The Kemmu Restoration and the subsequent Nanboku-cho period are two of my favorite eras of Japanese history. I know it like the back of my hand and never get tired of hearing, reading or writing about it. Much appreciated my brother 🤜🏾🤛🏻
The way you talk about history is so enticing. The quality of your work is so good and combined with the soundtrack makes for a really immersive vid. Your channel deserves hella atention man
I noticed that, in Japanese pop culture, there are a lot of stories featuring puppet rulers being controlled by the military. While in the west, we tend to have a lot of stories about absolute monarchs. It makes sense that this idea would be ingrained into Japanese culture considering the Emperor has been a figurehead for the majority of the last thousand years.
Yes, that is such an important fact to understand about Japanese political history. But it is equally important to realize that "figureheads" (the imperial court) have never been totally destroyed in Japan, unlike in many other countries in both the East and the West. Why did neither Ashikaga, Oda Nobunaga, nor any other shogun end the imperial court? It even survived the American occupation forces after WWII. The imperial court still plays a significant role in society despite its lack of political power.
@@socrateos I suppose it says a lot about Japan being a nation that really cherishes its traditions. Not to get political, but many countries are willingly throwing away their traditions in the face of modernity. One remarkable thing about Japan is they hold onto traditions even as the world changes.
I just finished binge watching all your videos and i wanted to say thank you very much for making such excellent, interesting and detailed content, you've for sure skyrocketed to the top of my list of favorite UA-camrs my man. I wish you the absolute best in all your future endeavors!
Thank you so much for this excellent explanation. 🙏 I think that, if I had been reading myself about this period, I would have gotten extremely confused with all the different family names, political ranks, etc. mixing it all up. Your video made it all way more understandable, chapeau!
One fact to correct, the Shogun during Kamakura period was a puppet child and the Shikken or Regent was the real commander. Takauji restored the title of Shogun as a real power, but he never wanted the title of Shogun at first when Go-Daigo made his son shogun. He was only unsatisfied with Go-Daigo politics and his brother Ashikaga Tadayoshi was the one who was angry of that. Takauji during Kenmu period was the "supreme leader of warrior class". Later in Muromachi Takauji is the new form of Shogun since Yoritomo's days, but the "real force" is held by Tadayoshi, and everyone knows what happens next.
I really enjoyed the video! I'm curious about the detailed chronological events, wars, conflicts, and politics of lords and leaders in Japanese history, spanning from Oda Nobunaga to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Iiyashu era, and culminating in the Meiji Restoration. Could you make the videos in a series, covering each year?
Thanks for watching! I fully intend to cover every time period up until the end of the Samurai during the Meiji Restoration. I am not sure if I'll be able to cover each year since I usually try to give a compact overview of historical events. Nobunaga, Hideyoshi etc. are definitely getting a video that goes into more detail, though, stay tuned for that!
I would like to see in the future video, Toyotomi Hideyoshi the Chancellor and also his relationship with the Imperial Court and that campaign(?) in Korea
@@loois3431 The new Shogun and old Shogun miniseries are both based on James Clavell's book of the same name. It's one of the best books I've ever read...twice.
![Classes, Ranks, and Titles of Feudal Japan [Kamakura and Muromachi Periods]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0bbe7tGF6fo/mqdefault.jpg)
The Kemmu Restoration and the subsequent Nanboku-cho period are two of my favorite eras of Japanese history. I know it like the back of my hand and never get tired of hearing, reading or writing about it. Much appreciated my brother 🤜🏾🤛🏻
The way you talk about history is so enticing. The quality of your work is so good and combined with the soundtrack makes for a really immersive vid. Your channel deserves hella atention man
I noticed that, in Japanese pop culture, there are a lot of stories featuring puppet rulers being controlled by the military. While in the west, we tend to have a lot of stories about absolute monarchs. It makes sense that this idea would be ingrained into Japanese culture considering the Emperor has been a figurehead for the majority of the last thousand years.
Yes, that is such an important fact to understand about Japanese political history. But it is equally important to realize that "figureheads" (the imperial court) have never been totally destroyed in Japan, unlike in many other countries in both the East and the West. Why did neither Ashikaga, Oda Nobunaga, nor any other shogun end the imperial court? It even survived the American occupation forces after WWII. The imperial court still plays a significant role in society despite its lack of political power.
@@socrateos I suppose it says a lot about Japan being a nation that really cherishes its traditions. Not to get political, but many countries are willingly throwing away their traditions in the face of modernity. One remarkable thing about Japan is they hold onto traditions even as the world changes.
I just finished binge watching all your videos and i wanted to say thank you very much for making such excellent, interesting and detailed content, you've for sure skyrocketed to the top of my list of favorite UA-camrs my man. I wish you the absolute best in all your future endeavors!
Every video is a banger dawg!
Trying my best 😎 thanks for tuning in friend
Another great video Aniki
that's exactly what i was going to say, now i don't know what to do
Thank you! 🫶🏻
Thank you so much for this excellent explanation. 🙏 I think that, if I had been reading myself about this period, I would have gotten extremely confused with all the different family names, political ranks, etc. mixing it all up. Your video made it all way more understandable, chapeau!
Glad i was able to give an overview without confusing you! I certainly got a headache from reading all those similar-sounding names 😬
@@anikihistory 🤣🤪
Your videos are such good quality. This channel is going to GROW!
I hope you're right! 😬 Thanks for the support 🫶🏻
i really cant wait for the next video
Working on it! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
One fact to correct, the Shogun during Kamakura period was a puppet child and the Shikken or Regent was the real commander.
Takauji restored the title of Shogun as a real power, but he never wanted the title of Shogun at first when Go-Daigo made his son shogun. He was only unsatisfied with Go-Daigo politics and his brother Ashikaga Tadayoshi was the one who was angry of that. Takauji during Kenmu period was the "supreme leader of warrior class". Later in Muromachi Takauji is the new form of Shogun since Yoritomo's days, but the "real force" is held by Tadayoshi, and everyone knows what happens next.
I really enjoyed the video! I'm curious about the detailed chronological events, wars, conflicts, and politics of lords and leaders in Japanese history, spanning from Oda Nobunaga to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Iiyashu era, and culminating in the Meiji Restoration. Could you make the videos in a series, covering each year?
Thanks for watching! I fully intend to cover every time period up until the end of the Samurai during the Meiji Restoration. I am not sure if I'll be able to cover each year since I usually try to give a compact overview of historical events. Nobunaga, Hideyoshi etc. are definitely getting a video that goes into more detail, though, stay tuned for that!
I would like to see in the future video, Toyotomi Hideyoshi the Chancellor and also his relationship with the Imperial Court and that campaign(?) in Korea
Oh yeah, the Korean campaign in particular will probably be super interesting to make! Really looking forward to that one 🔥
This video made me look up the history of the triforce.
Good ass video man, well done
Different from the others but quality is quality :)
There's a new TV show with Sanada-San called, you guessed it Shogun lol seems to be good.
I read the book that it's based on years ago! Hope the show turns out as good as its source material 🔥
@@anikihistory I didn't know about the book but I think there was a TV of the same name in the 80s, dunno if it's related.
@@loois3431 The new Shogun and old Shogun miniseries are both based on James Clavell's book of the same name. It's one of the best books I've ever read...twice.
@@tudors_down cool, that means that chance of the TV show being good is promising.
The Muromachi Period is underrated.
Agreed! Feels like a lot of people tend to forget about it despite how influential it actually was
@@anikihistory The political atmosphere also seemed a lot more stable despite the warring, compared to the Sengoku Jidai period.
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Guilty, I was thinking about Tekken
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