Japanese Warrior Women - Female Samurai DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of Armies and Tactics continues with an episode on the Onna-musha - Japanese warrior women. Who were they, how they fought, how were they perceived by society?
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[@ajithsidhu7183]

Please do one on the sikh empire

[@Abhishek-sr2pu]

Plz make a mini series on either kannujj tripartite struggle or anglo-mysore wars.

[@julian-p]

please do Sanada Yukimura, he's consider one of samurais who only appear in a 100 year

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When a video about the tocharians????

[@benfletcher8469]

@Kings and Generals Can you make a video on Columbus being Portuguese?! Have you read the book by Mascarenhas Barreto called ‘The Portuguese Columbus’. It goes into detail on theories of Columbus’s origin and suggests he was actually Portuguese. Really compelling book ! Can you make a video on it!?

[@robbysnipes483]

Lord Kiso- “I will not die fighting side by side with a woman” “how about side by side with a friend” -Tomowae probably

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nice one

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“Of course you won’t die, I will take care of them all by myself.”

[@tsmlaska7761]

It is beneficial for you to read all of them. I would like to say the questions you have in mind. Today, Turks are divided into two as Oghuz and Kipchak Turks. Oghuz Turks 71 million Turks living in Anatolia and 10 million Turks living in Azerbaijan Kipchaks Kazakhs and Uzbekistan These countries came together in Asia and formed the Turkish identity. Many Turks came to Anatolia with the Mongol pressure and the remaining Turks got their present appearance by mixing with the Mongols. However, although the people of Uzbekistan are from the Kipchak tribe, they resemble Anatolian Turks more than Kazakhs. This is proof that Ethnic Turks are similar to Europeans. In addition, it has been determined that some of the people living in Anatolia have Turkish blood even though they are of Greek origin. While the Anatolian Turks came to Anatolia from Central Asia, they only mixed with the Greeks, but not much. In addition, Turks do not have blond hair in their genes, they have colored eyes. Since Armenians lived in Eastern Anatolia after Ottoman rule, Turks did not mix with Armenians in any way, so Turks did not mix with Armenians in any way, but Turks looked more like Greeks and then Uzbeks. You emerge in the east. One of you is European, the other is like Chinese. However, most of the Turks living in Asia are Mongols, almost all of the Mongols in the world have been Turks. The greatest evidence of the European appearance of ethnic Turks. Look at the photo of Commander Alparsla, who brought the Turks from Central Asia to Anatolia. It is very similar to the Anatolian Turks. In fact, Turks living in Anatolia are more ethnic than Turks living in Asia because Anatolian Turks mixed only with Greeks, Asian Turks with Mongols, Chinese, Slavs and Afghans.

[@vit968]

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[@Kogasengaha_Hishoshi]

Think It's "Tomoe" Not *Click* *WaE* lol

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The animation was amazing

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The animation with his episode is really good . The Japanese artwork definitely worked out really good with the animation . Good job guys 👍

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well*

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I cannot unhear this: "The first emperor of Japan...Jimmy"

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It's Jimmu, but Ok.

[@PerryKobalt]

@@podemosurss8316 yeah I too have Dyslexia as well and burst laughing when I read First Emperors Jimmie Neutron

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JIMMY’S OK!

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The artwork for this episode is amazing!

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Sigh. Starts up Shogun 2. Ah shit, here we go again.

[@mkratos17]

Ikr i played that game so much its the best total war for me the new ones are kinda trash lol

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

@@mkratos17 ME2 then Shogun 2 Best Total Wars

[@mkratos17]

@@leobezard5998 yeah ikr lol

[@jimelliott8931]

@@mkratos17 reverse for me the realm divide mechanic i thought was utterly shit oh shall i take another territory oh no cant as it will tigger realm divide

[@vHeartAndS0ul]

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[@Newidhan]

during the mongol invasions women could still inherit property, and thus the obligation of military service to their lord. Most paid for stand-in men to go in their stead, but on at least one documented occasion a woman donned her father's armor and went to guard the wall and watch for mongols

[@minokt7792]

Usually,the main duties of a wife of Samurai were to look after and educate their children knowing that the husband could be dead at any time once they went to battle. warriors were gathered and went to battle ground far away from their homes. women warriors were less common than this video is trying to impress you as if they had been. anyway, i take this video just for pure entertainment.

[@Newidhan]

@@minokt7792 When you say *usually* you need to specify which period you're talking about. People mostly only know Japan in the sengoku jidai era and onwards and assume that's just how it was for the 1000 years of recorded history that preceded it. The Samurai were still a rather fresh idea during the mongol invasions and the conventions that would be codefied in the Edo period were not yet present or set on stone in the 1300s

[@UmamiPapi]

Are we talking about history or Disney's Mulan at this point?

[@Newidhan]

@@UmamiPapi I'm talking about recorded Japanese history xP

[@finalfrontier001]

@@Newidhan yes it was can you show evidence for female role in government?

[@KUREIJIMAN]

Lord Kiso probably just didn't want to see Tomoe die in front of him that's why he said those mean things

[@alucard347]

Sounds fair and fantastic.

[@robertrodriguezharo1906]

Officially Devin's story 'Nariko's Treasure' is a true example of cases like the ones described in this wonderful video. Really should check it out through his link in the description!

[@ahumpierrogue137]

The art is awesome for this episode. I love how you have the art for Empress Jingu's story with the buildings and clothing in a much later, more recognizable pop style while the art for the real Himiko has more period accurate clothing and buildings.

[@ltmatthewakj2466]

Onna Bushi! - a line that every Shogun 2 knows beside " SHAMEFUR DISPRAY"

[@JohnnyElRed]

"You must commit sudoku!"

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@@JohnnyElRed 😂😂😂😂

[@CanadaMMA]

My lord! A glorious like will soon be yours!

[@Dfathurr]

OUR MAN HAD RUNNING FROM THE BATTREFIERD

[@mfundonkosi6927]

The illustrations are stunning.

[@rachedbchennaty7775]

Great job K&G, the narrative and animation are wonderful

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This was awesome. My son (12) and I really enjoyed this. Thank you.

[@yousefshahin2654]

The animation in this video is so good, thanks for this informative and useful content

[@esmenhamaire6398]

I loved the graphics for this video! Well done, whoever was responsible!

[@lightblue254]

Absloutly beautiful looking episode and great story, something I never knew about, thanks for sharing :)

[@benjaminrees6665]

One of the very best channels. The animation was amazing. Comparatively, I know little of Japan's history. Some religious,warring states, etc. Great stuff excited bro see more on japan

[@molybdaen11]

I like that you keept the art style consistant. Good work.

[@paulluka2029]

Watching kings and generals videos is like traveling to the past and actually feel like you are there.

[@davidpeterson5647]

You know, a Kurosawa-inspired adaptation of the story of Tomoe would be pretty neat to see. Is there anything like that already done, by chance?

[@karl-axelknutson909]

There is about Takeda Shingen’s warrior mistress...Yae?...in Ten to Chi to 天と地と Heaven and Earth movie 80’s

[@stevengreen9536]

@@karl-axelknutson909 So that is who Lady Yae is supposed to be. I always wondered about that.

[@legion999]

@@karl-axelknutson909 I was just thinking about that. Her death was sad, I remember Takeda just shut his eyes when he heard the news. That one dickless coward just shot her from a distance.

[@FieryCheeze]

The 2017 film, Sekigahara, follows Ishida Mitsunari. There are many references to kunoichi (female ninjas) and onna-musha are regularly seen in the battle sequences. I believe one of Ishida's allies goes to war accompanied by his wife in armor.

[@stevengreen9536]

@@FieryCheeze I may have to check that one out.

[@maverikmiller6746]

16:13 Women are shorter than men. Having a weapon with reach closes that gap somewhat and added momentum from a large overhead strike helps close difference in muscle power.

[@mercistephens7325]

@@AeneasGemini Your line of thinking makes no sense. You imply women would make worse warriors because we're more risk averse and battlefields are risky areas but it would probably have the opposite effect. The best warriors don't take needless risks, if they did they probably would have died earlier on. The best warriors weighed the advantages and disadvantages of their moves and typically made the right decision...which is how you imply women are.

[@KingNoTail]

@@mercistephens7325 Well said, I agree.

[@angquangnguyenthac2833]

Not really. Male Samurai used mostly Dai-Katana (big boi Katana, similar to a Bastard Sword), No-Dachi (Great Katana) and Naginata as well. In fact, Naginata is more common in Feudal Japan than most katana types due to their reach and power swing. Warrior woman using Naginata is just them basically having standard weaponry and fight with standard weaponry, nothing more.

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

@@AeneasGemini While the added reach would be benificial, most polearms tend to be heavier than swords which is why the various HEMA channels of KZbin seem to agree that two handed swords (where the weight is supported by both arms instead of just one) are probably the best choice for someone with less brute strength. Though if you can keep the polearm light enough, or just have the woman who plans on using it train enough to handle the additional weight the extra reach would be quite valuable - especially if she's short, as you can't kill your enemies if they can simply stay out of your reach. (That's why I gravitate towards pole arms and staff weapons. Gotta compensate for only being five feet tall somehow...) As for psychology, that doesn't seem to be a huge factor. The bigger issues with women participating in combat are culture (sexism has exisisted a very long time,) and issues related to reproduction. Namely that if you have a coed army, chances are at least some of your soldiers will have to take off for maternity leave (with less effective birth control, accidental pregnancies were more common historically.) As well as the unfortunate but very real threat of rape - which happened to men too obviously, but would be more likely to happen to women (assuming anyone could actually tell the difference with armor...) Plus if we're talking large scale conflict, losing a bunch of young reproductive-age women in a war would also make it harder for a country's population to recover once the war ended.

[@salimzwein9034]

Loved it and loved the art!

[@meugen06]

I love this Channel.I always learn something new.

[@darthmikelis]

Superb as always.

[@deadby15]

Tomoe Mami was named after the famous female warrior in the Genpei War.

[@finalfrontier001]

its all fantasy no evidence.

[@Nsan]

Thanks for this educational video.

[@Kurtizss]

The First documented anime girls on the battle front in ancient japan

[@whathell6t]

@Kurtys *Tokusatsu, not anime

[@mingming919]

Japanese people aren’t anime people. That’s like calling Americans cartoon people. Call their great artwork of female samurai the first “anime girls” on the battlefront.

[@whathell6t]

@@mingming919 However! That doesn’t stop Asians calling Japanese the Tokusatsu people since Asian got exposed to Tokusatsu medium way before anime.

[@mingming919]

@@whathell6t for sure, I also disagree with that as well. It’s just naming ppl based on your cultures perception of their art. Would be like calling Koreans “Manhwa ppl” if the first form of art you found from korea was Korean manhwa (the art is beautiful, some of the plots are... not as beautiful 😭😭🤣).

[@richardlowe1469]

@@mingming919 The “cartoon people” title would actually go to the French. They invented it.

[@MandalorSkyrd]

An oval cross-section for a pole weapon doesn't so much influence the thrusting capacity as it helps greatly for the edge alignment of the blade when cutting. A spear being basically only used for thrusting, having a circular cross-section is just a good and easier to produce

[@briiteNIITEliite]

art style in this video is awesome!!

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , K&G .

[@priyanshupradhan7318]

Samurai women that's something different as japanese were mainly a patriarchal society thanks to Kings and Generals for such information

[@priyanshupradhan7318]

@@AeneasGemini That's quite interesting such information should be spread far and wide especially here in west as we regard the Far East as a traditionalist patriarchal society

[@priyanshupradhan7318]

@@AeneasGemini Thanks for sharing this information

[@axelandersson6314]

@@priyanshupradhan7318 Although today East Asians seem to be comparably egalitarian, considering how miniscule their gender pay gap is in the United States.

[@priyanshupradhan7318]

@@axelandersson6314 That's the benifit of globalisation

[@priyanshupradhan7318]

@@veronicalogotheti5416 That's true

[@waffle-waffle5416]

I love that animated traditional Japanese Illustration

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Nice video from wonderful historical knowledge publishing channel. ...including presents of female samurai in early Japan umpire ....too nice video 👍👍👍👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@JohnnyElRed]

Never had heard of Tomoe Gozen before. Her story seems very interesting, and I want to know more. What didn't surprise me the least is that when I looked her up, one of the first images to pop was one of her "Fate" version. She used to have white hair, red eyes, and demon horns, apparently.

[@ninjaluc79]

That's just how obscure the onna bugeisha of Japan are. The most famous of them is Tomoe Gozen, and yet she shows up on Google Search as a character from a video game called Fate Grand Order.

[@yaldabaoth2]

99.99% of warriors were men. The rest are outlyers, the stories are mythical legends. About as credible as Homer's Illias and Odyssey.

[@ninjaluc79]

@@yaldabaoth2 That's because the writers of old histories were also men, but it's not their fault that female warriors are rare either. There are certainly real life female warriors such as Khutulun, the Wrestler Princess and great-granddaughter of Genghis Khan, Telesilla, the poetess who beat the freaking Spartans (specifically Leonidas's father Cleomenes), and the all-female Dahomey Amazons which served as basis for the Dora Milaje in Black Panther.

[@marloyorkrodriguez9975]

Concerning Amazons well as much as possible legends of concerning them has been traced to the historical Scythian and other steppe tribes while such female warriors are rarity as much as possible most what could be considered as female warriors are nobles not commoners.

[@EnglishPoo]

Oh my.

[@spacewalkerrr]

the visual quality in this video was amazing..so stylish...

[@travdaddy11]

This was beautiful. Outstanding animation! Great job!

[@jjdejag2704]

Great video! We need more Japanese videos

[@whatiszuname7701]

*Samurai exists* Everyone: Now that’s cool

[@rizalalbar]

Well i mean, from what it told from the tale. they are kinda cool though.

[@thesheepersgame5199]

Himiko is the one featured on the first Tomb Raider remake game. Highly fictionalized since she was still alive there but fun fact. I hope you create more about Japan's history like famous battles or famous Daimyo/warriors from Sengoku Jidai.

[@marcusviniciusmagalhaesdea3779]

9:00 Himiko's legend is showed in the Tomb Raider game from 2013.

[@thadsul]

I'm pretty sure the Himiko in tomb raider is fiction, just like her island. But the name seems obviously inspired

[@westrim]

@@thadsul The island is named Yamato, one of the historical names of Japan. This is what I call "not a coincidence": they just condensed and adapted the legend to suit their needs.

[@thadsul]

@@westrim character and place names being the same (for obvious reasons, it's an inspiration) doesn't mean they are the same. That's what I meant with "inspired by". Many other aspects of the legendary japanese princess are present in TRs story (like her being a powerful sorceress that controls everything in her domain and is heavily protected) but I wouldn't say it's a depiction of the original legend.

[@zachfox5969]

It's best to completely ignore Hollywood history.

[@alex_spartan1805]

Tomb Raider (2011) and Shogun 2 vibes; thank you Kings & Generals!

[@brokenbridge6316]

Samurai Women are often so overlooked. I'm glad that Tomoe Gozen was mentioned. We could use a few more video's on other Warrior Women. Also I hope that we do get an Assassin's Creed Game based in Japan. And I hope the main character is a woman. And not a man. (I dare you to make me reconsider this). My compliments to those who made this video a reality.

[@brokenbridge6316]

@Paulo Ramos---I believe she's real.

[@gaiusiulius7724]

Amazing visual design.

[@kubotheslovak]

the dying sounds of the horses gave me flashbacks to stronghold crusader thanks KG

[@davidharris3728]

I'm curious, were the characters of Tomoe and Masako in Ghost of Tsushima inspired by their real life counterparts?

[@Brand131]

I think much of this is just speculation. Just notice how often words like maybe, could be, likely, possibly etc are used. Also with Tomeo Gozen, on her wikipedia page it's stated that there is no actual historic evidence of her, just fictional stories.

[@finalfrontier001]

@@Brand131 its all fictional stuff from Edo era.

[@julian-p]

other than tomoe gozen which some consider a tale story, there's also a female that got fame in battle field, in sengoku jidai era. she's also a princess, her name is "kai-hime", daughter of the head of narita clan, retainer of hojo clan...she manage to defend oshi castle against ishida mitsunari, the same time with siege of odawara. Ishida mitsunari failure, led him to be mocked and eventually one of the reason many daimyo betrayed him in sekigahara

[@WatcherMovie008]

Noble Phantasm...partial deployment! Give me flame! The brilliance of the morning sun! *grabs the enemy and yeets them to the Sun* Burn...engulf it all! *Aims directly into the sun's light, releasing a gigantic arrow of fire, incinerating the opponent as it collide*

[@FranciscoSilva84]

great video

[@paulwallis7586]

A naginata or extended reach weapon makes sense. Tomoe also makes sense - Good tactics and a good warrior in that last fight.

[@christopherhanton6611]

very good video i have lot of books on my kindle about samurai men and women

[@Isoroku21]

Great video! The blade Tomoe used might've been short sword wakizashi given she used it to decapitate hostile samurai.

[@etep878]

Can you do the Satsuma Rebellion and other Meiji era revolts using this animation? Much appreciated

[@marcelosilveira2276]

16:40 while you don't exactly need to be strong to properly wield a sword, it does give an advantage, moreover, a katana is relatively short sword when compared to it's european counterparts, meaning there was less of a distance to cross to grapple the opponent, in which case, strenght was a huge factor. A naginata is a surprisingly agile weapon, and though I only faced it one time when I praticed kenjutsu, it's advantage in both reach and speed against a sword would easily give any woman the advantage when face against a sword. Of course, swords were secondary weapons, not main weapons, and whoever invaded their household in times of war would likely have a battlefield weapon, not a self-defense weapon, so this could also be a factor. in a loose comparisson with modern parameters, poleweapons would be rifles and swords would be pistols, one is definitely easier to carry around to defend yourself against ambushes, but the other will give you the advantage on the battlefield, except in really tight places. You don't see many people walking with rifles around (in most of the world), the pistol being a much better choice for concealed carry/self defense in public places, but if you can have a long barreled gun at home, it will do a much better job at protecting yourself and your family against invaders. Though, maybe not so much of a good job at protecting your things.

[@peterulrich8860]

Strength aside, there is also the question of reach. On average, women are shorter than men and would therefore be at a disadvantage if wielding a weapon of the same or smaller size than their male opponent. Also consider that the katana, like European swords of the medieval period, were rarely if ever the main weapon for battle. Bringing up your comparison to modern firearms, a frontline soldier is equipped with a rifle vice a handgun, due to the increased capability as an instrument of war.

[@Pan_Z]

The naginata was a common weapon on the Japanese battlefield in general. Wonder if it was more common for warrior women.

[@niikiyama]

wasnt the title before Onna-musha - Japanese Warrior Women? kinda liked that more than the current title still good video tho as always

[@jonbaxter2254]

More warrioir women! Celtic, germanic, Persian, Aztec! All of them

[@usvidragonslayer3091]

This video is cool!

[@Zephyriia]

beautiful art

[@louischo2701]

2:52 Nariko's Treasure flashbacks...

[@irajabaly]

These were admirable and bold female fighters of the world, such as amazons of the king of Benin . Thanks for this history of the Samurai often occulted and not well known

[@ronin47-ThorstenFrank]

Another good one. However: this time happened a grave error around 3:10 . ".such as China, Persia and Rome..". Why is Persia is mentioned here? Persia is (and was for a long time) and it´s adherent cultures were one of the historic groups which was famous for employing women in their forces and as rulers. Especially the Sassanian dynasty should be mentioned here.

[@lucaskollet797]

beutifull art, just amazing

[@takeealshawi7595]

You need to do the war in Karbala or the lives of ahel al bait Love your videos

[@reveriesend4668]

Lord Kiso didn't have problems fighting while alive alongside a woman but had problems fighting to the death alongside a woman? Patriarchistic he may have been, that doesn't really make sense, does it? Don't forget: there's a chance she's also technically his mistress. If she's been wearing samurai-like armors, there's a chance she's been sworn to similar vow. So she's not allowed to drop her armors just like that. Onna-musha, afaik, was practically priestess warrior. What probably happened? Kiso prob truly loved her. Kiso wanted her out of the campaign, but she refused, citing her vow (that even Kiso couldn't refute and cancel just like that, for it would be an insult to her conviction and to the culture and religion taught by his ancestors). Only when Kiso was practically in front of his death door, did she listen. Kiso/poets had to word it like that, for what Kiso did was an insult to Tomoe. Even then: Tomoe still didn't want to follow the order, so she took a fair gamble: if she had lived, she would see that as Divine Providence and leave. If she dies, then she dies. She didn't die, that's why she dropped her armor: as a symbol that she (and anything that was inside her. yes, I mean it that way) had revoked all her status, rights and duty with it, and she would continue to live as a normal, gentry peasant, not interrupting with the business of her lord's enemies. But ofc personal or familial vengeance is vengeance, so that's different matter.

[@deadby15]

Tomoe would rather die with Kiso, but Kiso wanted her to live. So Kiso talked as if he thought lightly of Tomoe's prowess so Tomoe gets pissed and leaves him. But Tomoe could see his real intentions, so she chose to leave.

[@Blackdragon1331]

Amaterasu and Susanoo, now it's my time to shine!

[@joesomebody3365]

Great work on the water color styled Japanese themed artwork; reminds me of Shogun 2 in a great way.

[@ShadesApeDJansu]

I have always wondered if in my country Finland there were female warrior's that of viking style, somehow seeing that Japanese women fought on as samurai i might even be able to dream that even Finland had it's warrior women and i think i do not differ from the truth by much. I loved the video

[@deadby15]

The Celts had a female warrior tradition.

[@paxromana9709]

Devin narrating stories about Japanese warrior women, hmmmmm..... This sounds very familiar.

[@tntaclegrape]

Now we just need a sengoku jidai mod for Bannerlord and we'll have Nariko 2.0.

[@kittogashi8561]

It's weird how KaG has nearly two million subs and yet it seems like so few carry over to watch Devin's content.

[@theawesomeman9821]

Homer's Odessy? The Amazons? The Fire Nation? Kyoshi Island warriors?

[@fatalshore5068]

@@theawesomeman9821 Pretty sure at least one of these is made up. (Not the last two, they are for reals)

[@paxromana9709]

@@theawesomeman9821 I'm aware of warrior women in history and fiction. But that's not what I was referring to.

[@stevemcqueen7735]

Never heard of female samurai before. I have known about their martial art naginata and how they would fight to defend their households and castles. I would say the naginata is equal to the glaive in it's usage. Ghost of tsumia has a female character Tomei a traitours student of a bow sensei. Would like to hear more about the mongols and japan and the monks vs the samurai period as well.

[@pakshirajan8585]

Make a video on Chauhan dynasty (500-1315 CE)

[@dirtypure2023]

Love the art and animations

[@varaddongre8042]

Hey, i beg to differ over the dagger used in that battle even though the daggers other than the center ones are tantos the one used was a wakizashi usually used along side a katana or stand alone because of its katana like features but higher mobility and light weight

[@hafissep8442]

Cool Man ... it is great

[@victoroduor3915]

I really enjoyed this particularly episode. Maybe it's because I love the idea of strong inspiring women. Nonetheless keep up the good work. Your content is a godsend.

[@lerneanlion]

Whenever the topic about the Mongol invasions of Japan is brought up, I always wondered what it could have been if the Mongols successfully conquered Japan and held it for a period. How will this affect Japan and the rest of the world if this happened?

[@cegesh1459]

@@ChevyChase301 Oh it had great effects on China, more than you would think.

[@NMahon]

@@ChevyChase301 difference is that there was a lot of invasions and cultural exchange between china and other parts of the world whereas Japan was much more insular. There would have certainly been a lasting impact

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Teacher: Girls, we’re going to a Samurai museum! Girls: Ugh... ew. Samurai is such a man thing, why can’t we visit Fuji instead... Other girls: *T E N N O H E I K A! B A N Z A I!*

[@budakbaongsiah]

*HEIKA

[@waipalisrevenge3707]

Could you please make more videos on the indian subcontinent or the ancient america?

[@matthewbadley5063]

Love that a lot of different history channels are covering warrior women of the past and showing that while men dominated combat often, women who fought were not the rare exceptions we're often led to believe. In fact, I find it interesting that much of the world had a drive towards patriarchal domination around the same time, with the development of confucianism (late BCs) and christianity/islam (early ADs)

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

It’s just the great tragedy of the past. Women are capable warriors, leaders, and so on, but certain men happened to exactly line up and get lucky enough to brainwash society that somehow women were inferior, thus screwing them over for most of history and across most societies. Women are not weak, nor are they lesser to men, yet somehow our so-called “rational thinking male” ancestors didn’t see it that way, including geniuses like Aristotle!

[@zionnewkirk4838]

I would love to see some videos breaking down the scottish wars for independence!!!

[@theawesomeman9821]

"They may take our lives!- But they may never take our freedom!!!"

[@spacewalkerrr]

and we want more videos about prominent women in history please!

[@WorgenGrrl]

During the Samurai era, women of the Samurai class were on charge of their Lord Husband's home which included his finances. As they were the rulers of their husband's house that duty also extended to it's defence which is why they were allowed to train in the use of weapons.

[@NoJokes11B]

The last women warriors probably fought in the Battle or Aizu. The most famous being Yamamoto Yae who defending Wakamatsu castle and Aizu fighting with her Spencer rifle.

[@maximiliansnukat6717]

More epic japanese stories please

[@AbuChanOfficial]

This is great documentary

[@phoeniximperator]

do one of King John II of Portugal please

[@tacticalbandicoot4003]

Female samurais?? *Weebish asthmatic breathing INTENSIFIES*

[@denniscleary7580]

Warrior women of history don’t get enough credit, they have shown they can be just as noble and just as fearsome in battle. Thanks kings

[@minisaiju7699]

and generals

[@jeremymanikin1496]

@@AeneasGemini Only because they where few warrior women doesn't mean the ones that did fight shouldn't be respected as much as the men.

[@robmckrill3134]

Best history channel ever.... nothing more to add

[@Almugavar]

Also, it was not uncommon for entire cavalry units of Onna Bushi to be fielded in early Japan.

[@Jobe-13]

A sword named “Cloud Cluster” sounds oddly really cool.

[@rommelluna9613]

Tomoe Gozon, that sounds familiar. Wait its Chie Satonaka initial persona!

[@nathanielcrosby2426]

>tfw no cute onnabushi to go into battle with

[@jacksonguillory8114]

@@comradekenobi6908 indeed.

[@username12120]

Why even live, bros...

[@ShqipeKnocksMMA]

Nobunaga and Onimusha next

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

Japanese women samurai were similar in idea to the Viking shield maiden. They are female warriors who fought beside and against men warriors in battle.

[@beepo5448]

Question; What's the difference between a tanto and a wakizashi

[@nidhal4]

Can you in the future make videos about middle ages dynasties in the middle east and north africa? like the hafsides, the aghlabids, the marinids, the mamluks etc..... and videos about pre-islamic arabian kingdoms especially in yemen and oman!

[@thebigone6071]

I’ve seen female ninjas in Ninja Scroll fam! I can’t believe that was actually a historical documentary!!!