Tokugawa Ieyasu - Japan’s Greatest Shogun

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  • Опубликовано: 10 ноя 2024

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  • @Biographics
    @Biographics  2 года назад +23

    Check out Squarespace: squarespace.com/BIOGRAPHICS for 10% off on your first purchase.

    • @Tremont24
      @Tremont24 2 года назад +1

      Please do Booker T. Washington Next

    • @michaelmayhem350
      @michaelmayhem350 2 года назад +1

      Simon we need DTU March 8 1994 Michigan Please make it happen

    • @geohector3172
      @geohector3172 2 года назад

      "Toyote" ?! Really ?! Last I checked it was Toyotomi...dude 10 seconds in and already a big error , don't get me wrong I am a big fan of your videos for more than 4 years now ,but please do be accurate when you present history.

    • @PaulojnPereira
      @PaulojnPereira 2 года назад

      Please do one on Prince Menshikov it seems a very interesting bio. Thank you in advance!

    • @mariusmatei2946
      @mariusmatei2946 Год назад

      Actually, Tokugawa Ieyasu married his first wife, Lady Tsukiyama, in 1557, when he was 14 years old (not when he was 16; in fact, in 1559, when he/Tokugawa Ieyasu was 16, his first son, Matsudaira Nobuyasu, was born).

  • @radddish
    @radddish 8 месяцев назад +299

    time to watch this while i wait for episode 4 of shogun

    • @MetalGamer666
      @MetalGamer666 8 месяцев назад +8

      That ending of episode 4, though.

    • @devilpupbear09
      @devilpupbear09 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@MetalGamer666it has begun!

    • @StryderK
      @StryderK 7 месяцев назад +1

      Episode 5…..Ohh boy…Yes, I read the book like 13 times since I was 13…..the game is now really in motion!

    • @GIBBO4182
      @GIBBO4182 7 месяцев назад

      Tried watching that show 3 times now. It’s dull as dishwater

    • @niall0208
      @niall0208 7 месяцев назад

      Ep 7

  • @vitanus
    @vitanus 7 месяцев назад +40

    Tokugawa Ieyasu is one of the few heavyweights in history that just won.
    The Augustus of Japan

  • @grandadmiralzaarin4962
    @grandadmiralzaarin4962 2 года назад +315

    "If the Nightingale won't sing I will kill it." Oda Nobunaga
    "If the Nightingale won't sing, I will make it sing." Toyotomi Hideyoshi
    "If the Nightingale won't sing, I will wait for it to sing." Tokugawa Ieyasu
    Oda Nobunaga made the rice cakes.
    Toyotomi Hideyoshi cooked the rice cakes.
    Tokugawa Ieyasu ate the rice cakes.

    • @erickmalm9458
      @erickmalm9458 2 года назад +32

      "And if that mockingbird won't sing, I'll break that birdie's neck." Eminem

    • @pradyumn2692
      @pradyumn2692 Год назад +12

      Nightingale doesn't sing.
      Tokugawa - Hideyoshi, I am waiting
      Hideyoshi - Nobunaga, make it sing
      Nobunaga - Sing or else..

    • @td2456
      @td2456 6 месяцев назад

      Metaphors man

    • @アメジスト先輩
      @アメジスト先輩 4 месяца назад

  • @JaelaOrdo
    @JaelaOrdo 2 года назад +174

    “Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.”
    - Tokugawa Ieyasu

    • @Mushroom_Us
      @Mushroom_Us 2 года назад +5

      pretty sure he did not know and speak english

    • @cheri238
      @cheri238 2 года назад +5

      Pretty sure he spoke perfect engrish🦊🐻🐆

    • @GrndAdmiralThrawn
      @GrndAdmiralThrawn 2 года назад +3

      Expect disappointment, and you will never be disappointed.

    • @Stroke999
      @Stroke999 2 года назад +13

      @@Mushroom_Us You know you can translate languages right?

    • @mariusmatei2946
      @mariusmatei2946 Год назад

      ​@@GrndAdmiralThrawnthat's, both, a brutal, and a valuable lesson (with nuances/various degrees of truth, of course, depending on the circumstances).

  • @chrisanduncensoredjapan6627
    @chrisanduncensoredjapan6627 2 года назад +81

    Ieyasu’s real grave is not at Nikko as many think. It’s at Kunozan Toshogu Shrine in Shizuoka, which by the way enshrines all 15 of the Tokugawa Shoguns.

    • @boxingboys
      @boxingboys 18 дней назад

      Why does it say at the inner shrine in nikko it was there?

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 2 года назад +31

    0:55 - Chapter 1 - The hostage life
    5:25 - Mid roll ads
    6:45 - Chapter 2 - Oda sidekick
    12:50 - Chapter 3 - Not the right time
    16:35 - Chapter 4 - The new shogun

    • @jarroncarlton
      @jarroncarlton 2 года назад +1

      And went out bad when oda ask him to kill his own son and he did lol

    • @cheri238
      @cheri238 2 года назад +1

      What a story right ✅️ 😪 🙄

    • @cheri238
      @cheri238 2 года назад +1

      WHAT A STORY RIGHT ✅️

    • @Force909
      @Force909 2 года назад

      where is chapter 5 and 6?

  • @kirby1997
    @kirby1997 8 месяцев назад +178

    Who's here from Shogun 😮

    • @Recklesscharge
      @Recklesscharge 7 месяцев назад +7

      I'm here from shogun total war 2😅

    • @kirby1997
      @kirby1997 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@Recklesscharge love that game. Actually replayed a campaign after watching shogun

    • @Recklesscharge
      @Recklesscharge 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@kirby1997yes it is a great game it runs well even on my old slow PC and has great graphics it is generally accepted to be the greatest total war although I think medival is better

  • @cheri238
    @cheri238 2 года назад +19

    I have been studying philosophy since 3:00 a.m. this morning and now this. I LOVE YOUR DOCUMENTARIES. JAPAN. Tokugawa leyasu- 1543, Japan 's greatest shogun. ♥️ OKAY, let's go.

    • @cheri238
      @cheri238 2 года назад +1

      ✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️

    • @felonious_c
      @felonious_c 2 года назад +1

      Refreshing honesty 👍

    • @cheri238
      @cheri238 2 года назад

      I cannot spell on these cell phones. LOL I have had to watch this several times, although I love this guy, he speaks awfully fast.❤🥰

  • @Soul93Taker
    @Soul93Taker 2 года назад +56

    To think my first real look at Ieyasu was "Japanese Dani DeVito with a big ass flame spouting spearcannon" in Samurai Warriors. It blew my mind when i found out the names belonged to real people, and how they'd shaped Japan's history.
    Bit disappointed he didn't have the spear cannon in real life tho.

  • @Jansellopez04
    @Jansellopez04 2 года назад +68

    I got interested on Tokugawa Ieyasu because my favorite Japanese actor, Matsumoto Jun is portraying him in a taiga (historical) drama about Ieyasu's life next year January 2023.

    • @cheri238
      @cheri238 2 года назад +4

      TEST NE TOO

    • @AndrewsHere132
      @AndrewsHere132 8 месяцев назад

      How are u doing now? Have you seen the show?😂

    • @Jansellopez04
      @Jansellopez04 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@AndrewsHere132 I've watched some of the episodes but not all as it aired for 11 months (January to December 2023) and I was busy with school last year, but I can say that he portrayed Ieyasu well, from the weak imprisoned boy to one of the greatest shogun's in Japan's history, it also highlighted his military achievements like winning in wars, but also his family life with his first wife to his concubines, also with his children.

    • @KhangNguyen-yk2rk
      @KhangNguyen-yk2rk 7 месяцев назад

      @@Jansellopez04 not a very good taiga drama for me, but im glad the scriptwriter didnt portray Ieyasu heroic and antagonizing him too much.

    • @Jansellopez04
      @Jansellopez04 7 месяцев назад

      @@KhangNguyen-yk2rk They also highlighted how he allowed his first wife and son to be executed, I'm not really sure if he really loves his first wife cause in the drama, he is shown crying while hugging her body

  • @LearningNeverStopsEX
    @LearningNeverStopsEX 6 месяцев назад +80

    Who's here cause of Shogun the series ?

    • @Lufeaguilar
      @Lufeaguilar Месяц назад +1

      Reading the book right now too, for more details like this 😅

  • @wendycharles9576
    @wendycharles9576 2 года назад +10

    My day doesn't start until a see a video from Simon.

    • @GIBBO4182
      @GIBBO4182 2 года назад

      Fun fact: Simon calls it “my tube” he has soooo many channels! 😂

    • @daniels.2720
      @daniels.2720 2 года назад

      ...or 5 videos from Simon

  • @ShowMeTheMendozas
    @ShowMeTheMendozas 2 года назад +24

    Nobunaga’s Ambition was the greatest Nintendo game ever created. 99.9% of the world has no idea.

  • @MalikF15
    @MalikF15 2 года назад +128

    Love how in Japanese culture you change your name as you gain more power. Thus starting the Anime trend of transformations.

    • @jessietricia1609
      @jessietricia1609 Год назад +6

      It was the same for Ancient Romans too lol

    • @MalikF15
      @MalikF15 Год назад +6

      @@jessietricia1609Oh Yea who willingly names their kid Africanus

    • @mariusmatei2946
      @mariusmatei2946 Год назад +3

      ​@@MalikF15there was a difference, though: in the Roman Empire, such "names" weren't actually names, but more like nicknames that a person was gaining/associated with; in Japan (but also, in China, and other Asian countries/societies), people were becoming known by different names based/depending on the stage/where they were in their lives (e.g. you had to be known by a different name once you became an adult; you had to change your infant/childhood name).

  • @sunitamishra4412
    @sunitamishra4412 4 месяца назад +1

    From India🇮🇳 I Admire Tokugawa Iyeyasu The Great Shogun ❤ His Quotes Is Really Inspiring And Personality Is Really Attractive😊

  • @DedicatedSpirit8
    @DedicatedSpirit8 Год назад +4

    Tokugawa, was a ruthless and incredibly intelligent man.
    He put a stranglehold on Japan unlike anyone.
    Nobunaga might've been the first man to subdue all of Japan but his carelessness kept him from holding on to the country for too long.
    Tokugawa sealed his control of Japan in a way that really proves how powerful 1 man can be.

  • @poindextertunes
    @poindextertunes 2 года назад +29

    “When I was little my father was famous. He was the greatest samurai in the empire, and he was the Shogun’s decapitator” 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @AArdW01f
    @AArdW01f 2 года назад +450

    Hideyoshi and Nobunaga would like a word.

    • @gphjr1444
      @gphjr1444 2 года назад +151

      Tokugawa was able to play the long game though and managed to take advantage of those two’s achievements.

    • @aw4955
      @aw4955 2 года назад +24

      ...and a big word at that.

    • @dianelipson5420
      @dianelipson5420 2 года назад +6

      😂😂😂😂

    • @demeterruinedmylife3199
      @demeterruinedmylife3199 2 года назад +91

      Tbf, Nobunaga never got the shogun title, and Hideyoshi ruled as Kampaku...

    • @johnqpublic2718
      @johnqpublic2718 2 года назад +6

      What's it like living life like you do?

  • @theofficialken1755
    @theofficialken1755 Год назад +6

    I got to visit his grave shrine in Nikko. Fairly humble shrine for an important figure.

  • @ethanallan1254
    @ethanallan1254 2 года назад +5

    Since you mentioned him in this video I’d suggest a video on emperor Meiji, he’s a pretty cool dude

  • @eazyd3402
    @eazyd3402 2 года назад +14

    tokugawa didn’t submit to hideyoshi until 1586, 2 yrs after komaki nagakute, in that period after there was alot of tension as hideyoshi repeatedly tried to make ieyasu submit but no avail, it wasn’t until hideyoshi sent ieyasu his sister as a wife & his mother as a hostage that ieyasu took the trip to osaka and formally submitted

    • @eazyd3402
      @eazyd3402 2 года назад +5

      also hideyoshi didn’t just give ieyasu 5 provinces, oda gave ieyasu one after the defeat of the takeda, & during the tensho jingo conflict which was a free for all in regards to the recently acquired takeda lands following nobunaga’s death in 1582, ieyasu gained an additional 2 provinces through his own merit

    • @taskdon769
      @taskdon769 2 года назад +5

      Whoever wrote the entire script has done very little research on facts, usually what happened when Biographic does Asian figures. So many errors that I stop caring...

  • @demigodluis
    @demigodluis 2 года назад +8

    Japanese history is awesome.

  • @Uzair_Of_Babylon465
    @Uzair_Of_Babylon465 2 года назад +5

    Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

  • @e.i.3077
    @e.i.3077 Год назад +16

    I honestly respect him so much, he was a mastermind. He was betrayed by his own father and raised by his family’s enemies. He waited, learnt from other people’s mistakes and played his cards at just the right time. By far a more interesting character than the ones who only knew how to win wars.

  • @Ddawg2000
    @Ddawg2000 2 года назад +2

    At this point I'm sure I'm addicted to your videos across all channels

  • @LilyJaneH
    @LilyJaneH 2 года назад +7

    My only complaint with this video is the inconsistency between individual and clan names. It’s consistently Tokugawa (clan) and Nobunaga (individual) for Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga, but then Toyotomi Hideyoshi is called by both his individual and clan names. It’s just a lot more difficult to keep everyone straight when they aren’t all using the same sort of short name consistently. I do appreciate sticking with their names from only one point in their life, though. That does make it easier, but consistency would simplify it further.

  • @kawaki4441
    @kawaki4441 6 месяцев назад +2

    Everyone talking about Shogun... But I'm here because in 2003 version of TMNT Shredder said that he brought Tokugawa Clan to power.

  • @rashkavar
    @rashkavar 2 года назад +28

    To be fair, Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea went very well when it was on dry land, at least at first. Unfortunately for him, Korea did have one ace up its sleeve - an admiral whose brilliance was so great that *Nelson,* the man who was quite possibly the finest admiral Europe has ever seen, was impressed by his exploits. Seriously, if you haven't heard the story of Admiral Yi's life, do yourself a favour and track down a good telling of it. It's quite the story.
    Korea's survival isn't solely thanks to Admiral Yi - their alliance with China eventually sealed the fate of forces left on land, and the Korean civilians formed guerilla resistance units to further disrupt things....but Admiral Yi definitely played a big part in things.

    • @charleskenechukwu8726
      @charleskenechukwu8726 7 месяцев назад +2

      Brilliant
      Toyotomi hideyoshi easily overran Joseon with foot soldiers, the Korean generals were soundly defeated and woeful but when they heard that the man the myth the legend Yi sun shin was holding out, they began to join him
      It was a beautiful tactics so that they focus solely on sea while the guerilla resistance forces led by prince gwanghaegun and gen hong the blood General will focus on dampening the Japanese army’s spirit
      The heavens were just on Admiral Yi side

  • @rodziegman
    @rodziegman 2 года назад +4

    I thought I somehow missed the other 2 videos and was happy I had 2 more to watch. 😞

  • @oasisgaming7005
    @oasisgaming7005 2 года назад +2

    Waited a long time for this

  • @streetcat3411
    @streetcat3411 2 года назад +30

    There is a poem that sums up the characters of these three men. It goes something like this:
    If the little cuckoo wont sing,…I’ll kill it!
    -Oda Nobunaga
    If the little cuckoo wont sing,…I’ll make it want to sing!
    -Toyotomi Hideyoshi
    If the little cuckoo wont sing,…I’ll wait for it to sing!
    -Tokugawa Ieyasu.

    • @aliashfaque1746
      @aliashfaque1746 6 месяцев назад +1

      Patience and gameplay, learning from crisis and making it work for him. No wonde Tokugawa was the one who was truly successful compared to the other two

  • @cheri238
    @cheri238 2 года назад +6

    After watching this several times, it was definitely fascinating and informative. If I may make a suggestion read, Bushido: "The Way of the Warrior Samurai Code".( The Soul of Japan) by Inazo Nikobe. One of my favorite books.❤

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 2 года назад +8

    Another great video on Japanese history! The Next one could be Meiji the Great, Japan's Greatest Emperor.

  • @glr4275
    @glr4275 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for your video. I must have commented on this already but you really remind me of Simon Schama a historian I adore. 🙂

  • @eshmawi
    @eshmawi Год назад

    I like how he summed the internet, and "Who knows, who cares.." LOVE.

  • @maryscott9430
    @maryscott9430 2 года назад +5

    I wish the channel was grouped by japan videos, china videos, us videos etc or by date in history.. so vikings, midevil times, victorian era etc. i find this stuff so interesting but it can be difficult to keep induvidual timelines straight

  • @BerndSchnabl
    @BerndSchnabl 8 месяцев назад +5

    @3:59 .... How can there be a photograph of Oda Nobunaga (1534 - 1582) ?

    • @koukidenhikaitu4990
      @koukidenhikaitu4990 3 месяца назад

      This is a portrait, not a photograph; it is estimated to have been painted around 1585 by a European missionary using Western painting techniques. This is a later reproduction of that portrait (the original is lost).

  • @Matt123Chez
    @Matt123Chez 2 года назад +6

    I've enjoyed these vids, could you cover notable Daimyo lords like Takeda Shingen and Usegi Kenshin and their wars.

  • @beachboy0505
    @beachboy0505 2 года назад +2

    Excellent video 📹
    Civil war is confusing, but this videos cleared 👌

  • @janarani
    @janarani 6 месяцев назад +2

    Simon, we miss you!!! Also, Shōgun is an amazing show, check it out!

  • @EpicGamerWinXD69
    @EpicGamerWinXD69 2 года назад +6

    I’d like to recommend an episode on Charles V (or Charles I in Spain).

    • @HighPriestFuneral
      @HighPriestFuneral 2 года назад

      I concur. A man that shaped the face of Europe, but is largely ignored today, I feel.

  • @bhchen3079
    @bhchen3079 2 года назад +2

    He was a hostage under Imagawa yoshimoto.
    Being a hostage was common in East Asia , in countries like china , japan and Korea.. for political reasons

  • @sopz_japa
    @sopz_japa Месяц назад

    Currently living in Mikawa, and I keep seeing his name everywhere!!

  • @torachan23
    @torachan23 2 года назад +3

    Do a video on Yoshitsune!

  • @joerusso7298
    @joerusso7298 2 года назад +2

    I love all your stuff. You should do one on Ng Mui

  • @greggusan
    @greggusan 8 месяцев назад

    I lived in Shizuoka-ken for 5 years, and enjoyed the many historical locations near where I lived. Hamamatsu Jo become known as the Castle of Luck/Good Fortune (rough/bad translation?) after Ieyasu rose to success following his time there (a reconstructed version of the castle now stands in its place). Sunpu Jo has a very interesting history, with Ieyasu having been held hostage there, but also returning there after he retired. The last Tokugawa Shogun chose to retire there as well. Too bad nothing remains of the actual castle, but the ramparts and mote are still and impressive site.

  • @wooshylooshy
    @wooshylooshy 6 месяцев назад +2

    damnn biographics is season 2 of shogun!

  • @do-ol2540
    @do-ol2540 2 года назад +3

    Please do Philippe Pétain!

  • @atishaykankaria4461
    @atishaykankaria4461 2 года назад +5

    can you cover the final famous player tokugawa's ninja hattori hanzo for a future video

  • @PigglyPickle
    @PigglyPickle 2 года назад +1

    Greetings from Japan. That's a tight sweater, Simon.

  • @-RONNIE
    @-RONNIE 2 года назад +3

    Thank you for the video

  • @dianelipson5420
    @dianelipson5420 2 года назад +3

    Superb.

  • @Washoii
    @Washoii 2 года назад +1

    Okazaki squad represent. Lived there for a decade.

  • @Tanner2056
    @Tanner2056 2 года назад +7

    Imagawa Clan not Yoshimoto, Yoshimoto was clan leader

    • @GrndAdmiralThrawn
      @GrndAdmiralThrawn 2 года назад +1

      That was bugging me throughout the whole section. “Yoshimoto Clan” 💀

  • @ThePecky1966
    @ThePecky1966 7 месяцев назад +1

    I love that they were able to find a photo of Oda Nobunaga even though cameras didnt exist.

  • @briandoss9232
    @briandoss9232 Год назад

    Well, all i know about Japanese history comes from playing Samurai Warriors. So thanks for clearing all that up!

  • @Hamzakhan-dt3gv
    @Hamzakhan-dt3gv 2 года назад +1

    Nice biography

  • @jamescarter5883
    @jamescarter5883 2 года назад +1

    I loved this video. May you do a video on Sam Houston, the first and third President of Texas?

  • @duncancurtis5971
    @duncancurtis5971 2 года назад +2

    As you near Edo, ninja assassins are closing in. Watch your back Tono.

  • @alfjones6377
    @alfjones6377 2 года назад +15

    Oda Nobunaga was the most powerful and feared Shogun. The Japanese until this say day consider him so and the most important Nihonjin historically to ever live.

    • @jarroncarlton
      @jarroncarlton 2 года назад +4

      Right then I'd go with Toyotomi Hideyoshi who seized power after his death and Ieyasu fell right in line with the rest of them.

    • @caynebyron
      @caynebyron 2 года назад +6

      Nobunaga never became shogun.

    • @jarroncarlton
      @jarroncarlton 2 года назад +1

      @@caynebyron because he was to busy uniting the land while ieyasu just so happened to be the last guy with power after Toyotomi ... he simply was right place right time.

    • @mariusmatei2946
      @mariusmatei2946 Год назад +1

      ​@@jarroncarltonno, Oda Nobunaga, actually, declined the title (of "shogun"); he had several occasions/opportunities to claim the title (for himself), especially that he was the one who ended the "rule" of the Ashikaga (shogun) Dynasty, in 1573 (when he forced the last Ashikaga shogun to abdicate, and become a Buddhist monk), but he (Oda Nobunaga) didn't (claim the title of "shogun").

    • @kickassssnation027
      @kickassssnation027 5 месяцев назад

      Oda never claimed the title Shogun. He was too busy with the warrior monks in Mt. Hiei near Kyoto that posed a threat to him. Well, that and he was trying to mount an invasion on Uesugi controlled lands. After that massacre, Honnoji happened.
      Hideyoshi was never considered as Shogun, he wasn't if noble samurai blood. Because of this, the imperial court politicians that viewed Hideyoshi as inferior only gave him the title of Taiko.
      The only one to have had obtained the title shogun was Ieyasu as he was a distant relative to the Seiwa-Genji or Minamoto line from the Kamakura period who were then distant relatives themselves from the Emperor.

  • @hasibahmed9314
    @hasibahmed9314 8 месяцев назад +5

    Who else is here after watching the Shogun series

  • @rgwebb5165
    @rgwebb5165 2 месяца назад +1

    I came here to learn the background of the NES game Nobunaga's Ambition.

  • @gatsby201041
    @gatsby201041 2 года назад +2

    I'm begging you! PLEASE DO "The Munster Rebellion" Dan Carlin did a excellent podcast about it called "Prophets of Doom" It's amazing. 1 million views easy!

  • @marymoonchild3271
    @marymoonchild3271 Год назад +1

    Thank your for this video. Could you please do one on Hijikata Toshizo in the future?

    • @wadepsilon01
      @wadepsilon01 Год назад

      He is immortal.
      He now writes ''Jojo's Bizarre Adventure'' under the name ''Hirohiko Araki.

  • @derkapellmeister
    @derkapellmeister Год назад +1

    Very nice.
    While on the topic of imperial Japan, how about one who was an advocate for it in the 20th century?
    How about a bio on author Yukio Mishima?

  • @gavinandashtonjohnsonbroth7432
    @gavinandashtonjohnsonbroth7432 2 года назад +1

    We need a video on Stonewall Jackson.

  • @diversejoe617
    @diversejoe617 2 года назад +1

    It's just around the corner, Abe Lincoln video is coming soon btw good video on Japanese history

  • @LostScarf
    @LostScarf 5 месяцев назад

    How many channels does this man have? I only watched brain blaze and now I'm discovering this man has other channels every week. This is like channel number 7 that I've seen.

  • @benjaminforman8901
    @benjaminforman8901 2 года назад +1

    Oh my Lands O' Lotion, somebody's been practicing! I'm goddam impressed!

  • @baronghede2365
    @baronghede2365 5 месяцев назад

    I love the samurai, Blessed Be.

  • @514Exc
    @514Exc 7 месяцев назад +1

    As a Nigerian its crazy to see this, The Benin Empires other is Edo and to this day theres a village named Edo and the empire reined from 14th to 17th century also. The title " Iyase " which is very similar to " Iyasu " means the same thing " War general ", and there is is an area named " Oba " in nigeria rather than " Oda " and translates to " Ruler/King".

    • @Flugmorph
      @Flugmorph 6 месяцев назад +1

      yeah those parallels also made me curious recently, what an interesting bunch of coincidences.

  • @tajindersingh9740
    @tajindersingh9740 Год назад

    Hideyoshi and Nobunaga are the two that unified japan(During Hideyoshi’s reign whole of Japan was already unified).The other seized power and established a new government.

  • @Ayaki6166
    @Ayaki6166 Год назад +1

    My grandma's family is distant relative the Ieyasu Tokugawa and Imperial family. also part of the daimyo's family.

    • @robinwolstenholme6377
      @robinwolstenholme6377 11 месяцев назад

      徳川家康はとても興味深い人で、素晴らしい家族の物語を持っています。

  • @adventuretaco7140
    @adventuretaco7140 2 года назад +1

    Great vid!

  • @lopezahus3117
    @lopezahus3117 7 месяцев назад +2

    Tokugawa ieyasu is a mind character , he was not a great fighter
    But his vessel are strong no one want mess with them

  • @BadTakeRisan
    @BadTakeRisan Год назад

    Just finished reading shogun. Shoutout my boy Toranaga!

  • @deevan1415
    @deevan1415 2 года назад +1

    14:57 Hey! That's the Triforce from The Legend of Zelda games! So that's where they got it from!

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 2 года назад

      I never would have guessed it would be an ancient Japanese clan symbol designed to symbolically represent dragon scales

  • @Skippa1986
    @Skippa1986 6 месяцев назад +1

    There was no clan "yoshimoto", that was the daimyo's own name. The clan was named Imagawa

  • @RevinSOR13
    @RevinSOR13 2 года назад

    The Nioh games taught me all I needed to know.

  • @shaider1982
    @shaider1982 Год назад

    Hope Simon will do a video on the Fujiwara clan, which infulenced imperial power in Japan by marrying off their daughters to the Imperial court.

  • @andrewstevenson118
    @andrewstevenson118 2 года назад +5

    This is the "Shogun" shogun, right?

  • @Aura96968
    @Aura96968 2 года назад

    My fav storys fr

  • @ubermikesocal
    @ubermikesocal 2 года назад +1

    19:15
    Meet the new Shogun, Hit A Toddler

  • @tamconcord
    @tamconcord 2 года назад +1

    topic suggestion: PETER NYGARD

  • @Sonal_M_Suvarna
    @Sonal_M_Suvarna 2 года назад +2

    Even emperor meji is also good topic specially meji restoration

  • @shayd1984triton
    @shayd1984triton 2 года назад +2

    Simon is there a Playlist for all three of these men. The captions don't spell their names right.

  • @lordhawke7
    @lordhawke7 2 года назад +1

    It’s the Imagawa clan. Yoshimoto is a first name (rather than a family / clan name).

  • @lazy_lefty
    @lazy_lefty 10 месяцев назад +1

    Takeda Shingen was obsessed with handsome young boys and wrote a ton of love letters to different young boys talking about how "they were his hearts only desire" lmfao dude was a terrifying warlord but still had a soft spot for creepy man-boy love.....

  • @arzhvr9259
    @arzhvr9259 2 года назад +1

    The Tokugawa’s only accomplishment was laying the seeds of her destruction during the Meiji Rebellion. Japan’s golden age was the Heian.

  • @gershomtan5879
    @gershomtan5879 Год назад +1

    Toyotomi hideyoshi was a fuckin legend considering he started as a commoner. Ieyasu just happened to be the most patient and best at truly ruling

  • @DrakoDragonis
    @DrakoDragonis 2 года назад

    Oda Nobunaga, his picture reminds me of Doug, from the cartoon show of the same name :P

  • @multiyapples
    @multiyapples 2 года назад +4

    Rest In Peace to those that passed away.

  • @joakimlundgren7043
    @joakimlundgren7043 2 года назад

    The main character in The Last Samurai movie is called Nathan Algren.

  • @aethergasm
    @aethergasm 2 года назад +1

    I'm awkwardly laughing through some of this, having realized I learned some of this from a phone based dating game. 🙈🤣 Never thought a dating simulation game would be helpful.

  • @robinwolstenholme6377
    @robinwolstenholme6377 11 месяцев назад

    Tokugawa Ieyasu cool

  • @tonypintarelli877
    @tonypintarelli877 2 года назад

    Finally!

  • @koam7180
    @koam7180 2 года назад

    If you could do a video on King Kamehameha the great, I would be grateful! Mahalo!

  • @onaradu
    @onaradu 2 года назад

    make one about Monster of Florence killer, or Vera Renczi who poisoned a bunch of men.

  • @ermytanio7111
    @ermytanio7111 2 года назад +2

    Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Tokugawa were watching a cuckoo bird waiting for it to sing, but the bird wouldn't sing. Nobunaga says "Little bird, if you don't sing I will kill you". Hideyoshi says "Little bird, if you don't sing, I'll make you sing". Then Tokugawa Ieyasu says to the bird "Little bird, if you don't sing I will wait for you to sing".