9:25 Why Hideyoshi is my favorite. I think he knew he was dying and chose to chase Oda’s dream. I love his quote about life being a dream within a dream
He's halfway conquering Japan when someone who works for him kills him and then someone who works for that guy kills him. And that guy (Toyotomi Hideyoshi) finishes conquering Japan and then he confiscated everyones sword. *"And Now I am going to invade Korea and then hopefully China"* He said. And failed. And also died
yea, not having a navy worth a damn really makes it hard to invade a country across any body of water. Admiral Yi pretty much single handedly saved Korea and China...
@@maximaldinotrap yea its almost like they learned a hard lesson after Commodore Perry arrived with a flotilla and said "open your port or we open fire" Lulz :)
But before he died, he told these five guys (council of five elders) to take care of his five year old son until he's old enough to be the next ruler of Japan. And the five guys said "Yeah, right. It's not gonna be this kid, it's gonna be one of us, 'cause we're grown ups.". And it's probably going to be this guy *points to Tokugawa Ieyasu* who happens to be way more rich *picture of Donald Trump flashes* and powerful than the others.
I LOVE samurai. My favourite warriors in all of history. I'm an Anglo-Aussie with Viking roots, but i've always felt a spiritual connection with the Samurai. There's just something special & mysterious about the Samurai. I also admire their discipline & fearless dedication to their duty.
He was fighting the Mori clan, not Mino (that's a province), and also Ieyasu wasn't there for Yamazaki. Nobunaga's third son joined in along with Niwa Nagahide but most others were too far to get there in time because Hideyoshi just sprinted home like a Skyrim speedrunner high on skooma.
I believe he has to...because his enemies (who are also his vassals) may be using the commoners to go against him (saying that he is a selfish tyrant/dictator) and giving them ounce of power could hinder him from reaching his goal or possibly destroy him.
Hideyoshi is up against the Mori Clan. It is the Mori clan, not Mino. Mino is the province headed by Saito Dosan before his son Yoshitatsu, and later, Oda Nobunaga took control of it.
Love the coverage done on Hideyoshi brother! This maybe off bit and although he wasn't a samurai himself. Amakusa Shirö Tokisada the teenage leader of the Roman Catholic Shimabara Rebellion. I was wondering if you'll cover him and the events of the rebellion bro. It ties into the height of the Tokugawa Shogunate's rule over the Edo area and era. I know you'd do an excellent narration of the events. Which had a great deal popular samurai in there. Very historic in Japanese history. Thanks again for the awesome content!
The Shimabara Rebellion occured in the 1630s, during (the rule of) Tokugawa Iemitsu (1632-1651); the height/golden age of the Tokugawa regime started during (the rule of) Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1680-1709), and lasted until Tokugawa Ienari became shogun, in 1786 (with the rule of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, and Tokugawa Yoshimune, 1716-1751, highlighting this period of golden age).
While this would probably drastically increase production effort, it would be lovely to see maps of Japan with icons indicating who held which area, who was fighting where and who was allied.
Truly outstanding that he made it to regent (kampaku), he was closing the gap to becoming Shogun but just couldn't go all the way for reasons not stated.
China certainly would not have been enough for Hideyoshi; it may have sated him for a while, however it seems he had fallen deep into the vice of avarice. One of the traits of avaricious people is that no matter what they have, it is never enough for them. They'll always feel a burning desire for more; nothing in the world, or even the whole world itself can never fulfill what they are looking for.
I just subbed today thank you for covering my favorite lord Hideyoshi this is a great coverage I won't lie I laughed when he banned social mobility when he came from a peasant background If your doing more coverage could you do Ginchiyo Tachibana and her husband Munishege Tachibana?
Maeno Nagayasu was a friend and retainer of Hideyoshi, even helping him pull off his legendary "one night castle" feat at Sunomata, serving Hideyoshi loyally and competently for many years. He was then assigned as one of Hidetsugu's vassals... and Hideyoshi killed him along with everyone else.
and if i not mistake, Mino is the province of Saito clan, and the first province Nobunaga get by power i'm not remember read anything about Mino clan, i just know it's a province well, pardon if my information is incorrect :")
1st again 😂😅😂😅 In Japanese culture your honor is all & respect is all you really have! Good vid 😊 I was wondering if you'l be doing anything on some of the Monk's or Concubine's? 😊
Yes! I've found some pretty interesting characters from both so will have them showing up once I'm done with Tokugawa who is shaping up to be just as long!
The Legends of History Great job mun, I mean it! It's one thing to read about these ppl & another to have it narrated to you but if the format, the words or the narrator isn't spot on then it's just another generic vid, I mean look at Sr David Attenborough one of the best narrators EVER! He was interesting, informative & even funny at time's bt now most wildlife docu's are all the same, not so much fun to watch 😦 bt you don't have to worry about that because your vid's are fab to watch & listen to 👌😄
Great short documentary, although I know the pronunciations are tricky. One thing I learned listening to a lot of Japanese is that the language doesn't really seem to make as much use of diphthongs as English (like with 'Daimyo,' instead of 'da-eemyo,' it's more like 'die-myo'). I also find that Japanese often de-voices certain vowels between consonants, particularly i (ee) and u (oo) - not exactly sure on the rules for this though, if someone with more expertise could help I'd appreciate it. I know both Japanese and Korean lack an actual 'yi' syllable, and do not pronounce 'si' syllables like 'see' and 'sin', but rather in this one pairing, they, just like the great Sean Connery, follow their 's' with an 'h.' Therefore, Admiral Yi Sun Sin would actually sound more like Admiral 'ee-soon-shin,' if that's at all helpful for anyone. Love your videos. Cheers.
Wrong information-Hideyoshi was not fighting the Mino which already conquered by Oda. Which also is central Japan. Hideyoshi was marching west and engaged with Mori and its supporters. Also, Akechi was not a Shogun, never was. Never acknowledged by the imperial court..
@@shashumga7778 well I Nioh The protagonist and Tokichiro both share the name of Hideyoshi with each other because this story is supposed to be an alternate history in wich you are supposed to be the reason why Tokichiro is successful in life and that's why you share a name, pretty stupid ik.
@@abc4781 tokichiro is the brains while the protagonist is just pure muscle. The name sharing thing is essentially like naming your duo and Tokichiro thought it would be good for protagonist and him to share name. I dunno i dont think its stupid
@@shashumga7778 his real name indeed is hideyoshi. he then change it to kinoshita tokichiro, after he gain rank in oda nobunaga's army. after he gain a fief, he ask permission from Oda nobunaga to change his name into Hashiba Hideyoshi, The new surname included two characters, one each from Oda's right-hand mens, Niwa Nagahide (丹羽 長秀), Shibata Katsuie (柴田 勝家) and Akechi Mitsuhide (明智 光秀), Mori Yoshinari (森 吉成). and last he change it himself to Toyotomi hideyoshi.
It was stated by some historians that it could have been possible for the japanese to conquer the Ming dynasty because of how spread out and slow to respond the dynasty was known for. Had he continued on land, they could have succeeded though the supply trains would have been too difficult to move about the way they wanted since they had so many forces. The navy was crucial for the japanese to continue to supply so because of this, he was hesitant on doing so and decided against further progress
perhaps, the real clan that Hideyoshi fighting with, when Mitsuhide killed Nobunaga was Mori clan, not Mino clan, if it's uncorrect, sorry :"), but i remember in the book of Taiko, Hideyoshi fighting with Mori when the bad news of the death of Nobunaga arrive to his ears, not Mino
There is no evidence that Nobunaga called Hideyoshi "monkey" (there are some sources that say that Hideyoshi looked like a monkey, but none of them tie to Nobunaga, nor say that Hideyoshi would be called that directly). Nobunaga also only called Hideyoshi a "bald rat" only once as far as the historical accounts are concerned, when he was disapproving of Hideyoshi's behaviour towards his wife. So I feel like saying Nobunaga sometimes called Hideyoshi a bald rat is a bit of a stretch. This isn't the only inaccuracy, but it is the one that gets on my nerves every time I hear it. Anyway, it's a nice shot at summing up some of the most interesting people in Japanese history (imo at least), though showing maps would make it easier to follow :)
With such an outstanding suit of armor far different than anything else worn by a great general of the time, had I lived then, being a loyal subject of the man seeing that armor glistening before me would likely have me respecting and venerating the heck out of him knowing that a poor farmer fought so hard, clawing his way up the social ladder to become ruler of Japan if only for a time.
I would argue that Matsunaga Hisahide played a very significant role in removing the Miyoshi clan as a bastion of power in Kinai thanks to suspicions of him being behind the deaths of Miyoshi Chokei's brothers and heir, which led to Chokei growing ill with grief and then dying soon after. In his stead, the Miyoshi were then governed by Hisahide, an incompetent adopted son(Yoshitsugu,) and the Miyoshi Triumvirate. All three of Hisahide, Yoshitsugu and the Triumvirate engaged in infighting and tore the Miyoshi down from their height of power. This was around when Nobunaga led his forces into Kyoto, and easily swept the fractured Miyoshi out with Hisahide's help. Had Hisahide not caused the instability and succession issue in the Miyoshi, Nobunaga would have faced a united Miyoshi clan led by Chokei that held ultimate power over Kinai, including the free trade city of Sakai, half of Shikoku, and control over the Shogun.
Ummm. My main complaint already is about saying Miysuhide went from zero to hero, back to zero. He was one of Oda Nobunaga's 5 great generals, others being Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Shibata Katsuie, Takigawa Kazumasa and Niwa Nagahide. I honestly think the majority of Daimyo were secretly really happy that Nobunaga was killed, especially that they could now make themselves look good by avenging him. I think the idea Mitsihide was killed by a peasant with a bamboo spear is wishful thinking. It's just too poetic sounding. The treacherous pretender is killed by a bamboo(fake)spear. Pretender killed by a peasant weapon. Since Mitsuhide undoubtedly had good armor I don't buy it
There is a problem, for me, with narrated history: I want to know more. Almost all of the history is in Japanese, which, as I understand it, isn't the same as modern Japanese. A friend translated the novel Taiko into English and we had many conversations about the difficulties of translating idiomatic Japanese into English. This makes research challenging. I confess, I've willingly bought into fanciful tales of the young Tokichiro. Yoshikawa's story illustrates the difficult life the young man experienced and even if it isn't entirely accurate, the only people who know the real story are dead. I don't think it does any harm, Hideyoshi was an extraordinary man.
Until I listened to this, I had no idea that he invaded Korea and wanted to take out China. and now I'm reading up on it and it's really fascinating. Tbh most of what I know about Japan in this era is from the Samurai Warriors games, so I should read up more about it.
Yooo I learned about toyotomi, ieyasu and how they fought in the battle of sekigahara in high school. Toyotomis son was torn on who to side with, ieyasu shot his canon at his soldiers and he still ended up siding with ieyasu.
Yeah samurai were out for the prestige and essentially doing it for the sake of going to war again. If the samurai are fighting in korea then theyre not rebelling in japan. WW2 japan was desperately in need of oil. As well just strategically not wanting to be fighting on the japan mainland.
hideyoshi sponsored the chanyou tea ceremony and cemented it into history, but also ordered the father of the tea ceremony, sen no rikyu, to kill himself over something that was very petty.
Short-lived Shogun? Neither Oda Nobunaga nor his son was a Shogun. Although Oda Nobunaga was one of the great Unifiers of Japan only Tokugawa Ieyasu became a Shogun. Even Toyotomi Hediyoshi was not able to acquire the title Shogun due to his low birth.
The Ashikaga Shogunate as an organization was destroyed in 1573 AD. However, Ashikaga Yoshiaki(15th Shogun) has not resigned from the Shogun, When Nobunaga was alive. Yoshiaki officially resigned from the shogun is the year 1588 AD.
Shogun isn't the only title that 'prestigious' in japan, there's imperial regent Sessho or Kampaku, directly serve as emperor and nobles right hand man, basically the number one person in imperial court, like Hideyoshi and Fujiwara clan. Shogun is the leader of samurai class, you can say, Shogun and Sessho/Kampaku are equal in term of political status. Nobunaga never want to become a shogun, first, at one point, some historian claimed he's Taira clan descent, there's some rule that only those who claimed to be Minamoto clan that could become a shogun, and also he refused all "shogunate" title from Yoshiaki, according to some historian, he have no interest in shogun position because he see the shogunate as a failure relic of the past system, try to find about Minamoto Shogunate and Ashikaga Shogunate and then the Onin War. cmiiw
Like world war 2 and the rape of Nanking your fooling yourself. It wasn’t until the Christian societies came and modernized Japan. Also tolerant… are you for real. Japan is one of the most xenophobic countries in the world. They hate anyone that’s not Japanese
@@shawnboahene5231 Christian colonizers take the cake for raping throughout post-classical history. modernization coming from christians to Japan is one of the most laughable white supremacist hawks of crap i've ever heard. lol, thanks for sharing that theory. it is true they are homogenous and because of that can be a bit ignorant about lowercase r racism, particularly the older generations, but saying ''Japanese people as hate anyone that's not Japanese'' is enough proof of your ignorance and middle american brainspace needed to know this conversation is moot. peace out dude
Yes, Toyotomi Hideyoshi could be diplomatic (smooth talker, as you put it) I call it being extremely smart! Why waste hours/months of his own manpower and supplies (including all the women & children that would not have survived to become slaves and Ashigaru) during a siege? When simple parlay would yield a much greater benefits for everyone involved, non more so than Nobanaga As compared to the loss of his own Samurai & Ashigaru for the purpose of the complete annihilation of the enemy. Destroying valuable resources such as the dead Lord’s Ronan, Ashigaru and slaves is not in the best interests of Oda Nobunaga & later Toyotomi Hideyoshi! No need for the utter destruction of the enemy if the situation could be resolved via a parlay? If the situation called for a “statement” (that being the complete annihilation of a Clan’s bloodline) to send a message to other would be rebellious vassals was not that difficult of a task to at that point for Nobunaga. So I call “being a smooth talker;” being extremely smart! Calling Hideyoshi a “smooth talker” kinda underplays his intellect! Toyotomi Hideyoshi was first and foremost a fearsome fearless Warrior, a brilliant strategist & tactical genius! Above all, he was a loyal Oda Nobunaga Retainer & one of two best Generals out of the 5 Generals under Oda Nobunaga. The other great Warrior, General was the great Shibata Katsuie, a brilliant tactician! Had it not been for Shibata Katsuie’s idiot Nephew Shibata Katsuie, Japanese history may be different. Though I think it’s highly unlikely because of Hideyoshi’s ally Ieyasu and the speed at which Hideyoshi deployed his army. I find it difficult to believe that Shibata Katsuie would have halted Hideyoshi’s unification of all of Japan. I LOVE medical Japanese history!
Western culture is so deprived of the most interesting Asian history. However, our narrator lost us half way through, as he utterly succumbed to telling his story, rather than showing. The mere listing of one fact and event after another makes for a very tedious story. Also, adding maps would aid tremendously in understanding the movement of these historical figures. I see lot of potential for upcoming videos, and look forward to hearing more about Japanese History.
# listened I cant do 24 hrs anymore I died in the whomp and my sister are me and became afrodite and I died to become Dyonisis. Please don't kill me again.
I don't support religious killing, but given how cruel and genocidal Christians were across the world, it's hard to not see Hideyoshi and Tokugawa opposition to Christianity as justified. If only Moctezuma had the same options when Jesus came crawling. Japan, like India, successfully repelled the toxic ideologies of Christianity and Islam.
Great criminal... Like Alexander or Cezar (who destroyed the Alexandria library where was the only copy of the written history of humanity) These guys who kill people for personal glory must have a special place in Hell.
