And so Yukimura's last stand has commenced. I must say, as much as I have a weird feeling about how it's essentially over, I can only imagine what it was like for every samurai back then to just suddenly not have any reason to fight anymore in that moment.
Much better: the arrival of the Perry's Black Ships first, then the events that led to the Boshin War. Perry: Knock! Knock! Tokugawa: Who's there? Perry: Black Ships... Tokugawa: Black Ships who...? Perry: Open up your country and trade with us OR DIE!!!
Hard to believe this series is coming to an end, like all other good things. Thank you, Shogunate, for producing such an amazing documentary. It feels like a personal love letter to all samurai fans, as well as to all the fallen warriors of this warring states period. I look forward to what comes next, glad that I can be able to look back at this series with nothing but nostalgia and joy.
This has been one heck of a ride. From the days of fighting the emishi to the last stand at Osaka, it's been amazing to see the history of the samurai. Thanks for the work so far~
Man I remembered when I started watching this series like it was yesterday and to see it near it’s conclusion makes me appreciate the journey it took to get here…
The only time when I wake up, and see a new upload from the shogunate is like an honor that only the samurai and shinobi in the past will receive from the shogun. And only them will understand and other Japanese history nerds will appreciate the hard work you put in. Thank you my shogunate.
@@TheShogunate Can this truly be the end? Say you have plans for the future! Maybe the Edo period? Tokugawa's reforms turning the Samurai into a bureaucratic class would be a good segue.
It would be really cool, now that the series of Sengoku Jidai is coming to a close, if you did a compilation video of minor “in defense of” scenarios throughout the period. Such as brief defenses of Kikawa Hiroei, Hideyoshi’s Imjin War, Yoro Do No, and Shimazu Yoshihiro at Sekigahara to name a few.
OH I have been waiting for this. It seems the time to say goodbye to the Sengoku series is approaching, truly a fitting end I never knew how many engagements the summer siege had. One last climatic war to end the Sengoku period. Thank you for all your hard work, this truly is one of the best history contents on youtube.
I have been on this series since episode 13, we have come a long way and I am proud and happy to see this final conclusion to the singoku period. Thank you very much for what you do
Waited this for a long time, thank you so much for your time and effort in this video. Yukimura really fought valiantly in his last stand, really a goosebumps for sure if Ieyasu really slain by Yukimura.
Hideyori married the grand-daughter of Ieyashu not his daughter thus it would make him a great-grandson but furthermore the child was the son of a concumbine and not of Lady Sen
I was late in discovering this channel, but I'd taken the time to watch every single video you have posted. Your videos are not only interesting and informative, the narration makes one feel as though he is living through the events. I am very grateful that you decided to do this. I look forward to your videos discussing the Edo period. I hope they are as interesting as the Sengoku ones.
By loosing the winter siege, the Toyotomi loyalists had already lost. The problem for me is that, imo, the Tokugawa were amongst the worst options for a long-term Shogunate...the ideal one for me were the Oda. But with the closed-minded ideas of the Tokugawa winning out, the path for isolation seems inevitable for me. Maybe someone like Oda Nobunaga could've kept the country united but still looking out wards, and that would've been key to keep Japan somewhat modernized and avoid the collapse of Shogunate authority in the Meiji restoration...which could've prevented the imperialistic nature of Japan in the 1900s, either because they would already have an Empire and therefore a bit more respect from the West, or because they would've failed so spectacularly in that regard that they would've tried to avoid conflict all together
I knew this day would come. I was introduced to Samurai Culture and History through the "Last Samurai" and "Samurai Warriors" Series before conducting my own research and interactions. I supported the Takeda, their Toyotomi allies, and the Sanada. I found it difficult coming back to this chapter of Sengoku History, but It needed to be addressed and I thank the Shogunate (not you Ieyasu) for covering it.
Techincally, slaying Ieyasu wont make much difference in this war, since the he already retired as Shogun and Hidetada was the formal Shogun So I think the 90% of Japanese loyalty wont be changing instantly since the Tokugawa regime had their grip carved too deep after Sekigahara... Ieyasu not only Ensure His line of successions unintetrupted, but he also assigned his loyalists to occupt important posts
Thank you for actually talking about the appalling behaviour of the tokugawa forces after the battle. So often, the suffering of commoners, women, children and other non combatants are ignored by history but their deaths are no less tragic than those of legends like Yukimura
This siege is worse now that I know something about Japan's climate Summer in Japan IS. HELL. Humid, pounding hot and full of insects Now imagine all of that on top of sitting in a siege, getting attack by cannons and charges, slowly starving to death.
This truly was one great video series to watch. I hope you will also do Boshin War series after this as it is also important period for Japan but not many people covered it at all.
so yukimura's last strategy was this (battle of tennoji) : he will launch a detachment to perform surprise flank attack on leyasu's army, so he can create enough chaos to launch final attack combined with hideyori's troops who will sally forth from osaka castle. But the strategy was failed, because the ambush unit was discovered before they manage to get into their position. one of the reason of the failure is that because most of the osaka's army are ronins, who thirst for glory and spoils, and some of them attack before Yukimura's supposed signal, so the strategy was failed. But, as Yukimura overseeing the battle from Chausuyama mountain, He discovered that Tokugawa's still arranging their massive formation. Yukimura quickly decide to charge at the enemy with all his remaining forces. at the same time, Yukimura send his son to Osaka's castle to inform Hideyori to join the charge, but Hideyori's attendants hold him off. by the time Hideyori make up his mind and decided to sally forth, Yukimura was already fell.
I will miss the series a lot when it's finally concluded. Maybe I'll rewatch everything again when the final episode drops. Do you have any further plan after the you're finished with the series? Like maybe go deeper into some of the legends and myths of the period?
well done i have to say out of all the battles in the Sengoku period Osaka has always been my favourite ashame Mōri Katsunaga was not mentioned in the video as he tends to get overlooked by Yukimura but was there for the Battle of Tennoji managing to slay Tokugawa general Honda Tadatomo need to watch the rest of your videos at some point
A very good video for a great historical event n_n I think that Sengoku Jidai spirit somehow died with Yukimura. Well, Japan was at peace at last, but I just can't stand the Tokugawa. I know that theory that Yukimura indeed killed Ieyasu, but the Tokugawa inmediately replaced the dead Ieyasu with a kagemusha, thus making appear that Ieyasu was still alive. This theory is exarcebated by the fact Ieyasu died a year later, and that it's said Ieyasu's personality changed quite a bit. With a kagemusha of Ieyasu, and being already exhausted for the attack, Yukimura then retreated to Yasui Shrine, where he perished. There are even more somewhat exxagerated theories about Yukimura surviving along with Hideyori, and both fleeing to Kagoshima, where either both leave in peace the remain of their lives, or tried to plot once again against the Tokugawa, but I think this one is much less probable than the killing-Ieyasu-but-being-replaced-with-a-kagemusha one. About the Battle of Domyoji, it is said that because of this battle, Date Masamune found a great respect for Yukimura, and proposed to take care of his children and even subordinates if Yukimura died. Because of him and the Katakura clan, Sanada Yukimura's lineage survived through Edo period, and today the 13th descendant, Sanada Tooru is alive nowadays. I had the honor of meeting him in 2017, and he showed me some antiques from Sanada clan, including a black armor Yukimura himself wore. For real, Sanada Masayuki's plan of making Nobuyuki go with the Tokugawa and him and Yukimura go with the Toyotomi was a success even Masayuki wouldn't have thought. And the last moments of Yukimura were even amazingly epic. When he retreated to Yasui Shrine, some Tokugawa soldiers saw him, and then Yukimura replied "I am Sanada (Yukimura) Nobushige, a great warrior worthy of being anyone of you your opponent, and I could give you THE battle of your lives. But as you can see, I'm too exhausted and injured to fight any longer. So, come for my head if you want and make it your trophy if you believe you can!". That's truly a way to be gone. Some Tokugawa soldier took her head, but it's possible Yukimura could have died just after saying that, just before anyone could lay a finger on him. I would like to think in the end no one had actually defeated him in a duel. Another thing I had the honor to do, was going to Yasui Shrine in two ocassions. It's a little sintoist temple west to the buddhist complex of Shitennouji. A little, humble and pacific place. There is a little forest just behind the shrine, and you can watch the sunset perfectly given that Yasui Shrine is above a hill. Yukimura could have seeing the sunset a last time from there, probably at peace knowing he gave his all. The tomb of Yukimura is incredibly simple and rustic, nothing too fancy. In contrast, Oda Nobunaga's tomb in Honnouji is somewhat big and elegant. But something you can see in Yukimura's that you don't see in Nobunaga's is that people leave dozens of tea bottles with Sanada related motives, as a form of offering and paying respect to the Greatest Warrior of Japan. And then, you remember he's celebrated not only in Osaka, but also in Ueda and Kudoyama. You know, in a world where often victors write the history, it's really a feat being on the opposing side and still having earned folkloric hero status and respect from even your enemies. A Shimazu warlord was the one who named him "Japan's Number One Warrior" despite being with the Tokugawa, Date Masamune would have liked to duel him again personally, and even IEYASU said he would like to drink sake with him in the afterlife. You just can't hate Sanada Yukimura. Oh, I would like to add something: I used the last moments of Yukimura and went along with the killed-Ieyasu-brought-kagemusha theory as the opening chapter for my historical fiction and fantasy novel about a historical hero of my own country that lived 200 year later after Yukimura. I just had fun writing that chapter 0 n_n My novel is in Spanish though, since it's my native language.
Very interesting and informative series, I have questions. It seems very strange that Tokugawa would have accepted peace with basically no change in the situation while Osaka leaders were obviously not willing to live under the Tokugawa peace. Not waiting one year to attack again say it all really. So while it may seems unfair that he destroyed the walls, the war would have happen in any case so it was the right move on his side.
I think I mentioned before that the Sengoku Jidai era didn´t end in 1615 after the fall of Osaka castle but in 1616 when Tokugawa Ieyasu died and passed his power to his son Hidetada. I think that was the first peaceful transition of power in Japan since late 1560s and the last shoguns of the Ashikaga shogunate. Anyway, this has been a great series and a great achievement for The Shogunate. It is sad to see that there will be just one episode left in this series.
Some of the losing clans of this, IIRC, still held their grudge against the Tokugawa long after this conflict. Probably not aided by the fact that Tokugawa Shoguns sidelined these clans in politics. They'd have to wait a long time though, but they'd get their chance with the Boshin War of 1868-1869, siding with Meiji and beating the Tokugawa Shogunate.
ieyasu needs to dismantle the defense and outnumber the army to defeat a sanada and even when outnumbered a sanada managed to cause damage and almost killed him, ueda 1 = have walls but outnumbered.... sanada still won, ueda 2 = have walls and still outnumbered..... sanada still won, osaka winter = just one tiny fort and outnumbered.... no tokugawa army managed to breach the tiny fort so technically tokugawa never able to siege a sanada's defense, i just hate that they killed yukimura instead of capturing him, i mean tokugawa got his brother nobuyuki in his ranks and he had no notion to capture him, ieyasu must've been so salty :3
Trivial facts 1: there's another head which could never be found. It's that of Akashi Takenori, a retainer of ukita hiedie. He might have survived the war and escaped. But.... No one knows what happened to him after the siege. Trivial fact 2: Another defender of Osaka who, at that time, was said to be no less brave than yukimura was Mori katsunaga (he probably wasn't from motonari's clan). However he was never remembered in the same way as yukimura is. Rather he gets overshadowed by other popular samurai. That's why I think he might be one of the most underrated samurai warriors until now.
Here ends the Last great Warrior of Japan Sanada Yukimura (Nobushige) getting so close to killing Ieyasu, must have put the fear of God into Ieyasu's eyes seeing Yukimura attack him, there are many Great Warriors of the Sengoku Jidai, Yukimura is by far one of the best there was.
I think Cao Cao reflects more with Oda Nobunaga.. While Ieyasu more reflects on Sun Quan.. Both were hailed from noble damily dynasty of hereditary vassals under their commands
@@arielquelme i wouldn't say a loser, he was a man who had to work his way up from nothing with all advantages against him with everyone else being a nobleman with vast wealth and connections, I'm sure most people back then thought Yuan Shao, Shu or Liu Biao would be the Prime Minister
I think Ieyasu did it worse than Hideyoshi, though. Hideyoshi never wiped the Oda clan entirely, just directly those who opposed him. Ieyasu instead even sent to execute a 8 year old child just because he was the son of Hideyori.
Could have saved his faction much men and lives, if he had snuffed out hideyori 😢when he was a little urchin. In a way, the famous samurais never really lose. A famous last stand wins Hollywood immortality 😊
Sober , really sober tone for is arguably the conclusion to one of the most interesting periods in human history. An era of heroes and villains. An era of dreams and ambitions. An era whose later half was defined my the ambitions and dreams of man and the struggles of the men who inherited them after his untimely demise. I still cant believe that we reached that point. I discovered your channel way back in 2016 when I first started to slowly getting into Japanese history thanks to a game called pokemon conquest which was a crossover game with Nobunaga's ambition. Now 6 years later we are here at last and quite frankly I still can believe that we have reached the end. Shogunate thank you for the wonderful and educational journey
I'm sorry, but you start breaking down my walls after we just brokered, peace, war is back on with you being the aggressor and breaking the treaties. Those Samurai should not have been allowed to pick up a single rock from the castle. Shameful Display
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And so Yukimura's last stand has commenced. I must say, as much as I have a weird feeling about how it's essentially over, I can only imagine what it was like for every samurai back then to just suddenly not have any reason to fight anymore in that moment.
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If The Shogunate made a series on the bakumatsu period, I'd watch it
More so if he adds the Boshin war on top of that.
Please make this happen, sensei
Much better: the arrival of the Perry's Black Ships first, then the events that led to the Boshin War.
Perry: Knock! Knock!
Tokugawa: Who's there?
Perry: Black Ships...
Tokugawa: Black Ships who...?
Perry: Open up your country and trade with us
OR DIE!!!
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Hard to believe this series is coming to an end, like all other good things. Thank you, Shogunate, for producing such an amazing documentary. It feels like a personal love letter to all samurai fans, as well as to all the fallen warriors of this warring states period. I look forward to what comes next, glad that I can be able to look back at this series with nothing but nostalgia and joy.
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This has been one heck of a ride. From the days of fighting the emishi to the last stand at Osaka, it's been amazing to see the history of the samurai.
Thanks for the work so far~
Finishing a binge of the whole series now myself. Truly I concur.
Man I remembered when I started watching this series like it was yesterday and to see it near it’s conclusion makes me appreciate the journey it took to get here…
The only time when I wake up, and see a new upload from the shogunate is like an honor that only the samurai and shinobi in the past will receive from the shogun. And only them will understand and other Japanese history nerds will appreciate the hard work you put in.
Thank you my shogunate.
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I really thought episode 62 was the last one I thought u left us with a cliff hanger 😅
nope!!
@@TheShogunate Can this truly be the end? Say you have plans for the future! Maybe the Edo period? Tokugawa's reforms turning the Samurai into a bureaucratic class would be a good segue.
It would be really cool, now that the series of Sengoku Jidai is coming to a close, if you did a compilation video of minor “in defense of” scenarios throughout the period. Such as brief defenses of Kikawa Hiroei, Hideyoshi’s Imjin War, Yoro Do No, and Shimazu Yoshihiro at Sekigahara to name a few.
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I did not expect this when I woke up, but I am so glad to have watched this journey started just a few years ago reach it's conclusion.
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OH I have been waiting for this. It seems the time to say goodbye to the Sengoku series is approaching, truly a fitting end I never knew how many engagements the summer siege had. One last climatic war to end the Sengoku period. Thank you for all your hard work, this truly is one of the best history contents on youtube.
I have been on this series since episode 13, we have come a long way and I am proud and happy to see this final conclusion to the singoku period. Thank you very much for what you do
Waited this for a long time, thank you so much for your time and effort in this video.
Yukimura really fought valiantly in his last stand, really a goosebumps for sure if Ieyasu really slain by Yukimura.
It should be remembered that Hideyori`s son was also Ieyasu`s grandson....
Hideyori married the grand-daughter of Ieyashu not his daughter thus it would make him a great-grandson but furthermore the child was the son of a concumbine and not of Lady Sen
Maternally
So tradition speaking, he will weight more to Toyotomi line
No he was not. He was not son of Lady Sen.
Furthermore, his birth was first kept secret from the shogunate.
When ieyasu heard that the toyotomi forces were getting ready for anotner attack.... YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN TO QUIT DONT YOU.
It’s so cool to see it finally get this far. But also a little sad. I’ll just have to watch all of them over now. Again. 🤣🤣
I was late in discovering this channel, but I'd taken the time to watch every single video you have posted. Your videos are not only interesting and informative, the narration makes one feel as though he is living through the events. I am very grateful that you decided to do this. I look forward to your videos discussing the Edo period. I hope they are as interesting as the Sengoku ones.
This was one of the best of your episodes.
I honestly like this one over sekigahara. You really captured the mood of how it must have felt.
At the culmination of the siege of Osaka we must thank And congratulate the channel for putting out a splendid series on sengoku jidai .
The greatest documentary series ever
By loosing the winter siege, the Toyotomi loyalists had already lost.
The problem for me is that, imo, the Tokugawa were amongst the worst options for a long-term Shogunate...the ideal one for me were the Oda. But with the closed-minded ideas of the Tokugawa winning out, the path for isolation seems inevitable for me. Maybe someone like Oda Nobunaga could've kept the country united but still looking out wards, and that would've been key to keep Japan somewhat modernized and avoid the collapse of Shogunate authority in the Meiji restoration...which could've prevented the imperialistic nature of Japan in the 1900s, either because they would already have an Empire and therefore a bit more respect from the West, or because they would've failed so spectacularly in that regard that they would've tried to avoid conflict all together
Well like it or not..
Perhaps Mitsuhide betrayal in Honnoji was indicator that Perhaps Nobunaga was not the Unifier which Japan looking for
You always thank us for watching no.. thank you for this series. Thank you for giving us one more episode. Thank you for your narrative story telling
I knew this day would come. I was introduced to Samurai Culture and History through the "Last Samurai" and "Samurai Warriors" Series before conducting my own research and interactions. I supported the Takeda, their Toyotomi allies, and the Sanada. I found it difficult coming back to this chapter of Sengoku History, but It needed to be addressed and I thank the Shogunate (not you Ieyasu) for covering it.
What an episode , best series …Thankyou so much
And here out journey comes to an end lead by our beloved Yukimura...
P.s I want to believe that Yukimura actually slained Ieyasu
Techincally, slaying Ieyasu wont make much difference in this war, since the he already retired as Shogun and Hidetada was the formal Shogun
So I think the 90% of Japanese loyalty wont be changing instantly since the Tokugawa regime had their grip carved too deep after Sekigahara...
Ieyasu not only Ensure His line of successions unintetrupted, but he also assigned his loyalists to occupt important posts
@@arielquelme true but slaying a defacto leader of a clan is still quite an achievement and embarrassment for Tokugawa
Whoa! Its the Sekigahara Campaign Mod! I recognized those units hehe, glad its being used to portray the cool battle events. :P
I binged this entire series in the last two days.
Outstanding work.
Thank you for actually talking about the appalling behaviour of the tokugawa forces after the battle. So often, the suffering of commoners, women, children and other non combatants are ignored by history but their deaths are no less tragic than those of legends like Yukimura
Thanks for making these. I appreciate your hard work on all this. So much better then some of the documentaries out there.
So...this day have come at last.
It was an awesome episode, one if not my favourite samurai themed series!
Finally, the feud between Tokugawa and Toyotomi has finally over, with the Shogun Army won.
If only Toyotomi didn't dismanttled the Sanada Maru...
It is but decreed: No more wars
I really hate it that the next episode is already the last episode. It was the best TH-cam series i have ever seen in any case
Wonderful narration
It would be such a great plot twist if Date Masamune betrayed and joined with Yukimura to kill Ieyasu
This siege is worse now that I know something about Japan's climate
Summer in Japan IS. HELL. Humid, pounding hot and full of insects
Now imagine all of that on top of sitting in a siege, getting attack by cannons and charges, slowly starving to death.
Come to south least Asia here to my place
The humidity of summer there is even worse if u ask me
This truly was one great video series to watch.
I hope you will also do Boshin War series after this as it is also important period for Japan but not many people covered it at all.
so yukimura's last strategy was this (battle of tennoji) :
he will launch a detachment to perform surprise flank attack on leyasu's army, so he can create enough chaos to launch final attack combined with hideyori's troops who will sally forth from osaka castle.
But the strategy was failed, because the ambush unit was discovered before they manage to get into their position.
one of the reason of the failure is that because most of the osaka's army are ronins, who thirst for glory and spoils,
and some of them attack before Yukimura's supposed signal, so the strategy was failed.
But, as Yukimura overseeing the battle from Chausuyama mountain, He discovered that Tokugawa's still arranging their massive formation. Yukimura quickly decide to charge at the enemy with all his remaining forces. at the same time, Yukimura send his son to Osaka's castle to inform Hideyori to join the charge, but Hideyori's attendants hold him off. by the time Hideyori make up his mind and decided to sally forth, Yukimura was already fell.
I will miss the series a lot when it's finally concluded. Maybe I'll rewatch everything again when the final episode drops.
Do you have any further plan after the you're finished with the series? Like maybe go deeper into some of the legends and myths of the period?
well done i have to say out of all the battles in the Sengoku period Osaka has always been my favourite ashame Mōri Katsunaga was not mentioned in the video as he tends to get overlooked by Yukimura but was there for the Battle of Tennoji managing to slay Tokugawa general Honda Tadatomo
need to watch the rest of your videos at some point
A very good video for a great historical event n_n I think that Sengoku Jidai spirit somehow died with Yukimura. Well, Japan was at peace at last, but I just can't stand the Tokugawa.
I know that theory that Yukimura indeed killed Ieyasu, but the Tokugawa inmediately replaced the dead Ieyasu with a kagemusha, thus making appear that Ieyasu was still alive. This theory is exarcebated by the fact Ieyasu died a year later, and that it's said Ieyasu's personality changed quite a bit. With a kagemusha of Ieyasu, and being already exhausted for the attack, Yukimura then retreated to Yasui Shrine, where he perished. There are even more somewhat exxagerated theories about Yukimura surviving along with Hideyori, and both fleeing to Kagoshima, where either both leave in peace the remain of their lives, or tried to plot once again against the Tokugawa, but I think this one is much less probable than the killing-Ieyasu-but-being-replaced-with-a-kagemusha one.
About the Battle of Domyoji, it is said that because of this battle, Date Masamune found a great respect for Yukimura, and proposed to take care of his children and even subordinates if Yukimura died. Because of him and the Katakura clan, Sanada Yukimura's lineage survived through Edo period, and today the 13th descendant, Sanada Tooru is alive nowadays. I had the honor of meeting him in 2017, and he showed me some antiques from Sanada clan, including a black armor Yukimura himself wore. For real, Sanada Masayuki's plan of making Nobuyuki go with the Tokugawa and him and Yukimura go with the Toyotomi was a success even Masayuki wouldn't have thought.
And the last moments of Yukimura were even amazingly epic. When he retreated to Yasui Shrine, some Tokugawa soldiers saw him, and then Yukimura replied "I am Sanada (Yukimura) Nobushige, a great warrior worthy of being anyone of you your opponent, and I could give you THE battle of your lives. But as you can see, I'm too exhausted and injured to fight any longer. So, come for my head if you want and make it your trophy if you believe you can!". That's truly a way to be gone. Some Tokugawa soldier took her head, but it's possible Yukimura could have died just after saying that, just before anyone could lay a finger on him. I would like to think in the end no one had actually defeated him in a duel.
Another thing I had the honor to do, was going to Yasui Shrine in two ocassions. It's a little sintoist temple west to the buddhist complex of Shitennouji. A little, humble and pacific place. There is a little forest just behind the shrine, and you can watch the sunset perfectly given that Yasui Shrine is above a hill. Yukimura could have seeing the sunset a last time from there, probably at peace knowing he gave his all. The tomb of Yukimura is incredibly simple and rustic, nothing too fancy. In contrast, Oda Nobunaga's tomb in Honnouji is somewhat big and elegant. But something you can see in Yukimura's that you don't see in Nobunaga's is that people leave dozens of tea bottles with Sanada related motives, as a form of offering and paying respect to the Greatest Warrior of Japan. And then, you remember he's celebrated not only in Osaka, but also in Ueda and Kudoyama. You know, in a world where often victors write the history, it's really a feat being on the opposing side and still having earned folkloric hero status and respect from even your enemies. A Shimazu warlord was the one who named him "Japan's Number One Warrior" despite being with the Tokugawa, Date Masamune would have liked to duel him again personally, and even IEYASU said he would like to drink sake with him in the afterlife.
You just can't hate Sanada Yukimura.
Oh, I would like to add something: I used the last moments of Yukimura and went along with the killed-Ieyasu-brought-kagemusha theory as the opening chapter for my historical fiction and fantasy novel about a historical hero of my own country that lived 200 year later after Yukimura. I just had fun writing that chapter 0 n_n My novel is in Spanish though, since it's my native language.
Would be epicbif you would make series like sengoku jidai about other wars of japan, keep going
Very interesting and informative series, I have questions. It seems very strange that Tokugawa would have accepted peace with basically no change in the situation while Osaka leaders were obviously not willing to live under the Tokugawa peace. Not waiting one year to attack again say it all really. So while it may seems unfair that he destroyed the walls, the war would have happen in any case so it was the right move on his side.
Damn, that was a thrilling conclusion to this era...
I think I mentioned before that the Sengoku Jidai era didn´t end in 1615 after the fall of Osaka castle but in 1616 when Tokugawa Ieyasu died and passed his power to his son Hidetada. I think that was the first peaceful transition of power in Japan since late 1560s and the last shoguns of the Ashikaga shogunate.
Anyway, this has been a great series and a great achievement for The Shogunate. It is sad to see that there will be just one episode left in this series.
I made a video about how it's really open for debate when it actually ended
i'm kind of sad to get to the end of the Sengoku Jidai, but i'm also pumped up for the Edo period!
I loved that, for one last time, the thing that almost fucked ieyasu at the end was a sanada.
Can you do series about Shinsengumi period?
Great series from start to finish,
Off to play shogun total war and crush the Tokugawa
It is to be emotional and nostalgic as the long series is ending which has started a large time ago
Oh yeah. Been waiting for so long
This has been a great Series
Love these videos bro. 10/10
Thanks for another interesting video
Awesome job!
Some of the losing clans of this, IIRC, still held their grudge against the Tokugawa long after this conflict. Probably not aided by the fact that Tokugawa Shoguns sidelined these clans in politics. They'd have to wait a long time though, but they'd get their chance with the Boshin War of 1868-1869, siding with Meiji and beating the Tokugawa Shogunate.
ieyasu needs to dismantle the defense and outnumber the army to defeat a sanada and even when outnumbered a sanada managed to cause damage and almost killed him, ueda 1 = have walls but outnumbered.... sanada still won,
ueda 2 = have walls and still outnumbered..... sanada still won,
osaka winter = just one tiny fort and outnumbered.... no tokugawa army managed to breach the tiny fort
so technically tokugawa never able to siege a sanada's defense, i just hate that they killed yukimura instead of capturing him, i mean tokugawa got his brother nobuyuki in his ranks and he had no notion to capture him, ieyasu must've been so salty :3
I'll be damned after the next episode, if The Shogunate are gonna make Meiji Restoration into a Series
Finally, the era of war in Japan is over, or is it?
Everything that has a beginning has an end...now that end comes for the Toyotomi...
Trivial facts 1: there's another head which could never be found. It's that of Akashi Takenori, a retainer of ukita hiedie. He might have survived the war and escaped. But.... No one knows what happened to him after the siege.
Trivial fact 2: Another defender of Osaka who, at that time, was said to be no less brave than yukimura was Mori katsunaga (he probably wasn't from motonari's clan). However he was never remembered in the same way as yukimura is. Rather he gets overshadowed by other popular samurai. That's why I think he might be one of the most underrated samurai warriors until now.
It's almost over 😭😭😭
Man i love your videos
Sounds good and I love it
FINALLY ITS HERE!!!
16:02 pretty sure this is when Date Masamune fired at Jimbo army right?
Here ends the Last great Warrior of Japan Sanada Yukimura (Nobushige) getting so close to killing Ieyasu, must have put the fear of God into Ieyasu's eyes seeing Yukimura attack him, there are many Great Warriors of the Sengoku Jidai, Yukimura is by far one of the best there was.
The journey ends my friends.
Can anyone tell me what the music is that begins at 18:21?
Please.
The Final Battle.
How many more Sengoku Jidai videos are left at this point? And will you continue into the Edo period?
just doing a final one after this to cap it off. There period is essentially over with this episode.
@@TheShogunate Are you going to cover also Shimabara rebellion after this?
@@ryszardj-n2466 In time as we move into the edo period
I put Ieyasu on the same view I view Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, treacherous deceiver, no clue why warriors orochi pairs him with Liu Bei
I think Cao Cao reflects more with Oda Nobunaga..
While Ieyasu more reflects on Sun Quan.. Both were hailed from noble damily dynasty of hereditary vassals under their commands
Even Ieyasu comparation with Liu Bei wasnt correct
Liu Bei was a loser whose vassals was not as prestigious like Sun Quan or even Cao Cao
@@arielquelme i wouldn't say a loser, he was a man who had to work his way up from nothing with all advantages against him with everyone else being a nobleman with vast wealth and connections, I'm sure most people back then thought Yuan Shao, Shu or Liu Biao would be the Prime Minister
Good
Say, do you think Yukimura managed to wound Ieyasu in the last battle as some sources say?
I wonder what happened to Daisuke Sanada
Ieyasu did to the Toyotomi what Hideyoshi did to the Oda. Harsh world.
I think Ieyasu did it worse than Hideyoshi, though. Hideyoshi never wiped the Oda clan entirely, just directly those who opposed him. Ieyasu instead even sent to execute a 8 year old child just because he was the son of Hideyori.
For anyone who sees this, Even when Ieyasu won in the end, what side would you have sided with in this siege?
Still Ieyasu...
Even if im ready to die, I dont want my family wiped out after the battle😁
Its best bet after all, Todo Takatora chose it wisely
Wake up gang new Shogunate is here
First comment I been waiting for this video ♡
Next the bosin war
YUKIMURA!!!!
if hidoyori wait little more waiting the old man leyasu die in old age i think he will toppled the tokugawa on its early years
Finally
Ah come on, why did you have to kill the 7 year old kid?
Will you continue the serie through the Edo period or is going to end in the next episode?
The Edo period will be a new series
Could have saved his faction much men and lives, if he had snuffed out hideyori 😢when he was a little urchin.
In a way, the famous samurais never really lose. A famous last stand wins Hollywood immortality 😊
Hollywood?!? 🤨
Give credit to NHK taigas where it’s due
Sober , really sober tone for is arguably the conclusion to one of the most interesting periods in human history. An era of heroes and villains. An era of dreams and ambitions. An era whose later half was defined my the ambitions and dreams of man and the struggles of the men who inherited them after his untimely demise.
I still cant believe that we reached that point. I discovered your channel way back in 2016 when I first started to slowly getting into Japanese history thanks to a game called pokemon conquest which was a crossover game with Nobunaga's ambition. Now 6 years later we are here at last and quite frankly I still can believe that we have reached the end. Shogunate thank you for the wonderful and educational journey
My channel did not exist until 2019 haha
@@TheShogunate then it should be 2019 (the 2 quarantines messed up my mind)😆. Still everything else its true
I knew you’d bring back the old intro it was too 🔥 that new one sucked!!
I never changed the intro to my Sengoku Jidai videos. I don't know what you are talking about
Sanada yukimura killed Tokugawa leyasu
Long live the Tokugawa!!!!
I'm sorry, but you start breaking down my walls after we just brokered, peace, war is back on with you being the aggressor and breaking the treaties. Those Samurai should not have been allowed to pick up a single rock from the castle. Shameful Display
Omg yes!!! I've been waiting for this
lmao bro uses pictures from video games, no wonder a white man is behind the voice 😂
what?