun you speak about it : Byzantine Emperor asked the Crusaders to help him overthrow the Usurper, and the Crusaders did what he asked. Then he got Murdered. So the Crusaders still allowed the Usurper an out - if he paid them, they would leave. He refused. SO he got his comeuppance.
The only real bad thing about Foruth Crusade was siege of Zara, for which they got Excommunicated. By the Pope.
So yeah, Fourth crusade was demonized for wrong reason to begin with.
The Byzantines are responsible for their own civil wars, not "the furth crusad"
Sure, Siege of Zara was a sin for the crusaders, and they did wrong.
But constantinople? Blame byzantines for their constant civil wars.
How many other "Christian brothers" did the catholics murder, though? Butchering the English, the Dutch, the Swedes. Protestants don't count, apparently.. and what about the innocent Jewish people that were murdered?
So how's the Michael Scot the wizard video coming along
8:41 Please do a video on King James I of England.
8:35 Screw the armor! I want that megumine body pillow!!!!
I’m dead now because I died when I saw the sailors.
2 things ti always watch out for when sealing:
1 - mother nature and her terrors!
2 - the Portuguese
This man was at Sekigahara!?!? Damn!
After video comment: So King James I basically could do the "While You Studied The Book, I studied The Blade" Meme. Mainly cause that armor set!
We do not take phonecalls on the subway! We also don't CALL it the 'subway'! It's the 'tube' or the 'underground' here and, anywhere where it goes underground, you *can't* take phonecalls because you have no service! Downside of London being the first city ever to develop an underground rail network is we're also the last to upgrade!
_Some_ people do take phonecalls on the overground but 98% of us think the 2% that have loud, protracted phonecalls on public transport are *twats!*
We do stand on the right side of the escalator and that is odd because we drive on the same side of the road as Japan. Not sure why the difference.
Tokugawa and Adams where the true romance in this video.
Being a 16th century sailor I'm almost certain that he expected to have a bad time.
07:35 IIRC the Chinese Empire was also allowed to trade
Now I have to spend the rest of the day trying to find out what happened to King James the firsts samurai armour 😂
That was quick. 3 minutes. Apparently it's on display in the Tower of London and it looks really cool.
Did bro change his channel name? If so then I'm actually pretty on board with it
Between this, Shogun, and the Misinformed video on William Adams, I know all I need to know about how weebs came about
what about that one polish or prussian king weeb?
Ah yes, finally, a video about Tom Cruise.
No, he was the LAST white samurai, not the first.
I think you meant John Blackthorne, or Anjin San, Shogun was The Last Samurai of 80’s.
I was looking for a Tom Cruise reference.
If you want to do another video of a overly motivated dude on very long trip I suggest you make a video on Jesuit priests from Poland named Michał Piotr Boym. He baptize the last Ming emperor, Zhu Youlang (Yongli Emperor) and went on diplomatic mission to Europe to find Christian allies against Qing dynasty. And in this story Portuguese did not care about the possibility of Christianizing China and already made trade deals with Qing, hence they made everything they could so Michał Piotr Boym never reached European monarchs with his letters from China. But as I said, dude was very determined.
It wasn't written in Japanese textbooks that Adams unified Japan.
I assume the shogun Disney plus show is loosely based around this
The show is based on a series of books written in the 70’s that were based around the diaries written by William Adams so there’s a link but it’s not direct.
I’ve seen the king James armor in person
5:29 is that senbonzakura?
Love from a MiniMinuteMan and Vaush fan!
So this is the direct inspiration for the Shogun source material, yes?
Thank goodness he had that language app! 😁
William Adams was an Englishman, but ironically, England and Portugal have been allies since 1386.
Unfortunately, Adams left Europe at the time when Portugal and Spain are in personal union.
@@kuronoch.1441 so did the Treaty of Torsedillas not matter during that time?
So, basically Emmy winning drama Shogun
How many megumin pillows did you have to go through to find a PG one?
Found your channel 20 minutes ago with the Japanese WWII vid lol. Subbed
It's great until you run out of videos. cries in first world problems
Finaly i know the history behind the shogun
I wonder if your going to touch base on oda nobunaga's foreign samurai since you're already covering 1...
I hear Bad Apple in the background
Still holding out hope that you'll do a video about Oda Nobunaga someday. The guy who was called both the Fool of Owari and Demon King of the Sixth Heaven (even better this one was probably him mocking one of his rivals). There is just so much entertaining material about him, and like 75% is probably true!
Were those rivals by any chance the Warrior Monks he constantly had to put down? I always heard that the Demon King moniker was slander against him by his Buddhist rivals.
@@bumblingbureaucrat6110 So story (found in a letter from a Jesuit priest living in Japan) goes that Takeda Shingen signed a letter to Nobunaga "Tendai-no-zasu Shamon Shingen" which means something along the lines of "Head of Tendai Sramana Shingen." Basically Shingen was proudly proclaiming his role as protector of a sect of Buddhists. The story continues that in response Nobunaga claimed himself to be "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven Nobunaga," which is a reference to an asura named Mara (if you've played SMT, yes him) that is associated with temptation.
So if the story is true, Shingen claimed a pompous title and Nobunaga responded with a more pompous title, probably to mock him or maybe as posturing as to their relative positions.
This is shogun!
Isnt this story also told in the tv show Shogun?
I personally liked the "life and times" subtitle.
Nice
He was a great weeb!
Now, for some controversy, do Yasuke
The problem is that there is little to no document regarding Yasuke other than a small footnote that he is Oda's servant.
@@sleepyguy4237 Precisely why it would be controversial
Wait so Adams did not fight Kelley while also beating Yokai, and marrying a female ninja?
Need to put a hashtag there. Also, as much as I like 'Nioh', the history buff in me wants to put my skull through a thousand desks every time I hear that damn joke.
Rumor also says that he was also not a white haired middle aged Bishonen man.
Isn't this recap in the movie Shogun?
3:42 ah, an Age of Empires reference.
Huzzah, Jack. Huzzah
8:37 I think you mean “King James, of Bible fame”
now that you mention dutch...
please make a video about dutch liberation war (from spain)! especailly about dutch selling weapons to spain DURING WAR of all things! and many things besides when spain sending inquisition to holland.
Is this the show *Shogun* on FX?
I kinda hope we get another portuguese character theres a lot of silly ones
Vasco da gamas trips to india are hilarious at times and him slowly turning into darth gama could make a fun episode
He did find Edward Kelley and reunite with Saoirse in the end.