The Entire History of Ancient Japan

Shout out to Thomas Lockley, our resident Japan expert, and Manuel Rubio who has been editing the videos on the channel over the past year. This is their magnum opus - huge thanks to both.

Its crazy how much ancient history the Japanese put into the Zelda games. The Tri force is an ancient symbol i had no idea.

This documentary is breathtaking, fascinating to the end and produced to the highest quality. Also the narration is flawlessly read.

This was such a treat. It’s surprisingly hard to find good and informational content about ancient Japan, so seeing this in my recommendations was a very welcome surprise!

This piece was incredibly put together, as always. Thank you for creating it!

17:02 If you ask 100 Japanese people about what we call "Shinto", 99 of them will probably argue that it is not a "religion" but a "belief system" or simply "culture".

Informative, interesting and the narrator didn’t put me to sleep! Thanks for the great video! Japan has always been an interesting culture to me so to find a this kinda format video that gives a good amount of knowledge is refreshing.

As a history enthusiast, I'm thoroughly impressed. This video covers so much ground and does so in a way that's both comprehensive and enjoyable. A must-watch for anyone interested in the history of Japan.

I thoroughly enjoy watching your 'Entire History of...' videos, finding them incredibly fascinating and engaging. The format you employ is easy to follow, maintaining a great pace throughout. Your voice is well-suited for this type of content. While I understand that you'll probably never see my comment , I would personally love to see future installments exploring the captivating histories of Rome or Ireland. Both of these places have long intrigued me, and I believe your insightful approach would make for an exceptional exploration of their stories.

Thanks for this video! really appreciate your hard work that you gave into this masterpiece.

Who here’s been watching Shogun?

Just really love your works on YT. Love your accent and your voice guiding us through the attractive history story. Can you make more videos about Chinese history from different dynasties? And your updates on YT have been a bit slow, can you churn out more videos it’s because I cannot get enough of you voice telling historic stories.😊 love the great work you have done, keep it up bro!

Perfect for me to listen to as I do mindless spreadsheet work thank you <3 also a solid reading list for me to then access via my work as I work at a university library, so thank you times a million for the content, the exceptional delivery (all the channels run by yourself and your brother, really), and the recommended reading! If you guys ever need someone to proofread for you, that's my specialty as well

I think I just learned more about ancient Japan from this one video than I did during an entire semester class in far East studies. And plenty of reminders. Thanks for posting!

Watched the whole video, and it's amazing! Expertly done with artisanal quality. The typical quality of YouTube content is below this production. Very impressive!

Btw, Hojo Tokimune is from the Hojo clan not the Tokimune house. Unlike western names, Korean and Japanese surnames are said first and then their personal name afterwards. You honor your clan and family before yourself, so his formal name is Hojo Tokimune, but when referring to Tokimune himself or if a casual friend calls his name you say Tokimune. Takeda Shingen's son was still named Takeda Katsuyori.

The title of "barbarian nation" was given by default by the Chinese to all other nations. Every nation outside of China had a specific "barbarian" term to be referred to that varied according to the location, hence, the Japanese belonged to the category of "eastern barbarians" ("dong-yi" 東夷).

I loved this video. One thing I wanted to point out though, Ninigi-no-Mikoto's father was not Susanoo, it was Ame-no-Oshihomimi who was the son of Amaterasu. Susanoo on the other hand was Amaterasu's younger brother.

日本の歴史をここまで深く詳しく調べ上げ、また物語を差し込むことで飽きずに見ていられる素晴らしい作品ですね。 自国の歴史にいかに無知であったか痛感しました。大変勉強になります。 閑話となりますが東北のお年寄りの方はいまだに西の人と比較する際、自らのことを蝦夷と名乗ったりします。 私も東西ネタの冗談として「俺は蝦夷だ」なんて言ったりします。

Damn, I resisted the temptation to spend my Sunday afternoon playing video games, in favour of reading a book I'm supposed to return to the library soon. But then Kings and Generals uploaded a video about Circassians and now you dropped this fascinating and awesome documentary. I guess that's a nice problem to have.