Please do Dante Alighieri! I love your work and would be grateful if you to do it. I know many might not recognize his name but guys he wrote some epic terrifying stuff! Anyways much love for the channel and I wish you nothing but success.
6:57 he was a genius not just militarily. Way ahead of his time. Nobunaga’s army was the first in history to use volley fire on a large scale in rotating ranks during Nagashino. The Dutch were the first to develop the same technique 30 years later in Europe. Nobunaga’s army had 3000 arquebuses in three ranks to defeat Takeda’s powerful cavalry. He hired and rewarded retainers based on skill and merit rather than family lineage which was common practice at the time. In turn he was able to assemble the brightest and most skilled retainers in all of Japan. Nobunaga was the first to mobilize a professional army. Traditionally foot soldiers were peasants and they couldn’t be away too long from their farms especially during harvest. Nobunaga’s army could deploy at a moments notice and fight anywhere anytime 24/7. He taxed more on commerce than agriculture which was unorthodox at the time. He was able to bring in more income this way. He also abolished road tariffs on shipped goods and built guard stations across his territories to protect merchants. This led to great wealth, capital, and prosperity. His navy was the first in history to use iron clad type ships with large gun emplacements in the battle of Kizugawaguchi. Just six of these large ships were able to penetrate Mori’s naval force of about 600 vessels. Another is Azuchi castle was the first to have a Tenshukaku or keep which was influenced by structures with belvederes in Europe. The castle was so revolutionary he had tours. He was atheist which was unheard of for a Daimyo and loved European culture. It’s said he was the first samurai to wear western clothes. He greatly supported art and cultural festivities. He was so unique for the time period not just in Japan.
Bro destroy the ikko ikki is the greatest achievement he made the ikko ikki is a corupted people raping girls and bullied peasant and hides under religion the true demon
He also loved wine. So much so that people thought he was drinking blood, since red wine and thus red beverages in general weren't really a thing in Japan until the portuguese. Also saying he was atheist is a bit of a stretch. It's more like he REALLY hated the buddhists because of that whole guerilla warfare and using religion as an excuse to escape scrutiny. He was VERY willing to embrace religion if it got him what he wanted. He did embrace the title of "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven" after all. So it was less he was atheist and more he was agnostic. Which is pretty typical for Japan as a whole in the modern day.
@@kyuvenTaking on a title is not the same as actually believing the title represents reality. He definitely could hold that title for ulterior motives and still be an atheist.
Most crucially, you forgot to mention Nobunaga promoted people on the basis of merit. He didn’t care about background. He was ruthless yes, but that was par for the course at the time. He promoted Hideyoshi and other who proved themselves capable.
Despite his profound disregard for tradition, Nobunaga used that to his advantage and it lead him to many victories due to how unpredictable his tactics would be against his enemies, he knew a true military genius relies more on practicality and effectiveness. A somewhat divisive figure when comes to morality, but is complex on everything else. Started his birth as an undisciplined child with the manners of a thug to a military genius who gained both fame and infamy in Japan. Despite his negative personality traits, no one denied Nobunaga’s military talent and reputation, even to this very day. Not to mention he was more open minded than most of the other lords at the time, being willing to accept even outsiders into the ranks of his army. He was ahead of time.
@@coletrain583 He was also a very eccentric person having interest on western culture, art and the religions, people would probably call him the first Japanese westaboo.
@@seanpeterson4908 someone who sit on an empty throne cannot be called a unifier. if it wasn't for Nobunaga then Hideyoshi then he couldn't even ''unify'' it. Hideyoshi stayed loyal to Nobunaga and hes ambitions but Ieyasu betrayed them both and waited patiently to strike and he did. Ieyasu is known for hes patience and hes incredible politicy which made him the shogun.
@@tommykaung5882 No, Oda Nobunaga actually said this. When he burned down a Buddhist temple the head of buddhism in Japan said "I'm the guardian of buddhism in Japan and I'm coming for you for what you did to my temple" in response Oda Nobunaga said "I'm the demon king of sixth heaven, come and get me!" He said this to mock him because in Japanese buddhism the demon king of sixth heaven is basically Satan.
@@mariusmatei2946 Historical periods don't exist in a vacuum. It's entirely possible the professor was discussing a modern subject that references back to Oda Nobunaga or discussing how the Sengoku period might have influenced modern Japanese society.
Bonus fact. Oda Nobunaga sought out the strongest players of the ancient game of Go, and gave them generous patronage. He became the pupil of Nikkai, the strongest Go player of the time, who was a Buddhist priest that lived in a pagoda named Honinbo. Nikkai played a famous game against his leading rival, Kashio Rigen in the presence of Nobunaga at the Honnoji temple in Koyto. A triple ko arose which led the game to be suspended without a result. The night after the game, Akechi Mitsuhide rose up in rebellion, surrounded the temple and killed Nobunaga. Because of this, a triple ko was thereafter regarded as inauspicious.
Awesome, always wanted to request more Japanese Biographies like Sarutobi Sasuke, Date Masamune, Takeda Shingen, Tokugawa Ieyasu and more. Japanese history is so rich and interesting.
I am afraid that Sarutobi Sasuke (猿飛佐助) has a big possibility of a fictional character, though there might have been some real people who inspired for him in the past.
But so full of war and intrigue that Pearl Harbour is no surprise. Sumo wrestling seems the only remaining thing of those eras, but all 4 oriental asian peoples are still strange to ours.
I'm kind of surprised that you didn't mention guns used in the Nagashino battle (you can see it in the picture at 20:35). Guns came over to japan from portugal, and this was one of the first cases of guns used in battle in japan. It's a pretty significant point in our history. It's one of the reasons why Oda won against the huge Takeda army. He was quick to understand the worth of new technology and integrated it wisely into his strategies.
What I find esp. interesting is that the guns the Portugese sold were of an older generation and far more bulky than what was used in Europe. By the end of the Sengoku Jidai japanese guns were as good as european ones and IIRC they produced even more of them. During the Tokugawa shogunate they restricted production of course and didn't develop them any further. That also causes an interesting dichotomy during the invasion of Korea by Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Both sides were using gunpowder weapons but the Korean cannons were far better than what few the Japanese used and for handguns in was the other way round. It's always intersting how different cultures use the same basic technology in different ways depending on their preferences and ressources.
@@kaltaron1284 By the way, Nagashino took place about 90 years before European armies made use of volley fire tactics. So if true, it'd make Nobunaga a real innovator in military history.
@@matthews1082 That's not the only innovation he made. There's also the whole mobile barricades thing and having a standing army. The other Daimyou assambled their followers and their soldiers for each campaign and while the Takeda for example optimized that process, having a stanging army is still a lot faster. IIRC Japanese musket production was also larger than Europe's. And the designs were quite advanced for the time. But after unification they saw no need to continue development until the forced opening of the country. (Although it is likely that the Bakufu wouldn't have lasted that much longer due to weak Shouguns and economic changes.)
@@matthews1082 I like his portrayal in Drifters if you know that series. An important fact why Oda succeeded is that he got trustworthy allies. And he got a valuable starting position.
@@Sacressane Nobunaga was a really sophisticated leader - an innovator, a flamboyant man who loved poetry, music and the arts - and Western culture. He also encouraged trade and unlike Shingen and the other traditional lords, his source of income, talent, ideas and technology came from trade and the merchant class. That is why he really won- he suffered several defeats in his career but unlike the other Daimyo he quickly made up his losses because he had the money and guns and ashigaru (peasant soldiers) to replace his losses (his enemies had to train their samurai, which took years). You'd get nothing about Nobunaga from the netflix series - a little more effort would have given you a far more interesting and accurate picture of Nobunaga.
there was a pokemon version of nobunaga’s ambition/dynasty warriors called pokémon conquest. i knew about oda nobunaga before, and about the game series, but the pokémon version was the first one i tried, haha
1:30 - Chapter 0 - Life in japan 3:05 - Chapter 1 - Early years 5:30 - Chapter 2 - Succession crisis 8:35 - Mid roll ads 10:00 - Chapter 3 - Lord of Owari 12:30 - Chapter 4 - The fall of imagawa 15:50 - Chapter 5 - To kyoto 17:50 - Chapter 6 - The many wars of Nobunaga 21:15 - Chapter 7 - The honno ji incident
@@長谷川零-b7j The bird of course is an uguisu (Horornis diphone, English common name: Bush warbler but often, particularly in this story, misleadingly called a nightingale). Hideyoshi is supposed to have said, "I'll MAKE it sing"
UVStudio i agree, you can’t just do Oda and not do the other two. Both were intricately tied to Oda’s success and carried on his work at unifying Japan
Simon You have no idea how happy i am for this. Obunaga is one of my all time favorite personalities. You have made me truly Happy. Waiting for a Cao Cao Documentary
@@aprilporter7908 The first half of the Asian Saga is pretty good. I think he captured Hong Kong in Tai-Pan better than he captured Japan in Shogun. Clavell had never been to Japan, but he was a POW of Japanese soldiers in Hong Kong. His portrayal of Japan is very exoticized, like a military version of Memoirs of a Geisha. Those were two of my favorite books growing up, so I was more than a little surprised when I finally visited Japan as an adult and found that the people there were very normal, like anyone else in the world 😄
Do a Biographics on one of the following: (Or all of them.) Yukimura Sanada: Japan's greatest warrior. Tadakatsu Honda: Japan's greatest retainer. Zhuge Liang: The greatest mind of the Three Kingdoms period. Guan Yu: The God of War with the magnificent beard. Benjamin Hornigold: Blackbeard's teacher. Michael Jordan: The greatest basketball player. Osman Ghazi: The founder of the Ottoman Empire. Claus von Stauffenberg: The man behind the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler. Martin Luther King Jr.: The man with THE dream. Confucius: The father of philosophy. Hercules: Greece greatest hero. (If he really existed.) Sean Connery: THE James Bond. Michael Jackson: King of Pop. Jim Thorpe: The greatest athlete. Cao Cao: The man with an ambition. John Paul II: The linguistic Pope.
Richard .P. Feynman: The Brightest minded Scientist to ever play the bongos. Alexander Suvorov: Mother Russia’s undefeated lovingly lunatic of a general. Sakamoto Ryoma: The dreamer that changed a Nation with his life. Saigou Takamori: The man to burden the lives of whom couldn’t change their ways during changing times. Tanaka Hirashige: The Japanese Edison who tinkered feudal Japan to modern times. Zhang Fei: The Chinese Bridge Troll Benkei: The Japanese Bridge Troll Ino Tadakata: The man who accurately mapped Japan after retirement.
"If the bird does not sing, kill it" Oda Nobunaga. "If the bird does not sing, I'll make it sing" Toyotomi Hideyoshi "If the bird does not sing....I'll wait" Tokugawa Ieyashu Guess who made it....
It's always interesting to hear about the different warring period every nation/state has gone through before some sort of unification to the entities we know today. Great video!
The only reason people refer to him as a demon in fiction is because of the siege of Mt Hiei, which is heavily believed to have been greatly exaggerated in terms of the sacking.
Seeing as we got biographic on Nobunaga, can we delve further into this and get biographic on Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the retainer of Nobunaga who rose to prominence and finished the job that Nobunaga was unable to.
Realized that the "main antagonist" of Sekiro is technically Oba Nobunaga since he was the leader of the central powers during the sengoku jidai. Made the game even better.
@@questingronin8510 He did get a bit of a reputation in life for being a thoroughgoing ruthless bastard. Burning the temple complex of Mount Hiei probably didn't really help.
I know Simon isn't memorizing the scripts so my man is one of the best at reading aloud I've ever heard. Just all of the Japanese names in this one would hang up most
I've always wondered what would happen if Nobu survived Honno-ji would japan have made an Asiatic empire mutch earlier on and industrialize much sooner or history remain the same just with the Oda as the ruling Shogun until the Meiji restoration happens.
Considering how open he was to foreign powers and their technology, and his hunger for power, he would’ve had a decent chance against the Ming China which was on a decline. Definitely an interesting what if scenario!!
I feel like having the full support of the Tokugawa clan in a time when most clans were only a week away from betraying their ally was a big part of his success.
Loved this video. Only thing I would request would be some maps to help explain and give context to the military movements, but that’s a very small criticism. Awesome work as always ❤️
I wonder if you will ever do a video on these two people of Japanese history. Uesugi Kenshin the tiger of Echigo and his battles with Takeda Shingen. Or Dogen a Buddhist monk who helped found the Soto school in Japan and his travels to China to learn.
Another correction: Nobunaga sent Mitsuhide with 13,000 men to aid Hideyoshi against the Mori clan. Ieyasu himself was nearby when the assassination happened, and got away with the help of ninja buddies.
This is by far the most bizarre badass I've ever recently heard about. Every video is either "this guy ended the long wars," or "this guy used magic to turn people into frogs"
Only thing they forgot in this video is how he (and many other warlords) killed over 1000 fighters in each single battle on his own, and that he owned a Hydreigon, Zekrom, and shiny Rayquaza.
As someone who has been interested in history, since I was young, I found this video very interesting and educational indeed! And I thought I knew everything about Japan!
Not only was this guy a very smart leader, he was also very lucky. The one guy who probably could’ve stopped him in his tracks, died from cancer and he was way more ruthless than Oda, minus the woman and children murdering. He was also able to get his hands on guns.
Another good video👍 And on a subject I've always found interesting, though tbh I have somewhat struggled with all the various names and clans, not helped by the name changes and whatnot. I hope they do a video on Tokugawa Ieyasu as well sometime soon.
I always enjoy your videos about by graphics, with that being said I’ve always loved history to a certain degree because from what I understand when I was younger it was always skewed. Then I started playing this game called civilization five it was introduced to a bunch of “buy a graphics about people who I did not know about“ and I started getting back into history and I like it. Especially when you try to bring the facts to your channel. Keep up the good work.🧐🇨🇦
It is said that Oda Nobunaga was fond of poetry and traditional dancing.....i watched this video to see Nobunaga's demise because there is so much mystery surrounding the Honnoji Incident Some say Mitsuhide Aketchi made a direct coup and was directly involved with the Honnoji Temple while Toyotomi Hideyoshi was sent to the passification of the south and all his Daimyos were busy with preparing the next move of Nobunaga, other historians believe that there was no evidence to prove that Mitsuhide was directly involved, so he hired some monks who survived the Mount Hiei incident and the Saika Clan to assassinate Nobunaga in Honnoji temple were he was temporarely there after the battle of Nagashino so they burned the temple to ashes leading to the death of Nobunaga, his wife Lady Nô and the fewer men who were with him, and other claim that even Mituhide Akechi was framed for the murder of Nobunaga by Hideyoshi and other Daimyos just for the fact that Aketchi was conservative and was in disagreement with His lord Nobunaga on crucial poilitical issues like the westernization of Japan. In any case,The honnoji Incident and the death of Nobunaga in general is very mysterious.
The Battle of Nagashino is the most significant because it was the first to make use of firearms. 9,000 arquebusiers were arranged in three parallel lines of 3,000 each that took turns raining bullets on the Takeda side. He lost 1,000 men (1/3 of his of his besieging force) and eight generals out of a staff of 24. Samurai warfare would never be the same again.
Of note, Nobunaga was not physically present for the battle of Mikatagahara. The only daimyo to ever defeat Oda Nobunaga in person was Uesugi Kenshin at the battle of Tedorigawa.
The history of Japan is so fascinating, I know that the wars that they fought against each other is not as romantic as stories and movies portray it. They were brutal and bloody, yet we think of the noble samurai who rides off into battle to fight for honor and justice. Much like their medieval European counterparts.
So, for context, this is all happening during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, when Ivan the Terrible is ruling Russia, Akbar is ruling India and the Roanoke Colony is established in N America but disappears.
To anyone wondering why Tokyo became the capital, Emperor Meiji moved to Edo in 1868 and set up his government there since he was a reformist (by 1860’s standards mind you) and Kyoto is or at least was a deeply traditionalist city. He renamed it Tokyo (literally meaning “Eastern Capital” because the Japanese language can be extremely blunt sometimes) and it’s been the capital ever since.
damn, was kinda shocked the Battle of Nagashino didnt get a little more screen time given it was one of the best uses of guns in the Sengoku period and showed a weakness that would best calvary and infantry when planned out right.
Sengoku Jidai is one my favorite subjects when it comes to Japanese Studies. I've probably watched over 50 Nobunaga animes and dramas so far, and even more about the Warring Period in general.
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Btw, it’s “ieyashu”, not “leyashu”, it’s just a capital “i”, not “L”
Love the videos
I just realized you have so many videos you make playlists of them based on time periods.
Please do Dante Alighieri! I love your work and would be grateful if you to do it. I know many might not recognize his name but guys he wrote some epic terrifying stuff! Anyways much love for the channel and I wish you nothing but success.
6:57 he was a genius not just militarily. Way ahead of his time.
Nobunaga’s army was the first in history to use volley fire on a large scale in rotating ranks during Nagashino. The Dutch were the first to develop the same technique 30 years later in Europe. Nobunaga’s army had 3000 arquebuses in three ranks to defeat Takeda’s powerful cavalry.
He hired and rewarded retainers based on skill and merit rather than family lineage which was common practice at the time. In turn he was able to assemble the brightest and most skilled retainers in all of Japan.
Nobunaga was the first to mobilize a professional army. Traditionally foot soldiers were peasants and they couldn’t be away too long from their farms especially during harvest. Nobunaga’s army could deploy at a moments notice and fight anywhere anytime 24/7.
He taxed more on commerce than agriculture which was unorthodox at the time. He was able to bring in more income this way.
He also abolished road tariffs on shipped goods and built guard stations across his territories to protect merchants. This led to great wealth, capital, and prosperity.
His navy was the first in history to use iron clad type ships with large gun emplacements in the battle of Kizugawaguchi. Just six of these large ships were able to penetrate Mori’s naval force of about 600 vessels.
Another is Azuchi castle was the first to have a Tenshukaku or keep which was influenced by structures with belvederes in Europe. The castle was so revolutionary he had tours. He was atheist which was unheard of for a Daimyo and loved European culture. It’s said he was the first samurai to wear western clothes. He greatly supported art and cultural festivities. He was so unique for the time period not just in Japan.
Bro destroy the ikko ikki is the greatest achievement he made the ikko ikki is a corupted people raping girls and bullied peasant and hides under religion the true demon
The Ottomans may have also used ranked volley firing at Mohacs in 1526.
He also loved wine. So much so that people thought he was drinking blood, since red wine and thus red beverages in general weren't really a thing in Japan until the portuguese.
Also saying he was atheist is a bit of a stretch. It's more like he REALLY hated the buddhists because of that whole guerilla warfare and using religion as an excuse to escape scrutiny. He was VERY willing to embrace religion if it got him what he wanted. He did embrace the title of "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven" after all.
So it was less he was atheist and more he was agnostic. Which is pretty typical for Japan as a whole in the modern day.
@@kyuventhat's not agnostic that's still atheist
@@kyuvenTaking on a title is not the same as actually believing the title represents reality. He definitely could hold that title for ulterior motives and still be an atheist.
Most crucially, you forgot to mention Nobunaga promoted people on the basis of merit. He didn’t care about background. He was ruthless yes, but that was par for the course at the time.
He promoted Hideyoshi and other who proved themselves capable.
Despite his profound disregard for tradition, Nobunaga used that to his advantage and it lead him to many victories due to how unpredictable his tactics would be against his enemies, he knew a true military genius relies more on practicality and effectiveness. A somewhat divisive figure when comes to morality, but is complex on everything else. Started his birth as an undisciplined child with the manners of a thug to a military genius who gained both fame and infamy in Japan. Despite his negative personality traits, no one denied Nobunaga’s military talent and reputation, even to this very day. Not to mention he was more open minded than most of the other lords at the time, being willing to accept even outsiders into the ranks of his army. He was ahead of time.
@@coletrain583 He was also a very eccentric person having interest on western culture, art and the religions, people would probably call him the first Japanese westaboo.
@@gamechanger8908 That actually served him well.
Like Genghis Khan
@@chlorophyll6154 yes exactly
"To fulfill Nobunaga's Ambition..."
He said it. He said the thing.
Lord Hikiji of Usagi Yojimbo
Been ages since I played that.
Please do Tokugawa Ieyasu. That would be a great follow up after this one.
Then Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Ieyasu Tokugawa is the true unifier of japan, would love a vid on him
@@seanpeterson4908 he is, but he looked up to Oda and was one of his closest generals. He continued the work of his former master.
@@seanpeterson4908 someone who sit on an empty throne cannot be called a unifier. if it wasn't for Nobunaga then Hideyoshi then he couldn't even ''unify'' it. Hideyoshi stayed loyal to Nobunaga and hes ambitions but Ieyasu betrayed them both and waited patiently to strike and he did. Ieyasu is known for hes patience and hes incredible politicy which made him the shogun.
@@Evil_Chronic Yeah, that is very true!
"I am the demon king of sixth heaven, come and get me!"
- Oda Nobunaga
"It's just...that simple"
@Weretolop Huh? What language is that?
“Washi ja.” -Oda Nobunaga
Is this from the Anime "Drifters"?
@@tommykaung5882 No, Oda Nobunaga actually said this. When he burned down a Buddhist temple the head of buddhism in Japan said "I'm the guardian of buddhism in Japan and I'm coming for you for what you did to my temple" in response Oda Nobunaga said "I'm the demon king of sixth heaven, come and get me!" He said this to mock him because in Japanese buddhism the demon king of sixth heaven is basically Satan.
I remember in my modern Japanese history class in college, my professor literally called Oda Nobunaga a badass, with 100% sincerity lol.
Well it's true
@@connorholmes4196it's not true bro
Except that, in terms of Historical Periods, Oda Nobunaga belongs to the (late Japanese) Middle Ages (not even to the early Japanese Modern Period).
@@mariusmatei2946 Historical periods don't exist in a vacuum. It's entirely possible the professor was discussing a modern subject that references back to Oda Nobunaga or discussing how the Sengoku period might have influenced modern Japanese society.
@@crazycar4015 and what's that got to do with "Historical periods existing in a vacuum"?
Bonus fact. Oda Nobunaga sought out the strongest players of the ancient game of Go, and gave them generous patronage. He became the pupil of Nikkai, the strongest Go player of the time, who was a Buddhist priest that lived in a pagoda named Honinbo. Nikkai played a famous game against his leading rival, Kashio Rigen in the presence of Nobunaga at the Honnoji temple in Koyto. A triple ko arose which led the game to be suspended without a result. The night after the game, Akechi Mitsuhide rose up in rebellion, surrounded the temple and killed Nobunaga. Because of this, a triple ko was thereafter regarded as inauspicious.
That sounds like a set up where the game was fixed to keep him there to be killed.
@@gm2407 I'm not so sure. A triple Ko is extremely unusual in a game. They had to create a special rule about it.
I've heard a lot about this guys ambition
Ben Rhodes, ‘‘tis true, he was quite ambitious
Yet not even a single YT channel to his name.
Konomi rekoetion
If you’re referring to the old Nintendo game, it was hands down my favorite
@@HighLikeBird still going. Think it’s on version 15 or something like that
Awesome, always wanted to request more Japanese Biographies like Sarutobi Sasuke, Date Masamune, Takeda Shingen, Tokugawa Ieyasu and more. Japanese history is so rich and interesting.
That is an great idea to learn much more from japanischen history...
I am afraid that Sarutobi Sasuke (猿飛佐助) has a big possibility of a fictional character, though there might have been some real people who inspired for him in the past.
@@atsukorichards1675 Oh really? That's informative, I honestly thought his stories were true life with their battle with Tokugawa Ieyasu and such.
Date would be best out of that list of great people to do vids about, hell vids about the sword masters Masumune and Murasama would be great
But so full of war and intrigue that Pearl Harbour is no surprise. Sumo wrestling seems the only remaining thing of those eras, but all 4 oriental asian peoples are still strange to ours.
Nobu's rock and roll summer outfit looked great
I digged through this comment section knowing that eventually I would see someone say something like this
I was looking for this
Nobu Nobu!
Washija
Not as good as Maou Nobu tho
I'm kind of surprised that you didn't mention guns used in the Nagashino battle (you can see it in the picture at 20:35). Guns came over to japan from portugal, and this was one of the first cases of guns used in battle in japan. It's a pretty significant point in our history. It's one of the reasons why Oda won against the huge Takeda army. He was quick to understand the worth of new technology and integrated it wisely into his strategies.
What I find esp. interesting is that the guns the Portugese sold were of an older generation and far more bulky than what was used in Europe.
By the end of the Sengoku Jidai japanese guns were as good as european ones and IIRC they produced even more of them.
During the Tokugawa shogunate they restricted production of course and didn't develop them any further.
That also causes an interesting dichotomy during the invasion of Korea by Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Both sides were using gunpowder weapons but the Korean cannons were far better than what few the Japanese used and for handguns in was the other way round.
It's always intersting how different cultures use the same basic technology in different ways depending on their preferences and ressources.
@@kaltaron1284 By the way, Nagashino took place about 90 years before European armies made use of volley fire tactics. So if true, it'd make Nobunaga a real innovator in military history.
@@matthews1082 That's not the only innovation he made. There's also the whole mobile barricades thing and having a standing army.
The other Daimyou assambled their followers and their soldiers for each campaign and while the Takeda for example optimized that process, having a stanging army is still a lot faster.
IIRC Japanese musket production was also larger than Europe's. And the designs were quite advanced for the time.
But after unification they saw no need to continue development until the forced opening of the country. (Although it is likely that the Bakufu wouldn't have lasted that much longer due to weak Shouguns and economic changes.)
@@kaltaron1284 I agree with all that. Amazing how they reduced Nobunaga into a brute and said that's how he rose above the rest.
@@matthews1082 I like his portrayal in Drifters if you know that series.
An important fact why Oda succeeded is that he got trustworthy allies. And he got a valuable starting position.
Who else is here after watching age of samurai on netflix? What a great documentary series that was.
Watching it right now, im halfway on ep 4 and its great
@@Sacressane Nobunaga was a really sophisticated leader - an innovator, a flamboyant man who loved poetry, music and the arts - and Western culture. He also encouraged trade and unlike Shingen and the other traditional lords, his source of income, talent, ideas and technology came from trade and the merchant class. That is why he really won- he suffered several defeats in his career but unlike the other Daimyo he quickly made up his losses because he had the money and guns and ashigaru (peasant soldiers) to replace his losses (his enemies had to train their samurai, which took years). You'd get nothing about Nobunaga from the netflix series - a little more effort would have given you a far more interesting and accurate picture of Nobunaga.
@@matthews1082 i said i am watching a series, not asking for a history lesson from some guy
@@Sacressane It's a lousy series for the ignorant.
Me!!!
I first learned about Nobunaga from the NES game in the 80s called, Nobunaga's Ambition by Koei
Loved that game.
For me it was samurai warriors empires on the ps2 😅
there was a pokemon version of nobunaga’s ambition/dynasty warriors called pokémon conquest. i knew about oda nobunaga before, and about the game series, but the pokémon version was the first one i tried, haha
Played that and Romance of the Three Kingdoms along with Ghengis Khan.
@@ExperimentIV Pokemon Conquest is a goddamn gem. even made Akechi have an Articuno, an Ice type, to beat all of Nobunaga's 100% links...
A related and very interesting story is that of Yasuke, the african-born black samurai who became a retainer of Nobunaga.
True, Oda was like "You big strong man, enemy trembles before you! you must be taught the way of the warrior!"
On "Today I found out" Simon has a story on him called "who was he"
Mon means Samurai crest of clans
Hmm so Afuro had some factual basis in reality. I had only heard of Nobunaga from Way of the Samurai 3.
There were talks of a movie about him that would star Chadwick Bozeman, until the unfortunate happened
1:30 - Chapter 0 - Life in japan
3:05 - Chapter 1 - Early years
5:30 - Chapter 2 - Succession crisis
8:35 - Mid roll ads
10:00 - Chapter 3 - Lord of Owari
12:30 - Chapter 4 - The fall of imagawa
15:50 - Chapter 5 - To kyoto
17:50 - Chapter 6 - The many wars of Nobunaga
21:15 - Chapter 7 - The honno ji incident
Japan is just a great interesting country. Super Modern yet deeply connected to its far past, epic.
"If my bird does not sing: I'll kill it."
The spider waits to strike..
Ieyasu: "I'll wait"
Hideyoshi: “I’ll have it sing”
@@長谷川零-b7j The bird of course is an uguisu (Horornis diphone, English common name: Bush warbler but often, particularly in this story, misleadingly called a nightingale). Hideyoshi is supposed to have said, "I'll MAKE it sing"
@@professorsogol5824
鳴かぬなら
鳴かせてみせよう
ホトトギス
Where's my obligatory GUDAGUDA Title Card?
I remember when I used to comment Oda Nobunaga next on the early videos of the channel and here we are today
" _The Enemy is at Honno-Ji._ "
- Samurai Warriors
Battle of Okehazama is the best theme of that game.
You made me recall the pre-stage music that they play on the games before each stage.
" _If that is what you desire_ "
I remember doing that damn castle level over and over in the hopes of getting Oda’s legendary sword.
He has transformed into anime girl Like all well-known rulers and leaders in fate /grand order
Because why not.
It can't be helped
Anime was a mistake
@@legaroojack1251 blame the two nukes, theh didn't do enough
@@amandag.6186 apparently
As a huge fan of Oda Nobunaga and the samurai, I just want to say, thank you for making this video.
I guess Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu are next?
UVStudio i agree, you can’t just do Oda and not do the other two. Both were intricately tied to Oda’s success and carried on his work at unifying Japan
@@Wppk765 He should probably also cover Takeda Shingen, considering he’s one of the greatest generals who’s ever lived.
Simon You have no idea how happy i am for this. Obunaga is one of my all time favorite personalities. You have made me truly Happy. Waiting for a Cao Cao Documentary
I just started reading Shogun by James Clavell, so this is perfect timing for me.
Read it twice one of the greatest novels ever written I hope you enjoy it as much as me
Do not watch the movie... It's nothing like the book.
Sounds intriguing, might give it a read myself, could do with a hefty tome to wade through during lockdown. Any other suggestions?
It's even better when you realize Blackthorne was based on a real person, William Adams, albeit highly dramatized.
@@aprilporter7908 The first half of the Asian Saga is pretty good. I think he captured Hong Kong in Tai-Pan better than he captured Japan in Shogun. Clavell had never been to Japan, but he was a POW of Japanese soldiers in Hong Kong. His portrayal of Japan is very exoticized, like a military version of Memoirs of a Geisha. Those were two of my favorite books growing up, so I was more than a little surprised when I finally visited Japan as an adult and found that the people there were very normal, like anyone else in the world 😄
So excited for the biographies, my husband is a Descendant of him.
And I'm the King of France
How so?
My poo is the descendant of my colon
He is to be feared
I doubt it
Literally just wondering when Simon was gonna drop another video, perfect timing!
Do a Biographics on one of the following: (Or all of them.)
Yukimura Sanada: Japan's greatest warrior.
Tadakatsu Honda: Japan's greatest retainer.
Zhuge Liang: The greatest mind of the Three Kingdoms period.
Guan Yu: The God of War with the magnificent beard.
Benjamin Hornigold: Blackbeard's teacher.
Michael Jordan: The greatest basketball player.
Osman Ghazi: The founder of the Ottoman Empire.
Claus von Stauffenberg: The man behind the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler.
Martin Luther King Jr.: The man with THE dream.
Confucius: The father of philosophy.
Hercules: Greece greatest hero. (If he really existed.)
Sean Connery: THE James Bond.
Michael Jackson: King of Pop.
Jim Thorpe: The greatest athlete.
Cao Cao: The man with an ambition.
John Paul II: The linguistic Pope.
Richard .P. Feynman: The Brightest minded Scientist to ever play the bongos.
Alexander Suvorov: Mother Russia’s undefeated lovingly lunatic of a general.
Sakamoto Ryoma: The dreamer that changed a Nation with his life.
Saigou Takamori: The man to burden the lives of whom couldn’t change their ways during changing times.
Tanaka Hirashige: The Japanese Edison who tinkered feudal Japan to modern times.
Zhang Fei: The Chinese Bridge Troll
Benkei: The Japanese Bridge Troll
Ino Tadakata: The man who accurately mapped Japan after retirement.
me: do big poo
Mansa Musa: The richest man in history
He should also do Lu bu one of the greatest fighters of China
Steve R. Kellerman: the guy who ate all the fish sticks that one time who also did a pretty decent Cuba Gooding, Jr. impersonation.
"If the bird does not sing, kill it" Oda Nobunaga.
"If the bird does not sing, I'll make it sing" Toyotomi Hideyoshi
"If the bird does not sing....I'll wait" Tokugawa Ieyashu
Guess who made it....
The one who wait for Hideyoshi gone
actually all of them made it..
@@markpena5978 yes, you are right...they all did in their own way...
Started reading the book "Shogun" from James Clavell and i have become really hooked in Japanese history. Thanks for making this video
“If the cuckoo does not sing, kill it.”
Oda Nobunaga
Not a cuckoo, an unguisu (Horornis diphone).
鳴かぬなら 殺してしまえ ホトトギス
Nobunaga was quite merciful for the time, forgiving many of his enemies rather than executing them.
Blessed are the merciful...
This reminded me of my last class at uni... Thanks for the memories, Simon. I enjoyed this video as I enjoy your channel.
I’m glad you’re doing some Japanese biographies. You should keep it up.
Keep the videos coming bro💯💯💯💯💯🎯
It's always interesting to hear about the different warring period every nation/state has gone through before some sort of unification to the entities we know today. Great video!
Oda Nobunaga is my favourite historical figure! Can't wait to watch the video!
It’s a well known fact, to all those who played Onimusha that Nobunaga’s success was largely thanks to his alliance with the Demons.
The only reason people refer to him as a demon in fiction is because of the siege of Mt Hiei, which is heavily believed to have been greatly exaggerated in terms of the sacking.
One of my all time favorite historical figures locations and time periods. Seeing this pop up made my day
Seeing as we got biographic on Nobunaga, can we delve further into this and get biographic on Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the retainer of Nobunaga who rose to prominence and finished the job that Nobunaga was unable to.
Great video. Next you should do a video on Honda Tadakatsu, The Unscathed Warrior.
Realized that the "main antagonist" of Sekiro is technically Oba Nobunaga since he was the leader of the central powers during the sengoku jidai. Made the game even better.
He’s a boss in Nioh and central to the story in Nioh 2.
They do tend to demonize him in games/animes 😂
@@questingronin8510 He did get a bit of a reputation in life for being a thoroughgoing ruthless bastard. Burning the temple complex of Mount Hiei probably didn't really help.
Excellent video. Japan's warring states period is one of my favorite times in history to nerd out on.
Nobunaga Oda while executing ultimate musou attack: "Hahahahahahah!"
warriors orochi🤣
@@Akkuakkuaa Best character in the whole Samurai Warriors games.
I've been bamboozled, I thought Oda was a cute blonde anime girl! 😂
And I thought that Oda was a beach, rock-star girl
I'm sure FATE/ has either done so or are working on it.
@@tyrant-den884 They have
Thats Oda Nobuna, not Oda Nobunaga.
@@vanillathesixth oh, that's right, her brother was Nobunaga. Haven't seen the show in a bit. So Oba Nobuna is fictional, not a gender bent?
He is the legendary "Fool of Owari"
Great video. Please continue this series !!
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
He is the best daimyo. Hediyoshi and Iayasu just got the product of his triumphs.
I've been looking forward to this for years!
Thank you for sharing historial information.
Cheeky reference to the all time classic game Nobunaga's ambition, whether it was on purpose or not
I know Simon isn't memorizing the scripts so my man is one of the best at reading aloud I've ever heard. Just all of the Japanese names in this one would hang up most
You need to do a video on Gustavus Adolphus: The Grandfather of Modern Warfare!
I was introduced to this man and Samurai in general by Age of Empires.
I've always wondered what would happen if Nobu survived Honno-ji would japan have made an Asiatic empire mutch earlier on and industrialize much sooner or history remain the same just with the Oda as the ruling Shogun until the Meiji restoration happens.
Considering how open he was to foreign powers and their technology, and his hunger for power, he would’ve had a decent chance against the Ming China which was on a decline. Definitely an interesting what if scenario!!
I feel like having the full support of the Tokugawa clan in a time when most clans were only a week away from betraying their ally was a big part of his success.
Yet another awesome presentation & your Japanese is excellent I throughly enjoyed the story
Loved this video. Only thing I would request would be some maps to help explain and give context to the military movements, but that’s a very small criticism. Awesome work as always ❤️
Gotta love Koei for getting me into this guy. Been a fan for years. The Caesar of Japan.
2 things. (1)Ambition of oda nobuna anime is a fun take on Nobunaga. And (2). “LORD NOBUNAGA IS IN KYOTO, WE MUST RESCUE HIM TO RESTORE HIS HONOR!!”
I wonder if you will ever do a video on these two people of Japanese history. Uesugi Kenshin the tiger of Echigo and his battles with Takeda Shingen. Or Dogen a Buddhist monk who helped found the Soto school in Japan and his travels to China to learn.
You mixed Kenshin's moniker up. He's the Dragon of Echizen, who's rivals with Takeda Shingen, the Tiger of Kai.
Another correction: Nobunaga sent Mitsuhide with 13,000 men to aid Hideyoshi against the Mori clan. Ieyasu himself was nearby when the assassination happened, and got away with the help of ninja buddies.
This is by far the most bizarre badass I've ever recently heard about. Every video is either "this guy ended the long wars," or "this guy used magic to turn people into frogs"
Only thing they forgot in this video is how he (and many other warlords) killed over 1000 fighters in each single battle on his own, and that he owned a Hydreigon, Zekrom, and shiny Rayquaza.
Please do Admiral yi next, he is probably the best naval leader in history and he appeared a couple of years after odas death
Always very educational, very much enjoyed.
As someone who has been interested in history, since I was young, I found this video very interesting and educational indeed! And I thought I knew everything about Japan!
Not only was this guy a very smart leader, he was also very lucky. The one guy who probably could’ve stopped him in his tracks, died from cancer and he was way more ruthless than Oda, minus the woman and children murdering. He was also able to get his hands on guns.
Another good video👍
And on a subject I've always found interesting, though tbh I have somewhat struggled with all the various names and clans, not helped by the name changes and whatnot.
I hope they do a video on Tokugawa Ieyasu as well sometime soon.
This is the first nobunaga video with no mention of hideyoshi. Amazing 🤩
To be fair avenging his master in the space of 12 days is actually genuinely hilarious.
I always enjoy your videos about by graphics, with that being said I’ve always loved history to a certain degree because from what I understand when I was younger it was always skewed. Then I started playing this game called civilization five it was introduced to a bunch of “buy a graphics about people who I did not know about“ and I started getting back into history and I like it. Especially when you try to bring the facts to your channel. Keep up the good work.🧐🇨🇦
Well done, do Tokugawa next!
If it weren't for this guy we wouldn't have anime in this day and age.
Or War-Based Kurosawa films
Woah, I've been waiting for this
Been waiting for this.
Love all your channels, I think we need a video of the 442nd Infantry Regiment. Its the most decorated unit of the second world war for the U.S .
Ambitious Nobunaga.
It is said that Oda Nobunaga was fond of poetry and traditional dancing.....i watched this video to see Nobunaga's demise because there is so much mystery surrounding the Honnoji Incident Some say Mitsuhide Aketchi made a direct coup and was directly involved with the Honnoji Temple while Toyotomi Hideyoshi was sent to the passification of the south and all his Daimyos were busy with preparing the next move of Nobunaga, other historians believe that there was no evidence to prove that Mitsuhide was directly involved, so he hired some monks who survived the Mount Hiei incident and the Saika Clan to assassinate Nobunaga in Honnoji temple were he was temporarely there after the battle of Nagashino so they burned the temple to ashes leading to the death of Nobunaga, his wife Lady Nô and the fewer men who were with him, and other claim that even Mituhide Akechi was framed for the murder of Nobunaga by Hideyoshi and other Daimyos just for the fact that Aketchi was conservative and was in disagreement with His lord Nobunaga on crucial poilitical issues like the westernization of Japan.
In any case,The honnoji Incident and the death of Nobunaga in general is very mysterious.
Keep up with the great work and videos🙂
Would love to see a video about the life of Sean Connery who sadly passed away recently🙁
i have been binge watching blaze its strange to see simon normal and professionally
Shogun 2 total war is a epic game about the period and a strategic masterpiece.
Nobunaga was not dead, he's still fighting together with other Drifters against the Ends in the faraway land
And the season 2 will never come.
You mean he conquered the Hitler'Empire and try to protect it from Jesus?
And Hannibal Barca is his military adviser.
Outstanding vid. Hideyoshi next please..
Outstanding work as usual!
Love your work keep it up bro 😎👊
Biographics: here's an Oda Nobunaga video
Me: *extra credits flashbacks*
Loved the Sengoku series. Supported EH as soon as was announced
@@akiva2112 I just realized that it's an Oda Nobunaga video and not Hiawatha, I don't know why but still a good series to watch.
The Battle of Nagashino is the most significant because it was the first to make use of firearms. 9,000 arquebusiers were arranged in three parallel lines of 3,000 each that took turns raining bullets on the Takeda side. He lost 1,000 men (1/3 of his of his besieging force) and eight generals out of a staff of 24. Samurai warfare would never be the same again.
I will say, Okehazama happened pretty much exactly as you described. Been to the spot twice
Of note, Nobunaga was not physically present for the battle of Mikatagahara. The only daimyo to ever defeat Oda Nobunaga in person was Uesugi Kenshin at the battle of Tedorigawa.
The history of Japan is so fascinating, I know that the wars that they fought against each other is not as romantic as stories and movies portray it. They were brutal and bloody, yet we think of the noble samurai who rides off into battle to fight for honor and justice. Much like their medieval European counterparts.
Good video 👍
So, for context, this is all happening during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, when Ivan the Terrible is ruling Russia, Akbar is ruling India and the Roanoke Colony is established in N America but disappears.
To anyone wondering why Tokyo became the capital, Emperor Meiji moved to Edo in 1868 and set up his government there since he was a reformist (by 1860’s standards mind you) and Kyoto is or at least was a deeply traditionalist city. He renamed it Tokyo (literally meaning “Eastern Capital” because the Japanese language can be extremely blunt sometimes) and it’s been the capital ever since.
Ashigaru, common spearman. Are the bedrock of Oda's might!!
Please a Ron Paul Biography ! It yould be so awesome !
If there was a well put together modern series of the sengoku period ever exists. I will be extremely happy
Please do Michiel de ruyter
damn, was kinda shocked the Battle of Nagashino didnt get a little more screen time given it was one of the best uses of guns in the Sengoku period and showed a weakness that would best calvary and infantry when planned out right.
Sengoku Jidai is one my favorite subjects when it comes to Japanese Studies. I've probably watched over 50 Nobunaga animes and dramas so far, and even more about the Warring Period in general.