Why teach a child through words when you could do it via seppuku. On a more serious note though, shortly after Akechi Mitsuhide killing Nobunaga at Honnoji, he was unable to obtain support, and as a result was quickly defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Mitsuhide's reign was so short in fact, it had resulted in inspiring the term "mikkatenka", which means "3 day reign", needless to say, this term is commonly used to ridicule and insult people. It would seem that at the end of the day, Nobunaga would have the last laugh, as while he became respected as the First Unifier of Japan, and Mitsuhide essentially became a laughing stock.
Oda Nobunaga was a trail blazer, Japan would have spread it's influence faster if he survived n became Shogun. Also his work as a administrator was amazing.
nah. Nobunaga never want to become a shogun, it's an old ancient title that he considered 'failed' if we looking back at Minamoto and Ashikaga shogunate., all the things that Nobunaga wants is to make a new world order in japan, abolishing the relic of the past. he's a child of revolution,that's why he so fixated with the foreign culture and tech. Some historian said that Nobunaga was born a few decades too early.
Radhite Aji I thought he couldn’t become Shogun, because his father was a magistrate and, like Hideyoshi, he couldn’t trace his lineage to a noble family. Tokugawa Ieyasu could trace it to the Minamoto (If I am not mistaken) so that is why he was the only one of the three unifiers of Japan who actually became Shogun.
Mateusz Jokiel Shogun is a title and it’s one neither Oda Nobunaga nor Toyotomi Hideyoshi were allowed to use due to their lineage. Although both were powerful enough to claim it if they could. As for the latter part of your comment, I don’t really get what you mean. They all build on each other’s success, which each one being more powerful than the one before them. Tokugawa was in the end the most powerful. More powerful than Nobunaga or Toyotomi ever was.
@@macrebs4484 It's a title, yes, but one that accompanies a position of power. Oda and Toyotomi didn't hold the title de iure, but de facto they were the ones in power. They were shogun, just not in name. What I meant is that it was Toyotomi who layed the foundation of Japan's later legal and tax systems, and Tokugawa really only built upon his predecessor. He was more powerful, yes, but I'd say Toyotomi had more achievements to his name. I'm also largely unsure of everything above. My knowledge of the Sengoku period is very brief, hence the question mark :p
Awesome coverage on Oda Nobunaga. Another thing to note about Nobunaga and why he carried out mass executions/exterminations of families. From rivals etc that opposed him. He discovered early on from rivalries/feuds with his own family members etc. That to wipe out the entire family (spouse, children, etc). So, that noone can later come back and seek revenge or vengeance for their loved ones death. Or lay claim to their assets/inheritance. Pity he did not heed this in his altercation with his retainer Akechi Mitsuhide. Making a mockery of him and allowing his mother to be executed. Other than that he was a brilliant strategist. Great content Legend and love your video's brother! ;D
Yeah, I guess his arrogance got the better of him when dealing with Mitsuhide. If you think Nobunaga was bad when it came to wiping out families though, wait until you see Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the next video xD
Nobunaga loved Mitsuhide and he served Nobunaga really well together with Hideyoshi. There are many stories going on why Mitsuhide rebelled against Nobunaga so it is not sure if it was because of the execution of Mitsuhides mother/aunt.
Nobunage is a military genius, he was able to defeat the 25000 Imagawa troop by separating them apart. In truth, Nobunage only faced 5000 Imagawa. The rest of the force were scattered fighting Oda retainer on castle. Record deferred, in another accord Yoshimoto actually escape but got stuck on mud because his heavy armour and then got kill by Oda vanguard.
One thing we should had it in mind is that the majority of the military of medieval Japan was made up with armed peasants, they would often abandoned their post once the battle looks bad for their side. So, while it's still impressive, the number is not that definite a factor.
I have been a collector of Japanese swords for over 30 years now, and am the proud owner of a katana made by Oda Nobunages favourite swordsmith ju mihara Masakiyo , it still fills me with awe whenever I handle it , it may have been Oda,s personal sword ,or made for someone in his army that greatly impressed him , either way he would have held this sword at some point and that just blows me away.
Not only that it was stated that he had a friend who was black(African slave of a Dutch man) and made that friend and samurai it was even said that he would make that friend a lord too
Yep, the black samurai actually fought for Oda as part of his guard before he was forced to commit Seppuko. He then lost his rank and title because the betrayer hated him.
His name was Yasuke the real Black Samurai and the only foreign Samurai . But the movies depicted Tom Cruise as the foreign Samurai . African achievements are historically overlooked or washed over , but if we say so suddenly we're called angry or told to get over it !
He was ruthless but efficient clan leader, had a vision and ambition beyond anyone else at the time, fascinated with europe, portugal and spain in particular, wanted to use their knowledge to bring japan into world stage as a power to be reckoned with.
The anime 'Drifters' is where I first became familiar with Oda Nobunaga. I love the way they portray him as a masterful tactician during the battles of the series. It also introduced me to how much of a monster he could be. I hope they come out with a season in the next couple of years. Anyone hit this comment up if you come across any news for a season 2 of Drifters, please? Oh, and great as always The Legends of History.
They won't be releasing a new season anytime soon since the manga progresses on such a very slow pace. They are, however, progressively releasing OVA's that supplement the main series. If you haven't checked them out yet, they got two additional episodes released, and I think there's also a third one underway.
I love watching anime based on Nobunaga, they're always so fun and wacky, even the more historically accurate ones XD Awwww don't worry I'm sure you'll be big on youtube soon! Don't forget me when you are~
The first thing that interested me was his childhood. I think his foolishness and not sticking with only those in his social class was an effective way to learn the minds of various levels of society, so he'd know how nearly everyone thought. I think that's part of what gave him his mental fluidity and flexibility.
I don't think he's foolish even as a child. People of superior intellect are found to be weird in their childhood. Talk bout becoming one of the most successful unifiers of Japan
Mind you, Nobunaga didn't really kill his uncle, historically speaking, his uncle just mysterious and conveniently died. Is it an assassination, could be, but we don't really know. As for the brother, he wedged war again Nobunaga first, and Nobunaga did spared his sons.
15:00 actually, it was Nobunaga's men who burned the place so that the traitors won't get their hand on Nubunaga's head as the proof of his death ( Claiming the enemy commander's head was very important in their time) And Nobunaga's body was never found, which cost a lot of misinformation at the time, which was also one of the reason why nobody jump on borad with Akechi right away; it'd be more than awake if Nobunaga just show up latter alive won't it?
17:50 You also forgot to mention that he had a lot of good political innovation: lower import duties, encouragement of free market, professionalized military etc.
Also, about Azai clan, the leader Azai Nagamasa was Nobunaga's brother in law, he married Nobunaga's sister, and they had good relationship. In fact Nobunaga wanted peace with him, only got backstab by Azai. Nobunaga not only tried to talk him into surrender while having the upper hand, he also latter spared Azai's wife and children.
I think he was the most successful of the three unifies. He did most of the heavy lifting and beat bigwigs like yoshimoto and went toe to toe with legends like Kenshin and shingen. In the historic manga, they have him as the son in law of lord of mino. I think date masumune, but this is unlikely since ur video said date is younger than him.
Date Masamune was a teenager when Nobunaga died. Nobunaga was married to the daughter of Saito Dosan of Mino. But his daughter wasn’t the mother of Nobunaga’s children as she couldn’t conceive.
@@danielbudiono7232 not kyushu. Date is from Eastern Japan, Eastern Honshu more precisely, near Hokkaido. Kyushu is on the opposite side, far west, and the controlling clans there where the Shimazu and Otomo.
Glad the video game, Samurai Warriors did not bs 100%. What I am hearing here is mentioned in the video game. Enjoyed the video. Love Japanese history!
Even so, they get a lot of things wrong, but for a good reason. Their main goal is obviously to entertain the players, so they twist a few timelines here and there. For example: Yukimura Sanada was not at the battle of Nagashino. Dude was 8 at the time. His father wasn't either I believe, but I know for sure that at least one of his uncles got killed there, possibly both.
Good info. Ive always heard of Nobunaga's name since I was a kid through anime, videogames, movies, etc. and hes usually portrayed as some kind of villainous character. I can see why he would be perceived that way
Very informative. I enjoyed this very much. I read someone else's comment. I agree I would like to see a video on Sanada Yukimora. I think that's how you spell it. Also was the entire Aketchi clan whipped out.
What video? This was Samurai HD Wallpapers...coupled with a reading of Wikipedia. None of you seem to actually appreciate the culture. Just more of the useless video game generation. Maybe go outside.
I never understood how so many consider Nobunaga Oda a villain or demon. He only did what he felt necessary for his time. When you’re trying to conquer a land (let’s face it, most of the other Daimyo were) you do what is necessary to gain and remain in control. Nobunaga started out as one of the most insignificant Daimyo of the time, he had to fight family and retainers to remain in control of his land, then surrounded by much more powerful and influential Daimyo. He fought and won most encounters which caused people to resent him and want him out of the picture. When you’re surrounded by enemies who want your head, what would you do? Sit and be nice about how you conquer or do you make statements and let everyone know what happens when you rally against you. There was an anti Nobunaga coalition to wipe him out because other Daimyo feared his growing influence. Although most can’t agree with all his actions they certainly had results. Anyway, great leader and tactician, throughout history, nearly all leaders killed and slaughtered in some form or another even though it’s not popular to talk about.
I agree with you 100% for the time he lived in and let's face it a bloody messy time. It's not like he was the only person to kill many. All daimyo had blood on their hands just like all kings in Europe no matter how good they were. It was a time of conquering, expanding, and war.
While we can condemn Oda as a bloodthirsty, ruthless, cruel warlord, one must also notvforget that many great warlords throught history are renowned to do the same he did. Razing entire cities to the ground, slaughtering innocents and religious people, murdering their own kin and allies...Think Phillipi, for example, Sagunt, Troy...the list is endess. Again, thank you very much for this very detailed and informative insight into one of Japan's most famous historic figures.Truly a delight.
Exactly. Like many other well-known conquerors, they had to do what they had to do to make the world better. Everything has a price. It's kind of fascinating thinking about that era of Japan, imagine if any of the other warlords won instead. There could have been at least a thousand different versions of modern-day Japan. I think Japan had the largest array of possibilities?
Nobunaga was a brutal and ruthless man, but he was a product of a brutal and ruthless age. He was no worse than his fellow daimyos, and good things came from his rule.
What I think about him? Complicated man. On one hand, open minded, tolerant of outsiders that didn't interfere, willing to engage in cultural exchange. On the other, bloodthristy, ruthless, dishonorable, and kind of seems like a right prick at times. He was an amazing man, to be blunt, a great commander and administrator, had he survived, Japan would have spread influence far and wide at incredible speed. Overall, he's a great man, but he has very glaring flaws. Even so, I can't help but admire his drive and intelligence.
I like the haiku written about the top 3 shogun and their personalities. The one below is in reference to Nobunaga なくぬんら 殺してしまえ ホトトギス If the hototogisu bird doesn’t sing kill it. He was a short man with a high pitched voice with a Napoleon complex.
Oda Nobunaga was fearless and tacticful, but stupid enough to enrage his loyal right arm man. No matter how good the leader is, trust worthy allies are a must. That certainly sealed his defeat at the temple by his retainer. Nobunaga certainly learned that lesson in his next life.
you good man of im new here but nice content im gonna use this for my history lesson and this story helped me remember some of the parts i forgot thanks bro
You missed that Nobunaga forgave his family's treachery a few times before he finally had them killed for trying to depose him on multiple occasions But fantastic how you expanded on Akechi Mitsuhide's reason for betraying Nobunaga
Mitsuhide definitely has reason to rebel. Nobunaga always despised Mitsuhide's Confucius way of only use violence as the absolute last resort. Indeed, Nobunaga view Mitsuhide's Confucian belief as an excuse for his cowardice. Therefore, Nobunaga being his usual arrogant self, took upon himself to man up Mitsuhide. As a result, Nobunaga publicly humiliates Mitsuhide all the time about his beliefs and style of politics. Supposedly, the land forfeiting is simply Nobunaga's latest attempt to force Mitsuhide to embrace ruthlessness. Specifically, Nobunaga ordered Mitsuhide to take command of a sizable army to reinforce and take down Mori clan. However, again, Nobunaga being Nobunaga, decided to confiscate all Mitsuhide's land holdings and force Mitsuhide to march to battle with his entire household and either conquer Mori land and claim all of it with the blessing of Nobunaga or die with his entire household beneath the walls of Mori castles, and we all know what happens next. I think Nobunaga's death was caused by his own arrogance and misjudgment of characters. He really wished Mitsuhide to be a younger version of him because he himself will welcome the zero sum challenge and enjoy the sensation of high stake military campaign. In fact, I think Nobunaga sees this as his attempt to promote Mitsuhide as the Mori land holdings were much greater than Mitsuhide's land holdings and the Oda army Nobunaga entrusts Mitsuhide for the campaign is well equipped for the job especially when they join force with Toyotomi Hideyoshi who already started siege of Mori clan. But, alas, Akechi Mitsuhide is not Oda Nobunaga and he can't be whipped into becoming one. Indeed, forcing his accolades to zero sum sink or float situation is Nobunaga's usual leadership style. The first significant non-sandal bearer mission Nobunaga give Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a much worse deal: successfully build a fort within assault range of an enemy's castle with a skeleton crew for protection or don't come back alive. To be fair though, Nobunaga is also generous in rewarding his subordinates: Nobunaga immediately rewarded Toyotomi Hideyoshi by granting him half of the conquered the land and the right to upgrade his front line fort to a full castle under his name as soon as the aforementioned front line fort served its purpose as a staging point for siege which practically lifted Toyotomi Hideyoshi then a common servant to a lord of a castle overnight
Another thing is that Mitsuhide was also a major xenophobe. He hated the idea of Christians entering Japan and spreading their faith and wanted them all dead. I don't know if Totoyomi also hated Christians but he was more than happy to throw them under the bus to secure power essentially declaring that the Buddhists could kill any Christians they could find. And betray his fellow comrade and retainer for years a black slave to the Portugese once Nobunaga died. Selling him to slavery in order to get rid of a rival.
A fair point. It is also rumored that Nobunaga killed Mitsuhide's sister/relatives and for this, Mitsuhide always held a grudge on Nobunaga. Truly, Nobunaga saw Mitsuhide as the brother he never had, as someone he would like by his side when he'd go around accomplishing his ambition. As you stated, whipping someone into becoming something else is not the way to go through it, but reading through your comment I can only see Nobunaga had good intentions for Mitsuhide. He ridiculed Mitsuhide on his way of thinking because it might have been shallow and short-minded, seeing only a few steps ahead instead of the wide view Nobunaga had. Why then would he trust him with his retainers so, if he did not care for him? I think Mitsuhide realised this in the end, but Nobunaga wanted to go out with a bang and commited seppuku anyway.
The Azai Clan’s head was a brother-in-law of Oda Nobunaga for he married his sister, Oichi. Since Nagamasa Azai betrayed Nobunaga, the Demon King of Owari decided to punish his estranged brother-in-law due to his treachery. Nobunaga does not tolerate treachery and he will kill traitors even if they are family members
That was great really cool 😎. Nobunanga seemed to live by the code of “Better to be feared than loved.” But as Niccolo Macaveli said “Never be so feared that you are hated, they ( people) will eliminate you.”ℹ️💯✅❤️👌🏿👍🏿☯️😎
Melkor pointed me here, but I'm not a Melkor fan despite youtube trying it's best. As someone who learned Japanese history mostly from Shogun Total War & Shogun 2 10 odd yrs later. I'm only here because of 1 burning question that has been with me ever since I beat Shogun Total War all those years ago. I just don't understand why do people don't even talk about Tokugawa despite being the unifier. People seems to love talking about the Oda, Takeda, Uesugi, Date, & maybe some Shimazu every now & then. I was here trying to look into why people seems to love Takeda Shingen so much, the only thing I seems to find is that because the rivalry between him & Uesugi Kenshin was fun to talk about. Anyone care to elucidate?
Real talk: Take a look at those pictures. See that facial hair? That physics-defying billowing cloak with the 2 foot tall popped collar? This man was Samurai Dracula. #Facts
Interestingly, this guy has appeared as a Boss in a few video games... more specifically ADK’s Neo Geo games. Most notably: Ninja Commando (boss of Ancient Japan Era) Ninja Master’s (final boss of the game as a whole)
@@sinistermephisto65 100%. Nobunaga was a lover of the arts and culture, and these flourished under his rule. He himself partook in dance and sports, and would have appreciated figure skating as an art, not speak of it in such a disdainful way as you claim.
@@Seraphil1 Why did he not become an actor? I can enjoy watching something. doesn't mean i want to partake in its creation. More over it was the Confucius culture of the time to pretend to be into arts an what not. They also provided opportunities for diplomatic meetings
At the honnoji Temple Oda Nobunaga was actually wounded, and stayed at the temple for recovery because it was the closest, and Mitsuhide attached during the night, surrounded the temple by his men and using fire tip arrows to burn it, 50 top swordsmen, 70 skilled archers, 30 proficient gunmen, 40 Lancers, 4 generals were standing guard of the temple, Nobunaga knew that he would have died, and was standing as the rear guard while the remaining soldiers and generals continued the unification, at first he was shocked to see Mitsuhide, but they clashed blades, he with a wounded shoulder (it was his left shoulder, and he was left handed) and Nobunaga a hole in the stomach, barely alive he saw his son die in his eyes and with his last breath he said that he would come back and kill him, as Mitsuhide cut off his head and brought it to the ones in charge for Mitsuhide's actions.... Which: For the head of his Lord, he would be promised a great portion of the Oda territory including his own, and among the ranks of one of the anti-nobunaga clans (I think it was the Mori clan since Mitsuhide was supposed to aid Hideyoshi, but I'm not sure) but they wouldn't let a traitor join so, Mitsuhide faked his death, and become a traveling Monk (I think he went by the name Tsumokawa Hiroshi, I don't remember) and in 1589/1592 passing by the miyamoto region, he helped an orphan slave brought him to a temple and renamed him Musashi, Miyamoto Musashi and taught him swordsmanship by the time Musashi was 12, he asked the Monk about his injured arm, Mitsuhide told him about it, but was shocked that Musashi knew in details that Mitsuhide never said, and also revealed his true name, afterwards Musashi killed him
@@TaigaXsenpai The reason for that is because he actually usurped Nobunaga's position after killing him. He even became Shogun for 13 days. So theres the argument that he killed Nobunaga for personal gain, which makes him an ass. If he would've killed Nobunaga, spared his son Nobutada and surrendered to him without a fight, he would've become a martyr instead.
Hay do you have one of "sanada yukimura" pls I love this stuff and kotaro fuma was a con pleat bad ass and I love him and the store and legons of them all
We cannot know what disease it was that actually killed him for sure. Shingen's health had been declining for some time. Plus, disease is a much more likely reason than the one in a million single sniper shot from a matchlock at quite a long range.
Not to be rude, but why is Oda Nobunaga always characterized by pop culture as a bad guy next to Darth Vader? Did Japanese history regard him as their personal Julius Caesar? Like Oda Nobunaga wanted to unify Japan under his rule, but not everyone liked it.
Jonathan Alfonso Because he murdered his younger brother, his uncle, made his life long ally kill his own wife and son, tried to become a god by having people worship him, oh and he burned about 20.000 men, women and children alive by setting fire to a mountain.
where is the story of toshizo hijikata,hajime saito,kondo isami,okita soji,nagakura shinpachi,sakamoto ryoma, and kawakami gensai(a samurai that base to kenshin himura in SAMURAI X or RUROUNI KENSHIN)
I’m a big fan of Nobunaga. Even if he did unite Japan he couldn’t have the title of Shogun since he didn’t descend from the Kamakura family but that wouldn’t matter to him because that was only a title and Nobunaga didn’t care about things and people so as long as there was merit in something or someone.
"Taiko" by Eiji Yoshikawa, it is a book series i love about the life of toyotomi hideyoshi, that talks a lot about nobunaga, as he was probably the most influencial figure in his life, most of what this video shows is told in the books (there are 6 books i think, but they are rather short and easy to read) if you like them you could try reading "Musashi" from the same author afterwards.
Watch those Japanese Dramas. They’re usually a bit romanticised, but they’ll tell the full story. I’ve seen these and they are on youtube in full: Sanada Tai-haiki. (Sanada family) Takeda Shingen. (Takeda Shingen) Furin-Kazan. (Takeda General, Yamamoto Kansuke) King of Zipangu. (Oda Nobunaga)
Oda Nobunaga though ruthless, was a brilliant leader and a great man. It's unfortunate he got betrayed before he fulfilled his goal. Good thing that kumquat sore loser got killed right after.
Many lords had battlefans. The reason Takeda Shingen is often depicted with one in modern culture, is due to the legend that Uesugi Kenshine charged at him and he deflected the sword with his battlefan. Though it is not certain wether this actually happened or not.
I love how ninja are supposedly conniving backstabbers and samurai are " honorable " because history is written by samurai retainers mostly in Japan... but holy crap samurai were mostly noble cowards. Most of their best warriors were either warrior monks that strayed from the temple, peasants turned soldier and adopted into the ranks because " I want that peasant. " - or the RARE exceptional noble. Is in one in ten thousand rare. That's bad. Same for European knights, honestly. Such a goofy system. Honestly could you imagine how horrifying their forces would have been if they trained peasants from childhood to wield bows, katanas or just a tanto at the very least? Doesn't have to be their beloved katanas. It could just be a peasant's blade also meant for slashing.