Timeline of Samurai Rule in Japan 

Last time I was this early, the Taira were the most powerful force in Japan!

History never cooperates by giving definitive beginning or ending dates. I think you got as close to the beginning and ending of direct samurai rule as possible. For such a long period you created a succinct and understandable timeline. Enjoyed how you distilled the competing factors and interpretations of events. A well constructed video as always..

THANK YOU!! So I translate Heian period folktales and put them up on RU-vid and I've had to repeatedly defend the fact that the early warriors were not referred to as "samurai" but rather as "bushi" or also very often "tsuwamono" (兵) and I'm very glad for you explaining this fact. Also, this is very appropriate because I just started working on translating a section of folktales that deal with warriors, starting with Taira no Masakado's rebellion, an occurrence that I think you yourself would be very very interested in Masakado is sometimes referred to as "the first samurai." Thanks again for the video. いと忝うこそ侍れ

Finely someone puts Kiyomori as the first one who opens the road for them, he has made the first step and did the hard work

This is some good info for people that do not know much about the samurai. Thank you for sharing it with them 👊🏻

Great Video as always, would Love to watch more Videos on the Heian Period and before.

Excellent summary, thank you

Informative video. Could you do a video on samurai who were not born to the class but were elevated to it such as Toyotomi Hideyoshi? I'm having trouble finding info about how (un)common this was. I understand it wasn't an ordinary occurrence, but was it exceptionally rare? The names of other elevated samurai would be useful as well as an approximation of the per cent of samurai elevated from farming and trades backgrounds. I get this may differ greatly during the periods and ending with Hideyoshi's proclamation, so perhaps limit it to the Muromachi period or a contrast between Kamakura and Muromachi. Thanks.

Thank you for showing the timeline of Samurai rule in Japan 🗾

good videos i watched all of the sengoku jidai

While I think it fair to discuss the many Samurai in the Meiji government, I don't think you could extend Samurai rule to 1945. Already by 1905, with most of the Meiji oligarchs still alive, the bonds had begun to fray and their arrangement wouldn't really last past their deaths. Even before that, you had new institutions that dilluted any form of "Samurai power" in the government.

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Esta información vale millones, muchas gracias, Shogunate.

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Invicta did mention about this top from his channel. Really good one. Really hope you guys get a collab, maybe with Metatron as well, it would be epic

Very cool video, the only thing missing from the timeline is the Reiwa era but it has only lasted around 5 years so I can see why you didnt put it there

I consider the samurai's reign in Japan to between the Kamakura and Edo bakufus i.e 12th to 19th century as a timespan.

Great video

7:56 Thinking about how much control the OG Hojo really had over the shogunate, we have to also consider that the shogunal constitution that had been used for so long until the Edo period, the “Goseibai Shikimoku”, was written by Hojo Yasutoki, not by someone from OG Minamoto family.

The Taira leaders like Taira no Kiyomori and Oda Nobunaga were always being depicted as “villains” in history because they went against the status quo And yet, those who demonized the Taira, mainly the Minamoto (who got credited as the heroes of the era) wanted to be like the Taira at the same time. Just like the OG Minamoto like Yoritomo creating the Kamakura Bakufu following Kiyomori’s model. Just like the Later Minamoto like Tokugawa Ieyasu creating the Edo Bakufu following Nobunaga’s vision. The Minamoto are hypocrites.

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I would say that the Samurai rule truly ended in 1945. Even after the Meiji restoration, all important positions in the government and the military were held by the Samurai.

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Another video on the Edo period series please

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so if Hideyoshi himself went to Korea do you think he would had won? and obviously brought Ieyasu and Masamune since they were not trusted to be left alone at home?

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The USA force japan to become a democracy, but to keep them on the USA side against the URRS, they keep the samurai clans on the governament. until to day, the samurais are rulling japan, not with swords but with the democracy, big companies and the yakuza.

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Anyone notice that once America arrived and demanded Japan open up things turned to shit?

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Spectacular video as always.

I get what you’re saying but I also think that it’s a bit of a stretch to suggest that “samurai” rule lasted until the US occupation. I agree that it does make sense why many leaders in imperial Japan came from ex-samurai backgrounds: they had resources 80% of the population didn’t. But, the political and military offices were not as highly restricted as they would have been in previous periods. Yes, many people in the leadership were former samurai or had those roots but they did open the doors of the military academies, regardless of prior social rank. In addition, for as many samurai that thrive in the imperial, there were probably as many or more who fell on harder times. They also were not as restricted in their marriage choices and former samurai families were free to marry with each other which further erodes any class consciousness. Similarly, imperial propaganda adopted the ideal of the samurai mostly as a way to encourage a sense of nationalism amongst conscripts telling them that they were following in the footsteps of ancient predecessors. But by the 20th century a “samurai” would have referred to the grandfathers of the imperial soldiers and sailors, they were symbolically following in those footsteps. I’ll be with their lord being the emperor himself. I also agree that the military was the main political force before 1945 but that was grounded in their claims of defending the nation especially against a possibly aggressive west not because of any family or class links. Additionally, many of the zaibatsu that formed before the war had roots in the merchant classes of the Edo era. Finally, if you want to just focus on bloodlines you get some interesting results. Konoe Funimaro, who was Tojo’s predecessor had kuge roots. PM Hosukawa Morihiro was the head of his clan and Abe Shinzo’s family were part of the Meiji era ex samurai elite, especially his maternal grandfather and war criminal and 1950s PM Kishi Nobuske. Anyway, good video as always. But, I am not fully on board with your conclusion still it was fun to watch.

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Damn, so Japan tried once to abolish The Shogunate and Samurai 5 centuries before their second attempt which made the nation fester with the corruption of fascism… if only Go-Daigo succeeded…

What a great video! Gave me some new perspective about the true timeframe of samurai power in Japan. Well done!

I’m listening to part 2 of the Shogun on Audible right now so this video is perfect

Thanks! To be fair, the families still wield considerable influence in commerce and business. Maybe politics.

Another interesting video nice to know exactly when it started and ended.

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Did y'all know that Takeshi Takahashi from Mortal Kombat is a descendant from the Tira clan? Now you know! 👍🏻

Amazing nuanced breakdown as usual!

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武士（Bushi）と野武士（Noubushi）と悪党（Akutou）は異なるが、日本人でも知らない人が多いから仕方ないだろ

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Any chance of covering the history of magic in Japan? I've been trying to find books on the subject, but nothing on magic during the Sengoku era. Mainly wanted to know this stuff for historical fantasy alt-history.

after starting a chinese history podcast... looking at the timeline starting at 700 is crazy. (ok, after doing a little research you can go further back, but it still is like thousands of years younger than china, i wasnt expecting that being so close tbh, i never looked at the dates before all blended into an vague "feudal era" idea)

Beautiful video!

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