The True Story of Ochiba no Kata | Yodo-Dono 

Yodo-dono youngest sister became the most famous of all the family. She married Hidetada Tokugawa, Ieayasu’s son and their descendent married into the Imperial family.

Awesome story and video! The Sengoku period must have been a terrifying time for Japanese nobles.

Yodo-dono's father was killed by Hideyoshi, and Yodo-dono's mother Oichi and her second marriage were also killed by Hideyoshi. Afterwards, Yodo-dono became Hideyoshi's concubine and gave birth to a child.

So interesting, enjoyed your analysis of what really happened a long time ago. Really adds to watching SHOGUN......thanks!

Another great vid. Thanks for the upload

You are so great! Always coming in a good time with your most incredible legends histories. Thank you History Profiles

Incredible story telling. Clear & logical.

Thank you for the video I appreciate it

very good video! thank you❤❤

What is disappointing about this video is that Hideyoshi's legal wife Nene/One/Kita-no-mandokoro is not mentioned. By giving birth to Hideyori, the heir, Yodo-dono rose in status as his birth mother, even though she was a concubine, and effectively surpassed that of his legal mother. Many of the other concubines did not have children, so we suspect that there was something behind the scenes, but we do not know for sure as there are no reliable records. Unfortunately, among the vassals of the Toyotomi family (who became feudal lords following Hideyoshi's promotion), factions had formed between the legal mother and the birth mother, leading to conflict. This is one of the reasons why the Battle of Sekigahara occurred. The legal mother faction had Ieyasu, the most powerful daimyo, as its head, but the birth mother faction had no choice but to make Mohri Terumoto the official head, as Ishida Mitsunari was of a different status. However, some of the Mohri feudal lord clans were disorganized, including Kikkawa Hiroie, who had a connection with Ieyasu, and as a result, the troops on the battlefield did not participate in the battle. Also, Nene's nephew Kobayakawa Hideaki was also on the battlefield as a feudal lord who was said to have committed an act of betrayal, so it was only natural that Ieyasu's side would win at the Battle of Sekigahara. After that, Ieyasu established the Tokugawa shogunate and put pressure on the Toyotomi family, and when the Toyotomi family did not choose to surrender and become his vassals, he destroyed them. Although Yodo-dono's cousin Oda Nobukatsu(Nobunaga's second son) had many ups and downs, eventually joined Ieyasu side and continued as a daimyo family until the modern Meiji era of the 19th century.

Excellent video 📹 Keeping up with Shogun

Their lives were short but well lived.

Very interesting!

There was a rumor that Tokugawa Ieyasu incited Akechi Mitsuhide into betraying Oda Nobunaga whose violence and paranoia resulted in Ieyasu be forced to execute his wife and son over an alleged assassination plot. Toyotomi Hideyoshi killed Mitsuhide and seized power before Ieyasu could return to Kyoto.

The costume looks so pretty I really wanna visit Japan and wear that kind of gowns.

I am curious about the lives of non-samurai aritocracy during the times of the shogunate. I know they had lost any real power they had and, like the emperor, were effectively, kept for the sake of tradition. Did many aristocrats morph into samurai, as opposed to samurai who gained noble titles? With the constant warfare and mass executions of women and children of defeated factions, it seems a very fraught life.

●Trivia● 1993〜1994 Japanese Prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa is a desendant of Buntaro's (Tadaoki Hosokawa)diameter.

What’s the background music?

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So in the show, she was the daughter of the nobunaga counterpart , but in real life nobunaga was her uncle

Positively Shakespearean

She was known as Lady ChaCha due to her love of ballroom dancing...fact

Great history, thank you! For future episodes, it would be even better if the narrators knew how to pronounce Japanese names and words. It's quite distracting hearing "sepooku," for instance, instead of "sep-puku."

I am a big fan of Yodo-dono. I remember Sanadamaru and playing her in that game. There is also a drama that romanticizes her and Sanada Yukimura which is pretty good. Honestly im not a big fan of hideyoshi and dont like how many dramatizations make him out to be an overall good guy.

She only likes Kumite no Katas

As a young girl, Chacha-chan was a renowned dancer, specializing on Latin American dances.

i still have no idea who anyone is. so confusing names

Legend has it that Yodo-Dono changed her name and has lived on until today as Yoko-Ono.