Ninja and Shinobi: What is the Truth? - History of Japan
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Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of Japan continues with a video on the ninja and shinobi, as we discuss the truth and reality behind the famous Japanese assassins, who were much more than that, as we discuss their attire, weapons, tactics, how they became ninja and shinobi, why they were employed by the samurai and what their role was in the Sengoku Jidai - Shogun era. In this video we will also talk about Naoe and Yasuke and the newly announced Assassin's Creed Shadows game from @Ubisoft
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@@Historybuff_769 Cringe
Regard Ninjeto. Original Shinobi were Chinese warrior monks, who live as hermits in Japanese mountains. Giving for example origin of Tengu. Those sword masters commonly train early Samurai, after they switch from using a bow. Due to introduction of firearms. Over time they blended with the late type of Shinobi. Who work primarily as spy and generally could not afford the sword. Ninjeto is something introduced by modern descendants of those monks, as something what theoretically could be done by local smith. Even if it was extremely rare if ever happen.
is that shinsengumi fighting ishin shishi at the end of video?
King&Generals cooking this vid for so long since AC in Japan was first teased like 10 years ago. Unshakable patience
Oops! Mistake! That's NOT Kabuki, which is a play with human beings. That's Bunraku which is a puppet theater. The puppeteers usually wear black robes BUT not always. There's another style called dezukai without black robes where you can see them. Kabuki DOES use black clad stage hands called Kuroko. Kings and Generals messed this one up sorry to say!
the history of kabuki is another interesting story, all the way up to the 21st century. And kuroko are present in many different types of Japanese theater
As a ninja myself, you saw nothing
Cringe
Nani...
Who said that 🤫
Why do you guys cut onions whenever I watch Titanic
I didn't see you in class today young man
Greetings from Nagoya!
A popular disguise shinobi used was a shakuhachi player, because they wear a basket over their head, a great excuse to not let your face be seen. City guards were taught to recognize a few songs to ask shakuhachi players to play when they entered town to prove they were actual musicians and not spies.
Anyone visiting Japan wanting to see the ninja villages, Koga doesn't really have anything to see, but Iga's ninja village and museum are quite fun and there are other famous places nearby worth seeing, like the Akame waterfalls where the Iga ninja trained, Ise jingu, Japan's holiest shrine, Suzuka racing circuit, Nagashima Spaland which is home to the longest roller coaster in the world. The map made it look like Koga is in Mie preference as well, but it's on the opposite side of the mountains in Shiga prefecture.
Welcome, three generations of my family came from Nagoya (at least, we're not entirely certain where they originated from before that differing theories). I always enjoy returning there.
Iga is a pretty fun place to visit
So you're telling me the movie American Ninja with Michael Dudikoff is not historically accurate? Personal attack on my childhood.
You failed to mention a Ninja’s true power: Using Talk-No-Jutsu to make an enemy your friend
BELIEVE IT!!
Actually! That will be Takeshi Hongo-Kamen Rider Ichigo that did Talk-no-Jutsu first.
Its actuallly Pain Nagato who talked-no-jutsu Naruto when he was pinned to the ground
There's already an Assassin's Creed game that takes place in Japan, it is called Ghost of Tsushima and it's better than anything Ubisoft could ever make.
Meh it’s about the same only good thing about was the graphics gameplay felt repetitive
Super repetitive. I would rather play Tenchu
While I love Ghost of Tsushima, the game takes place during the Mongol Invasion. Assassin's Creed Shadows is the Sengoku period which will be done justice in the game. Mirage actually brought back the stealth and I have faith Shadows will live up to many other amazing Assassin's Creed games.
just play Sekiro
@@timothysilviajr8055 yeah but it has a black man in it
"Wait a second, you can't do magic by hand gesture?!"
"Well, it is possible, but only when you're dealing with Italians. It is easy to use an Enrage magic by doing hand gesture in front of them".
It is an irony that one of the most recently popular story about ninja/shinobi depicts them wearing brightly-coloured outfit, fighting en masse in open battlefield, and utilising 9 kaiju-sized beasts as ultimate weapons, totally unlike the real-life counterparts
Ninja also translates to "those who endure" or "the sufferers" (忍者). As they mostly came from the peasant class, it's a fitting name.
"Ninja" are mostly samurai, not peasants.
We really don't know if either is true. There isn't much information on who exactly was a ninja. That shows either of how effective they where or that we overestimate their existence.@@paulodelima5705
YOu clearly didnt pay attention to the video
@@paulodelima5705Nowhere in the video does it say that. In fact, it says the opposite, that samurai sometimes were trained as shinobi or worked alongside them. The vast majority of ninjas were spies and scouts, which were drawn from the most numerous parts of an army, the peasants, as well as the occasional merchants.
@@Saintphoenix86Just because the most famous ninjas were samurai does not mean most of them were.
In the first place ninjas usually hadnt carry katanas on their backs during covert ops
Nobody should, you can't draw it out if it's on there.
@@jonbaxter2254 No you can but it's a slower process. Yeah I know I've seen the videos of medieval sword fighting "experts" claiming it's impossible to draw but as someone that trained in ninjutsu in the Jinnenkan for 13 years drawing over the shoulder is a real thing. But the point of putting it over your shoulder was to climb and infiltrate, then you'd put it back to normal before fighting unless you were really put on the spot.
@@FShani someone that trained in ninjutsu xD Mall Bullshido
@@q2yogurt the Jissen Kobudo Jinenkan. I have met and trained several times under Manaka Unsui the grandmaster
@@FShanimaster of bullshido
In 16th century Japan, there were many communities that aimed for oligarchic politics, not just Iga and Koga. The Ikko Ikki, who opposed the daimyo with religious solidarity, and their military allies, the Saika-shu, the Murakami Pirates, who controlled the trade routes in the Seto Inland Sea, etc. If you don't mind, I would like to cover these diverse regional groups in the next video.
WHAT?! None of them were turtles?! Bah; BAH, I say!
praise be to shogun total war showing ninja as half-hazard and deadly as the rest of us
Crazy we going to get spesific Japan history timeline
- Ghost of Tsushima: Mongol invasion period
- AC Shadow: Sengoku Jidai period
- Rise of the Ronin: Fall of the Bakufu period
Yes and no. Ghost of Tsushima does a pretty poor job at portraying the 13th century. It feels like 16th century and is filled with The Last Samurai-style of honor-bullshit to boot.
Shame that Shogun 2: Total War didn't do a Mongol Invasion expansion.
@@revbladez5773 If you expect AC to do better you're high
Sekiro?
@@toxicdermyillunary4103 I do not have to expect it. The trailer alone does better in this regard. It nails the 16th century Japan atmosphere.
so much ninja today i love it
You should do a video about Christopher Lee!
The art really contributes to the overall experience of these videos, thanks for that
Awesome history; my question is why arnet they using somone like Hatori Hanzo as the main character in the game instead? He seems like the ideal person to explore the shinobi of japan.
How much did Ubisoft pay you to keep bringing up their game after the sponsorship announcement?
Yeah, I ain't gonna buy another subpar game from ubisoft. But the video was top, keep em comming
Thanks for posting
very subtle advertising there XD
Real Ninjas sound more awesome than fictional Ninjas.
Ordinary people blending in doing high value, high risk intel and or assasination missions.
Espionage today is mostly associated with the modern world, we often forget spies have been throughout all of history.
i thought Yasuke was "given back" to the missionaries that had him, he originally was a slave or serf os sorts of catholic missionaries if I remember right
Another excellent, well research video. As someone with an interest in history, I really do enjoy watching your videos.
Just the perfect chance to catch the wave on the algorithm right now.
Always enjoy parsing myth and reality. Ty for the content.
I really enjoy all the videos regarding Japan
Ubisoft does not have a good track record of historical accuracy nor do they have a good record of respecting it.
I mean Assassin's Creed was always meant to take huge creative liberties they've never tried to pass it off as historical fact. It's just a setting and theme and if that gets newcomers interested in history than all the better, they can learn the real histories surrounding these semi-historical characters.
It is not even historical accuracy that is the problem anymore, it is woke politics being elevated above everything else, including historical accuracy. This latest "entertainment product" seems to be the worst yet - it is set in feudal Japan - one of the most conservative, nationalistic and patriarchal societies ever, and yet the two main characters are a woman and a black man...
@@Vladimir-ey7to Yasuke aside Japan is no where near as patriarchal as people think historically. All Imperial nobility was descended from a goddess, for centuries the highest nobility ruled through the mother's side of the family. Quite a few women gained fame through combat, particularly in the Sengoku Jidai where one woman served as daimyo for a period of time and many other women led castle defenses. Nobunaga's own wife was a particularly interesting figure with a number of conspiracy theories surrounding her. But most importantly the ninja broke many societal roles and both female ninja (kunoichi) and androgynous males played significant roles. I'm not surprised in the least that the ninja character of this game is an Androgynous looking (presumably female) character, and Yasuke while a tad surprising actually makes a lot of sense given the ongoing Assassin vs Templar plots of the series. But yeah there is some woke agenda going on its just not as unbelievable as people want to make it out.
@@FShani While I do not strictly disagree with what you are saying, I do believe that you are presenting a somewhat of a revisionist picture of the Japanese society of the time. Yes, it did happen that women from the high nobility would, rarely and for a brief period of time, assume "manly" duties when no high nobility male was available - same as in feudal Europe. It was strictly seen as an exception to the rule however and only reserved for "dire times" and as a last resort.
On the topic of female ninja - those just didnt exist. At least not in the way that many modern entertainment products make it seem. Something very important that this video doesnt make particularly clear, is that the number of actual ninja was very, very low. Maybe as low as a few dozen at any given time and definitely no more than a few hundred. And they needed to be men, because there were many places and activities where women just werent allowed or couldnt easily blend in, especially lowborn women. This does not mean that a woman in that society could not be a smart and cunning spy, a resourceful thief, an observant information gatherer, a master seducer, or even a deadly (non combat) assassin - she totally could and some definitely were. But not as a ninja. In fact, women were often employed BY ninja. Women were also often hired by wealthy patrons, to do tasks that a ninja also could. But this doesnt make them ninja. If this upcoming AC title has the female character from the trailer do nothing else but information gathering and thieving (and seducing, but no AAA developer would ever show this anymore), than I hereby pledge to make an official apology on all my social media accounts for accusing this game of being detrimentally woke. But we all know that this character would be a wall running, shuriken throwing, throat-slitting ninja. Which is wrong on pretty much all levels.
And finally, the black dude. There were literally millions of japanese warriors from that era. Some were lowborn peasants, some were highborn samurai and some were even semi-mythological superhumans. Instead, the developers chose to focus on the one and only black samurai, who wasnt even a samurai. I dont even know what to say about this bullcrap of a decision.
It is not really a cool franchise if the only things you can parkour on are brick, low walls, fences, ladders, and all that sticking-out stuff.
It's way cooler if your character has insane grip strength, cool animations, endless energy for striding along the vast map, fingers that can seep into rock, the tiniest of crevasses.
It's cool if they even add historical figures in their game, gives a better sense of immersion. Even adding a real place like an ancient tree or 1 singular shrine that is placed in the exact spot of its real-life counterpart is good.
I never saw them as rivals as I knew the difference. More like counterparts. I like the breakdown of shinobi in this. Thanks for the video!
Wow that was quick!
I love that they showed this off in the new shogun show
6:30 wait so you can get cancer from drinking?
I gotta play some Ghost of Tsushima
I learned about Assassin's Creed Japan from this video. That's how little people care.
Same but i still wanna play it
well enjoy the shinobi lore on there
Says you
The game is going to sell phenomenally just like all the others. Denying this is just a cope.
sweet baby inc strikes again!
One thing, a merchant would not be considered a trusted commoner above a peasant and trusted like a monk. Merchants sit below the peasant farmer in the social hierarchy of feudal Japan. A peasant farmer was more highly regarded because they worked the lands and provided the food that fed the nation, or more to say their daimyo. On the other hand, despite their social standing, a well to do merchant might have greater access to samurai and daimyo than a simple peasant farmer depending on what exactly the merchant sells and if they directly to samurai and daimyo.
I'm always very interested in old Japanese lore. I was not alive during WW2 so the only Japan I've ever known has been awesome Japan, home of fantastic art, amazing snacks and some of the most diligent, hard working, honorable people on the planet. Proud to say I can't wait for more, Kings & Generals
Weeb
@@savemc6181 bro we're like "yay Japan is great" and you're like "Asia for the Asians!" It's not like we're going to take Japan away from Asians, ok? Chill!
@@iLLeag7e Did you even read his comment clearly? That saying is a slogan Japan made during the colonial period, when European powers colonized all over Asia. However as a ruler Japan is no better cause during that time they believed in hardcore emperialism
@@LongTran-yv2nq I read his comment very clearly. He sounded angry at America for... colonialism? Your AI chatbot needs an upgrade, random internet commenter.
Thank you.
Really interesting video. It was nice to watch
I can’t remember if you e explained ashigaru, as they often acted in the scouting roles which were in the broad range of shinobi no mono descriptions. Ashigaru would also be a good stand alone subject to explain that the bulk of Japanese armies were made of commoners.
I used to practice koga ninjutsu and we used the wakazashi, short version of katana. Better suited for close up and indoor use and didnt look out of place as it was also a samurai's backup weapon.
Glad to learn the difference between a ninja and a shinobi.
In anime the two terms are often synomnous with one another.
Love your works, but not your sponsor...
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And how does a black man ruin a sponsor?
Ok so as a long time watcher of another history buff youtube creator who has a lot of dealings with the Ninja..., the fact you called out the myth of ninja's wearing all black as a falsehood made the the jingle of "Real ninja's wear blue" go off in my head.
Ubisoft has nothing on Ghost of Tsushima, an Assassin's Creed game set in Japan that is already the best in the series.
I rather take the one set in the more interesting 16th century.
One is set in the 1200s the other is set in the late 1500s. Thats a big enough gap for it to feel different
@@JJaqn05 Though not too different unfortunately.
Developers of Ghost of Tsushima did not actually portray the 13th century well at all because their goal was to give people the image of a samurai most people have in their heads, which is more 16th century than 13th century.
You timed this.
Check the pinned comment on this video. 😂
I love the history of Japan
4:01 Bunraku you mean? Not kabuki?
Ninjas wore dark blue during night operations.
I was so disappointed when I doscovered Kunai were no t used as knives, but merely to dig holes through walls
*Yasuke was returned back to the Jesuits after the rival clan leader disliked him and disliked foreigners in Japan. So he likely lived the rest of his life with the Jesuits.*
A fate worse than death
@@dziban303they probably killed him almost immediately
@@rvatripleThey probably didn't. He was a hired guard for them, not a slave.
The last possible record of him was him possibly fighting for the Otomo a few years after Honno-ji, if I remember correctly.
@@MrGksarathycan you link the record which you are talking about
Anyone remembers the game Inindo: way of the ninja? Was pretty cool.
Precursor to modern day SWAT team.
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍
Japan is truly a country with many unique things
The narrator's impeccable accent...
Love this release! After watching Shogun recently and seeing the trailer of AC: Shadows, I’m pumped to watch more medieval Japanese history videos and can’t wait to try the game when it comes out 💪
I hope you address the myths and facts of the kunoichi! Also, how did we get the name "ninja" if the proper term is "shinobi"?
They are two different ways to read the same characters (On'yomi vs Kun'yomi). Historically it was always pronounced Shinobi, short for Shinobi-no-mono. The ninja pronunciation is more modern. Both are technically correct but historically it always the former.
The channel got pretty sassy this episode XD
Is there any historical evidence Yasuke was a samurai and not a retainer?
Another very common misconception. Samurai was a social class, they were primarily a warrior caste; but not all samurai were warriors. Samurai who were primarily warriors were referred to as bushi; while non-samurai warriors were referred to as ashigaru to distinguish them. Most of the samurai class were retainers to a liege, a daimyo, who was also of the samurai class. Technically daimyo were retainers to the shogun, again from the samurai class, who was in turn a retainer to the emperor. Those of the samurai class who were not retainers to a liege were referred to as ronin.
With that out of the way; historically Yasuke was made a samurai by the simple fact that he was taken as a retainer and given a title (kosho), land, and a stipend. This is the way those from non-samurai families like Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Todo Takatora officially became samurai and could rise in rank to become daimyo and de facto shogun.
@@stynkus I thought Samurai were the noble class of Japan. My area of knowledge is mainly Greek philosophy and the late Roman Army. Cheers for the explanation
@@user-dx6bv2pe1s Samurai weren't a noble class per se. Some samurai families were descended from the original Chinese style court nobles (kuge) who were related to the Imperial family. These families were usually the most influential and most daimyo clans were descended from or at least claim descent from some of the more prominent kuge families from before the establishment of the first Shogunate (The Kamakura) in the 12th Century; the main four being the Fujiwara, Minamoto (who established the first Shogunate), Taira, and Tachibana clans.
The Oda, for example, first claimed to be descended from the Fujiwara clan, then later switched to be descended from the Taira clan. It was later discovered that the Oda clan was descended from both the Fujiwara and Taira... along with the Inbe clan, which was also a prominent kuge family. And it was well known that Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo) was descended from the Minamoto family via the Matsudaira; which made him becoming Shogun after Sekigahara a formality even before the Emperor declared him so a couple years later.
After the Meiji restoration (where the kuge regained most of their former power and influence); Emperor Meiji merged the kuge and the daimyo families into a single aristocracy called the kazoku. This was done mainly to buffer the recently restored Imperial authority against the still powerful daimyo families; but also to mitigate infighting due to animosity between the kuge and daimyo. To give some context, there were 142 kuge families and 285 daimyo families when the kazoku was established.
can you talk about the equites singulares augusti
Good.
Do ninja vs khevsuri
Shinobi... the last time I saw that word, I think it was on an NES cartridge. The game, if I recall at all, gratuitously employed a great many myths featured in the video. Where was this myth-busting to be found in 1991? :)
We all know Ninjas need to wear orange and have a headband!
They killed many monks and burned the temples during the medieval Japan. That’s pretty much explains a lot.
Think they were jihadis? 😅
@@theinnerlight8016 no they are the infamous Proud Boys
@@dafuqmr13 That's not even funny
@@theinnerlight8016 so is your joke
@@dafuqmr13 You do realize the muslims destroyed most of the buddhist temples in India and killed the monastics? Only on Sri Lanka did theravada Buddhism survive.
The new assassins creed game is possibly be about nobunagas side. As yasuke is a subordinate of nobunaga, it is safe to say naoe is probably a shinobu under nobunagas control as well.
More likely Naoe is a Tokugawa aligned ninja that despised Nobunaga but nonetheless finds a common ally in Yasuke escaping Akechi Mitsuhide's treachery. Yasuke seeks to repay Nobunaga for his advancement by avenging him, only to uncover a much deeper conspiracy surrounding all 3 of the unifiers. There are so many conspiracy theories surrounding Akechi Mitsuhide's betrayal that can be played around with here from the death of Mitsuhide's mother, whether Nobunaga's primary wife Nohime (aka Kicho) was really an assassin (and whether loyal or not did she actually survive Nobunaga's death?), and what was the real relationship between Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hashiba Hideyoshi at the time) and Mitsuhide. Plus the Akechi family remain insanely popular in Japanese fiction.
@@FShani that does sound more like something westerners would do to spin the story. Japan reveres nobunaga. Tokugawa has always been considered a loyal retainer of nobunaga so what you said doesnt make sense realistically and “historically” with respect to japanese views.
I mean im still sitting here waiting for them to redo AC1 historically accurate, where the order were destroyed/dispersed/disbanded by mongol invasion under ghengis khan and not some “templar order.” Historically, the mongols destroyed the order along with the kwarazsimian empire for disrespecting his envoy.
@@ed.7856 I wasn't saying Tokugawa betrays Nobunaga but the survivors of Nobunaga's invasion of Iga flocked to Tokugawa, and Ieyasu had his share of grudges against Nobunaga as well so that's not out of the realm of possibility. Besides this is a Western made game that always takes huge creative liberties with history. It's not hard to poke holes in ACs historical accuracies they're all over every game, the series really should be treated as an alternative history series.
@@FShani yea the second part is exactly what i said.
Antony Cummins has so many books on the historical side of ninjas. It's debated how good the translations are, but he did this kind of work years ago.
Now we need new Shogun, Rome game
Do you mean total war?
Cause it exists
@@xdas11 i mean new ones 😅
No ninja magic you say. I wave my hands to manipulate The Force in my daily life.
Finally a video that puts to rest a lot of the falsehoods about 'ninja'. I read some texts that 'shinobi' and 'ninja' referred to the same type of individual. This at least somewhat verifies that the legends of the shinobi originated with the Ikko-Ikki resistance against Oda Nobunaga. I would like next to see one focusing on the 'ashigaru'.
No no, they had nothing to do with the Ikko-ikki and were established far earlier than that religious movement. Ikki is an umbrella term for peasant revolts and the Sengoku Jidai era had numerous Ikki groups. And the Ikko-Ikki clashed with many/opposed all samurai clans, Oda is just particularly famous for putting down some of the worst revolts of the time.
Thats my Nindo, my ninja way!
The depiction Hollywood portrays is in respect of the persona theater of the time portrays. This was done for many reasons. It is still effective now and respected as well.
What is real and what is fiction is often blurry, and confused. 😊
Sounds like the source for this is the works of Stephen Turnbull. :)
At least check the description for the sources first.
@@KingsandGenerals I looked at my bookshelf, but ok.
I love ninjas from media.
You had to drop this after the AC Shadows trailer 🥷
If ninja assassin taught me anything it's those powers are real lol
It feels like this video is a slap to anime watchers🤣🤣
These ninjas and shinobi are very similar to the concept of Ukrainian Cossack's "Characternick" - the special operation units within Cossacks' army, although it's not so common as Japanese
To suggest Kenshin died of esophageal or stomach cancer seems entirely plausible, if not quite likely. However, to unequivocally state that the cancer was a result of his heavy drinking habit seems wildly speculative.
Could you do about the 47 ronin ? 47 ronin, ok ? Not agent 47
If I could go to the past, take technology with me that only I can use, I would definitely be a ninja and have folk wrote about me
@KingsandGenerals, would you concider to make a material about Ukrainian Cossacks' legendary special operation units - "characternycks"?
That was quick after the release of the new Asassins creed!History buffs here we go!
Cringe
If I really wanted to learn about the Viking Age, it certainly isn't Valhallain't
Am I the only one who read ninja as Naruto?
9:45 Yasuke? 🧐
12:40
If that's true then the games protagonists should be at odds, as Yasuke served Nobunaga
Wait, you guys didn't mention that ninja also have a hidden village state government system and ruled by a leader called 'Shadow' 😂😂.
But can they jump up, kick back, whip around, and spin though?
AC: Shadows looks promising since they are taking on the late 16th century feudal Japan during Oda Nobunaga's rule.
What about the Ninja Rule of Inverse Strength of Numbers? 1 ninja alone is the most dangerous force in the universe, but a 100 ninjas together can be easily defeated by Great Western Dragon of Blond Hair and White Sneakers.
Anyone here after watching Naruto
"the legendary samurai Yasuke" Yasuke was never promoted to samurai.
Yup, they're hipeing the dude so much, as if he became some famous warrior, but his mentions are scarce and in the end Mitsuhide lets him leave after leaving his sword.
That part was probably a talking point requirement of the sponsorship, similar to how every narrator would mention Bokksu has a 'different theme of snacks every month' or NordVPN can 'unlock content from all around the world'.
It is widely believed in Japan that he was kept as a sandal bearer at best and wasn't even allowed to bear arm. Just think about this: Oda was one of if not the most paranoid warlord in all of Japanese history, he took a liking to Yasuke but that didn't mean that he was going to entrust his life upon someone he might not even consider Japanese. Give it another 30 years and we will all see our national historic heroes becoming African or having something to do with Africa in these Western remakes.
Just put a black doode in a completely unrelated and unrealistic scenario, then give him ridiculous plot armor and call it "diversity".
@@hotwind95 Already happening, didn't you hear about Cleopatra? Someone's gran mentioned it...
Damn I didn't even know a new AC game was coming out. Sheesh..
Thanks for the great video again you guys! I couldn't expect any less ♥️🤝
John Wick school of assassination
I don't even know what ninja are anymore. Sadge.
Can you make a video about templar knights?
At some point
Kenshin and Edward Ironside in heaven, discussion both their deaths...