History of the Maeda Clan

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  • In this video we look to examine the fascinating story of the Maeda clan and all of the interesting figures such as Maeda Toshiie and Maeda Keiji who led them into prominence.
    If you would like a say in which clan I cover next, consider supporting the channel on patreon! www.patreon.co...
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    Sources Used:
    As with many of the less famous clans, it can be hard to find information on them, especially in English or easily translatable. Yet for this video I was able to find most info on it through articles from the Japanese Wiki Corpus (www.japanesewi...) and translated articles from www.touken-wor...
    Some other information form this video was also found in:
    "Hideyoshi" by Mary Elizabeth Berry
    "The Chronicles of Lord Nobunaga" By Ota Gyuichi
    "Sekigahara: The Final Struggle for Power" By Anthony Bryant
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    Music:
    "Prelude for Symphony Orchestra" and "Music for Symphony Orchestra" By Yasushi Akutagawa
    Artwork and Images:
    The Samurai Portraits used are from the "Nobunaga's Ambition" Series and are the property of Koei Tecmo.
    Classical art, which in most cases can be considered public domain.
    Art from Osprey Publications.
    Other modern artist renditions and photographs, if you see your work in this video please contact me so that I can give you proper credit!
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ความคิดเห็น • 79

  • @wadepsilon01
    @wadepsilon01 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    In the 1960s, Maeda and Tokugawa's descendants once worked in the same department of the same company(Nippon-Yusen).
    In that department, there was a boss who was known to get angry a lot, and the two often got angry with him.
    The joke the person was telling.
    I am the only person since Hideyoshi to have Maeda and Tokugawa under my command.

  • @tntaclegrape
    @tntaclegrape ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Maeda Toshiie holds a special place in my heart. Taiko Risshiden 4 was my initial introduction to not only the samurai and the sengoku period, but to Japanese culture as a whole. I remember in the game when you start as Hideyoshi (then known as Kinoshita Tokichiro) as recommended for first timer players, Toshiie was the first named character you would talk to, and would guide you through the first part of the tutorial. Back then I thought he was the coolest guy ever!

  • @shinamonroru
    @shinamonroru ปีที่แล้ว +52

    A cool fact about the Maeda Clan, they ruled the richest domain of the Edo Period, Kaga, which was worth 1.03 million koku (¥307.5 billion).

    • @rorycoady1818
      @rorycoady1818 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      True! It was under their rule during the Edo period that Kanazawa would grow to become Japan's 4th largest city, as they decided to invest in commerce instead of rebuilding military might. Their wealth even became a problem and they had to keep spending it on luxury goods and projects to assure the Tokugawa they weren't going to threaten their rule.

    • @Ayem427
      @Ayem427 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Straight up Rockefellers of their time damn

  • @yakumoyukari4405
    @yakumoyukari4405 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Now waiting for Nanbu clan

    • @mattwobes3625
      @mattwobes3625 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Right want to know about them playing as them sphere of influence

    • @Chris_MarMar
      @Chris_MarMar ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They're a branch of the Takeda as well which is interesting.

  • @jimross7648
    @jimross7648 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I'll admit my knowledge of Maeda was very limited, except for knowing the names of major figures in the clan involved in ensemble battles. This video was not only entertaining but as you say highly informative. As always I learned much I did not know and had that I knew into context. Your content never fails to impress and educate.

  • @elkingoh4543
    @elkingoh4543 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    In Malaysia, there is an former Maeda clan holding during WW2 called Maedashima(前田岛), if you Malaysian wondering what island is it Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan. During WW2, the Japanese occupied the Labuan as mining and military base until American and Aussie troops landed in the island and lead by Douglas Mac Arthur.

  • @OrochiJr97
    @OrochiJr97 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Maeda Keiji has been my favorite Samurai Warriors since the 1st game.

    • @probuskill
      @probuskill 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He's not a real maeda 😮

  • @azarishiba2559
    @azarishiba2559 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I think also many people know Toshiie's wife, Matsu. She was not only said to be beautiful, but also quite knowledgeable in literature and a very talented in martial arts! It is said after Toshiie's death, Matsu made efforts to allow her clan to survive. She also adviced well his husband with many decisions. Also I have mixed feelings about 21 years old Toshiie marrying 12 years old Matsu, but that was Sengoku Era. Anyway, I think she deserved too a special mention here.
    Also, I understand that not only Toshiie was against Ieyasu, but that actually Ieyasu would have it difficult to gain support because of him. Toshiie was the most respected of the Go-tairou, and if he hadn't died in 1599, there is a probability that Sekigahara wouldn't have occured next year, because there was no way that many people supported Ieyasu with Toshiie existing. There is even a legend that he tried to kill Ieyasu once. Imagine if Toshiie were the Western Army Commander instead of Mitsunari.

  • @rafaelspector1320
    @rafaelspector1320 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I would love to see one of these about the Ashina clan. A bit of a Sekiro fan here, would like to know about the real life Ashina.

  • @taigei4552
    @taigei4552 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've played Fall of the Samurai more often and noticed when I played as Obama, after taking Echizen, Kaga, Noto, and Etchu were owned by Kanazawa and Toyama Domain with same Maeda mon and led by Maeda's. Interesting fact

  • @yesmedia4051
    @yesmedia4051 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    my first introduction to the Maeda clan is from the NHK Taiga Drama "Toshiie to Matsu", many many years ago

  • @johnwakamatsu3391
    @johnwakamatsu3391 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I thank you for doing research of the Maeda Clan. My mother's family served the Maeda Clan and her grandfather was a Karo with a 2,600 koku stipend. The family lived in Kanazawa and I still have relatives who still live there.

  • @-RONNIE
    @-RONNIE ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for sharing another clans history with us 👊🏻

  • @der1555
    @der1555 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What a coincidence. A week ago I started to watch 2002 taiga Toshiie and Matsu, and I'm enjoying it quite a bit despite it not sticking to history in some cases. Especially I like portrayal of Oda Nobunaga by Sorimachi Takashi in it.

    • @akechijubeimitsuhide
      @akechijubeimitsuhide ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a hot Nobunaga :D

    • @sukitron5415
      @sukitron5415 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm surprised at the difference between how well taiga dramas are preserved online because while Toshiie and Matsu is online in full the taiga drama from the year before, Hojo Tokimune, is non existent digitally apart from one video containing footage from 2 different episodes.

  • @daimyo_Ikigai
    @daimyo_Ikigai ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Always love when you do these clan origin videos!

  • @Lord_Afgul
    @Lord_Afgul 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just another brilliant vid👍

  • @jdlr369
    @jdlr369 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great episode! Please keep going.

  • @kwek2798
    @kwek2798 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    New uploads make my day

  • @marcelostalker
    @marcelostalker ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nice, love the clan videos. If I may make a suggestion: I know this wasn't the place for it, since this video was about the clan and not the person of Toshiie, but figures from that time often end up having tales from their lives that aren't/ may not be real, like the one about Keiji giving Toshiie a bath but with cold water. I think it could make for an interesting video if you selected some stories like that and discussed how likely they are to be true, from certainly not, probably not and maybe actually true. I mean, those kinds of stories do fit with the theme of the channel, and they often illustrate well how the historical figure came to be perceived with the passage of time. Just food for thought.

  • @atomixfang
    @atomixfang ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another awesome video from you. The Maeda is always one of those clans you seem to hear a lot from but they are never in the limelight.

  • @zalop.
    @zalop. ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love ur vids man keep it up

  • @Dfathurr
    @Dfathurr ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now i don't know if this man has related by blood to the Maeda clan. but one of its nameholder, Tadashi Maeda, whom was an admiral of Imperial Japanese Navy, indirectly helping the Independence of my country, for that he provide a safe haven for independence movement to plan the declaration of Independence and help deflect Japanese attention to elsewhere at that crucial point

    • @MiguelLopez-qi8wh
      @MiguelLopez-qi8wh 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I dont believe there is a relation. Maeda is a fairly common last name in Japan. Toshinari Maeda, on the other hand, was in fact a member of the Maeda clan and Kozoku. He was a general and first commander of the imperial army. He was a direct descendant of Toshiie.

  • @basfinnis
    @basfinnis ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really interesting stuff. Thank 😉

  • @Susie_Legion_DBD
    @Susie_Legion_DBD ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If possible i would like to suggest the later Tachibana clan descended from the Otomo

  • @redmirage4
    @redmirage4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Anxiously waiting for the Ii clan

  • @Chinese.460
    @Chinese.460 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was waiting for this

  • @JiggaMan1297
    @JiggaMan1297 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maeda Toshiie is one of the most formidable warriors from the Sengoku period. The fact that Ieyasu had to wait till be died to make a move tells you that. Also it is said that while banished he participated in battles for the Oda army without permission, and simply brought the heads he collected to Nobunaga after the battles.

  • @sneakybeak4032
    @sneakybeak4032 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oooh what about the Hattori Clan?

  • @codvery
    @codvery ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please make a video about Ashina Clan!!!

  • @michaelthepizzahuman
    @michaelthepizzahuman ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWSOME VIDIOS

  • @austincarter4682
    @austincarter4682 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I live in Takaoka next to Maeda Toshinaga’s grave. The influence of the Maeda can still be seen in all of Hokuriku. The Maeda crest can be seen everywhere.

  • @absolutevhyre
    @absolutevhyre 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🙏 thank you for the video

  • @BenVizsla
    @BenVizsla 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great episode! I'm actually wondering if a WW2 Japanese admiral Maeda Tadashi is related to the Maeda clan. He contributed to the independence efforts of Indonesia. Yet from sources I read, he was born in Kagoshima

    • @TheShogunate
      @TheShogunate  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It would be interesting if he was!

  • @nickprovencio3434
    @nickprovencio3434 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey my man.
    I know this may seem out of nowhere. But I would love to know the music you used in your episode 63 of the Sengoku Jidai. Particularly around the time of 18:21, near Sanada's death.
    It is so heartbreaking and moving, a very good choice in music.
    I checked out the links you had, but I found everything else besides that specific one.
    If you could please respond I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you.

    • @TheShogunate
      @TheShogunate  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey! I believe that piece of music is "Moons of Jupiter" By DivKid. It was one I found on TH-cam's own audio library.

    • @nickprovencio3434
      @nickprovencio3434 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheShogunate Yes! That is the one! Thank you sooo very much. Love the content you've been making. And the music. Keep up the good work 💯

  • @Turkmen2005
    @Turkmen2005 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This isn't related, but, in your opinion...If the Tokugawa Bakufu had beat the Imperialist during the Boshin War, would the Bakufu even last that long? I have a hard time believing so, however, maybe it'll be possible. It'll have to go through some major reforms to survive. Like it was trying to do through the 1850's to 1860's.

    • @TheShogunate
      @TheShogunate  ปีที่แล้ว

      My current opinion is that it would have likely gotten slowly reformed

  • @verde629
    @verde629 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you ever played Europa Universalis 4? I came up on your videos trying to decide which clan to pick for my Japan unification playthrough lol

  • @edbagge
    @edbagge ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Laughs in Maeda

  • @MCorpReview
    @MCorpReview ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There used to be a famous manga called maeda kaeji or something

    • @PlatinumBash
      @PlatinumBash 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hana no Keiji👍 And it's great
      花の慶次

  • @Chris_MarMar
    @Chris_MarMar ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fujiwara clan, or the Kajiwara clan.

  • @samwill7259
    @samwill7259 ปีที่แล้ว

    I misheard you say "plum blossom" because I was in another tab. I heard you say "plumbob" and I was super confused when you started talking about The Sims

  • @ak3952
    @ak3952 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you cover the Tateoka clan and Kamon symbol, please?

  • @scoutlord98phantomking
    @scoutlord98phantomking ปีที่แล้ว

    Keiji meada from warrior orochi series and samurai warriors is awesome

  • @xoderapoker
    @xoderapoker 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you make one about the Ohashi clan? They were one of the shogi families

  • @nasseralsubaie3279
    @nasseralsubaie3279 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What is the background music you used for this video?

    • @TheShogunate
      @TheShogunate  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Some orchestral pieces from Yasushi Akutagawa. I always list the music in the description.

  • @GentlemenofAction
    @GentlemenofAction ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7th Comment. Love the content. Keep it up!

  • @ameerganem1315
    @ameerganem1315 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello can you do video about miyoshi clan

  • @MrGksarathy
    @MrGksarathy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best part about Keiji? His Bastiodon.

  • @LukeItsz
    @LukeItsz ปีที่แล้ว

    Plz do the Mogami clan Next

  • @Ayaki6166
    @Ayaki6166 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the powerful and rich family.

  • @phongle5379
    @phongle5379 ปีที่แล้ว

    How about Shibata Clan, Kato Clan, Toyotomi (Hashiba) Clan, Miyoshi Clan.

  • @beepboop204
    @beepboop204 ปีที่แล้ว

  • @EarlofMcCleaster
    @EarlofMcCleaster ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gamo clan please

  • @iondu655
    @iondu655 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any relations with Tadashi Maeda?

  • @LukeItsz
    @LukeItsz ปีที่แล้ว

    Or the Satake

  • @CoffeeSuccubus
    @CoffeeSuccubus ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Toshiie Maeda was based

  • @LibertarianTerriermon
    @LibertarianTerriermon ปีที่แล้ว

    Keiji Was a Gigachad

  • @quixote_7
    @quixote_7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I read the Madea clan lol

  • @The_Custos
    @The_Custos ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:21 wait, a rabbit flag? Is that really historical?

  • @shion2085_bluerider
    @shion2085_bluerider 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I will tell you some interesting facts about Toshiie Maeda.
    Toshiie Maeda had a homosexual relationship with Nobunaga Oda.
    This was a common story in samurai society at the time, and the love letters that famous samurai and daimyo Takeda Shingen and Date Masamune wrote to their male lovers still exist today.
    It is said that after Oda Nobunaga's death, Maeda Toshiie boasted to his samurai friends about his homosexual relationship with Oda Nobunaga.

    • @Ehrle6969
      @Ehrle6969 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dats cap, oda claped only ranmori 😂

  • @119winters5
    @119winters5 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Haha, this was my clan in roblox

  • @Happy_Porg
    @Happy_Porg ปีที่แล้ว +1

    * PORG NOISES *

  • @ashutoshmishra7923
    @ashutoshmishra7923 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Facku clan.

  • @knifehedon.6561
    @knifehedon.6561 ปีที่แล้ว

    BADASSS

  • @poepoe5311
    @poepoe5311 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What an incredible video Keep it coming shogunate! 🤍🇯🇵