Japanese Armies of the Shogunate Era - Shogun TV Show DOCUMENTARY

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I wish more movies and tv shows about Samurai era japan would acknowledge that several samurai clans were quite open to the idea of guns, and those that weren't came down with a mysterious case of "shot to death"

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"My lord, your enemy is a renowned swordsman who can draw his katana before his spear hits the ground" "He ain't drawing faster than my gat" - Ashigaru rifleman

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In light of the turmoil of Sengoku, Edo shogunate had promoted Confucianism rather than Bushido. Theyd turned mounted warriors into bureaucrats, but its ironic that Bushido was again exalted at the end in face of Western threat. Btw some spelling mistakes. Mayby Sotaisho will be Sodaisho and Sone will be Sonae

While movies and video games give the image Samurai warfare was purely with swords, in the famous battle of Sekigahara (1600), it’s estimated that the combined armies fielded around 25,000 guns with roughly 500,000 guns in the country, making Japan one of the most pro gun regions at the time. We even had 3 major production centers (brands if you will) which were in Sakai, Kunitomo and Hino.

Nice introduction. I like the gentle myth busting as well.

While in no way an expert in the field, I have noticed two slight inaccuracies: the capital of the Hojo clan was Odawara, not Edo. Edo became the center of power after the Tokugawa took the lands of the Hojo. In addition, the arquebusiers used a wooden palisade at Nagashino, which further hampered the charge of the Takeda cavalry For the rest, great video. It was pleasure to watch it.

I'm really enjoying these videos so far! Looking forward to the next one!

WOW this is truly impressive how much information you guys were able to pack into this video. As a personal project of mine I’ve been going down a rabbit hole of medieval Japanese military history for the past few months. It’s great seeing how the sources you guys use have been right in line with what I’ve been reading. That being said, to the layman in Japanese history reading this I can confidently say they NAILED this video in accuracy and for that matter the sheer volume of info they packed in is astounding. Keep up the good work guys!

Please explain about Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He is an essential figure in understanding the Sengoku period.

Saying samurai army (as you do in your thumbnail) is like saying "knight army" or in modern day an "officer army". Your video nicely makes this point, that most of the medieval army was made up out of commoners.

You keep on bringing such a good content..!!

I gotta tell ya, Fella - You're damn good at what you do. Love your Videos. This video was very important to me as I'm addicted to the Series Shogun.

Terrific! As always.

Next do a video on mapuche and chichimeca. Their victories against spanish are fascinating.

excellent as always