The English Samurai | William Adams

[@kevinnorwood8782]

The real life inspiration behind the story "Shogun". This guy's story has always fascinated me since the first time I heard about him.

[@thetruthhurts7675]

james Clavell said as much himself. Shogun is based loosely upon what happened to Adams. If you really want to know history of Japan then do look up the most famous Briton in Japan. This is Thomas Blake Glover. He alone single handedly dragged Japan into the modern world, he helped end the shogun era, and there is a national holiday in his name each year in Japan.

[@user-mu5so7te1v]

​@@thetruthhurts7675そんな祝日日本にはありません。

[@thetruthhurts7675]

@@user-mu5so7te1v But Oh there is. Japan even has a British warship bought over there because of him on a small island as a museum. It is called the Mikassa.

[@しおんぬ-i9p]

In the immediate vicinity of Yokosuka, where the US military base in Japan is located, there is a place called Anjinzuka. The name comes from the fact that this area was a territory given to William by Shogun Tokugawa, and that his memorial tower (->zuka) was built there after his death. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anjinzuka_Station

[@BundtLust]

I spent five years stationed in Yokosuka and really enjoyed learning the history of Adams!

[@stevenbaer5999]

​@@BundtLustI have to say that you were actually looking at history as a great respect and honor about Anjin.

[@stevenbaer5999]

He was actually given a Japanese samurai death and honor since he was actually a foreign samurai but still a samurai warrior. ⚔️🇯🇵🗾🪦⚔️

[@chrismumby9496]

As a kid, I used to pass a statue of him on the way to school, in Chatham, early '60s

[@Weda01]

13:24 It's a misconception that William Adams was the first known western samurai. A Dutch merchant named Jan Joosten (in Japanese known as Yayosu) who was on the same ship was made a samurai at the same time as William Adams.

[@alexlyster3459]

So he was the first, just not the only first Western Samuri? It's a title they would share as the first Western Samuri?

[@kevind3974]

Yes. even then they’re technically not the first as yasuke beat them to that title almost 40 years prior. Of course in that case it was just honerary and not literal as he was not made samurai. But he was given a sword by oda thou no land.

[@eatcarpet]

@@kevind3974 I guess first European or first English.

[@kevind3974]

@@eatcarpet nope he dos have that title with ought a question. yasuke was african

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

@@kevind3974 Its disputed if Yasuke was ever made samurai, there for William Addams is the first undisputed western Samurai.

[@stevenbaer5999]

I love the movie called Shogun in 1980, some of it was actually very extremely accurate and also other parts were actually Hollywood. Richard Chamberlain a British actor became the English navigator and samurai warrior. In the movie he wanted to go back to England but in reality he stayed in Japan for being a samurai, having samurai warriors under his command, property,a Japanese woman, land, servants, and also being looked up as an important person. Miura Anjin is his Japanese name due to his land and property in Miura area.

[@MrLantean]

In Japan, William Adam became a hatamoto samurai which is high ranking position directly under the service of the shogun. Hatamoto samurais have the right to have an audience with the Shogun. William Adam had wealth and status in Japan where he had none back in his native England. He still care for his family's well being back in England despite having a new wife and a family in Japan and regularly send money to them though the Dutch East Indies Company. His son by his Japanese wife inherited his title of Miura Anjin when he died in 1620. After the Sakoku Edict was implemented in 1635, the records of his Japanese family ceased to exist.

[@ELKE-]

First of all: Happy Birthday Ollie! Hope your day was great! 🎉🎂 Left message for you at Mortis and on your Post community. Thank you for this fabulous upload! Love Samurai stories and movies. You made my evening!

[@jaredtindall2447]

Happy Birthday mate!

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you Elke it means a lot!

[@historyprofiles]

@@jaredtindall2447 thank you! 🙏

[@ELKE-]

@@historyprofiles My great pleasure History Profiles

[@thewolf1630]

As always brother much appreciated and keep the knowledge coming 🤙🏾✌🏾

[@historyprofiles]

More coming! Thank you so much for watching!!

[@ms.psoasmajor]

Some photos of the video isn’t Japan & Japanese( probably China )which we can tell by its buildings & outfits. However I didn’t know much about William Adams in history of Japan. Thank you for sharing this detailed story !

[@premierhoner614]

It also reminded me of the TV series Shogun we saw here in the mid 80s here in South Africa. What a great TV series that was.. Thank you very much for your posting of this video....

[@keithday3658]

It's just been remade. It's showing on Disney Plus

[@alexlyster3459]

The TV series was based on a book. And that book was loosely based on this guys life.

[@kevind3974]

That is this story. Factionalized but relitivly the same.

[@ryanb8821]

A relative of mine, great video. Thanks!

[@historyprofiles]

That’s awesome I’m glad you enjoyed the video!!

[@keithday3658]

LOL Sure

[@ryanb8821]

Well, family tree has been done to before then and he is on it but thanks for playing ​@keithday3658

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

@@ryanb8821 Saying it isn't exactly proof. We only have your word to go by.

[@ryanb8821]

Whilst true, i havent supplied proof, nor do i require you believe it. I liked the video and told the creator so. ​@lucasbelmonte2832

[@doublep1980]

If you visit Japan, there's his house outside of Nagazaki, which is now a museum & the memorial for him and his Japanese wife ( she was a noblewoman). He had a son & a daughter, the son continued to serve the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. After Tokugawa's death, his bloodthirsty & xenophobic son took over & started prosecuting Christians & ''half breeds'' and we don't have records of what happened to Adam's descendants. Today, he's a highly revered historical figure in Japan, for his contributions to foreign relations between Japan/ Europe and his service for the Shogun during the unification of Japan. There's also a district in Tokyo named after him and they have an annual festival in his honor, the ''Anjin festival'' ( ''festival of the Navigator'').

[@badwolf7367]

1) Will Adams' Japanese wife (Oyuki Kageyu) was not a "noblewoman". While she was the daughter of an important official Magome Kageyu who was in charge of an important waystation on one of Japan's ancient highways, he was not a samurai. Adams was made a samurai by Tokugawa Ieyasu and did not need to marry into a samurai family. 2) Tokugawa is the surname, not a given name. Adams was made a samurai by Ieyasu Tokugawa who became Shogun. It was his GRANDSON Iemitsu who closed Japan to all but the Dutch and Chinese traders. They would had allow the English to continue trading, but the English refused to listen to Adams' advices and the English trade mission failed and they went home Contrary to your description of Ietmitsu being "bloodthirsty" and "xenophobic" he closed Japan to protect Japan because as his grandfather (Ieyasu) and father (Hidetada) knew (thanks to Will Adams) about how European countries first come to trade, then spread Christianity to seed disunity, then invade just as they have done to the people of the Americas. Ieyasu and Hidetada had to tolerate the Europeans because the Japanese did not know at the time how to make guns and had to purchase them from at first Portugal, then Spain, England, and the Netherlands. (Dutch). Iemitsu allowed the Dutch to continue trading because they were the only European traders who were not spreading their religion. 3) The Tokugawa Shogun could not care less about Christians except that the brand of Christianity being spread by Spain and Portugal was Catholicism which meant any Japanese convert would be required to obey the Pope over the Shogun. And it didn't help matters that many of the anti-Tokugawa Daimyos had converted to Catholicism. Japan was "closed" because they didn't want to end up like the Incas, Aztecs, and eventually the North American "Indians", Africa, India, Australia, and SE Asia, and China. The only Xenophobes are the bloodthirsty, greedy, RACIST Europeans who spread imperialism and colonialism around the world in the name of White Man's Burden and Manifest Destiny.

[@micheleracine2871]

Thank you for presenting history in the right perspective

[@alexlyster3459]

​@badwolf7367 Pretty much all true. The Europeans were far from the only xenophobic rasict people in history, they were just the most "successful" for lack of a better word, at it.

[@shirankedo-ib8uv]

Christianity was banned becoz of the "slave trade". The number of Japanese slaves traded with the Portuguese and English by the Daimyos(lords) who converted to Christianity was about 50,000. As you know, America, Africa, and Asia in the same period were being slaughtered by bloodthirsty xenophobic Christians, countries were being destroyed, and their inhabitants were being enslaved. The Portuguese also brought African slaves to Japan. One of them was presented to Nobunaga Oda and became famous under the name "Yasuke".

[@shirankedo-ib8uv]

​@@alexlyster3459Yes, even today some Westerners still support slavery.

[@8thsheet407]

Now this is a samurai. Unlike that dude from ubisoft

[@nexiwrld7328]

William wasnt a samuria he wss a guard dog and a bannerman a flag carrier😂😂😂

[@8thsheet407]

@@nexiwrld7328 still a better title and accomplishment that that Ubisoft guy

[@BokushingusKendoTV]

@@nexiwrld7328 adams was actually pretty respected. He wasn’t an actual Samurai. It was more of a title giving him advisor powers. But he did some extraordinary things that help unify Japan in peace and protect them from being taken advantage of by European governments. But he was not a warrior or a real Samurai. People attack Yasuke inaccuracies but support Adams inaccuracies-it’s so hypocritical!

[@arielquelme]

Let me check about Tokugawa Ieyasu's Hatamoto: -Honda Tadakatsu -Ii Naomasa -Sakai Tadatsugu -Sakakibara Yasumasa Well.. Theyre respected samurai generals and noble clan heads William Adams got Similar status with them as Hatamoto.. Talking about accurate

[@ERARonin]

​@arielquelme that story is fake... this adams guy was used just like Yasuke!!! They were only official puppets for the shogunate 😅😂

[@CoolAdam247]

Is this the story of the main character from the series Shogun ? That show is sublime so far 9/10 !

[@historyprofiles]

I believe it is! I’ll make sure to watch!

[@CoolAdam247]

@@historyprofiles Definitely worthy of watching, I was hooked from the start and at times caught myself with my mouth wide open fully engrossed in the political drama, fantastic dialogue and brutal violence.

[@doublep1980]

Shogun, the book by James Clavell, is basically a fictional version of William Adams' story. He changed the names & some of the events, in order to write his book but most of it is based on real events/people. For example, Lord Torunaga is based on Tokugawa Ieyasu the first Shogun. And yes, the new show is great so far. There's also the 1980 Shogun mini-series, starring Richard Chamberlain & Toshiro Mifune, which I would recommend.

[@Stevie-L-n8g]

Sublime? Read the book first then get back to us!

[@CoolAdam247]

@@Stevie-L-n8g I will do.

[@森裕紀-s3o]

0:23 He is not William Adams. The painting probably depicts Commander Henry A. Adams of "Black Ships" from the U.S.A. in 1852.

[@jeffa4822]

🤣

[@dragonback6075]

Hmmm. I wonder if any of his descendants are still surviving from his Japanese family

[@cathyd74]

Sad for his family in England., especially his kids.

[@SakuraTaishi]

Interesting story! anyway, pictures and music are not Japapese, but Chinese😢 Also during Edo period, Duch was allowed to trade then Japan had not complately been closed.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Very fascinating story, well told.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you! I hope you enjoyed it! More Samurai videos coming soon!

[@shadowcrusader2283]

this is who the mini series Shogun is based on

[@RyanG0899]

Doesn't do a very good job of representing him

[@TravelingThruLife]

AI making Adams, William Hemsworth

[@jaehparrk]

😂😂

[@olincekongo]

"Hemsworth"

[@CaramelMcNasty]

Another great video! I hope KZbin gives your monetization back. Such good stories!

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much Caramel!

[@jaredtindall2447]

This is a really cool story!

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much mate!

[@watermunteconomie3938]

This was and is an exciting story.. me living in the Westland just 30 minutes from Rotterdam!!

[@historyprofiles]

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed his story!

[@HolisticHealth-PMS]

Sounds like a better story than AC Shadows.

[@nicholashumphrey901]

Nice job. Maybe change the tone of voice? Seems a bit monotone. Overall, great work.

[@jamesfriesen4203]

I wonder if there's going to be a movie about William Adams starring Chris handsworth

[@yoma32]

The image in this video gives you a bit wrong image of the Japanese people at that time. Clothes and gears depicted seem to be mixed with Chinese, it is not really like Japanese clothes and gears. It's sad to see people all mixing "Asian" things together, ignoring all the differences between countries. It is as if you see a medieval English man depicted with Italian clothes and French hair styles, for instance.

[@tandemnoteh]

It is unknown whether they were given the rank of samurai like Yasuke and William Adams, but there were several Chinese and Koreans and two Italians who served the daimyo in battle during the Sengoku period. Giuseppe Chiara, one of the Italians, was allowed to wear a sword and was given a Japanese name. As for the other person, only his Japanese name is listed, so there is no confirmation.

[@Dushmann_]

Wasn't Yasuke a retainer, not a samurai?

[@tandemnoteh]

@@Dushmann_ Yasuke was allowed to carry a sword, was given a house, and was assigned to guard Nobunaga, so I think he was recognized as a low-ranking samurai. People rumored that Nobunaga would eventually give him the status of Tono (a high-ranking samurai who could have many subordinates), but this did not happen in the end.

[@tandemnoteh]

​@@Dushmann_Yasuke was allowed to carry a sword, was given a house, and was assigned to guard Nobunaga, so I think he was recognized as a low-ranking samurai. People rumored that Nobunaga would eventually give him the status of Tono (a high-ranking samurai who could have many subordinates), but this did not happen in the end.

[@BokushingusKendoTV]

From what i read about Nobunaga, who was quite an interesting person, didn’t seem that he cared much about titles. He went against many customs of that time.

[@berenicewaters4096]

Happy birthday HP. Another excellent story!

[@JohnGilbert-l5l]

Very interesting !

[@scottlalonde2878]

Great lesson thank you so much🙂👍

[@allgoo1990]

William Adams(三浦按針) really existed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Adams_(pilot)

[@ozark.explorer]

Thank you!

[@scorpzgca]

As a samurai he was mosty an advisor

[@MyChocow]

samurai don't carry their sword on their back like that

[@roach_is_online]

We're eating good today . Thanks king

[@danputaranui3182]

Samurai William by Giles Milton…. Just as good as James Clavals novel:)

[@blessi360]

I wonder about the history of his family tree in Japan and England. Whatever happened to them?

[@historyprofiles]

I’m not sure myself! Worth a investigation

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for the video it was good I hope everyone that didn't know about him enjoys the information

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching!!

[@-RONNIE]

@@historyprofiles 👍🏻

[@swoop1352]

Point of order: Gillingham is not a county in Kent. Kent is the county, Gillingham is a town.

[@alesh2275]

As far as I understand, there is no proof that Adam’s was a samurai. The often used evidence that he’s a samurai is that he carried 2 swords, which samurai were allowed to do. However, there are other classes of people who aren’t samurai but allowed to wear 2 swords. The most famous of these classes allowed to wear 2 swords were doctors. Carrying 2 swords might just be interpreted as Adams being an “expert” recognized by the Shogunate, similar to doctors, and not that Adams was recognized as samurai.

[@satiresaturn8783]

One thought is that he helped with Japans ship building industry and helped them understand European ships and so he would’ve been a naval expert perhaps

[@ianhill4585]

As well as being a pilot / navigator, Adams was a trained shipwright / builder, Japanese ships of that era (1600,) were more coastal vessels, not suited for deep sea travel, Adams helped with the Japanese growth of longer travelling vessels.

[@ToreDL87]

He was serving in official capacity, and Adams was declared dead, then given a Japanese name. Add to that, his swords, so he was, by all capacity, a samurai.

[@eodyn7]

William Adams was a Samurai and an advisor to the Shogun. You are thinking of Yasuke. He was not a Samurai.

[@alesh2275]

@@eodyn7 Read page 6, section called 4. Did he become a Samurai? www.columbia.edu/~hds2/learning/Learning_from_shogun_txt.pdf

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

Interesting comments and speculations. The new series will equally draw intriguing comments probably dueling with each other. The overriding issue never mentioned is that it is an entertainment movie and not a documentary. This video was simplified to fit a short time period. The passionate need to read historic research or the novels.

[@Loliko-occultic]

家康「若い頃に船大工やってたんでしょ？ ちょっと西洋式の帆船つくってよ」 言葉も満足に通じない国で、しかも西洋式帆船なんて作ったこともない日本人を使って、80tと120tの帆船を見事に建造する人間なんて有能としか言いようがないよなw

[@baronghede2365]

There is a "King's And General's" video based on him, Blessed Be.

[@DavidTheConkerer]

Interesting story. \o/

[@Memorixt]

The storytelling is not bad, but most of the pictures are totally off (I.e. historically inaccurate, by about 200 years).

[@Stevie-L-n8g]

Well English sailors didn't look like that picture of an English Sailor!

[@gillri]

Why not?

[@Stevie-L-n8g]

@@gillri this is the 1600’s bud, you know, Elizabethan times etc!

[@eodyn7]

@@Stevie-L-n8g You are not making any sense.

[@Stevie-L-n8g]

@@eodyn7 OMG! Do I have to spell it out?? That picture of an English Sailor in the video is not the style for that period! Get it now?

[@thedevilluis]

So badass and cool

[@nexiwrld7328]

Lol we wuz samuria william was a bannerman not a samuria😂😂😂

[@filho4437]

Can you do one on the black Italian slave samurai? Not sure if there is enough to go on, but the idea of samurais from outside the empire is so interesting to me.

[@normanbraslow7902]

That story is fiction.

[@filho4437]

@@normanbraslow7902 Yasuke has absolutely been verified to have existed through historical records. Just very little is known about him.

[@Rowlph8888]

@@filho4437 🤣🤣Yes, VERY Italian!

[@MustardSkaven]

@@filho4437 Yasuke was very real but there is not a single source stating he was actually samurai. We know he was a retainer but not all bushi are samurai.

[@Stevie-L-n8g]

Interesting. There is more of course, but it was informative.

[@nallyvaico]

How did that story resonate in the after-Shogun Japan of the 19t century when it reopened to the West again?

[@gtavgamer670]

Was there any Chinese samurai at that time ?

[@ともこともこ-k3r]

朱舜水

[@hunterphung3638]

The story is fictional. But base on the story Mariko father kill Burtano's great grand father Toda Nobunaga. That is why he disgust her family.

[@wax_platypus]

Chris Hemsworth 👍

[@桐生祐狩-c6v]

I am Japanese.Shogun is not a king neither an empeler.Shogun means just a samurai leader who is responsible for guarding frontline.And it changed to mean strongest authority of samurai world.But he is not a king at all.

[@historyprofiles]

I know, the sailor William Adam’s just thought Tokugawa ieasu was a king when he met him

[@DarkAdonisVyers]

@@historyprofiles It's like how the Bible ignorantly calls Herod a king despite him being a tetrarch (governor).

[@kenwalker687]

That is probably what Adams called Tokagawa in his letters to family. @@historyprofiles

[@MustardSkaven]

The shogun would be the actual ruler since he was the military leader and military gives control, like kings in medieval Europe. Emperor would be more of a symbolic role, like kings have today.

[@桐生祐狩-c6v]

What im afraid of is misunderstanding shogun's position as "iron throne". Japanese civi war at sengoku era was nothing like fantasy or sci-fi. GOT was forgiven because it was a story in totally different world even though being based on the rose war.Shogun's world is told that it occured on this earth.First of all,no samurai killed people so easily,and suicide was not normal activity even at that era.

[@juhapahnila6568]

Great story

[@butchtommasino]

was this entire thing made with ai images and video?

[@yoshikofuji]

これって何か聖書のアブラハムやモーセを彷彿とさせる。この人は神の意志で生かされて極東に至ったとしか思えない。映画「ベンハー」の現実版みたい。

[@j2c695]

Welcome back

[@trajanz9557]

The First Samurai starring Tom Cruise

[@ChelleLlewes]

Shogun, actually, starring Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune.

[@Jasonmakesvideo]

ALSO, Nioh

[@LucienSabre]

This story sounds like it could’ve been one of the inspirations for the movie “The Last Samurai” (which, while a bit ridiculous, to me is still fairly enjoyable and interesting) -- I know The Last Samurai is set centuries after the Tokugawa age (more precisely in the Meiji era, 1870s onwards), but it's still probable that the movie's producers might've take some elements of William's story and added them to the story. And yes, I *do know* very well when The Last Samurai is set (and people who keep pointing out the movie’s historical setting as if I didn’t only make me laugh). I also know some elements in the movie are too similar to William Adams’ story to be just a coincidence, which means the movie - alongside the real historical figures Tom Cruise’s character is based on - used _some aspects_ of William’s story too as inspiration. People need to **get over the idea that Cruise’s movie being set 260 years after William’s story makes it impossible for the latter to have served as one of the movie’s inspirations** (flashnews: it doesn’t).

[@BokushingusKendoTV]

The movie did not draw on any of addams history. And was purely fictional entertainment. Cruise character was completely fictional and a solider from America. He wasn’t a samurai in the movie but a bushi. Adams was a navigator from Europe. He never participated in any battles and had no combat training. He was given the title of Samurai as an advisor. He brokered trade routes and taught ship building techniques and helped provide cannons. He also advised on which country for Japan not to deal with.

[@BundtLust]

Outstanding video, but the Chinese music is a bit jarring.

[@mktf5582]

Guillermo Miller = latin American war of independence, next please.

[@woah6958]

What happened to his brother? Was he on the ship that sank or the one that turned back?

[@WillpowerCinema]

His brother was killed before they reached Japan. I learned this from another KZbin video 😯

[@FieldDay-cj3tv]

The guy who bought guns in to a village A boy shots down a high lord to the head A female Samari does the huri curi to stop a lord from marrage An ancient gets lost in an earthquake Yes i know who he is

[@allgoo1990]

Turning Magellan strait with wooden boat was is a suicide mission. The sea is always in storm and close to south pole(antarctica).

[@deynnerjosjesandovalmora4035]

William Legendario samurai 10/10 10/10 10/10

[@scuba_steve_954]

The last white samurai

[@nexiwrld7328]

We wuz kangg😂😂

[@maryscott9430]

YT channel Biographics did a great video on tokugawa ieyasu

[@mofu6985]

I have today birthday 👍🤳🍻💰💘thank you for congratulations 💸💶💷🎏💋

[@garthdonovan5373]

Wow

[@server2009]

弥助と違ってこの人は正真正銘の侍 まあ彼もチャンバラとかはせずにほとんど文官みたいなもんだっただろうけど

[@mitsubishi777]

「信長公記」によれば弥助は信長から屋敷と短刀と封禄をもらっていた。ちなみに封禄とは、領地を持たない武士がもらえるお給与のこと。そして、日本大学准教授ロックリー・トーマスの本によれば、弥助は信長の小姓だった。小姓は通常有力家臣の家の少年達から選ばれる名誉ある役職。以上のことを考慮すれば、弥助は正式な武士だったと考えるのが自然だ。

[@user-mu5so7te1v]

トーマスロックリーの本はほぼ全てが彼の推測によって書かれているので、実際の弥助とは大きく異なります。

[@千賀-f4b]

語弊があるが今で言うと、侍＝国家公務員　武士＝軍人、兵士、戦闘術を身に着けた者　みたいなニュアンスだよね　これが海外だと一緒くた

[@TerryFGM]

creepy as fuck ai pictures

[@olincekongo]

8:50 9:50 10:00 10:55 11:38

[@noblestsavage1742]

north west passage. not north east.

[@shugadaddy4841]

His first wife must've been hella confused to learn that he had a second family

[@martinlarkin8066]

Very interesting piece of history, well told. However the pictures of William were hideous. The costuming was like something out of a Disney cartoon. Particularly the English clothes. As for the image of him with his Japanese sword slung across his back. That was 100% wrong in every way. Too much watching of Wallace in Braveheart.

[@satiresaturn8783]

It’s AI generated

[@eodyn7]

You must be great at parties...

[@intuitivesean443]

I wonder if his Japanese children had children and if they can be traced

[@kenwalker687]

I have read above that they have been lost to history after the Edict....

[@saffakanera]

One of the greatest Protestants to ever live.

[@Rowlph8888]

"1 of the 1st Western samurai"… There were only ever 3 "Western" Samurai

[@MustardSkaven]

Which is the third? I know there's also Yasuke who was maybe a samurai. But who else?

[@Berengier817]

If William Adams looked like the thumbnail, the women of Japan would have all gotten pregnant

[@TJD248]

The first weeb

[@mikemayorov2195]

poorly narrated content with excessive drama and ludicrous AI images.. why??

[@barbiebarbie1813]

Point is certain, that is, from the pre -Qin dynasty, there have been 4 times large -scale immigrants from Chinese Han people to enter the Japanese islands and Korean Peninsula, which have a profound impact on the historical trends of China and Japan and ( Korean Peninsula ). Focus on reference materials : Yayoi period (300 B.C. - A.D. 300) 彌生時代 Kofun period (300 - 645) 大和時代 Asuka Period (538-710 AD) (645 -710) 飛鳥時代 Nara period (710-794) 奈良時代 Heian period (794-1185) 平安時代 Chinese Han people's four large -scale immigrants enter the Japanese islands record : 1. Qin and Han Dynasty Qin Shihuang (秦始皇 259-210 BC) swept the six regions. In order to escape the war, the Chinese people fled to Japan in two ways: Some Chinese people crossed the sea from the Northeast to the Korean Peninsula to Japan. Japan. 2. During the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties (420 -589 BC) During the period of "Upheaval of the Five Barbarians 五胡亂華", in order to avoid the war, the Chinese people began a wave of migration to a large -scale migration around. Most of the fleeing Chinese finally went to Japan, forming the climax of immigration to Japan. The representative is Liu Azhi (劉阿知), the descendant of Emperor Han Xian(漢獻帝). 3. The Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-907 BC) Chinese Emperor send a large -scale Tang ambassador (they were Chinese )to Japan 倭, while China sent a large number of people and technology and culture to Japan (for Chinese lived in Japan) . Most of these people are monks or cultural scholars. They are left as required by the Chinese who lived in Japan because of the difficult sailing and welcomed by Japan. They often stay and lived in Japan . The representative is the monk Jianzhen(監真). 4. The Song (960-1279)and Ming dynasties(1368-1644) In the Yuan Dynasty, the Han people in the southern Song Dynasty broke their families. In order to avoid the war and kill, they moved to Japan one after another. The representative of this period was scholar of the Southern Song Dynasty - Lanxi Daolong(蘭溪道隆). * The sea between China and Japan is very dangerous. Therefore, the ship of ancient Chinese needs to pass through the peninsula (today in South Korea). It is safer to reach Japan. In addition, the ancient Japanese and Koreans could not enter China (nor could they communicate with the Chinese). Entering the Chinese city must require the Chinese Han identity certificate or pass certificate. Only Chinese talents in Japan can enter China. ***************************** In ancient China. Due to the escape or expansion of territorial reasons. There were many records of the Han people moved to the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese islands (including Okinawa). Establishing small countries and regimes on these islands (representing Chinese senior officials rather than emperor). In addition to the later period of Japan (because of the ocean). The Han regime on the Korean Peninsula has always been the ancient Chinese territory and the scope of direct jurisdiction (but sometimes it is similar to the different phenomenon of political opinions from the central government. It is similar to the situation in Taiwan and Hong Kong today. When the relationship between Taiwan and Hong Kong and the central government is bad. Sometimes they think they are independent countries or claim to be non -Chinese). The history of the establishment of a regime on the Korean Peninsula (Goguryeo, Baiji, Silla, Goryeo , Joseon). It is not the history of the Korean people. Instead, it is the history of the local regime of the Han people in northern China.These royal family and nobles are Chinese and descendants who move to the peninsula. They are wearing Han nationality clothing and using Chinese characters. They also claim to be the Han family. They are like Hong Kong and Macau and Taiwan. The Han people basically speak two Chinese languages (Chinese dialects+Chinese official language), one of the Han dialects that are lost. * There are more than 20 dialects in Chinese Han nationality. Only some civilians and slaves are indigenous people from the south of the peninsula (Koreans). This is very certain. (A large number of ancient Chinese tombs were unearthed on the 4/5 Korean Peninsula today. Han murals (depicting the lives of the Han people in the north), the fairy and god beast of the Han nationality.Han religion. Chinese character stone monument. Han Dynasty coins. ........... The southernmost part of the peninsula is unearthed in the original and backward Korean national life tools. It can be seen that the extremes of two different ethnic groups( Chinese VS Korean ) and different civilizations exist at the same time in the same period of the peninsula history. Anceint japan (before 13th century )= 東瀛 & 扶桑 & 倭 . (the name set by the Chinese emperor. It is also the name of the historical record) Today japan = 日本 Anceint korea= 朝鮮 (and 高包麗. 百濟. 新羅. 王氏高麗. 李氏朝鮮) . (the name set by the Chinese emperor. It is also the name of the historical record) Today korea = 韓國(南北) Anceint Nonth Vietnam= 交趾 . (the name set by the Chinese emperor. It is also the name of the historical record) Today Vietnam = 越南 Anceint Okinawa= 琉球. (the name set by the Chinese emperor. It is also the name of the historical record) Today Okinawa = 沖繩

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"The history of Japan before the 13th" is the history of the Chinese people in ancient Japan. It is a local history written by the Chinese emperor instructed by the Chinese emperor (the same as other Chinese cities). At that time, in addition to the Chinese people lived in a place in Japan (near the Chinese palace), there were many other indigenous peoples in Japan. These are the ancestors of Japanese people today. They speak Japanese language. After the 13th century, indigenous (bald hairstyles on the top) invaded Chinese palaces and snatched the materials of local Chinese. Including a large number of Chinese books and Chinese art. Forced those Chinese elites to join and assist the indigenous (invaders) to continue to develop and maintain Chinese governance methods and Chinese civilization. Some wandering Chinese change their identities and become local Robs/samurai/ninja/monks .... These industries The founders and organization members. Most of them are Chinese. So in Japan (including Korea and North Vietnam) area , there are a large number of ancient Chinese tombs and Chinese relics unearthed . Of course, the Japanese are not Chinese. The ancestors of the Japanese are indigenous in ancient Japan. But before the 13th century. In ancient Japan, the Chinese regime established by Chinese people in the local area. Therefore, Chinese culture naturally appeared in ancient Japan. They have always maintained a relationship with Chinese officials. ---------------------------- Anceint japan (before 13th century )= 東瀛 & 扶桑 & 倭 . (the name set by the Chinese emperor. It is also the name of the historical record) Today japan = 日本 Anceint korea= 朝鮮 (and 高包麗. 百濟. 新羅. 王氏高麗. 李氏朝鮮) . (the name set by the Chinese emperor. It is also the name of the historical record) Today korea = 韓國(南北) Anceint Nonth Vietnam= 交趾 . (the name set by the Chinese emperor. It is also the name of the historical record) Today Vietnam = 越南 Anceint Okinawa= 琉球. (the name set by the Chinese emperor. It is also the name of the historical record) Today Okinawa = 沖繩

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There were NO western Samurai. Samurai was a hereditary caste. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was ruler of Japan but he was NEVER called Shogun or even Samurai because he was born a peasant. You could own land and have wealth, but Samurai were ONLY ever hereditary ranks.

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@sandorsbox well you should go back to ancient Japan and tell Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu he isn't allowed to do that. Lol. It is well documented in Japanese historical documents that Ieyasu made Adams a Samurai. This video quotes what Ieyasu said to Adams when he made him a Samurai. Those quotes come from Tokugawa family records in Japan. He told him William Adams is dead you are now reborn Miura Anjin a Samurai.... So you're wrong. There were other non-Japanese that were made Samurai as well that are written in historical documents in Japan not just Adams. Educate yourself.