First Samurai in America and Europe: Tragic Story of the Keicho Embassy (1613 - 1620) DOCUMENTARY

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00:00 New Spain
05:18 Mexico City
10:00 Spain
16:52 Onwards to Rome
23:56 The English
31:20 Japan
Written by Thomas Lockley.
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Edited and narrated by David Kelly.
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[@VoicesofthePast]

CORRECTIONS AND REFERENCES: Chimalpahin would have been dressed in Spanish attire, not in indigenous clothing (and he was "Nahua", not Nahuatl). Batts, Joshua. 2017. Circling the Waters: The Keichō Embassy and Japanese-Spanish Relations in the Early Seventeenth Century. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Columbia University. Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Don Domingo de San Antón Muñón. 2006. Lockhart, James; Schroeder, Susan; Namala, Doris (eds.). Annals of His Time. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. Corradini, Piero. 1990. Some Problems concerning Hasekura Tsunenaga’s Embassy to the Pope. In Rethinking Japan. Abingdon: Routledge. Harding, C. 2020. The Japanese: A history in twenty lives. London: Allen Lane. Marcouin, Francis; Omoto, Keiko. 1990. Quand le Japon s'ouvrit au monde. Découvertes Gallimard. Paris: Gallimard. Mathes, W. Michael. 1968. Viscaino and Spanish Expansion in the Pacific Ocean, 1580-1630. San Francisco: California Historical Society. Mathes, W. Michael. 1990. A Quarter Century of Trans-Pacific Diplomacy: New Spain and Japan, 1592-1617. Journal of Asian History. 24(1): 1-29. Screech, Timon. 2012. The English and the Control of Christianity in the Early Edo Period Japan Review, 24, pp. 3-40.

[@RBYW1234]

Hey this is really good work. I have a hard time looking for wording, trying to explain things. Recently, I've been making Music Playlist and Mexico comes up a lot. Lot of the content is music, cars, ect - But the underline is the People of Turtle Island. Their content and information is a difficult topic, but there seems to be some reference to an international patrol. I think there was an overall understanding of each other, but events seemed to suggest lost contact. For example, the Medicine wheel has 4 colors on it, resembling the 4 races. Theses 4 locations on a map are known by each location. For example, South Africa, has the same Medicine wheel, but it is positioned differently, according to their geo position. Same medicine wheel in the Americas, Turtle Island. The problem is, the drums used in each region have not resembled the medicine wheel under Tibet or Sweden knowledge base. For example, they called Turtle Island, the New World. It has been suggested, that the group responsible for keeping knowledge in use, had been replaced forcibly. You then have 2 options, their knowledge is complete or it is not. As the People of Turtle Island have these levels of understanding, as their knowledge of Earth has been in use in Africa. This base level of knowledge is then used and traded with African Knowledge, covering land from South Africa to Tibet and India. A very high level of agriculture that creates soil. This soil can be found in 2 places on Earth, India and Mi'kma'ki. References are over 10,000 years old. You can look for original content in a British - Mi'kmaq Treaty - 1726 ( 295 Anniversary next month) The Mi'kmaq where asked for a Military roster. Our highest ranked official, a Grand Chief used the opportunity to teach 2 students the position for prosperity. He asked them to draw the Turtle. They each did, and he then began to draw his version of the Turtle. He drew this - ✡ - 6 pointed star, the star of David. It resembles the Turtle of Turtle Island. He then signed Pont next to his signature. Below, he then drew a Diamond with an axis grid in the middle. almost like this - 🔶 Pont, when you translate from French means Bridge. You Bridge the 2 shapes - ✡🔶 Turtle Island + the World. You get the 4 original coordinates for the International Patrol. Locations responsible for holding our highest levels of understanding on Universal Laws. Original Instructions where to trade and combine knowledge from these locations. For example, if i asked you to patrol Turtle Islands boarder - this one ✡ - You would have direction. If you where using 4 levels of knowledge, or just the primary level of knowledge from Turtle Island, you have different results. I've been doing mental / digital patrols of these areas, work is legit accurate. I am from that top right triangle on the star of david - the triangle is known as Mi'kma'ki, land of a thousand lakes. Id paid it yellow if we where in a class. any who...... Make a movie??? [e-mail]

[@Artur_M.]

@@joelamont8585 Oh yes, eight books and scholarly articles by different authors, published between 1968 and 2020, all based on one completely fictional movie. What is even the tittle of this mysterious movie? Who made it and when? Somehow you failed to mention any of that, despite spamming this comment section with multiple comments.

[@BrettonFerguson]

The greatest empire of the time? By what measure? I'm not sure but it is possible the Dutch were the greatest by wealth, the Spaniards were the greatest with the most land, and the Chinese were the greatest with the most people. Like I said I'm not sure if any of that is correct, I'm just pointing out something being the greatest is dependent on what values you consider the most important.

[@lamalien2276]

That was amazing, I was choked up by the end. Content creators like yourself provide an incredible service in the form of education and entertainment in the new digital era. Thank you!

[@ShellShock11C]

@@lamalien2276 Same! RIP.

[@jack_L858]

Stories like this make me wonder how many stories have been lost to time or haven't been written down and have been forgotten. History truly is a gift

[@aitorguirao5059]

Happens more times than one might imagine. The other day I read about Lafcadio Hearn, a greek born British writer that somehow ended in Japan, and became enamoured with the country. He collected dozens of popular tales and ghost stories that until then were mostly orally passed. He not only allowed the rest of the world to learn more about Japanese culture but saved many of those stories from disappearing from the popular knowledge. He's still popular in the country and his books are treasured there as a trove of legends and folk tales that otherwise might have vanished because no Japanese had bothered to record them.

[@perperson199]

Most great history is lost

[@GarioTheRock]

It has to have happened at least twice. That's all I got. My wisdom is indiscernible. I mean, ah-hem, eternal. _

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Oh, it's definitely infinite. Consider voyages set out on similar tours, but that don't make it home, due to shipwreck and the untold stories of those people. Plus, hundreds of thousands of overland travelers have happened as well that had some degree of impact on history that we'll never hear about - even with written documents lost to the sands and seas.

[@benghazi4216]

@@gaslitworldf.melissab2897 I would not be so sure of the vast amount. At that time, every interaction with another group of people was a negotiation that could end deadly. There is a reason you didn't have traders completing the whole of any trade route (with the vast profits that would entail) until we westerners merged the trade ship, with the war ship.

[@JM-kd3gm]

Ah yes, the Christian samurai. The power of God and anime on their side.

[@dclxvi_89]

Lmao

[@RmnGnzlz]

YAMETE KUDASAI JESUS-SAMA!

[@dstroythefakingwest4331]

it's shame as japanese

[@CompagnonDeMisere25]

I've read the last letter of a kamikaze pilot who was a christian. Interesting stuff to put it mildly.

[@RmnGnzlz]

@@theuniverse5173 Take your meds.

[@lilduce4448]

This is why Goku is so popular in Mexico.

[@tombkings6279]

Dragon ball es Arte

[@kevinthepilgrim]

@@tombkings6279 Dragon Ball es vida.

[@arolemaprarath6615]

@@tombkings6279 Dargon Bola es basura.

[@mbansjddbsj]

Ay dios mio

[@kevinthepilgrim]

@@arolemaprarath6615 Tu reprovar aspañol? Sar umposible. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tetsu1000]

"In 1614, an Aztec nobleman registered the stabbing of a Spanish soldier by a Japanese samurai in Acapulco, Mexico."

[@91rumpnisse]

Age of Empires be like:

[@rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna4913]

where all samuries were disarmed

[@xiuhcoatl4830]

old customs never forget

[@user-qd3lc7zb6n]

@@91rumpnisse eeeeeeeeey fellow Age of Empires enjoyer

[@paulfranklin4276]

Even then the streets were rough

[@BalbazaktheGreat]

"not only an ambassador, but a spy." So... an ambassador, then.

[@gaunterodimm5974]

Funny considering the gathering of information is a priority of ambassadors lol

[@popeyedoyle6360]

Types of information gathered

[@VamosViverFora]

Exactly. Hehehheehe

[@darthbravo3895]

A Red spy is in the base?!

[@sethleoric2598]

​@@darthbravo3895 hup hup hup hup

[@jpwilliams6926]

My favorite part of these stories is how everyone always thinks the other people are the barbarians.

[@magtovi]

Well, Europeans and Americans still think the rest of the world is just barbarians.

[@tomlxyz]

@@magtovi same with China

[@DevinDTV]

i really wonder what they meant by "barbarian". they will exclaim about the architecture, military power, arts, politeness, hospitality, etc, and then still call them barbarians. is it because we don't say "itadakemasu" before we eat?

[@fupoflapo2386]

@@magtovi europeans specifically

[@hailgiratinathetruegod7564]

This is exactly what a babarian would say

[@corporalkills]

There is a beauty in the fact that in Japan, a white kimono is to symbolize death and the rite of baptism is symbolic of dying and being resurrected.

[@vinceontheweb]

My thoughts exactly

[@luissanchez2428]

Yes, I was thinking the exact same thing.

[@Tetsulot]

White kimono represent dead? Then why do brides wear them in wedding?

[@SaulTeeMeat]

The rite of baptism in the Bible is the same. John 3:3. "... Jesus answered 'except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

[@Justice_Frog]

@@Tetsulot I know that wearing a white bridal dress was popularized in the west by Queen Victoria of the UK, but I don't know what brides traditionally wear in Japan. If it's a westernized wedding then I'm sure it's a white wedding dress.

[@claucemicro1080]

If I remember correctly, the Japanese-Mexican embassy was the first foreign embassy in Mexico. Maybe it was by Hasekura.

[@rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna4913]

Not only that, the Spain embasy in Rome is the first permannet embasy established in the World. Still opened by the way.

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

For whatever that's worth now

[@Leoxxxxx5]

@@rodrigogimenez-ricolaguna4913 Interesting, thanks for the info. (I will forget this, sadly).

[@Morales.1192]

Yeah and the Mexican embassy in Japan is right next to the prime ministers house. And it's been there even after WW2.n

[@gatobuho-]

yep, Mexico and Japan have always had good relations, except for that moment in ww2 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@endaohalloran6649]

36:28 this Italian librarian did the most insane research imaginable. I couldn't think of a day more memorable for a librarian than to whip out an unknown 2 century old letter to a Japanese embassy to tell them they were not the first here. Amazing

[@AnIdiotsLantern]

Imagine the moment that Librarian realized what they were holding. Moments of discovery that powerful motivate entire generations of scholars.

[@greglocker2124]

To me, this is the epitome of, "I know someone who knows someone who is Japanese, do you know them?" And then a national treasure is casually found.

[@MrJames1034]

It's like the end of Back To the Future Part 2

[@NoFleepash]

People back then were a different breed, they had tremendous focus compared to our ailing society which are constantly distratced by tiktoks.

[@binbows2258]

@@NoFleepash no. bad! bad fleepash! stop preaching about moral and societal decline!

[@Dionaea_floridensis]

"what will these delightful orientals think of next" -my mom at the Toyota dealership

[@LazyBoarding]

-my grandmother when I show her the same gibli movie over and over

[@dubuyajay9964]

@@LazyBoarding Hey, respect Abuela or she'll get the chankla!

[@sancho7863]

I’m korean and i’m mad liberals decided people can’t call asians oriental

[@vincenthammons6705]

@@sancho7863 people are soft these days they think everything is racism

[@Bug-sg1li]

@@vincenthammons6705 Ok westoid.

[@aitorguirao5059]

Funny thing about this is that a group of Japanese samurai ended staying in Spain, and received the surname of Japon. A couple of years ago a comedy movie called "The Japon Family" was released in Spain, it is about the japanese emperor dying and the true heir to the throne being a spanish guy that descends from one of those samurai. It's a pretty shitty movie to be honest.

[@brendon1689]

doesn't sound too bad for a comedy

[@sadperson4203]

Is David Silva (ex Manchester City player) one of them?

[@aitorguirao5059]

@@sadperson4203 According to wikipedia his mother is of Japanese descent, but it doesn't specify if they are related to those particular samurai. Personally I don't think so, after so many generations most of the japanese facial features that these people brought must have diluted, nowadays their descendants must look like average spaniards.

[@vitabricksnailslime8273]

@@aitorguirao5059 It might seem unrelated, but here in Australia there is a big surge in the assertion of aboriginal identity and "kulcha". It's becoming so that you can hardly wipe your bum without first having a special ceremony acknowledging the original custodians. And very many people claiming this identity, and the coincident "marginalisation and oppression" are absolutely indistinguishable from Anglos. Privately, I think of them as "white abos". But they'd get really angry if you challenged them about it.

[@tomtaylor5623]

@@vitabricksnailslime8273 also australian, can confirm. i know who's behind it... it's the same all across the west. 5 of the top 7 wealthiest 'australians' belong to this group.

[@BuuWaterloo]

Around this time, two Japanese men lived in Guadalajara, another city in México, but back in the day it was the capital of New Galicia in the northwest of the territory. The eldest of the two (Luis de Encío, who knows what was his Japanese name) married an indigenous woman and had a daughter. The other Japanese who apparently arrived as a 10 yo kid, ended up marrying the daughter of the other guy. They both were businessmen, but the youngest, Juan de Páez, ended up in a very high place in the society of the time, working for the Cathedral of the city until his death. He was very successful.

[@Petey0707]

@Eastside Azskelad "who knows what was his Japanese name" kind of disrespectful

[@cris4529]

@@Petey0707 It's probably because himself stop using his real japenese name and nobody remembered it.

[@samuelmmmk181]

@@Petey0707 No, it means no one knew what his Japanese name is

[@larshofler8298]

Very interesting...

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

@@Petey0707 lost to history

[@NoPantsBaby]

Spanish: I will give you brotherhood and accolades. English: We will rid you of the Spanish. Dutch: We'll give you 15% off.

[@Chris-mt4yq]

This is hilarious lol

[@seand.g423]

Shit, only 15? What the hell kind of West Atlantic colony were they from that _that_ was their offer?

[@MrJustin1232000]

@@seand.g423 they owned new york

[@helios4753]

I like the English proposal XD

[@NoobNoobNews]

@@seand.g423 Dutch were clever. 15% would be more than any other empire could afford to give. A bargain for the Dutch, and a bargain for the buyer in comparison to the alternative.

[@Alejojojo6]

Most of the Embassy members actually decided not to return to Japan and settled in Coria del Rio, Southern Spain, marrying local people. Over 750 people there are descendants of the Japanese embassy and have the surname "Japón" which means "Japan" in Spanish.

[@dxzts6614]

Only 750? Doesn't sound like many of them stayed then. For 750, maybe less than 10 people actually stayed there

[@AlMutter]

@@dxzts6614 Some went to other parts of spain or even to another countries

[@my_other_side473]

​@@dxzts6614not Most, actually it's Only Two Samurai. Most of the embassy return to Japan.

[@xhorxheetxeberria-td1hu]

@@dxzts6614 You know little of procreation.

[@pendulunium2408]

It would be interesting to hear first hand accounts of the Siamese embassy to France of 1686 which caused much excitement among the French.

[@dayangmarikit6860]

Yes, I was also thinking about Kosa Pan's diplomatic embassy to France.

[@12345Yeah]

@@dayangmarikit6860 sure

[@kushchronic697]

That save thailand from become colonise

[@AnIdiotsLantern]

Wait what?? Medieval Siamese in France in the Middle Ages??? How do I hear more about this!!?

[@DOMDZ90911]

First it was Samurai vs. Conquistadors, then Ottomans vs. Aztecs, how long before we get Samurai vs. Cowboys?

[@vincenthammons6705]

have you seen indian jones?

[@robertocarlos5494]

It exists, only it was not a samurai, it was a Japanese nurse and they were not cowboys as such, they were revolutionary ranchers/peasant. 🕷️👍🏻

[@moggtheboss3087]

You won’t, samurai ended by the time cowboys started, if the Meiji era had started just 50 years later that would’ve been possible.

[@nicosmind3]

Don't forget Cowboys vs Aliens, a pretty good movie despite the crappy name

[@markhill3858]

Samurai vs Cowboys? Red Sun (1971) Charles Bronson + Toshiro Mifune in the wild west .. not kidding its TWICE as AWESOME as it sounds :)

[@mikekennedy4572]

Back in the late 1970s, my then-girlfriend took me to visit a classmate of hers and her family for Christmas and enjoy homemade tamales. Their family had emigrated to the US a generation prior. I was somewhat shocked when I met the very welcoming family because physically, they were Japanese, but culturally, they were 100 percent Mexican and spoke Spanish and also English. However, they were more confortable speaking Spanish. Everything about them, the food, the Christmas traditions and the language, was Mexican. I politely asked how their ancestors came to settle in Mexico, and they said they said both the dad's and mom's families came to Mexico in the 18th century for work. Anyway, it was a great holiday evening that could have happened in any typical Mexican family, but physically, the hosts were Japanese.

[@xhorxheetxeberria-td1hu]

Why are you shocked? More Italians went to Spanish America than the USA. All of America was a place of refuge for people from Europe, Asia and Africa. Not just the USA.

[@ishakadriansyah8085]

@@xhorxheetxeberria-td1hu yes but no, japanese who dont look like a mix heritage but have entirely different culture (hispanic) is absolutely 100% rare

[@HikerBikerMoter]

​@xhorxheetxeberria-td1hu it is shocking the concept of a "Japanese-mexican" or for that matter a "caucasian-chinese"

[@thearcanamodernau8130]

This is the norm rather than the exception, most Mexicans have a mixed ancestry from different parts of the world. People with a single ethnicity are the rarity

[@TheLiosoul]

38:23 "It had been worth it... After all..." I don't even know how that line got me so much.

[@greglocker2124]

It's so tragic that Hasekura could have never known how important he ended up being. Even more tragic about his son. Poor guy just wanted to believe he could see his dad again and tell him he restored their honor.

[@ivanrivera1932]

Such is life

[@joshshields5921]

A sad yet inspirational tale in the end. I wonder if he had any descendants after 250 years who could finally rejoice that their ancestor was finally being honored.

[@orange25i]

Yes, actually he had! His grandson survived the christian persecution and founded a family line which is still continuing. Tsunetaka Hasekura is the 13th head of that line, and he visited Coria del Río a few years ago, where 700 hundred people with the surname "Japon", descendants of the retinue of his ancestor, who stayed there after the mission. I think this is quite touching, to see the descendant of the mission leader meet with descendants of the mission members after more than 200 years being separate ...

[@zainiikhwan9405]

@@orange25i Now that's a well worth secret ending. Thank you for sharing this :')

[@Rin-sj8ii]

@@orange25i good to know that. Thanks

[@porothashawarma2339]

@@orange25i wow 👌

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

@@orange25i video?

[@johnlloyddy7016]

I remember back in the 80s, Japanese action star Sho Kosugi starred in a film titled "Shogun Mayeda: Journey of Honor" about a Japanese embassy to Spain that was sent to buy muskets for the Tokugawa Shogunate. The movie also starred Sho's son Kane and the late Christopher Lee as the Spanish King.

[@EricToTheScionti]

no. tthat was real footage from this.

[@Victor-kt6qn]

Living in Central Mexico. I know all the places he mentioned. I've seen the countryside he likely would've seen too.

[@Kayla-ok2rz]

That's so freaking cool- I wanna go there and just stare out

[@vxxiii4160]

There was also at some point during the New Spain era, Tlaxcaltec warriors (Nahua people who joined forces with the Conquistadors to fight against the Aztec empire) fought Japanese pirates in the seas of the Phillipines. Sometimes history do be like a big game of Age of Empires.

[@Kanukosan]

Shusaku Endo (who also wrote "Silence") wrote a wonderful novel about Hasekura's diplomatic mission called "The Samurai".

[@thapelomaraisane8705]

I read it 6 months ago, and I still haven't come across a work of fiction that moved me so deeply.

[@JP2GiannaT]

Oh, I love Silence! I'm gonna have to look that up.

[@vickytaspartan]

I'm from México and I didn't know about this! Interesting and exciting to learn about this historical passage 😍

[@ReverbCanvas]

También está la historia de el pueblo veracruzano fundado por un esclavo negro que peleó por su libertad, Yanga

[@xhorxheetxeberria-td1hu]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@darkwar25]

The great story of the samurai family that would befriended Abraham Lincoln

[@arolemaprarath6615]

is Lincoln a Brit?

[@Predney]

@@arolemaprarath6615 worse

[@remcrimson2750]

Real question tho is did they sent a fax to him?

[@jimmyju76]

I smell summer blockbuster movie here

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

@@Predney what do you mean LOL

[@samartcrafts_1910]

I saw samurai in Mexico and thought I need that anime now, that story fricken writes itself.

[@RyllenKriel]

"...in a white silk kimono decorated with motifs of birds in flight and gambling animals..." makes me think he was wearing a kimono of dogs at a poker table and now I cannot get that visual out of my head.

[@ClockworkAnomaly]

Its "Gamboling"

[@markmaki4460]

@@ClockworkAnomaly Yes but i like to picture alternate pun-based worlds in my mind too XD.

[@eugeneedgeworth1436]

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one picturing that when he said it.

[@RyllenKriel]

@@ClockworkAnomaly It's a joke!

[@giovannivuitton46]

My man was swagged up

[@thatsnodildo1974]

Funny how we aren't usually taught this. This channel keeps on surprising me. Like I thought the East was cut off for the most part for decades from the West but nope. The West and East had been talking and in touch for a extremely long time.

[@dayangmarikit6860]

The silk road is really old, and ancient connections are everywhere... a lot of European words are actually Arabic in origin, Hindu-Arabic numerals which we use today, originated in India and reached Europe via the Arabs, Gunpowder and firearms originated in China and reached Europe. I admit that I used to be ignorant myself, but the more I study the more I learn, that the world was way more interconnected than we used to think. I think that you would be interested in the diplomatic mission of Kosa Pan, an ambassador from Siam (present day Thailand) who went to France and met with King Louis XIV at Versailles.

[@larson0014]

Well after 1620 it was cut off till the 1870's

[@missourimongoose7643]

Unfortunately most history that is taught has to do with warfare so not alot is told about the ties between cultures that were to far away to go to war with till fairly recently

[@missourimongoose7643]

@@joelamont8585 did someone forget there meds?

[@dayangmarikit6860]

@@joelamont8585 - A lot of facts about history isn't taught widely to the public.

[@Alexei2539]

20:35 "due to some small issues." He means Tokugawa Ieyasu.

[@dionjones6300]

"Small" 🤣🤣🤣

[@pushinkeys]

Great story, imagine the perspective from some of the cooks and others that traveled along with them, probably just as fascinating.

[@homeristro3472]

Useless Fun Fact: In México to this day, there is a large community of japanese people around the country since ww2 and stuff, and Also thanks to them the people from Baja California eat the seafood taco, and a group of Lost japanese sailors came to what is now La Paz and Ensenada in Baja California well they teached to the local people to do Tempura and well thats why the culture of the seafood taco is there lol

[@ivanfranco6046]

Not really since Aztec times tortillas were created as we know them today and the Aztecs would make tacos of anything they can get their hands on tadpoles, grasshoppers, fish?

[@homeristro3472]

@@ivanfranco6046 yeah but what is the "modern" version of the seafood taco is thanks to that Lost japanese sailors that bring the tempura to that places lol

[@wetguavass]

Mexican food is the most varied in the world

[@gannielukks1811]

And Brazil has the greatest japanese community in the entire world, with more than 2 million people. That's why there's japanese-brazilian characters like Jetstream Sam, Laura and Sean Matsuda, Oro, South Terano, etc.

[@Artur_M.]

"What would these delightful Orientals think of next?" Oh, lady Saint-Tropez... You have no idea! Seriously though, this video was absolutely amazing! I knew about Hasekura's mission but I learned a lot more from this video (or were reminded about). Brilliant narration! it's such a shame that the whole thing ended in failure and Japanese diplomatic relations with Europe weren't continued. For me personally, it's a shame that the Japanese envoys had no reason to visit the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. I would love for the Samurai and the "Sarmatians" to interact and write about their mutual impression of one another. BTW, I think that the journey of Yasumasa Fukushima can be the basis of another great documentary, like this one.

[@michafracz1947]

>mfw no winged samurai

[@JavierChiappa]

Wait until you see how they make tea, or see their scissors! It's 2021 and we're still fascinated by these delightful orientals and their animated drawings :P

[@Artur_M.]

@Entel Feridun I don't entirely see how it's related. The educated ones knew what the other educated Europeans did, from the Roman sources. I assume there is something about Huns in the early parts of _Chronica seu originale regum et principum Poloniae_ written by Master Wincenty "Kadłubek", probably before he became the bishop of Krakow in 1208. However, I know that these early parts of this work, describing the ancient past, are not considered very reliable, as full of legends and fantastical elements. BTW while 'Polak' (plural 'Polacy') is how we are calling ourselves, it's not the standard way of referring to Polish people in English and I know that (at least in American vernacular) the word 'Polaks' has negative connotations. Some would say that it's a slur.

[@Artur_M.]

@Entel Feridun It's ok. Similarly, how Kadłubek was apparently trying to "correct" the fact that the ancient Roman authors didn't write anything about the ancestors of Poles, the later Polish scholars of the Renaissance era (Jan Długosz, Stanisław Orzechowski, Marcin Bielski, Marcin Kromer, and Maciej Miechowita) developed a theory that Poles, or rather the unusually numerous Polish nobility (szlachta) were descendants of the ancient Sarmatians. By Polish nobility, I also mean the Lithuanian and Ruthenian nobility of the vast Polish-Lithuanian Union, which was undergoing a process of cultural polonization in that period. The term "Sarmatism" also became synonymous with the unique culture of the szlachta, which had orientalist elements, due to contact with the Tatars and the Ottoman Empire.

[@Artur_M.]

@Entel Feridun Oh yes, the slightly-curved sabre (szabla) became the most popular type of sword in Poland in the 16th century, which was part of those "oriental" influences but most importantly and directly a Hungarian influence. The sabre became the symbol of status for a typical Polish nobleman, with which he hardly ever parted. It developed several typical Polish sub-types, like "szabla husarska" or "karabela". I've heard that the Polish sabre is popular in the HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) movement, even though we have significantly poorer sources about it than say about the rapier. There's a book in English about this subject by Richard Marsden.

[@TheGateShallStand]

Now this would make for an amazing historical-fantasy book

[@shaunstakiw2722]

James Clavell wrote Gaijin instead. 😒

[@huntrrams]

8:28 - they were probably Filipinos who were part of the Manila-Acapulco Galleon trade. Now that will be an interesting video to do!

[@TitiniusAndronicus]

Getting inside the heads of people from different ages and cultures brings a whole new dimension to perspective.

[@gatto1872]

Kingo Nonaka. He immigrated to mexico in the 1900s became a medic at a hospital where he work as a janitor. And he join the mexican revolution and was a medic at pancho villas forces

[@user-ob2uw5wm9y]

entonces es un traidor mas por que la revolucion mexicana no sirvio para nada y mexico estaba mejor con la dictadura de porfirio diaz ahahaah

[@sidrikelsd]

History is amazing this is the first time I have heard of Hasekura journey to make Japan a Christian Country even if he fails that time his later generation of people and emperor valued his heroic act and bravery, It is heartwarming

[@moniaco3462]

I am glad that Japan has not become completely Christian or Catholic country, I would not like Japanese society to suffer the ideological changes of these cults.

[@youtubeuser1528]

He wanted to destroy Japanese culture and religion.

[@gd5066]

It was also interesting how the crowd fought over the "snot rags"

[@BestOpinionHaver]

plebs gunna pleb u kno

[@waynemyers2469]

The Japanese were quite refined compared to most westerners who, at that time, still had a love-hate relationship with soap and water. A Samurai, especially, was nearly always well-groomed and even rather dapper and their things, also, were made of high-quality textiles and delicate designs and silks and leather and carved wood and, yes, their snot-rags. I've heard that the paper that Japanese tea-sets were wrapped in for their voyage to Europe and America was of such a high quality and often so beautifully embellished that is was very common to see them framed and hanging on walls, highly prized pieces of art.

[@BestOpinionHaver]

@@waynemyers2469 Yea, I got that impression too from reading Clavell. The japanese counter part I guess would the the "Eta" (dirty lower class merchants and cobblers) whom in Samurai eyes lived like barbarians or animals.

[@chaoselite33]

Mexico used to be main capital of Spain in the new world, The Philippines were also part of that Spanish empire not surprised to hear about Samurai even passing through.

[@kriskisbulck786]

I would like to thank the creator of this channel for the amazing content. And if you can excuse me now because we want to get indulged into this historical narrative now over our dinner. It's as if you are right there seeing it. Very well done!!!

[@TheSaneHatter]

When I hear that Hasakura met Will Adams, I wonder if james Clavell should have written a companion piece to "Shogun," featuring a fictionalized version of this mission to contrast, written to dovetail with the adventures of "John Blackthorne."

[@LOLHAMMER45678]

This is 100% a Clavell novel waiting to be written

[@LuccianoBartolini]

There is a Japanese colony in Bolivia called the "Okinawa Colony" and I think it would be nice to know how it came to be. If not, there were many Europeans that said Venezuela (1830-1847) was "the closest thing to Europe in hispanic America" and José Antonio Páez was kind enough to have some articles about it on his autobiography.

[@SagaciousNihilist]

There's also a Japanese community in Brazil and the Dominican Republic. Venezuela means 'Little Venice' after all, a name that it earned when it became a German colony for 20 years. Today I'd say Argentina resembles Europe the most, not only in demographics but architecture, of course with no lack of self-conscience effort from the Argentines themselves to resemble Europe.

[@maestreiluminati87]

@@SagaciousNihilist something I didn't know, is that apparently, a big portion of modern Japanese cuisine is inspired from Brazilian cuisine

[@Kniero]

@@maestreiluminati87 I believe it to be inspired more so by The Portuguese who traded directly with Japan than the Brazilians.

[@wetguavass]

@@SagaciousNihilist Mexico architecture is most like EU .... People of Argentina and Uruguay are the Euro

[@mdc3148]

I don’t think that is true of Venezuela, when Mexico City was the premier capital of New Spain, the most wealthy kingdom in the crown outside of Spain. Alexander con Humboldt also called it the City of Palaces. I’ve never heard Venezuela being as important or “closest to Europe in Hispanic America”

[@CrimsonAlchemist]

Japan was quite developed in its own ways, clean and civilized since those days.

[@thendino1]

They weren't affected by Islamic invasions which helped preserve their culture and identity...

[@nos8141]

It is old nation with much development along rest of East Asia, and has some of oldest known pottery in the world. (I think would say same about Europe as counterpart too •).

[@nos8141]

@@thendino1 um..... I think you are very mixed with different event?

[@jacksonquinn8744]

@@thendino1 no they weren't. They insulated their culture and heritage quote thoroughly. Christianity didn't even make as big of am impact as it was oppressed and I see no different happening to Islam had Muslims attempted to gain a foothold

[@samuraijackoff5354]

@@jacksonquinn8744 They also later accepted Christianity fully. The way japanese culture have survived so long is that they, as my professor called it, “Japanify” things. They take things from other cultures and change it to fit the Japanese way of life. Thus allowing them to modernize yet keep their culture and values.

[@jbos5107]

That was very interesting and so well done. I really enjoyed it. Thank you!

[@Malthanos]

This was a wonderful production. Professionally executed. Well done

[@benjaminelijah1537]

An absolutely fascinating story.. thank you for telling it.

[@RachLZelda]

Such a wonderful, well-researched video. I've been a fan for some years and always enjoy the way you bring old diary entries of one civilisation's views of another to life, but this was simply enthralling. Thank you so much for all your hard work. You could genuinely publish books on this.

[@MarcusAgrippa390]

Excellent in every way I enjoyed it immensely, thanks for the video

[@Arkangel88Mr]

Interesting story. 👍 I lived for years in Yokosuka City Japan near a train station named Anjinzuka. That area would have been part of William Adams’ (Miura Anjin) fiefdom. There was a park near our home with a grave/memorial for Adams.

[@jakemoeller7850]

What an amazing story! I was fascinated by your history lesson. Thank you.

[@ethanthomas1148]

this video is amazing, your narration is so great thank you for this

[@Numba003]

This is one of my new favorites you guys have made. Thank you so much for these. I have so many new fascinating stories to share that I had never heard before discovering this channel. Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends! :)

[@caseysilva9222]

Thankful for this story which I never heard of and hope to learn more from you by subscribing. Thank you on this history of our past.

[@BostonFenian]

This was a fascinating story and a superbly well-told one, and I don't think I've ever heard a more satisfying epilogue than the one that caps off this tale. Thanks so much for making this, 40 minutes of my time very well-spent!

[@konkyolife]

Absolutely magnificent. I’ve been living in Japan since 1994 and I never heard of this. Thank you.

[@snowcloudshinobi]

this is like a movie that plays in your head... and it's real. i love it.

[@blameks9136]

I’m newly addicted to this channel. I love history so much and didn’t know about a lot of these topics.

[@vincento1639]

Really well done. Thank you for this story!

[@jeremymanuel5803]

Heck yeah man! I've been so excited about whatever the next one is that you release and I'm glad it's on this subject I'm also super happy that it's almost 40 minutes long I'm sure they take a lot of time to make but they are definitely the best ones ☺️

[@georgelindley6752]

Before deciding to invade England in 1588, King Phillip II had seriously considered invading China using Mexicans and Japanese. Someone must have told him how huge and populous China really was. It would have been epic if he had tried. It is possible he could have succeeded as Ming China was weak. They would have had to have conquered the major ports including the riverine ports. The Manchus conquered China in 1644 with a relatively small army.

[@larshofler8298]

No. That is completely out of question. Ming in 1588 was a very powerful empire. In fact, the Brits, as well as the Iberians did try to colonize China, but they were defeated by Ming navy. The Portuguese were allowed to settle in the town of Macau, and that's the extent Europeans could colonize China. Ming empire collapsed not because of Manchu conquer, but because of domestic uprisings. The empire fell when the rebels captured Beijing. The Manchus did take advantage of the chaos and eventually became the top dog. But that took decades of wars and a lot of resistance from various indigenous populations in Ming China. The idea that any European power could colonize Ming China is utterly absurd... This is an empire that defeated a full Japanese invasion (in case you think the samurais were bad ass, they did not gain any advantage in their war against China) and sent a gigantic fleet cruising around the Indian Ocean all the way to southern Africa. Ming was anything but weak.

[@larshofler8298]

And Manchu was no small army. The Manchu lord was probably the most prominent warlord in that region, having not just Manchus and Han collaborators but also the Mongol horde fighting under his banner. He was also rich due to fur trade with the international market, which was one reason Manchus came to prominence.

[@erutjavecekad9588]

@@larshofler8298 In fact, the British fought the Ming Dynasty, and then the Ming made concessions to the British and negotiated a settlement. At that time, the British did not want to conquer the Ming Dynasty. For the British, they did not even think that this was a military conflict (let alone say war). This incident completely made the British see China as a weak country. After that, the British even planned to seize Hainan Island for a time.🤷

[@larshofler8298]

@@erutjavecekad9588 Lol that's basically fabricated with no source to back it up. There was a naval conflict between Brits and Ming China, and the Brits lost, plainly and simply. The Ming empire did not even think of the Brits as an actual invading nation, just some minor pirates of barbarian origin. Let me remind you, European powers who established themselves in the Far East were the Portuguese, the Spaniards and the Dutch, all of them defeated by Ming forces. Koxinga famously defeated the Dutch, the top-tier colonial power at the time, in Taiwan and adjacent areas, terminated Dutch ambition in China for good. The Brits, then a minor power, had exactly zero chances of conquering any part of Ming. The Chinese merchants/pirates who dominated East Asian trade at the time could have easily wiped out any British fleet. And to the contrary of your claim, Europeans in general saw China as a powerful and advanced nation at the time, with Catholic Jesuits participating in Chinese customs and conversations/collaboration with Chinese scholars. Brits barely existed in that part of the world, and I'm sure none of the regional powers even noticed them. 😂 What really changed British perception China was the Macartney delegation to Qing in 1790s, one and a half centuries after the fall of Ming. It was only during Qing/Manchu period did China begin to fall behind regarding the rest of the world. Even so, the colonial powers were still wary of Qing's defense power, since Qing army defeated both Russia and the Mongol hordes and established Qing as the strongest presence in Central Asia for some time... Get an education, son. You are practically illiterate when it comes to Asian history.

[@larshofler8298]

@@erutjavecekad9588 Also, I don't know if you've heard of Zheng He... Dude was in south Africa decades before any European knew of that place. He sailed the ocean 7 times, trading and making alliances with local kingdoms, intervened in local conflicts, but never colonized any land. His flagship was like 30 times larger than average European ship at the time... Ming China was more than capable of establishing a maritime presence around the world, but it did not. It was not a colonial-capitalist economy.

[@psoren423]

Never heard this story from history. There is so much that humanity has lived through I love finding these hidden gems. Thank you for sharing.

[@travisoutlaw9511]

This story is delivered so well. The presentation and detail in this video makes it fascinating. Subscribing to this channel

[@apch13]

What a wonderful, sensitive, thoroughly-researched little gem. Thank you so much!

[@andrewbrown6522]

I knew about some of the side stories from early readings and a bit of an obsession with Japan but didn't know about this guy. Very neat story. Thank you!

[@LumocolorARTnr1319]

Great work done on this channel, thank you!

[@helensevers495]

A fascinating story very well told thankyou for the great content

[@liliencalvel6151]

Wow! I teared up in the last minute.

[@BigRuntz510]

This channel makes my drive home much peaceful and not to mention the knowledge my mind is getting!!!! This is amazing never knew a Japanese samurai made it to my beautiful country of Mexico 🇲🇽! We welcome everyone!

[@giorgiobeltramigonzalez1761]

This story is so awe striking I kid you not I stood up and clapped at the end for a whole 20s. Kudos, I love your channel

[@davidec.4021]

Simply incredible. Thank you.

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

The Kiecho embassy was as much a power play by Date Masamune as a pet project by the Franciscan Luis Sotelo (1574-1624). Sotelo wanted his order to establish pledominance in the north east of Japan to compit with the power of the Jesuits in the Northwest. One interesting thing is that a group of japanese from the embassy established themselves in Coria del Río, on the shores of the Guadalquivir river ,where their descendants adopted the surname "Japón", and still live in the area.

[@SamwellBritton]

Fascinating. The account of William Adams (Miura ANjin) immediately struck me as the obvious inspiration for the character of John Blackthorne (Anjin San) in the awesome James Clavell book, 'Shogun'. I always knew the book was a fiction but that there must have been a link to a real historical figure. Thank you so much for revealing this true story!

[@a.x.marcus4627]

How you tell the story is highly enjoyable and engaging. Thank you!

[@Hossak]

Beautifully done. This story brought me to tears, thank you so much.

[@Luis-un4xl]

Idk how this ended up on my feed but glad it did. Clicked out of curiosity and boom.. watched the whole thing, and I don't feel less stupid! Thanks 👍 😊

[@HAMMER_2.2]

PBS' Secrets of the Dead has an episode coming out about this on Nov 17th. I believe its called 'Samurai in the Vatican'. *edit* Good news, some generous soul has uploaded it to youtube!! Catch it before its gone!

[@archeogaming]

This was such an amazing story and a great recounting of the tale. thank you for that.

[@vinnybasciano874]

THANK YOU FOR PRESERVING HISTORY

[@demiansolis]

Bravo! Excellent video, well documented and produced. Here in Mexico, painted on the walls of a 16th century Catholic Cathedral, frescoes depicting the martyrdom of the Spanish missionaries in Japan can be seen until today. As the video explains, México-New Spain was the link between the Far East and Old Spain. Due to this fact, in the 17th century Mexico City was a bustling metropolis, a melting pot of different races and cultures: Indians, Europeans, Black people, Jews (hidden, of course) and some Japanese. When the persecution of Christians started in Japan, the Japanese Christians begged the Spaniards to save them, so the Spaniards brought to Mexico some of these Japanese men and women. I ignored that if Japan closed itself to the rest of the world for 2 centuries was thanks to the machinations and plots of the perfidious Albion, but I am not surprised.

[@maligjokica]

imagine of that bloody heretics did not sucesed as they did! ,japan will be something like a Filipina today.Ofcours the Spanish could not rule or govern or even concuered japan but Christianity and the europian link will do its part. oh well!....its is like it is.

[@Cholimao]

@@maligjokica The retroccession of the Phillipines it's their own fault spain left that Place 100 years ago enough time to make progress, oh wait i forgot the Americans sacked the Philippines even more in just 40 years than the spaniards in 300 years

[@wetguavass]

Mexicans are mostly native American, but at the same time, the are the most Mixed people on the planet, .... has a 200 year head start on the USA in terms of Mixing of people. ...UNAM says Mexican mestizo has 70% DNA of Native American origin, the rest is from all over the world

[@user-lv9pr9or2h]

・Christians sell their land without permission. ・Selling Japanese as slaves all over the world. ・Destroy shrines and temples. It is natural to be persecuted. Japan doesn't want to be like the Philippines.

[@matttriano]

Thanks for doing this, very well researched and clearly told. Reputation meant a great deal to our ancestors. To their detriment.

[@superfluous85]

I learned something new today! Thank you for the lovely video.

[@Quasiguambo]

This was so well done.. I actually had to wipe away a single man tear at the there. These videos are so well made, stories so well told. You are a fine fit for the job you chose.

[@addictedtochocolate920]

It's so bizarre to imagine this as a Mexican. Japanese people like it here, but they also get hella confused

[@marisolamaya159]

Makes sense, Mexico is a culturally rich country

[@ilikeyourbody4537]

@@marisolamaya159 not anymore sadly

[@dnxrru1176]

@@ilikeyourbody4537 as long as the indigenous tribes are here, then part of that cultural richness will live on.

[@ilikeyourbody4537]

@Michelle im talking about the cartel. When I go to visit my fam is luckily located in whats basically a desert town but even then I see the turret trucks roaming around

[@ilikeyourbody4537]

@@dnxrru1176 yea true

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Brilliantly told. What a fascinating moment in Nipa-European History.

[@snedler]

Can't believe i first found this channel now.. I love history and my sponge craves more input❤😊 Awsome documentary! Have a lot more to watch😊

[@Cobra-yo7fx]

Nice video! Thank god this video and this channel appeared in my home feed! This video is very interesting!

[@burricanecarter]

I love the presentation of this video. I'm not a native speaker so I like the fact that you take your time when you talk and not speak to fast or use short cuts to create a feel of excitement.

[@jotcw81]

Agreed, the reading is just perfect.

[@seanpoore2428]

This is the coolest history channel out there

[@michaelfrazer1807]

Thank You for sharing. Have a fantastic day

[@NicklasNylander87]

Very well produced! I thoroughly enjoyed it :)

[@chrisball3778]

You've got to wonder what Adams and Cocks thought they were up to, and whether they were acting in the name of the English crown or on their own initiative. England had been at peace with Spain since 1604, and maintaining that peace was one of the most important aspects of King James' foreign policy. Walter Raleigh was executed in 1618 because he jeopardised the peace when his men attacked a Spanish settlement in Venezuela. I suspect they were either acting on old orders because they were so far away from home, or (more likely) simply spreading popular anti-Spanish and anti-Catholic prejudices they held due to their upbringing. Hasekura's embassy possibly failed more by accident than design.

[@datboitachanka5318]

Yeah, that got me wondering as well. What was their end goal? For sure Adams would be aware of the growing anti-European and anti-Christian sentiment from inside-out the shogunate. How could they not predict that feeding the shogun with only bad information about europeans and christianity in general would break the camel's back, ensuing in a mass ban of everything related to them? I mean, they both weren't exactly trained diplomats or spies, so they might not have known the impact of their words, but they were good enough to survive and build something in a completely foreign place and set of challenging circumstances. I'd like to know what happened to them after this blunder.

[@AR-tk3cr]

James Clavell’s book Shogun was a novel based on this time period. If this history of Japan interests you I highly recommend it.

[@gjmjajaj]

I love that book...he also wrote Taipan.. another good one

[@KC-bg1th]

God, this makes my workday enjoyable. I don't feel like I'm doing work when I hear the storytelling like this. Your narration is key.

[@Maverick.369]

This was very well done. Go the tears going at the end

[@iconicginger195]

This is the most underrated channel.

[@The__Pioneer]

I love culture shock from people of the East visiting the west! It would be the same if a cosmonaut found a civilized alien civilisation

[@ThePoliticrat]

East is East and West is West, and ne’er the Twain shall meet.

[@chibiromano5631]

The Ainu were related to the Aztec via the Tlingit. Haplogroup D1 was found in all 3, and linguistic similarities too ; Dene Causcasian theory. I guess it would be like if us Earthlings travlled to Titan and found settlements of a human like people that spoke a similar langauge to us.... we go on to find out that they were speaking an older form of Proto Indo European and that they were originally from Earth but had left earth 15,000 years ago. It would be weird to see a Japanese samurai react to seeing an Aztec and Tlingit , an indirect descendant of the Mongolian, Yenesian and Ainu.

[@redcell9636]

@@chibiromano5631 that is actually kinda of interesting when you think about it. A lot of people make similarities that the Ainu looked similar to the Scythians, probably the Yian group/clan. Also coming from similar origins. Interdasting.

[@kidgoku2206]

Do you know about The Monkey King, the journey to the West

[@abstractfactory8068]

Not at all.

[@cvdynasty7]

This was just utterly amazing...

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

This is unexpected. Thank You for sharing us these never before seen and unheard of stories.