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"

Shogun is so freaking good. Each episode gets better than the last.

We really need a Total War: Shogun 3

Shogun is one of the best shows I have seen

"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

Shogun 2 player : Chad ashigaru vs Virgin katana samurai 😂😂

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 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.

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.

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!

Amazing as always. Thank you people for your work.

Really great video. Super informative and understandable. Great art/graphics too

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

excellent as always

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

Thanks for the information in this video I know it will help people

Terrific work!

Terrific! As always.

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.

I love your work!

Really well-made and interesting movie. Thank you very much

I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

Such cinematography! Powerful performance by actors! Great Color Grading! Love the series.

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

the way you say "meanwhile" is the most perfect and iconic and comforting thing in my life

That was a great introduction. The tactful debunking of myths is enjoyable to me

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.

Awesome. This really puts historical videos about the politics of the Warring States period into context. Loved the armor breakdown especially.

I love this channel, this is what education means.

This video is Yari-mazing!

Sengoku BASARA is awesome anime...the relationship with Yukimaru and Tiger Lord Shingen is the best moments in the anime

I have been enjoying Hulu's Shogun series and I have to thank "Kings and Generals" for making me aware of the show's existence.

Believe it or not, there were more guns in japan than Europe at one point in time, they had a love affair with firearms.

U know a tv show is good when it has 2 or 3 K&G episodes as it’s basis

I once decided to write a glossary of armor, armor pieces, and their nomenclature. After finishing with European, Arab and Indian armor, I moved on to Japanese armor and I wanted to shoot myself after 3 hours of research. Japanese nomenclature for armor is insane. It's more of a long-winded description based on how it closes and how it's made, including the freaking lacing. Example: Munemenui (lacquered decorated as fake stitching), hishinui (lacing style), kawa odoshi (leather material), kiritsuke iyozane (fake large scales. Indicating it's made out of lames decorated to mimic lamellae), ni-mai (closing type. In this case 2 pieces that overlap on the sides) dou (breastplate).

Samurai's really interesting topic in history watching videos about samurai is entertaining

Yarimezing!!!

Thanks for the Video… its perfect as always. What is the Name of the application you use to show the geographically areas and the items like the cavalry?

Wow this is SO detailed! How did you find all this out?! 😮

Bravo for your Xenophon anabasis ! Excellent video, and bravo for your japan oriented video. We are happy to support your wonderfull work!

4. At last Rajputs charged their Cavalry, n babur charged their reserves n the remaining rajputs also got killed

we need a series about the history of Japan. You started already but only one video so far about the history of china but that has been along time ago and no update so far.

I wonder if the reduction in the size of the sode coincided with the transition in emphasis from the samuri mounted archer to to teh samuri mounted spearman/lancer.

We need more movies about Sengoku jidai or even the Heian period! (Genpei war!)

How is it possible you upload so many videos so fast a t this quality

I know what it was like during the sengoku jidai. I played shogun 2

It was the original Shogun tv miniseries that first made me want to have my own samurai army.

That cannon scene in Shogun was ghastly, and really paints a picture of how devestating war would become.

The battle of Nagashino is known with Oda‘s matchlock defeating Takeda's cavalry but some japanese historians think that theory is wrong and thinks Takeda also had guns but Oda outnumbered Takeda with amount of guns. There's still a debate about did Takeda actually charged with cavalry or not etc...but it's fun listening to all these theories, every theories sounds makes sense and so interesting lol

11:30 - Nanban Do - Portuguese Helmet Armour and chainmail_ In Japan was used and supplied by the Portuguese since 1543. With the arrival of the Portuguese, the samurai began to use and produce chain mail to use with their armor. You can see it in the Japoneses armours present in the Orient Museum in Lisbon.

At Nagashino the combined teppo forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't use the rotating ranks formation (though they would make this development as the war dragged on). The teppo were deployed behind light palisade defenses. Takeda Katsuyori was convinced the palisades were a sign that Nobunaga feared his famed cavalry and would try to slow their advance. However the real purpose of the palisades was to corral Katsuyori's famed cavalry into kill zones and allow Nobunaga's teppo a sort of rail to rest their heavy guns upon. Oda organized his teppo in ranks behind the palisades. The front man was the soldier who had shown the best ability with his matchlock weapon, he would aim and operate the weapon. Behind him the men were arranged by their skill and familiarity with the guns. After the front rank fired he would hand back his weapon which would be brought to the back of the line to be reloaded, while a loaded weapon was handed to him. By doing this it ensured the men did not have to rotate constantly behind the palisades and the front man could focus all his attention on maintaining sight of his targets (which is always difficult to do on smoke filled battlefields) and firing the weapon. Should he fall he would be swiftly replaced by the next most skilled gunman. Through this strategy Nobunaga's teppo were able to match the wave strategy Takeda favored maintaining fire on the advancing forces. A few side notes the palisades may have also played some small role in keeping the gunpowder dry, as Katsuyori ordered the attack while it had begun to rain. Although the rain had ceased before the Takeda forces reached the Oda and Tokugawa lines the gunpowder of this era was infamous for being rendered useless if soaked by rain, needing to be dried out before it could be used. the Palisades may have provided enough cover to keep the powder dry enough for operation. While most credit the Nagashima Ikko Ikki for inspiring Nobunaga to develop these teppo tactics (some going so far as claiming he stole the idea from them), this particularly strategy was more likely inspired by Takeda Shingen's famous rival Uesugi Kenshin. The Uesugi were one of the few clans able to match the Tiger of Kai's cavalry tactics. Under Kenshin (the Dragon of Echigo) the Uesugi adopted a rotating spear ranks strategy to hold off the Takeda cavalry waves. While Nobunaga had witnessed the destructive potential of matchlocks at Nagashima that was in defense of a fortress, whereas Nagashino largely took place on open ground. Uesugi Kenshin's strategy was the most famous example of how to stop Takeda Cavalry on open ground, Nobunaga adapted it to use teppo instead of spears.

please give us a playlist for stuff relating to pre-WW2 Japan

I would prefer if you used the word “bushi” rather than “samurai” as most of the non ashigaru were bushi rather than samurai.

My favorite thing about the armor is the ornateness of the helmet decor. It’s almost like a fashion statement to be worn in battle. Gotta look good in case you die lol

2.Rana Sanga charged half of his Infantry which got destroyed by Babur's cannons, some infantry manage to reach near cannons but they fell into trenches filled with gunpowder that fire archers blewed up, remaining infantry reached to the cannons from sides of the trenches which is not that deep n put their heads into the loaded cannons, so which it back fire n all the cannons got damaged

The most powerful thing in that era is the Oda long Yari Ashigaru in Yari wall formation.

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Arigato from Japan 😀

It’s interesting how the families have personal retinues and the desire for army tradition

Hope to see a video on the kingdom of kerma, Argead, Axum, Ebla, Himyarite, Colchis and Urartu.

We need a video on Sanada yukimura

This came out 2 weeks ago but the thumbnail matches the secene where Toranaga 2nd-ed yabushige......

Video idea: The Jōmon period!

Another fantastic K&G documentary! I recently had a guy tell me most samurai fought with swords, Primarily. Which i knew was bullshit. Arrows and guns were far more effective and popular than a sword. Swords are your last resort

Id wish you'd talk about warfare in the Kamakura Bakufu period.

I've always found it strange how everyone fawns over Sanada Yukimura and Miyamoto Musashi, yet Honda Tadakatsu, the actual greatest samurai who ever lived, seldom gets much fanfare.

sengoku series on the way?

What software do you use for the animations and illustrations? :)

Shogunate era as in the Ashikaga right? Sorry, haven't watched the show. On a side note, I think it's fascinating how armies on the eastern half were organized very differently than the west

I'm not sure many others think the same, but this music at the same level than the speaking part is almost Impossible to focus the attention on what it is said. I listen more than I watch, and the music is noise for me. Being following the Shogun series, it is a shame that the content is filled with "noise". I thank the effort I don't doubt the quality, thank you. 👏🏻👏🏻

I thought the battle of Okehazama was between Oda Nobunaga and the Imigawa clan.. not the Takeda? Unless you were referring to a different battle.. in which case I apologize.

i wish they add Date clan in Shogun Tv show

As a documentary, it would be good if the sources used as references are listed.

A remarkably modern order of battle!

Total War: Shogun 2 bros...

Mm, once again, I have to quibble with the choice of titles. The 'Shogunate Era' covers a LOT more history than just the Sengoku Jidai, and using the former term for the Sengoku Jidai is highly ironic, considering that the Sengoku Jidai is the main time where the Shogunate didn't maintain order.

Shogun 2 is making a come back in its player base it would seem with all this attention. if only CA would announce a Shogun 3 game, that the fans have been asking for a decade, along with Medieval 3

3. Babur charged his Cavalary to which Rana Sanga charged his remaining infantry n elephants

I always felt arrows are much more effective than the matchlock rifles at that time. Endless amounts of arrows firing; retrieving them back and using them again verses using matchlocks that had limited use with gun powder and small lead balls, in a short amount of time on a battlefield.

Thumbs up if you played the Total War: Shogun games and recognized all these units and tribes from your campaigns. Looks like the game got a lot of the history right. "Our men are running from the battlefield-- a shameful display!!"

FYI, It's not sen-go koo-ji-dai, it's Sen-Go-Ku Ji-Dai. Sen is "Warring", goku is country or "State", Jidai is "Era"... hence Warring States Era. Other than that, great documentation.

6:42 Oda Nobunaga welcomed Saito Dosan's daughter into the legal wife and because Dosan was his father-in-law, Nobunaga sent reinforcements to help Dosan, and Nobunaga did not kill him.Saito Dosan was destroyed by his son Saitou Yoshitatsu's rebellion, and the Saito family was destroyed by Nobunaga during the time of Yoshitatsu's son Saitou Tatsuoki.

From a purely honest and direct criticism guys, you cannot use 20-15 years ago books from Turnbull. They are outdated at best, extremely inaccurate at worst and I definitely felt it in this video

Using Total War: Shogun 2 icons (Takeda Yari cavalry)

schools could have history classes just with your videos guys

Really wish Yukimura showed up in the Shogun series

it is amazing that the Japanese have changed from honorable warriors into what they are today

wheres the shield and full plate armors?

If any are total war players and are amped by this vid, please try Master of Strategy shogun 2. Its old mod but total overhaul perfectly depicting the army compositions mentioned here. I have been trying it after shogun series came out and oh my its great. But note that the tv series was about after oda period of ieyaasu, not oda himself. Its the time period after oda became shogun and died, hideyoshi was in power after and also died with his son which in the tv series comes into play as ieyasu tries to maintain control. (eventually he does :) ) Wish there is a legit series for oda. I started rewatching the mini docu from netflix regarding oda.

So the Nagae Yari Ashigaru in Ultimate Immersive mod is historically accurate????? I mean its name

this music makes me feel like i am in Chinese restaurant

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Yari ashigaru is OP

Battle of Sekigahara here we go! Shogun Series: Yes but no

While the Takeda were famous for their use of cavalry, it turns out they actually didn't really seem to use more cavalry than other Daimyos. The biggest cav lovers seem to have been the Hojo, because they had loads of money.

What a legendary ladder pull. Hideoshi.