The reason why the Sengoku era's history is so captivating is because there were just so many contradictory records written by different factions and legends. Unlike imperial China, where there was an official history written by a central authority, different retainers from different clans write their own version and experience regarding the period. So, depending on which version they use, and which version's events they leave out, you can always create a Taiga drama about. the same period. LOL!
It is so simple. Akechi betrayed Nobunaga because Akechi wanted to change his last name to Oda, but Nobunaga reminded him that he was too inferior for that glorious clan name. So Akechi became very angry he couldn't have the last name of his boss. That's where the Incident started.
there is another saying about the three unifiers I think is apt. it's about a songbird. "If the bird doesn't sing, I will kill it." says Nobunaga. "If the bird doesn't sing, I will make it." Says Hideyoshi. "If the bird doesn't sing, I will wait until it does." Says Tokugawa,
There is a word to describe the unification of sengoku Japan. Oda Nobunaga mix the ingredients, Toyotomi Hideyoshi bake the cake and Tokugawa Ieyasu ate it.
Kinda reductive to Ieyasu though. He didn’t just sit there to eat it. After all, he’s a guy who founded the city of Tokyo so he had to do a lot of work.
@@nont18411There's actually suspicion nowadays that Tokugawa plotted the assassination of Nobunaga, and getting rid of Mitsuhide was him tying up loose ends. Edit: to add, his initial march against Mitsuhide was (supposedly) to avenge Nobunaga's death but afterwards, he didn't really do anything to immortalise Nobunaga like one would expect of somebody truly grieving his passing.
@@onii-chandaisuki5710 The theory of Tokugawa plotting to kill Nobunaga seems to be more and more popular these days. After all, Nobunaga killed his wife and son (sort of. I know that Ieyasu did it himself but Nobunaga gave the order). Nobunaga was a great leader but his biggest flaw was that his brutality made him treated the family members of his own lieutenants like 💩. He launched an attack that got Mitsuhide’s mom killed. He ordered Ieyasu to murder his own wife and son. Honnoji is inevitable for him.
Since castles in the early Sengoku were rude affairs, building one overnight isn't as impossible as it might sound. Floors above the Bailey were usually of wood construction. Stringing silk banners between endposts was how one made a command center in the field. From a distance, a silk walled castle looks as convincing as any. Workers can build the wooden walls behind the silk banners all the while, so that, when an enemy tests the construct, it has become a real castle.
Some fictions about why Mitsuhide betray Oda Nobunaga are wild: like Nobunaga became a vampire, or Hideyoshi provoked him into doing it, there's one where he survived & became Ieyasu adviser on how to take everything from the Tomotomi as revenge on Hideyoshi
@@thedragonofechigo7878 mother of Mitsuhide died as a hostage While Mitsuhide persuading some clan to join the Oda side, he give his mother as a hostage to that clan as a promise not to attack, because that clan afraid of annihilation of the clan Nobunaga just fuck it and attack that clan, that's why the reason he betrayal
@@Imperial_Guard2793 Yeah... that is plenty of reason to betray somebody. Prodigies are also human and make dumb mistakes but sometimes, the consequences of said mistakes are in magnitude with the person committing it.
Really love your presentation! Especially the colors and art, whenever i listen to other lectures and the pictures on the slides are black and white my brain goes blank sometimes so i really appreciate the effort you put in visuals!!
I think Akechi Mitsuhide betrayed Nobunaga because he was persuaded and bribed by Ashikaga Yoshiaki. It was Mitsuhide that brought Yoshiaki to Nobunanaga, so they had a connection and open communication. Yoshiaki was probably crying to Mitsuhide, "You promised Nobunaga would help and serve me, but he's only serving himself and using me. This is your fault. But tell you what, if you take his head, I'll give you titles, lands and castles...promise."
Is also important to mention that the Akechi had served the Ashikaga directly for geberations, so is also possible that Yoshiaki also used a good bunch of “filial honor manipulation” since by betraying the Ashikaga he was in a way betraying his ancestors
This channel has gone above and beyond in delivering quality history content. Wonderful presentation that makes the complicated events easier to understand. This really fills in the knowledge gaps from my Samurai Warriors 5 education.😆
Amazing series! Akechi's story changes depending on what depiction you're into at the moment. In some, Akechi was a tragic hero doing what he did for Japan. In others, he's a madman who betrayed Nobunaga for fun. Then there is the theory that Akechi was a Buddhist that took issue with Nobunaga killing so many of his faith. There is a different motive in every depiction I've encountered. But, many characters are the same, having multiple characterizations. Its actually something I love about the period. Every character is a mythological character as much as a historical one. Thanks for making this series! Definitely a "must watch" for those interested in the Sengoku period.
Yeah. There's no true conlusive reason why Akechi betrayed Nobunaga, as he carried his reasoning to the grave. So storytellers sometimes have to make up a story for it to fill the holes, whether from a logical, storytelling, or just entertaining standpoint. Another good example would be Jack the Ripper.
Oh my goodness! This was so interesting and easy to understand! I am ashamed to say that although I knew the major players from the Sengoku era, I never knew how all the pieces connected! Thank you and I'll be watching your other videos for sure!
I just finished playing Samurai Warriors 5 and I played out everything you covererd in this. I know some fans are tired of everything being centered on Nobunaga but it makes sense to make this one focused on him and Mitsuhide.
I think Samurai Warriors 5 covered the history pretty well in its plot. It's not perfect (although none of the media covering this is since too much info is inconclusive). Ranmaru isn't in the game but I feel that his presence would've steered the story they have made in a weird direction because they based Nobunaga change in character off the death of his wife. All in all they made Nobunaga look like the Sengoku hero he was, gave him a justification for changing in his character, and gave Mitsuhide a justification for betraying Nobunaga in the end.
It is so simple. Akechi betrayed Nobunaga because Akechi wanted to change his last name to Oda, but Nobunaga reminded him that he was too inferior for that glorious clan name. So Akechi became very angry he couldn't have the last name of his boss. That's where the Incident started.
Hideyoshi wanted to conquer the Ming Dynasty because there were moves by foreign powers to colonize it. Hideyoshi had been furious since before that, when he found out that Christians were being traded as slaves for Japanese slaves. Before the Ming Dynasty could be conquered, it was necessary to solidify Hideyoshi's position in Asia. Hideyoshi was always good at fighting with a broader perspective than just the entire battlefield. In fact, the battle against the allied forces of Korea and Ming was an easy victory with almost no problems. If Hideyoshi had lived another five years, he would have been able to conquer the Ming Dynasty. However, he died, and the foreign powers could no longer afford to colonize the Ming Dynasty, and there was no possibility of it happening, so the war ended.
Fantastic work as always! Glad I waited to watch these as a feature-length film to avoid the nail-biting cliffhangers through-out. This way we get the happy ending of unprecedent peace for centuries of Tokugawa rule.
great respect for your work, this channel is amazing. i have no idea why you dont even have 80k subs. it should be 8million, and if u just keep on like this, i think you will reach that point. i think what is most outstanding on this channel compared to other similar ones is that you dont just list some facts and illustrate some pictures around them, there is a grand narrative wich you follow. this can only be done with a great understanding of history itsself. its not just counting down events, like then this battle happened, and then this battle happened, and then that battle happened, like a machine gun ratatatata blasting some corner stones into your brain at a pace that is much too high. its actually more like a real story that you can follow and understand. and i would like to encourage you to focus even more on that part. dont be scared to go into detail, like explain the characters more deeply for example. the way your are doing it, i bet it wont be boring at all, it will make the story more colorful, relatable, exciting and easier to understand. dont just list facts and events, tell a story. and dont be afraid to slow down the pace a little bit here and there. i mean, whats up with hideyoshi holding sandals in his hands all the time, for example...do you think your random western viewer knows all this stuff, or why did you leave it out? for me as a western person its almost impossible to keep track of all that strange names (to my ears, ofc). that really is a big big problem i think. when you are going too fast i cant keep up, at all, and get totally confused. really, keeping track of names and the corresponding characters is the most difficult thing for me. try to make that easier, and youre channel will soar the heavens like a dragon. this might sound super super rude, and i apologize in advance. but, still, there is nothing that i can do about it really. so im just gonna go ahead: you have no idea how much easier it would be for me to read about the 3 kingdoms for example when you dont have a liu bei, a guan yu, and a zhan fei, but instead just call them ben, joe and fizz. (maybe even think of some fictional family names. maybe some names related to the real names...some clever acronyms, i dunno... ) i know, i know, plz dont hurt me. but still: i think if you really wanna teach the essence of your culture to the whole world (i bet 99% of your audience is not chinese), it would be way more effective to do it like this, instead of insisiting on keeping the chinese names in the honor of chinese culture, if you know what i mean. if you dont believe me, try it out. i think that if instead of a few thounands you reach millions of people, your ancestors might foregive you for a little bit of a rocky translation of names, for you are spreading chinese culture as a whole like a tiger that has grown wings.
i think keeping those names is okay but the problem is he uses too many japanese/chinese words in his videos and always translates them to English after the introduction of them. It's completely unnecessary and a waste of time, he should've just straightforwardly introduced those english words instead.
@@PeebeesPet didn't realize that. I'm a big fan of Japanese language and history so I already knew those words in Japanese. I think it's good to show them but always pronouncing them kinda disrupts the flow of storytelling.
i cannot stress this enough... your channel is definitely THE BEST when it comes to pronouncing foreign words. It is so very clear to me that you put in the effort to learn and try to pronounce things as natively as possible. other channels always say "forgive my pronunciation" but it is so obvious that they didn't even take the time to go to google translate, something so simple.... kudos to you my bro, and everyone that is involved with cool history bros; for the dedication and effort put into these videos. im not 100 sure how portuguese people would pronounce nossa senhora da graca, but for future reference that little tail in the C in graca, means that the C is pronounced like and S. so it would be "grassa" instead of "graka", which means grace.
A whole one year late to your comment, but, as someone from Portugal, I can confirm that his pronunciation of "Nossa Senhora da Graça", as well as "Luís Fróis", was indeed a bit off the mark (as opposed to his Japanese pronunciation, which, to my modest understanding of it, sounds just excellent). To a Portuguese ear, he sounds like he's applying a mix of Spanish and English pronunciation rules to the words. I'm not quite capable of putting into written form how either word should be 100% correctly pronounced, but here are two near enough suggestions: Luís Fróis - LOO-EE-SHH / FR*-OI**-SHH * In English, this particular R sound is only found in some variants such as Scottish English, so try to imagine how a Scotsman would say it. All 3 R sounds in these 2 words are pronounced this way. ** Similar sound to the typical "Oi!" interjection from Cockney English, but with a very open O sound. Nossa Senhora da Graça - NOH*-SSUH / SUH**-Nioh***-RUH / DUH / GRAH-SSUH * Same open O sound as before ** This particular UH sound needs to be a bit more closed than the other UH sounds. *** This NH sound is very difficult for a lot of foreigners to pronounce (similiarly to our LH sound). This sound does not exist in English at all. Curiously enough, Japanese pronunciation might help in this particular case, as, if I'm not mistaken, the Japanese pronunciation of the word "Nioh" produces most of the sounds needed for the "nho" in "Senhora". The most problematic element is the distinct "N" sound at the start, which shouldn't be there, but "SeNIOHra" (which would sound pretty similiar to Spanish, actually) is a much better way of pronouncing it that "Sen-Hora" (which just sounds very unnatural to a Portuguese listener). Cheers. :)
Nobunaga basically have anything that someone needs to be the greatest unifier yet at the same he also have everything someone needs to be the most brutal ruler. As you said, he is a very unique product of the period. In just a decade, he rises from just a ruler of a small territory to one of the most dangerous threat in Sengoku era of Japan
Could you imagine being the Emperor of Japan forced to just sit an watch as all these wars are being fought over being Shogun and you have literally almost on say in watch happens in regards to your Empire’s future, and all your best Generals and warriors are just killing each other, plotting and scheming rather than building up alliances, all while western Empires are slowly but surely creeping their way closer and closer to your shores. What a fucking headache that all must have been.
Emperor held no political power like 400 years before this late stage. Everyone just agreed that there should always have the emperor in Kyoto. Which by then reduce to rubble. Noted that Temple Hideyori rebuild also a process of rebuilding Kyoto.
What great video! Very detailed and you also explored multiple possibilities and presented the contradictions between several records. This video must have taken so long to make so let's appreciate what Cool History Bros are doing!❤
Your videos are so good, I always wanted to know the story to Dynasty Warriors and Nobunaga's Ambition but didn't wanna pick up a book. lol Plus the visual's help it not feel like I'm listening to a lecture that was uploaded to youtube - like some of the other overview videos.
It is interesting that the first two rifle muskets, one for sample and another to be disassembled and studied, were copied, improved, improvised and reproduced by Japanese craftsmanship. This made Japan a nation which produced the most of rifle muskets in the world and prevented Portugal and Spain and the other European nations to invade and colonize Japan by sending missionary first then conquer that is the way they conquered in South America.
Cool Fact: The Portuguese landed in the island of Tanegashima, just south of Kyushu, with their European arquebus long guns. Tanegashima would become the name of the rifles used by the Japanese later on. Named after the Lord of the island at the time, Tanegashima Tokitaka.
Yeap, Tokitaka was a vassal of the Shimadzu and married the sister of Shimazu Takahisa, father of the notorious 4 Shimazu brothers Ieshisa Toshihisa Yoshihisa Yoshihiro
*A bird was presented to the three unifiers* Nobunaga: Sing little bird or i will have you killed. Hideyoshi: Sing little bird or i will force you. Ieyasu: Sing little bird, i will wait forever.
And now, Nagoya has three unifiers again. They are... Ichiro (Baseball player) Akio Toyoda (The president of TOYOTA) Souta Fujii (The youngest six crowns of shogi). As a fellow Nagoya resident, I am very proud of these three.
It's really fun pausing the video and searching for the newly introduced characters as a samurai warriors character so I know who you are talking about, specifically SW 4, since that's what I am more familiar with.
38:48 Nobunaga was forced to commit seppuku. Ranmaru was one of the betrayers. They were going to have a guy to cut off Nobu's head, but at the last second Nobu smacked the guy to go away, and the man performed Seppuku the old style, stayed alive for around 40 mins.
Not sure if this is accurate, but I heard that Sen no Rikyu had something in common with Hideyoshi, they were both fans of Japanese tea ceremonies. So he was hired as a merchant for Hideyoshi. However they both had different strong opinions about what is a 'traditional' Japanese tea ceremony (Sen no Rikyu was a Japanese Buddhist and a student of Japanese tea ceremony), and so Hideyoshi banished Sen no Rikyu back to his temple. One day, when Hideyoshi visited Sen no Rikyu's temple to pay his respects to his ancestors. He noticed that there was a statue of Sen no Rikyu above the temple entrance, he took this as a sign that Sen no Rikyu had now "gotten too big for his boots" and feared a rebellion against him (after all he did try to prevent other daimyos to plot against his rule). So Hideyoshi threatened Sen no Rikyu, and Sen no Rikyu committed seppuku.
we need all war generals of sengoku era like date masamıne and yukimura sanada also many others please make an episode about all of them🙏luv your channel
Oichi-no-Kata and Yodo-dono. Many videos introducing the three great unifiers often omit the women, but I think they are indispensable. They are properly woven in this video, and they are the threads that connects the three unifiers vertically. It’s a little bit pity Oeyo is omitted, who is married to Tokugawa Hidetada the second shogun, and the youngest daughter of Oichi and sister of Yodo. I hope you pick Oichi and her three daughters someday in the future for the theme of a video.
Its always interesting to see a video on the unifiers, but have you guys ever considered doing something on the origins of the Sengoku Jidai and the Onin War?
Takeda Shingen & Uesugi Kenshin, lengendary warlords with the most powerful generals under their command, the only 2 who can stop Oda Nobugana, => Died because of some bullshiet things Personally, i feel so bad for Takeda clan, they are really strong and have alot famous clans as their vassals like Sanada clan, who become the present of the Samurai spirit in late Sengoku period
"Life is like a long road with a heavy load on your back. No rush. When greed rises in your heart, remember the hard times. If you take inconvenience for granted, dissatisfaction will not arise. Patience is the secret of longevity, and anger itself is the enemy to be eliminated. Those who get only wins and never lose will eventually face catastrophe. Reflect on your actions and don't blame others. Not enough is better than too much." ―――Said by Tokugawa Ieyasu
@@gendoruwo6322 Yes. The speed of Nobunaga's brain was terrifying. People called him a "The fool" because of his strange behavior. However, it can be inferred that he had his own reasons for his actions, but sadly few people could understand them. Just like modern mathematicians and chess masters. Hideyoshi was also a brilliant mind, but unfortunately all his ideas were temporary. I think his nickname "Monkey" describes his ideas well. Ieyasu is the least popular of the three. Many people say He stole his last victory. He forced the emperor into the Imperial court. He transformed the Land of Gold into Thomas More's "Utopia". It was the cause of Japan's lagging behind in the imperialist race of the 19th century. But that is a misunderstanding. Did it succeed in trying to dominate Korea and China as it was? Hideyoshi's aggression is still a stain on Japan-Korea friendship. On the contrary, it is possible that they were absorbed by the Chinese before they knew it, just like the Manchurians. Further, Spain and Portugal are Catholic countries, while England and the Netherlands are Protestant countries. He probably expected that free trade with the West would bring Japan to a bloody battle. He believed "peace" was the most correct answer. In order to do so, he had to cut off the source of the conflict and cut off the noise from abroad. "The book of five rings" and "Hagakure" were born as a result of exploring what it means to be a samurai in an era without conflict. In a sense, it would be correct to see the Edo period he created as a controlled society like North Korea. However, there is no doubt that many studies, arts, and inventions were born during this time, and that the energy for the Meiji Restoration was stored.
35:09 It sound it was all of them at once. With his cruel and wild request, the constant insult and preventing others to claim higher ranks, the threat of of power between nobles. It all sounds perfect for the (enemy of my enemy is my friend) and (after he is dead we can kill each other)
The reason why the Sengoku era's history is so captivating is because there were just so many contradictory records written by different factions and legends. Unlike imperial China, where there was an official history written by a central authority, different retainers from different clans write their own version and experience regarding the period. So, depending on which version they use, and which version's events they leave out, you can always create a Taiga drama about. the same period. LOL!
I wish a Time-traveler went back in time and Industrialize Medieval Jaoan
@@christiandauz3742 didn't Meiji handle that?
@@amandag.6186
Medieval Japan so before 1000 CE
gives you a much better view of history than the single-source one.
It is so simple. Akechi betrayed Nobunaga because Akechi wanted to change his last name to Oda, but Nobunaga reminded him that he was too inferior for that glorious clan name. So Akechi became very angry he couldn't have the last name of his boss. That's where the Incident started.
there is another saying about the three unifiers I think is apt. it's about a songbird. "If the bird doesn't sing, I will kill it." says Nobunaga. "If the bird doesn't sing, I will make it." Says Hideyoshi. "If the bird doesn't sing, I will wait until it does." Says Tokugawa,
represent three personalities😮
Nobunaga kinda mean ngl
@@Ilive_420 Bet he would be pissed doing waiting
Nobunaga is kinda brute
Kideyoshi is a more of an authoritarian
Tokugawa is patient
Nobunaga conquered
Hideyoshi established order
Ieyasu ruled
Who else is on a Sengoku period kick because of the new amazing Shogun series?
Absolutely! Can't get enough
i only saw one episode
Me!!! 🤚
Sengoku Basara here...
Samurai Warriors and Sengoku Basara.
There is a word to describe the unification of sengoku Japan. Oda Nobunaga mix the ingredients, Toyotomi Hideyoshi bake the cake and Tokugawa Ieyasu ate it.
Thats how he got the name, "Fat Shogun"
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Kinda reductive to Ieyasu though. He didn’t just sit there to eat it. After all, he’s a guy who founded the city of Tokyo so he had to do a lot of work.
@@nont18411There's actually suspicion nowadays that Tokugawa plotted the assassination of Nobunaga, and getting rid of Mitsuhide was him tying up loose ends.
Edit: to add, his initial march against Mitsuhide was (supposedly) to avenge Nobunaga's death but afterwards, he didn't really do anything to immortalise Nobunaga like one would expect of somebody truly grieving his passing.
@@onii-chandaisuki5710 The theory of Tokugawa plotting to kill Nobunaga seems to be more and more popular these days. After all, Nobunaga killed his wife and son (sort of. I know that Ieyasu did it himself but Nobunaga gave the order).
Nobunaga was a great leader but his biggest flaw was that his brutality made him treated the family members of his own lieutenants like 💩. He launched an attack that got Mitsuhide’s mom killed. He ordered Ieyasu to murder his own wife and son. Honnoji is inevitable for him.
Since castles in the early Sengoku were rude affairs, building one overnight isn't as impossible as it might sound. Floors above the Bailey were usually of wood construction. Stringing silk banners between endposts was how one made a command center in the field. From a distance, a silk walled castle looks as convincing as any. Workers can build the wooden walls behind the silk banners all the while, so that, when an enemy tests the construct, it has become a real castle.
It should also be noted that Hideyoshi pre-fabricated parts of the structure and had it shipped overland to the site.
@@bkjeong4302 Ahhhh . . .thanks, BK.
@@bkjeong4302LOL He pre ordered
@@bkjeong4302 ... so Hideyoshi designed prefab castles like the Soviet Union (under Khrushchev) created prefab buildings?
@@lewisaino IKEA shipment
"Go to his father funeral"
"Threw incense"
"Refuses to elaborate"
"Leaves"
What a chad
He was rock star
He called himself ''the demon king of 6th hell"
and killed 10 thousands of buddhism cult terrorists war monks and burned big temples.
Some fictions about why Mitsuhide betray Oda Nobunaga are wild: like Nobunaga became a vampire, or Hideyoshi provoked him into doing it, there's one where he survived & became Ieyasu adviser on how to take everything from the Tomotomi as revenge on Hideyoshi
Some Media turns Nobunaga into their Version of Vlad the Impaler.
@@conradojavier7547 Demon King of The 6th Heaven baby
I guess this is why we may never know the concrete reason why Mitsuhide betrayed Nobunaga.
@@thedragonofechigo7878 mother of Mitsuhide died as a hostage
While Mitsuhide persuading some clan to join the Oda side, he give his mother as a hostage to that clan as a promise not to attack, because that clan afraid of annihilation of the clan
Nobunaga just fuck it and attack that clan, that's why the reason he betrayal
@@Imperial_Guard2793 Yeah... that is plenty of reason to betray somebody. Prodigies are also human and make dumb mistakes but sometimes, the consequences of said mistakes are in magnitude with the person committing it.
Really love your presentation! Especially the colors and art, whenever i listen to other lectures and the pictures on the slides are black and white my brain goes blank sometimes so i really appreciate the effort you put in visuals!!
Chaotic indeed! Thanks for the most coherent rendition of these events I ever stumbled across
I think Akechi Mitsuhide betrayed Nobunaga because he was persuaded and bribed by Ashikaga Yoshiaki. It was Mitsuhide that brought Yoshiaki to Nobunanaga, so they had a connection and open communication. Yoshiaki was probably crying to Mitsuhide, "You promised Nobunaga would help and serve me, but he's only serving himself and using me. This is your fault. But tell you what, if you take his head, I'll give you titles, lands and castles...promise."
$$ the only common denominator
Is also important to mention that the Akechi had served the Ashikaga directly for geberations, so is also possible that Yoshiaki also used a good bunch of “filial honor manipulation” since by betraying the Ashikaga he was in a way betraying his ancestors
This channel has gone above and beyond in delivering quality history content. Wonderful presentation that makes the complicated events easier to understand.
This really fills in the knowledge gaps from my Samurai Warriors 5 education.😆
This was a surprisingly clear and coherent history of a very chaotic period… with no ads too!? Very well done. Subscribed.
Nobunaga pounds the mochi, Hideyoshi mixes the mochi while Ieyasu sits on his ass and eats the mochi.
We know who pay for the booze 😂😂
Amazing series! Akechi's story changes depending on what depiction you're into at the moment. In some, Akechi was a tragic hero doing what he did for Japan. In others, he's a madman who betrayed Nobunaga for fun. Then there is the theory that Akechi was a Buddhist that took issue with Nobunaga killing so many of his faith. There is a different motive in every depiction I've encountered. But, many characters are the same, having multiple characterizations. Its actually something I love about the period. Every character is a mythological character as much as a historical one. Thanks for making this series! Definitely a "must watch" for those interested in the Sengoku period.
Yeah. There's no true conlusive reason why Akechi betrayed Nobunaga, as he carried his reasoning to the grave. So storytellers sometimes have to make up a story for it to fill the holes, whether from a logical, storytelling, or just entertaining standpoint. Another good example would be Jack the Ripper.
The logical story is the Buddhism one, oda tried to get certain monk warriors to join his cause they denied and he killed them off..
Oh my goodness! This was so interesting and easy to understand! I am ashamed to say that although I knew the major players from the Sengoku era, I never knew how all the pieces connected! Thank you and I'll be watching your other videos for sure!
Why the hell do you have less than 100k subs? One of the best history youtube channels (and -the best- on Chinese history).
Yes! I loved your complete Romance of the Three Kingdoms series. Thank you!
Your art of Miyamoto Musashi and his two sword style looks eerily like Kouzuki Oden 😳 that's not a bad thing, it's a nice touch!
oden is based on musashi miyamoto tho, his two style sword stance is musashi's style
@Tim w you’re very close to making a connection there….
This sounds so exciting! You are by far my favourite youtuber!
I just finished playing Samurai Warriors 5 and I played out everything you covererd in this. I know some fans are tired of everything being centered on Nobunaga but it makes sense to make this one focused on him and Mitsuhide.
Nobunaga Ambition is more detailed than trash SW5 tbh
@@GinpeiWangan I enjoyed it but that's my opinion. I do like Nobunaga's Ambition as well.
I think Samurai Warriors 5 covered the history pretty well in its plot. It's not perfect (although none of the media covering this is since too much info is inconclusive). Ranmaru isn't in the game but I feel that his presence would've steered the story they have made in a weird direction because they based Nobunaga change in character off the death of his wife.
All in all they made Nobunaga look like the Sengoku hero he was, gave him a justification for changing in his character, and gave Mitsuhide a justification for betraying Nobunaga in the end.
It is so simple. Akechi betrayed Nobunaga because Akechi wanted to change his last name to Oda, but Nobunaga reminded him that he was too inferior for that glorious clan name. So Akechi became very angry he couldn't have the last name of his boss. That's where the Incident started.
@@barrywhite1161 theres supposedly other reasons he betrayed him too.
いや、凄いですね。
こんな日本の歴史に興味を持ってくれて、しかもわざわざCGまで作って。
感心しました。
Hideyoshi wanted to conquer the Ming Dynasty because there were moves by foreign powers to colonize it. Hideyoshi had been furious since before that, when he found out that Christians were being traded as slaves for Japanese slaves. Before the Ming Dynasty could be conquered, it was necessary to solidify Hideyoshi's position in Asia. Hideyoshi was always good at fighting with a broader perspective than just the entire battlefield. In fact, the battle against the allied forces of Korea and Ming was an easy victory with almost no problems. If Hideyoshi had lived another five years, he would have been able to conquer the Ming Dynasty. However, he died, and the foreign powers could no longer afford to colonize the Ming Dynasty, and there was no possibility of it happening, so the war ended.
Your videos are phenomenal. You deserve all the success the future will bring
Amazing :) Makes me appreciate playing NiOh even more. Thanks for making this.
Fantastic work as always! Glad I waited to watch these as a feature-length film to avoid the nail-biting cliffhangers through-out. This way we get the happy ending of unprecedent peace for centuries of Tokugawa rule.
Years after teaching me to play D&D, this man is now teaching me about the warring states period. Truly a legend.
amazing documentaries, good job
Wow! This is the most detailed and interesting retelling that I could find so far :)
great respect for your work, this channel is amazing. i have no idea why you dont even have 80k subs. it should be 8million, and if u just keep on like this, i think you will reach that point. i think what is most outstanding on this channel compared to other similar ones is that you dont just list some facts and illustrate some pictures around them, there is a grand narrative wich you follow. this can only be done with a great understanding of history itsself.
its not just counting down events, like then this battle happened, and then this battle happened, and then that battle happened, like a machine gun ratatatata blasting some corner stones into your brain at a pace that is much too high. its actually more like a real story that you can follow and understand. and i would like to encourage you to focus even more on that part.
dont be scared to go into detail, like explain the characters more deeply for example. the way your are doing it, i bet it wont be boring at all, it will make the story more colorful, relatable, exciting and easier to understand. dont just list facts and events, tell a story. and dont be afraid to slow down the pace a little bit here and there. i mean, whats up with hideyoshi holding sandals in his hands all the time, for example...do you think your random western viewer knows all this stuff, or why did you leave it out?
for me as a western person its almost impossible to keep track of all that strange names (to my ears, ofc). that really is a big big problem i think. when you are going too fast i cant keep up, at all, and get totally confused. really, keeping track of names and the corresponding characters is the most difficult thing for me. try to make that easier, and youre channel will soar the heavens like a dragon.
this might sound super super rude, and i apologize in advance. but, still, there is nothing that i can do about it really. so im just gonna go ahead: you have no idea how much easier it would be for me to read about the 3 kingdoms for example when you dont have a liu bei, a guan yu, and a zhan fei, but instead just call them ben, joe and fizz. (maybe even think of some fictional family names. maybe some names related to the real names...some clever acronyms, i dunno... )
i know, i know, plz dont hurt me. but still:
i think if you really wanna teach the essence of your culture to the whole world (i bet 99% of your audience is not chinese), it would be way more effective to do it like this, instead of insisiting on keeping the chinese names in the honor of chinese culture, if you know what i mean. if you dont believe me, try it out.
i think that if instead of a few thounands you reach millions of people, your ancestors might foregive you for a little bit of a rocky translation of names, for you are spreading chinese culture as a whole like a tiger that has grown wings.
i think keeping those names is okay but the problem is he uses too many japanese/chinese words in his videos and always translates them to English after the introduction of them. It's completely unnecessary and a waste of time, he should've just straightforwardly introduced those english words instead.
@@midgarmerc7Excuse me but there are speakers of Chinese and Japanese here that would like to know what original term was.
@@PeebeesPet didn't realize that. I'm a big fan of Japanese language and history so I already knew those words in Japanese. I think it's good to show them but always pronouncing them kinda disrupts the flow of storytelling.
BROO!!!! THIS CHANNEL DESERVES A SUBSCRIBE!!!
Man I just love your artwork of nobunaga. Great video, detailed, easy to understand, lively 👌
good! 幾つか今では誤りとされてる古い学説もあるけど、それ以外は丁寧な解説で良き。
『尾張の"お"つけ』...。
Is that Kouzuki Musashi? 😆
Great video btw, the narration complemented with animation really help to understand everything.
Your channel is amazing. One of the best history channels on UA-cam.
i cannot stress this enough... your channel is definitely THE BEST when it comes to pronouncing foreign words. It is so very clear to me that you put in the effort to learn and try to pronounce things as natively as possible. other channels always say "forgive my pronunciation" but it is so obvious that they didn't even take the time to go to google translate, something so simple....
kudos to you my bro, and everyone that is involved with cool history bros; for the dedication and effort put into these videos.
im not 100 sure how portuguese people would pronounce nossa senhora da graca, but for future reference that little tail in the C in graca, means that the C is pronounced like and S. so it would be "grassa" instead of "graka", which means grace.
A whole one year late to your comment, but, as someone from Portugal, I can confirm that his pronunciation of "Nossa Senhora da Graça", as well as "Luís Fróis", was indeed a bit off the mark (as opposed to his Japanese pronunciation, which, to my modest understanding of it, sounds just excellent). To a Portuguese ear, he sounds like he's applying a mix of Spanish and English pronunciation rules to the words.
I'm not quite capable of putting into written form how either word should be 100% correctly pronounced, but here are two near enough suggestions:
Luís Fróis - LOO-EE-SHH / FR*-OI**-SHH
* In English, this particular R sound is only found in some variants such as Scottish English, so try to imagine how a Scotsman would say it. All 3 R sounds in these 2 words are pronounced this way.
** Similar sound to the typical "Oi!" interjection from Cockney English, but with a very open O sound.
Nossa Senhora da Graça - NOH*-SSUH / SUH**-Nioh***-RUH / DUH / GRAH-SSUH
* Same open O sound as before
** This particular UH sound needs to be a bit more closed than the other UH sounds.
*** This NH sound is very difficult for a lot of foreigners to pronounce (similiarly to our LH sound). This sound does not exist in English at all.
Curiously enough, Japanese pronunciation might help in this particular case, as, if I'm not mistaken, the Japanese pronunciation of the word "Nioh" produces most of the sounds needed for the "nho" in "Senhora". The most problematic element is the distinct "N" sound at the start, which shouldn't be there, but "SeNIOHra" (which would sound pretty similiar to Spanish, actually) is a much better way of pronouncing it that "Sen-Hora" (which just sounds very unnatural to a Portuguese listener).
Cheers. :)
Nobunaga basically have anything that someone needs to be the greatest unifier yet at the same he also have everything someone needs to be the most brutal ruler. As you said, he is a very unique product of the period. In just a decade, he rises from just a ruler of a small territory to one of the most dangerous threat in Sengoku era of Japan
Could you imagine being the Emperor of Japan forced to just sit an watch as all these wars are being fought over being Shogun and you have literally almost on say in watch happens in regards to your Empire’s future, and all your best Generals and warriors are just killing each other, plotting and scheming rather than building up alliances, all while western Empires are slowly but surely creeping their way closer and closer to your shores. What a fucking headache that all must have been.
Emperor held no political power like 400 years before this late stage. Everyone just agreed that there should always have the emperor in Kyoto. Which by then reduce to rubble.
Noted that Temple Hideyori rebuild also a process of rebuilding Kyoto.
完成度が高い動画です👏👏👏
驚きました！ 👀❕✨
Excellent work here Sir
I've been watching UA-cam for years, I think it's the best channel I've watched so far, thank you for your efforts man.
Out of three unifiers, Nobunaga was the true innovator.
Best video ever, I had no idea about japanese history but it was super clear
How does this not have more views? This is amazing!
Your scale to showace different important events happening in same time is really helpful
This is probably the most entertaining video on this period. I’m hooked. Lol
Thank you Cool History and to my childhood game "Warriors Orochi", for bringing me to learn these history of different countries.
Bro these are great. How had I not found these before?
What great video! Very detailed and you also explored multiple possibilities and presented the contradictions between several records. This video must have taken so long to make so let's appreciate what Cool History Bros are doing!❤
Your videos are so good, I always wanted to know the story to Dynasty Warriors and Nobunaga's Ambition but didn't wanna pick up a book. lol
Plus the visual's help it not feel like I'm listening to a lecture that was uploaded to youtube - like some of the other overview videos.
W vid, love ur vids bro
It is interesting that the first two rifle muskets, one for sample and another to be disassembled and studied, were copied, improved, improvised and reproduced by Japanese craftsmanship. This made Japan a nation which produced the most of rifle muskets in the world and prevented Portugal and Spain and the other European nations to invade and colonize Japan by sending missionary first then conquer that is the way they conquered in South America.
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Cool Fact: The Portuguese landed in the island of Tanegashima, just south of Kyushu, with their European arquebus long guns.
Tanegashima would become the name of the rifles used by the Japanese later on. Named after the Lord of the island at the time, Tanegashima Tokitaka.
Yeap, Tokitaka was a vassal of the Shimadzu and married the sister of Shimazu Takahisa, father of the notorious 4 Shimazu brothers
Ieshisa
Toshihisa
Yoshihisa
Yoshihiro
*A bird was presented to the three unifiers*
Nobunaga: Sing little bird or i will have you killed.
Hideyoshi: Sing little bird or i will force you.
Ieyasu: Sing little bird, i will wait forever.
違うよ。鳥が泣かぬなら、泣かせてみせよう!ホトトギス
And now, Nagoya has three unifiers again. They are...
Ichiro (Baseball player)
Akio Toyoda (The president of TOYOTA)
Souta Fujii (The youngest six crowns of shogi).
As a fellow Nagoya resident, I am very proud of these three.
Meiji era is one of the best eras in Japan's history. They featured it in anime.
@Hunter6213 When does the Taisho era take place?
Weirdly enough the only person from Japan that I can pinpoint is Nobunaga jajajan
I'm surprised that most of this clan is still a big family in the modern age.
This is why I love to use Oda Nobunaga faction in video games
Great video bros!
It's really fun pausing the video and searching for the newly introduced characters as a samurai warriors character so I know who you are talking about, specifically SW 4, since that's what I am more familiar with.
Excellent work ❤
Thank you so much for such great historical videos!
I'm so glad to see yasuke be brought up as a black man living in japan love to see out place in japanese history
nice
i hope u can tackle gouryeo empress chunchu jin dynasty and the chinese dynastys bro
That was awesome 😎👍
This channel is underrated
The quiet Eurobeat in the background during the "Hideyoshi the Speedster" section was *chef's kiss*.
Flashideyoshi
I love the amount of yari ayashigaru used in this video 🤣
1:06:25 for those wandering the left side is Chikuri-in while the right side is Komatsu Honda or famously known in warriors franchise is Ina
First good video. Loved it!
Now I love this era and have strong Emotions for it and it's people...SCREW YOU, IEYASU, YOU FAT TANUKI!
Thabk you for the great video
38:48 Nobunaga was forced to commit seppuku. Ranmaru was one of the betrayers. They were going to have a guy to cut off Nobu's head, but at the last second Nobu smacked the guy to go away, and the man performed Seppuku the old style, stayed alive for around 40 mins.
Get the popcorn out and enjoy
Great stuff so much better than any western explanation of Japanese history
Not sure if this is accurate, but I heard that Sen no Rikyu had something in common with Hideyoshi, they were both fans of Japanese tea ceremonies. So he was hired as a merchant for Hideyoshi.
However they both had different strong opinions about what is a 'traditional' Japanese tea ceremony (Sen no Rikyu was a Japanese Buddhist and a student of Japanese tea ceremony), and so Hideyoshi banished Sen no Rikyu back to his temple.
One day, when Hideyoshi visited Sen no Rikyu's temple to pay his respects to his ancestors. He noticed that there was a statue of Sen no Rikyu above the temple entrance, he took this as a sign that Sen no Rikyu had now "gotten too big for his boots" and feared a rebellion against him (after all he did try to prevent other daimyos to plot against his rule). So Hideyoshi threatened Sen no Rikyu, and Sen no Rikyu committed seppuku.
we need all war generals of sengoku era
like date masamıne and yukimura sanada also many others
please make an episode about all of them🙏luv your channel
Ahhh so that’s where the legend of Oden took inspiration from, Goémon 🙏🙏🤯
Epic !
Nice
Oichi-no-Kata and Yodo-dono. Many videos introducing the three great unifiers often omit the women, but I think they are indispensable. They are properly woven in this video, and they are the threads that connects the three unifiers vertically. It’s a little bit pity Oeyo is omitted, who is married to Tokugawa Hidetada the second shogun, and the youngest daughter of Oichi and sister of Yodo. I hope you pick Oichi and her three daughters someday in the future for the theme of a video.
@46:36 So much for Hideyoshi creating a happy Japan.
Its always interesting to see a video on the unifiers, but have you guys ever considered doing something on the origins of the Sengoku Jidai and the Onin War?
Takeda Shingen & Uesugi Kenshin, lengendary warlords with the most powerful generals under their command, the only 2 who can stop Oda Nobugana, => Died because of some bullshiet things
Personally, i feel so bad for Takeda clan, they are really strong and have alot famous clans as their vassals like Sanada clan, who become the present of the Samurai spirit in late Sengoku period
おお全部見てしまった 初めて聞いた説も多くて楽しめました 1:14:55 家康はoshogoではなくogosyo（大御所）です
Ohhh Yasuke rolled with Nobunaga! So cool. I didnt know this
This is a Sengoku history that is very faithful to the current interpretation.
Play Nioh 1 and 2. They delve greatly into the lore of all these guys and almost every notable Japanese legend and folklore
Excellent presentation
Great video! Thank you!
Rise and Fall of Three Unifiers of Sengoku Japan
"Life is like a long road with a heavy load on your back. No rush.
When greed rises in your heart, remember the hard times.
If you take inconvenience for granted, dissatisfaction will not arise.
Patience is the secret of longevity, and anger itself is the enemy to be eliminated.
Those who get only wins and never lose will eventually face catastrophe.
Reflect on your actions and don't blame others.
Not enough is better than too much."
―――Said by Tokugawa Ieyasu
he's definitely the wisest of the three unifiers.
@@gendoruwo6322 Yes. The speed of Nobunaga's brain was terrifying. People called him a "The fool" because of his strange behavior. However, it can be inferred that he had his own reasons for his actions, but sadly few people could understand them. Just like modern mathematicians and chess masters.
Hideyoshi was also a brilliant mind, but unfortunately all his ideas were temporary. I think his nickname "Monkey" describes his ideas well.
Ieyasu is the least popular of the three. Many people say He stole his last victory. He forced the emperor into the Imperial court. He transformed the Land of Gold into Thomas More's "Utopia". It was the cause of Japan's lagging behind in the imperialist race of the 19th century.
But that is a misunderstanding. Did it succeed in trying to dominate Korea and China as it was? Hideyoshi's aggression is still a stain on Japan-Korea friendship. On the contrary, it is possible that they were absorbed by the Chinese before they knew it, just like the Manchurians.
Further, Spain and Portugal are Catholic countries, while England and the Netherlands are Protestant countries. He probably expected that free trade with the West would bring Japan to a bloody battle.
He believed "peace" was the most correct answer. In order to do so, he had to cut off the source of the conflict and cut off the noise from abroad. "The book of five rings" and "Hagakure" were born as a result of exploring what it means to be a samurai in an era without conflict.
In a sense, it would be correct to see the Edo period he created as a controlled society like North Korea. However, there is no doubt that many studies, arts, and inventions were born during this time, and that the energy for the Meiji Restoration was stored.
Great video
What would be nice is seeing a video on the heian period of Japan
😍🤩 so awesome
35:09
It sound it was all of them at once. With his cruel and wild request, the constant insult and preventing others to claim higher ranks, the threat of of power between nobles. It all sounds perfect for the (enemy of my enemy is my friend) and (after he is dead we can kill each other)
poor ranmaru barely gets a mention :(
6:42 × Owari no Otsuke → ○ Owari no Utsuke
2:23 actually pronounced Shogun correctly brings a tear to my eye.
Please make a new series about the life of Minamoto yoshitsune this story isn't told much but it I think it's worth!
In high school I read Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa, Hideyoshi's biography in prose, it was a really great book
Dear lord, dude will NOT give Hideyoshi a break for his looks 😭
To be fair . He was terrible