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Hillsborough, Romulus. Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai (Japan: Tuttle Publishing, 2014).
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Wert, Michael. Samurai: A Concise History (United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2019)
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@TheArmchairHistorian Год назад

@evenodd3339 Год назад

Saw the stream game looks great!

@beepboop204 Год назад

i rarely pay for games but i did pay for yours! been enjoying it

@davidspencer8373 Год назад

Like video

@flawyerlawyertv7454 Год назад

👍

@paulm1690 Год назад

I like how the entire video is an ad. Good job

@enoughothis Год назад

The speed of Japanese modernization was breathtaking and unprecedented. They caught up over 200 years of technological and societal advancement in just 20. It's an almost ignored period of history, but it's fascinating.

@erwinsetyo1061 Год назад

Because they already well knowledgeable by the teaching from Dutch on Dejima Island.

@enoughothis Год назад

@@erwinsetyo1061, everyone forgets about the Dutch enclave near Nagasaki. It wasn't Europeans the Shogun was keeping out, it was their religions, which were causing great unrest both in Japan and in Europe. The Dutch proved they were only interested in business, and thus were allowed to stay.

@DegnaDings Год назад

I mainly think it’s just as impressive as how quickly Hitler rearmed Germany. Considering how little natural resources and raw materials the Japanese homeland has, it’s incredible.

@rabd3721 Год назад

@@enoughothis To the credit of Jesus Christ (real or imagined) he did say his teachings would bring a sword upon your household. Christianity can be extremely disruptive and subversive to a culture unfamiliar with it. Or worse yet, just outright destructive.

@MatijaCG Год назад

They went speedrunning from Middle Ages to Modern Era

@MatijaCG Год назад

I really like the story of former Samurais going as an embassy to Europe and getting photographed in front of Sphinx. Fun fact: There were interesting cases like Samurais/Ronins fighting for Bulgarian independence and in Mexican Civil War. There was even a black African Samurai called Yasuke.

@Leo-ok3uj Год назад

Technically they were ronin But yeah, as a mexican the idea of Zaragoza or Diaz fighting besides a samurai sound batshit insane, but is not impossible History is truly the craziest tale of all

@exudeku Год назад

Dont forget a Catholic uprising by a 17 year old samurai who rebelled against the Shogunate; a Daimyō who was exiled in the Philippines and became a blessed figure in Catholicism; Wokou(japanese pirates) fighting Spanish conquistadors in the Philippines, and the various expeditions of the Shogun's diplomats all over the world

@balasaashti3146 Год назад

They were used as mercenaries as well in the invasion of Bolivia in South America.

@martinromerostrack9138 Год назад

@mdmiah4014yes, and it's fascinating how far from home they were, in radically different lands and cultures, how did they fell, knowing about the rest of the world? Or even pondering about the fact that they were making history by simply participating in said conflicts?

@breakerdawn8429 Год назад

But the Black African Samurai was a long time ago way before the Sphinx. That was in the 16th century unlike the Sphinx which took place in the 18th century

@theravingtimes9582 Год назад

The craziest part about samurais is that despite being around since the 12th century, the last of the samurais didn't pass away until less than a century ago. Among those who were samurais was Togo Heihachiro who played a pivotal role in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, though he passed away a couple years before Japan invaded China. Heck, the last foreign samurai; Henry Schnell, a soldier and arms dealer from the Kingdom of Prussia became a samurai in the 1860s (there's even a photo of him with his sword, kimono and overcoat) and would pass away in 1917.

@kstreet7438 Год назад

History is amazing

@lemuelreyes1941 Год назад

Wrong. The Last Samurai was Tom Cruise.

@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat Год назад

@@lemuelreyes1941 SAKE!!!! NOOOO!!!!

@zachall101 Год назад

@@lemuelreyes1941 😂😂

@martin7002 11 месяцев назад

*10th century, they rise of the samuraj class came from the Heian era

@ALaughingWolf2188 Год назад

It’s actually really interesting seeing you guys delve into Japanese history for once

@orange4191 Год назад

This time was especially interesting considering how japan caught up to the west and won against china and Russia 30 years later

@tigerabraham5582 Год назад

Little boy and Fatman enter the chat

@theawesomeman9821 Год назад

does their WWII content not count?

@Intranetusa Год назад

Honestly, it is better that pop-history type channels stick to things they actually specialize in. I'm not saying this video is bad per se, but I've seen other RU-vid channels like Kings and Generals try to cover a broad area of history outside of their normal expertise and then fail miserably at it with terrible videos filled with inaccuracies and misinformation.

@Adriaticus Год назад

It's to promote the new DLC they released for fire and maneuver

@marcello7781 Год назад

One of the most fascinating "end of an era" moments and perhaps one of the fastest industrializations of a former feudal country. Very good video!

@eechanys51557 Год назад

9:27 As a Japanese, I have to say that the Satsuma rebels at the time did not wear very "samurai" armor like these. (There may have been some soldiers like that, but I think they were in minority.) Their main outfit is a combination of western uniforms and kimonos, equipped with katana and rifle. Outfits of the anime Demon Slayer may be a little closer to that because that was designed based on uniforms on late 19th centuries wars in Japan.

@sephsticles1016 Год назад

Yeah I've played Fall of the Samurai and watched Demon Slayer and saw a lot of similarities, I thought it was pretty cool that the Slayers wore what was essentially a modified/stylized version of a late 1800s-early 1900s Japanese military uniform. Pretty true to the period it was set in I think.

@thewandering01 Год назад

And if I've heard correctly, as an otherwise ignorant American, part of the reason the Satsuma rebellion was actually considered a major threat was because it a major center for making cannons and such? But I guess it was very tempting to depict them with traditional dress, maybe borrowing a bit from the depiction in The Last Samurai.

@elkingoh4543 5 месяцев назад

@@sephsticles1016as a Shogun 2 TW player and KNY enjoyer, I see that absolute win

@jeffreygao3956 19 дней назад

@@thewandering01 Yeah, and then they had to scrounge once they ran out of artillery.

@Jayjay-qe6um Год назад

Younger samurai often became exchange students because they were ambitious, literate and well-educated. On return, some started private schools for higher education, while many became reporters and writers and set up newspaper companies. Others entered government service. In the 1880s, 23 percent of prominent Japanese businessmen were from the samurai class; by the 1920s the number had grown to 35 percent.

@pointly Год назад

When an era ends, A legend begins

@goldenfiberwheat238 Год назад

It’s the nature of time that the old ways must give in

@tangy0108 Год назад

It’s the nature of time that the new ways comes in sin

@adonissherlock Год назад

When the new meets the old It always ends the ancient ways

@poikoi1530 Год назад

AND AS HISTORY TOLD IT ALWAYS GOES OUT IN A BLAZE

@alexandergrogudragontrainer Год назад

Encircled by a vulture, the end of ancient culture The dawn of destiny draws near

@wetwillyis_1881 Год назад

I think Sabaton summed up the events leading to the fall of the Samuri the best: SHIROYAMA!

@Courtenaire9911 Год назад

Its the nature of time that the old ways must give in

@poikoi1530 Год назад

it's the nature of time that the new ways comes in sin

@panzerlurch2629 Год назад

An offer to surrender Saigo ignored contender! The Dawn of destiny is here!

@russby3554 Год назад

Imperial force defied! Facing 500 Samurai! Surrounded, and outnumbered!

@DanielRodriguez-dt9rt 7 месяцев назад

@@russby355460 to 1 the sword face the gun

@4450krank Год назад

Ah yes the battle of Shiroyama, imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai, surrounded and outnumbered, 60 to 1 the sword face the gun. ~Sabaton

@TheShogunate Год назад

Great Video! The Bakumatsu era is so fascinating!

@patrickleach3320 Год назад

I love you’re channel, just a small request can you do a video on the Christian rebellions of 1623 (I think) that would be so cool. Again love the channel. One of few channels keeping Japanese history alive.

@TheShogunate Год назад

@@patrickleach3320 We are going to get to that point in my new Edo Period series!

@dingusdean1905 Год назад

6:56 One of my favourite accounts of the era that perfectly sums up the clash between and melding of traditionalist Ethos and modernization is from the battle of Toba-Fushimi. A small force of Samurai loyal to the emperor armed with Rifles and wearing a mix of vaguely European uniforms was in a standoff with a large force of Shogunal peasant levies from the Aizu domain, many armed with Yari spears. Suddenly, the clan banners of Satsuma, Chosu and Tosa Domains went down and the Imperial Brocade banner was unveiled. The Shogunal levies, thrown into confusion upon seeing the banners, were then fired upon by the advancing Imperial samurai. After only firing one or two volleys, war cries and shouts erupted from the Imperial Samurai who drew their swords and charged the Shogunate levies who quickly lost the will to fight and routed en-masse.

@harukrentz435 Год назад

Ironic considering the royalists were the ones who started the ruckuss by wanting to kick every foreigner out of Japan.

@mattism.7594 Год назад

I was actually pretty sure that the Shogun's followers were relatively well equipped and well trained by the French. The Shogun even had an Elite Guard with 2000 Chaussepots armed Soilders(French Guns), the most modern guns of the World at this time. I've always assumed that the Emperor's supporters won because of their high morale

@dingusdean1905 Год назад

@@mattism.7594 Some were, but those were the Shogun’s personal troops. The domain troops, like those of Aizu, were feudal-style levies armed in the same feudal fashion

@indianajones4321 Год назад

Are you telling me that the Samurai didn’t end with Tom Cruise charging on horseback against Gatling guns!

@whathell6t Год назад

@Indiana Jones Nope! It’s more of the struggle of Kenshin Himura the Hitokiri Battosai.

@canisjay Год назад

Just rewatched it today 😂

@adelaidesngan604 Год назад

French 🇫🇷💪

@WatcherMovie008 Год назад

While the Samurais ended as a class, their spirit and code of the warrior lived on, which unfortunately sparked the militaristic nationalism that would turn Japan into an imperialistic nation that would conquer and rape many countries they took as part of their "Co-Asian Prosperity Sphere". The Satsuma Rebellion is generally regarded as the both the end and rebirth of the Samurai, for good or worse.

@dylanharris5719 Год назад

I don’t think it was the Samurai culture that made people become militant nationalists. It was the army’s perception of values and turning them into what we know as Japanese militarism

@siddd5745 Год назад

Indeed, many of these same samurai’s joined the imperial army and navy as officers who detested the democratic Japanese government. They would be the ones who would take Japan down the road to militarism.

@theotherohlourdespadua1131 Год назад

The Shogunate (YT channel) argued that "Bushido" is just pure fiction, just as "Code of Chivalry" is to Europe. There is no SINGLE code of honor for Samurai and the entire idea there even exists one is just one Japanese diplomat trying to explain Japan to foreign readers...

@RealBrothaProduction Год назад

Bushido was created after the Samurai age by Non Samurai.

@erwinsetyo1061 Год назад

Bushido was created by some bored Samurai during Edo period

@LA12901 Год назад

As much as I enjoy the WWII content, it must feel good for the Armchair History team to do something different. I know WWII stuff gets clicks, and perhaps to a lesser extent Cold War stuff, but seeing the histories of lesser told eras and places is so important. This was a thoroughly enjoyable watch!

@howiehall4622 Год назад

Agreed. I wasn't even aware that I wanted to know the answer to the question about what happened to the Samurai until I saw the title to this video. 🤔

@carloshenriquezimmer7543 Год назад

8:30 Little correction: most samurai were already in poverty by that period. They were a warrior class that were paid a meager amount but received immense riches after great battles, but they had not a single big battle since the Edo period begun. The sources vary a lot, but some say from 50 to 85% of samurai were in a significant level destitution (wathever that really meant). Some joined the Imperial Army against theyr masters' orders looking for a way out os poverty, just to be left by. Then they joined the Satsumo rebellion, for the same reasons.

@yeehawmcfly1794 Год назад

I hope that Fire and Maneuver becomes way more popular with this video

@Hummus9891 Год назад

It’s the nature of time that the old ways must give in It’s the nature of time that the new ways comes in sin When the new meets the old it always ends the ancient ways And as history told the old ways go out in a blaze Encircled by a vulture, the end of ancient culture The dawn of destiny draws near Imperial force defied, facing 500 Samurai Surrounded and outnumbered, 60 to 1 the sword face the gun Bushido dignified, it’s the last stand of the Samurai Surrounded and outnumbered As a new age begins the way of the warrior comes to an end As a new age begins the ways of old must apprehend It’s the nature of time that the old ways must give in It’s the nature of time that the new ways comes in sin An offer of surrender, Saigo ignore contender The dawn of destiny is here Until the dawn they hold on Only 40 are left at the end None alive, none survive Shiroyama 60 to one, facing the gun 60 to one, culture undone

@camocat307 Год назад

Oh yeah, i was looking exactly for this kind of comment

@sigspearthumb5855 Год назад

Ive found my people

@richie_0740 Год назад

TILL THE DAWN, THEY HOLD ON ONLY 40 ARE LEFT AT THE END NONE ALIVE NONE SURVIVE SHIROYAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

@MRajgupta-98 Год назад

@Thefrogking234 Год назад

IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED

@browneartistry9835 Год назад

Just like a movie. Wonderful job Griffin.

@prosandcons-fl2cc Год назад

would love to see some more stories from before the 1900s and from more parts of the world. Love the vid!

@RedLogicYT Год назад

The videos get better and better each time, it's crazy. Been watching for years. Insane journey.

@FloppaWarCriminal Год назад

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@RedLogicYT Год назад

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@FloppaWarCriminal Год назад

@@RedLogicYT Ger0 gear? I am subscribed to him and damn I don't see he posted anything in a while

@submarine6410 Год назад

Thanks, I already know its going to be a good video!, also I really like the little preview at the begging to show what your about to get into.

@gusjurgens3202 Год назад

Keep up the good work! I can’t wait for the next map making stream.

@King-kz2fu Год назад

Very nice seeing topics not in the 20th century, hope this kind of content continues

@lidianane536 Год назад

I find it quite nice that the imperial forces werent extremely aggresive when treating the old shogunate supporters. I guess a bit of Bushido was behind their actions

@theotherohlourdespadua1131 Год назад

No, they recognize early on that trying to antagonize them after defeat will just lead them to rebel later... Which indeed happened in 1877 with Saigo Takamori...

@frankunderbush Год назад

Samurai: *waves katana* Industrial age military: *ha ha, Gatling gun goes brrrrrrrrt*

@harukrentz435 Год назад

Wrong perception.

@frankunderbush Год назад

@@harukrentz435 r/woosh

@engineergaming3043 6 месяцев назад

they did carried fire arms but they are very few they used captured muskets and cannons you watch a inaccurate movie go read a history book

@dabo5078 4 месяца назад

@@engineergaming3043Literally the Shogunate army during the Boshin war is composed of French trained infantry. So they had even more guns than that.

@aetius7139 Год назад

The japanese despite its isolation. Actually studies western technology. Rangaku (Kyūjitai: 蘭學/Shinjitai: 蘭学, literally "Dutch learning", and by extension "Western learning") was established in 1641 after the sakoku isolation is inacted. The primary purpose was to study western technology and medicine. Though the shogunate keep it a secret and doesnt allow them share the western knowledge to the public. This is one of the reason why japanese are so quick to adapt to western technology. They have entire departement to study western technology with the right knowledge to operate and mantain the technology.

@micahistory Год назад

your videos keep getting better and better

@paleoph6168 Год назад

Glad to see you make a video related to the DLC!

@kimchiii3200 Год назад

A nice change of history, with that said you should make a series on the Imjin War!

@hakku9344 Год назад

as a WW2 buff, its refreshing to see another topic. Looking forward to maybe another timeline of history.

@grimtea1715 Год назад

Please cover: War of 1812, Birds-eye view of The Alamo, Vietnam War Air combat, and/or Burmese Civil War (pick any part of it)

@lidianane536 Год назад

Woo a new episode and just about the Boshin War, I hadnt heard about this before your DLC lol.

@doubl3tap51 2 месяца назад

Interesting how this is depicted in Blue Eye Samurai. It’s such a great show that shows Japan being torn between tradition and industrialization

@patrickgjorven7832 Год назад

Fun fact I found out about sword ownership in Japan. Similar to firearm ownership in the United States, they must fill out some kind of paperwork and keep possession of it in their residence for a real Japanese sword.

@exudeku Год назад

The entirety of the Bōshin War is underrated on itself, and the only stuff I know about it are Total War Shogun 2's FOTS, and Fate/Grand Order

@civilprotection3114 Год назад

If we’re going off of Total War: Shogun 2 logic it was the Armstrong Gun spam.

@scottanno8861 Год назад

Hell, even parrot guns were OP

@kyberstudios7358 Год назад

seeing the samurai depicted in your guys' artstyle was pretty dope ngl, loved all the detailing on the armor

@canisjay Год назад

I literally rewatched "The Last Samurai" today, what are the odds? LOL

@KakashiSusanoo3872 Год назад

Gun is better

@ewok40k Год назад

Boshin War was one of the most steampunk events ever... Fending off samurai boarding steam ironclad, with gatling guns? Did really happen...

@revbladez5773 Год назад

it was actually the Shogunate which had more gatling guns. One more, but there were only three in the whole country.

@joesomebody3365 Год назад

Good to see the channel covering some non-WW2 content for a change.

@nicholasgallo3599 8 месяцев назад

I am intrigued at how brave and fearless the Samurai were especially in the final battle of the Satsuma Rebellion the Battle of Shiroyama and how they bravely fought to the end against the Imperial Japanese Army equipped with modern weapons. The Samurai were some of the most insanely badass and fearless warriors ever to exist in military history

@zelgore Год назад

Solid change of pace my friends, as much as I love the usual content, it's nice to see a different region of the world get the attention of one of my favorite channels!!!

@georgeisinyourbankaccount4236 Год назад

Till the dawn they hold on, only 40 are left are the end None alive none survive Shiroyama

@jorgenajar9407 Год назад

Sabaton?

@LauchTV2311 Год назад

@@jorgenajar9407 Yes

@andrewbaker6056 Год назад

I'm so happy I found this channel. I recommend it to all my friends. And my sons are interested in history!

@just_a_turtle_chad Год назад

🎵 hire a samurai 🎵

@canisjay Год назад

*important people hired samurai

@GanyuSimpingDegenerate Год назад

Imperial force defied, facing 500 Samurai Surrounded and outnumbered, 60 to 1 the sword face the gun Bushido dignified, it’s the last stand of the Samurai Surrounded and outnumbered

@jamildemeterio6678 Год назад

When the new age begins the way of the warrior comes to an end

@ilovejoemama167 Год назад

Once the word "Satsuma Rebellion" entered my ears, Shiroyama started playing in my head

@thegreendragoninn8730 Год назад

It's the nature of time that the old ways must give in It's the nature of time that the new ways comes in sin

@tritojean7549 Год назад

I love the fact that this video implied that the samuraï lost because they couldnt mosernise and not because they were outnumbered 6 to 1

@blockmasterscott Год назад

To put it in very simple terms, everyone got tired of them acting like they were all that, and finally decided to put them in their place. That’s why the Samurai weren’t allowed to strut any more.

@bullmanny Год назад

Imma be real here, I'm so happy we finally got a video that wasn't about WW2

@nathanplays5514 Год назад

its a good day when armchair historian uploads!

@scoliosisking555 3 месяца назад

Now I have a deeper appreciation for Ruroni Kenshin movies and animated series

@armorbearer9702 2 месяца назад

I guess this shows how valuable adaptability is in warfare and in life.

@T.h.w.T Год назад

Yay, a non ww2 video. I like your ww2 stuff, but your non ww2 vids are probably my favourites

@togaleo Год назад

Very rare that a government doesn't take revenge on those who it just fought against

@Valuepak Год назад

Love the unique video!! Great to shake things up from the usual stuff :)

@straussenberg286 Год назад

To be honest I already knew it all from Shogun 2 Total War and its expansions and Sabaton music, but still good job Historian 🥰

@BillRalens Год назад

Your information about the satsuma rebellion is a bit wrong. For example, you state that Takamori Saigo died on the battlefield. He was wounded but managed to make his way back to a cave on shiroyama where he committed harakiri and was beheaded by Murata Shinpachi. A little background, I was one of the historians for the city of Kagoshima and did all the translation work for the prefecture. Ishinfurosatokan is right across the street from the birthplace of Takamori Saigo which is now a park.

@picklewithinternet2254 Год назад

Just as I was boutta take a dookie he drops 🙏🏿🙏🏿 Will be watching this on the toilet 😈

@b.a6525 Год назад

Since you guys are delving into Japanese history, MAY I SUGGEST, the construction of IJN in WW2, or the Pacific War from the Japanese Perspective? Ideally Naval ofc since the most promiment battles included Midway.

@nanni-buyerofcopper Год назад

Boshin war DLC is actually pretty good for 10$

@kingsin4erno608 Год назад

Amazing story telling

@sib113 Год назад

you forgot to mention the contributions of Tom Cruise to the Samurai Rebellion

@okamijubei Год назад

Why did the samurai have mixed feelings? Some Samurai: "Look like this is the end for us... We must fight to show we are still unbeatable." Other samurai: "Yay! We are going to have a war! We are going to have a War!!! We have a purpose! We can show off our skills!"

@mex1-4 Год назад

the opening music was FIRE

@keithcj13 Год назад

Fun Fact: the Genrō was made up of former Samurai aka the Meiji oligarchy which control the government as independents until the Rikken Seiyukai aka constitutional association party which was founded by Ito Hirobumi and had a political streak from 1900 until 1921 when the Kenseikai aka constitutional politics led by Katō Takaaki. Disclaimer think as the Seiyukai and the Kenseikai as the liberals and conservatives because the Japanese parliamentary system was based on the UK anglo-sphere. Anyway during the 1930s the Imperial Japanese military was gaining strength due to the Japanese soldiers plotting to dismantle Japanese democracy by murdering, targeting and assassinating key leaders who founded modern Japan one of which was the last Genrō prince Saionji Kinmochi who was an adviser to three emperors of Japan(Meiji,Taishō, and Showā) who tried to fight against the militarist rising power until the current parties which is the Rikken Minseitō(constitutional democratic Party) and the Seiyukai dissolved themselves to form the Taisei Yokunsankai (imperial rule association) all of these events can be traced back to the Events during and after the Meiji era.

@TheWebsOfCorruptionNeverFail Год назад

Thumbnail : What caused the fall of the Samurai? Me, an intellectual : Could it be that Sentient Gatling gun, Standing menacingly covered in blood, over there in the Hill?

@TomasuDesu Год назад

Japanese here. I learned so much history that I didn’t learn otherwise at school. Thank you for this information! 😊

@Burrahoy Год назад

Hey tomorrow from writing this is Anzac Day and I think all the Australian views would be hounded if you made a video on the Gallipoli campaign thank you

@neilhannan5112 Год назад

Last Samurai Top Tier MasterPiece ❤

@Spongebrain97 Год назад

Good movie but it's inaccurate with regards to the samurai

@torao773 Год назад

I don't know how you forgot to include the Choshu domain - they're the ones who headed the Meiji Restoration and took control of the government after. Satsuma had a slightly smaller influence than Choshu.

@wickendiana8310 Год назад

finally exploring some new topics

@torarara_3 Год назад

Hope you guys make a video about the battle of Manila. It was another horrifying massacre that people debate over the nanking massacre.

@eyo8766 Год назад

What caused the fall of the samurai? Ken Watanabe and Tom Cruise's charge...

@AngloSaxons Год назад

Tom Cruise tried to save them, but the Gatling Gun was too strong. 😔

@KPistols1993 Месяц назад

It’s cool they won the boshin war with the help of Kenshin Himura Battousai

@brokensky2378 Год назад

Remember that Samurai warriors, while still having the social aspects of the earlier ages, were definitely not conservative on the weapons front. Guns were a thing for a VERY long time in Japan, and shogunate warriors also had relatively modern weapons, and the image at 7:03 is probably the most accurate, with both sides wielding modern weapons but the samurai favoring a more traditional dress.

@rotmistrzjanm8776 Год назад

More importantly - what caused the fall of the Winged Hussars?

@Dullification Год назад

IMPERIAL FORCE DEFIED

@samuelrodrigues2702 Год назад

FACING 500 SAMURAI

@CliffCardi Год назад

“What if Japan technology surpasses the West?” Matthew Perry: “They still fight with swords and live like feudal monarchies that Europe ended centuries ago. What’s the worst that could possibly happen?”

@someguy1865 Год назад

Need to watch this. Samurai Warriors 4 got me here.

@derubermanns1210 Год назад

A weapon for a more, civilized age

@ashfox7498 Год назад

"Open the country. Stop having it be closed"

@conserva-chan2735 Год назад

A vid on the Soviet-Afghan War would be so awesome

@michaelthomas5433 Год назад

Those Samurai made for some funny looking Janissaries.

@TheGateShallStand Год назад

Although it was a welcome modernization by everyone, it was certainly a loss of a great culture in many ways.

@Vexx--yr6pp Год назад

Another great video love you guys keep up the good work :)

@jeremyjames2643 Год назад

My lord, a glorious victory shall soon be yours!

@jboy1181 5 месяцев назад

For my fallow lovers of samurai history one thing I always point out is the Boshen war and later the satsuma rebellion were not like usually depicted with samurai in armour fighting with katana bow and spear and imperial forces using firearms. Many people forget to mention that Saigo had fought for the imperialists and had a stockpile of firearms canon and also Gatling guns and used them at the battle Shiroyama. As did samurai for hundreds of years at this point Saigo however was outnumbered and was basically loosing from the outset of the battle so desperately made the decision to charge with him remaining forces into the imperialist reinforcements were he was inevitably shot in the thigh realising his fight was over he committed seppuku with help from his assistant who soon removed his head. The last samurai is a very good addition of the true events I only wish the battle at the end was depicted properly but understand why it was the way it was in the end.

@Captain23rdGaming Год назад

was wondering when you were gonna tackle the Japanese civil war as its usually a intresting topic and im noticing the animation improving 😄

@tiannsompoubelle6741 Год назад

It makes me want to see again the movie Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa !

@annoyedbrox4851 Год назад

I would always support you guys, excellent performance as always

@CodyKeller Год назад

Fascinating. I love the quality of this content.

@funeralhippy3209 Год назад

I don't see it in the comments section as of now so I guess I'll start it... Until dawn they hold on Only 40 are left at the end None alive, none survive SHIROYAMA!

@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 Год назад

The last samurai was a good movie

@orange4191 Год назад

My favourite Tom cruise movie

@Yusa_Beach Год назад

Inaccurate, but still good, I agree.

@azazelreeds Год назад

@@Yusa_Beach More accurate than people give it credit for. There's only three major inaccuracies: 1. The western officer was French, not American, 2. The officer met with the rebel forces willingly, and the ambush never happened, and 3. The officer had already returned to France by the time the battle of Shiroyama happened.