The Siege of Odawara | Sengoku Jidai Episode 44

[@TheShogunate]

Happy Holidays!

[@makaoka6673]

Merry Christmes

[@liamdowd4391]

Invasion of Korea?

[@evanjrclarke1079]

Happy Holidays, Thanks for the content!

[@mojowarrior4578]

Seasons greetings to you sir 👍

[@pikachu-chan8893]

Hail for Christmas update

[@krimzonstriker7534]

Tiny town called Edo you say? I'm sure it'll never grow into a city of any significance, no sir ;)

[@dezopenguin9649]

I've never been a huge fan of Hideyoshi because of his latter-year tyranny and paranoia, but sometimes you've just got to give the man his props; that was a boss move from a man who'd made a career out of making people feel insecure behind castle walls.

[@bensfons]

It is only natural that Hideyoshi became paranoid seeing his hard earned power slowly slip from his hands. Happened to all sorts of powerfull man throught history.

[@michael-vo5ol]

Hideyoshi is nervous, knowing that anyone can eliminate him and take over the nation, heck, even a close vassal can turn on him just like what Mitsuhide did to Nobunaga at Honnoji. Speaking of potential threats to Hideyoshi, Ieyasu is the one man who is in a prime position to challenge him and despite the fact that Ieyasu kowtowed to Hideyoshi, the latter knew that Ieyasu’s making moves and plot ten steps ahead and if he’s left unchecked, Ieyasu might make moves to challenge the Toyotomi hegemony once again. If Nobunaga didn’t get whacked, I bet he would have snuffed out Hideyoshi and Ieyasu if they start showing signs of challenge towards his rule.

[@nont18411]

@@michael-vo5ol As long as Ieyasu’s still alive, Hideyoshi can never be at rest. I mean, a guy murdered his own family to save his own ass from Nobunaga. If Ieyasu is capable to betray his own kin, then he is capable to betray anyone.

[@arielquelme]

Ironically the Mikawa Samurais will follow this Ieyasu man to death.. Based on Okehazama, Mikatagahara, Honnoji, and Sekigahara Ieyasu just know to plant loyalty

[@ABEAZYdaRonin94]

Some of the best poetry every written was from samurai before they were about to die.

[@Ivnnih2774]

The best siege ever surround them and then start a festival around them

[@asusrog8872]

lol

[@Toggingdave]

I am surprised you didn't mention the legendary Ishigakiyama Ichiya Castle, or One Night Castle in your video. The reason Toyotomi turned his siege camp into a huge party wasn't just to keep his troops from getting bored and demoralize the Hojo troops, though it did have that effect. The main reason was that it generated a ton of noise which in turn masked the sounds of construction from the nearby forested hilltop. On that hilltop, Toyotomi's forces built their own large fortification hidden behind a section of trees. When the construction was completed 80 days later, the trees were cut in the middle of the night. This gave the illusion that Toyotomi had the men, power, and skill to build an entire castle out of nothing in a single night. The Hojo surrendered 9 days later. After the siege, the Ichiya Castle was abandoned, and today it is a park. Many of the stone foundations and earthworks are still visible and it is a popular park for the locals. They even have a festival every October to commemorate the siege and the building of the castle.

[@mauauauauaua14]

absolute madman Hideyoshi did it once with Sunomata one night castle and he did it again here.

[@evaniveson]

I'm glad there was reference to the Ishigakiyama Ichiya Castle in the comments. I was a bit confused as well when it wasn't mentioned.

[@Toggingdave]

@@evaniveson I know, right? I've been to Odawara Castle and Ishigakiyama Park. One night castle is front and center in every telling of the Siege of Odawara. For it to not even be mentioned here is bizarre. Ishigakiyama is a major part of the story here, not some obscure minor detail. How could he just omit it entirely? Makes you wonder what other important details he just doesn't bother to mention in his other videos.

[@supersasukemaniac]

i don't know which is harder to believe, the Battle of Odawara starting due to sheer boredom, or Tokugawa Ieyasu, a man known for his insane amount of patience being bored

[@Hilversumborn]

I kinda want to believe he did to gain prestige as in drawing first blood or being the one who penetrated the walls first.

[@schneejacques3502]

9:31 Reading the letters exchanged with Hideyoshi and Ishida Mitsunari it is now knowned Hideyoshi have more to be blamed than Ishida for the failures of Oshia castle. Ishida Mitsunari wanted to just seige the Castle but despite the land not being fit for a watter attack Hideyoshi urged hin to do a water attack as he wanted ro show the other Daimyo how powerful his forces were.

[@Wolfram_von_Richthofen]

Thanks, I guess.

[@azarishiba2559]

Aww, I wanted to see the legendary story of how Date Masamune came late to the Siege of Odawara dressed in white and with a cross, ready to be punished to death for disobeying Hideyoshi at first, but Masamune's "style" was enough to impress Hideyoshi and save Masamune from death. I heard that it is even by this scene that the clan name "Date" became the word that means "stylish" and "dandy" in Japanese. But anyways, it was a cool video! I didn't know Houjou attempted to fight the Sanada again, and that this was the spark for the siege!

[@supersasukemaniac]

to make the story more ridiculous, since Hideyoshi had actually outlawed Christianity in Japan, just carrying the cross could have been enough to get Masamune killed, but Hideyoshi was just so impressed by his stunt that he let him off.

[@Retr0D3ds3c]

Why he wanted to kill him? If he pledge his allegiance to Toyotomi?

[@james-97209]

"After what is described as immense boredom " man imagine how bad it was that the actual lord of patience decided to attack out of boredom 😆. On a side not I think that you enjoyed this one far more than others judging by the tone of your voice

[@nobunagaoda6605]

I really enjoyed this video as a Christmas present you've given to us today! Now- I know the story of the end of the Sengoku period is not entirely complete and neither is the rest of the 1590s a time of relative peace for Japan itself- Now- The time for another separate chapter of Japanese history that would (in my opinion) be a very grey history that is full of ups and downs to not only the legacy of Hideyoshi and the house of Toyotomi but also the legacy of Japan as a nation on the world stage in Asia. You've talked about the Mongols invading Japan and the Japanese defiantly against all odds win against two invasions- Now...Is the time when the Japanese begin an invasion of their own in an attempt to establish an imperial hegemony over all of mainland Asia... It is time for the Imjin War saga!!! (Or Seven Years War) Three nations! (Ming, Toyotomi, and Joseon), one nation as a battleground! (Joseon), the fate of mainland Asia rests at the hands of the one who emerges victorious in this destructive war never seen in centuries!!! How it is told- I leave that to your liberty Sir Shogunate- MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

[@wbfwbl8434]

Watched all the SJ eps. last 2 days and got a Christmas 🎁 with this one 😉 GREAT SERIES 🥊🥊🥊

[@EmperorTikacuti]

“Following Hideyoshi’s annihilation of the Odawara Hōjō clan, His next target was Masamune Date, a menacing Tōhoku governor created a cataclysmic event following His dispossession of conquered territories”

[@lirenzeng592]

The mighty Hojo clan fell because they got surrounded by a large festival created to seige their mighty castle, what an an unexpected way to end, and amazing creativity by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, truely the best seige artist Japan has ever seen.

[@tiffles3890]

Such an illustrious legacy of consistently good leadership, from Soun to Ujitsuna to Ujiyasu, now just vanished. Ujimasa knew that he was facing a behemoth bloc that could field competent armies of 200,000. No matter how strong the Hojo clan was, even if by some miracle they didn't manage to get crushed, they results would've been devastating anyway. All Ujimasa would've had to do to avoid it would've been to pay lip service to allegiance to Hideyoshi, who by all accounts was a pretty chill overlord. Do that and bide his time (basically what Ieyasu did), and all this could've been avoided.

[@manjitahzan9577]

The Chosokabe and Shimazu both have defy and utterly defeated by the Toyotomi. Why would the Hojo still thinking that they have the chance to stood up against Toyotomi I wonder...

[@sahipkran9447]

The Hojo were mightier than both

[@FinnishDragon]

It is sad that Hojo Genan, also known as Hojo Nagatsuna (1493-1589), the son of Hojo Soun(!), Hojo Ujitsuna´s little brother, died just before the conflict between the Hojo and Hideyoshi. He was well-educated and I am certain that he would have advised the Hojo to submit to Hideyoshi and in that way the Hojo would have survived and remained as an important daimyo family.

[@bigdurk4115]

Great Christmas eve gift. Thanks

[@Rokkettara195]

Oh my God a channel that talks about samurai and japanese history. I'm so happy!

[@meppho]

I've been watching the series these last days and I'd like to thank you for the work put in it. I've suggested it to a few friends who might be interested as I found the format particularly smooth while still informative, it doesn't get boring (at least to me) despite the amount of information (especially the names, for one not used to japanese). I enjoyed it very much and will watch again for sure, as the amount of stuff happening in these years is immense and I couldn't absorb it all in one go.

[@eazyd3402]

this the best gift i could’ve gotten for xmas 🥺

[@JiggaMan1297]

Thinking about it, at this point if Masamune had at least 30,000 men he could have chose to assist the Hojo & pursue his dream of taking over the country. He would just have to rely on the element of surprise. If he had got message to the Hojo to launch a full-scale charge out of the castle, he could have flanked the Toyotomi from the rear (or side) and possibly rout their army. If they were successful in this one battle, he could have caused any Toyotomi allies with wavering loyalty to flip sides, for instance Tokugawa Ieyasu. The only issue I would see is him being able to discreetly mobilise his army to the battlefield, Hideyoshi would most likely get word of his movements and order a temporary retreat. But hey what do I know lmao

[@demonmenace4657]

From a mere peasant to a sandle bearer then a daimyo to the Imperial Regent, What an amazing life and destiny

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

I love Mitsunari's fluffy helmet XD My boy took a look at Shingen's style and said "that, but make it goth"

[@michael-vo5ol]

In Sengoku Basara, Mitsunari acts like an overly angsty emo kid

[@user-ss8wh4kk3m]

Happy Holidays everyone! I was first introduced to the sengoku jidai through BazBattles video so I was rooting for the Hojo as I was learning more about the era. Really been enjoying this series!

[@thepunadude]

GOOD SH!T MAYNARD! LOVE ME ALOT OF JAPAN AND JAPANESE HISTORY! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH

[@jankramolis8658]

The best gift for Christmas, thanks:D

[@ravial360]

Hideyoshi: “I think we can all agree Japan is mine now”

[@gerarddejong4183]

I dont feel like diying today, Saranoya

[@christianronaldandrewpanja9242]

I had Tokugawa Ieatsu wise words, he said, people who had not anger, restless, sad, ect, is Patient, now i see from this video why.

[@nemesis3587]

It is a clever idea keeping moral of soldiers high. So sad that mighty Hojo Clan fall this way. I really interested clash at Oshi Castle, looks like should watch movie.

[@galren208]

What better gift is there this season than the gift of knowledge?

[@theswedishdude1]

Hojo playing some 5D backgammon. declaring war and then abandoning all their lands to hide in a single castle. maybe their plan was to trick Hideyoshi "there's no way the Hojo clan is this dumb, there must be a second army hiding somewhere, better retreat out of hojo lands"

[@moonnightbricks3948]

Awesome, thank you.

[@cdcastro7986]

Do you all hear the beat of the drums? He's coming.

[@ltmatthewakj2466]

Do you mean Admiral Yeet? 😂😂

[@yaleyoon6856]

Lol I think he really is talking about Admiral Yi 😆 wait Admiral yeet? Lol

[@ltmatthewakj2466]

@@yaleyoon6856 and bunch of bowser ships. The trollest admiral of all time. He Yeeted them so much that they isolate themselves for 250 years. Kidding, of course I talking about Admiral Yi Sun Shin, one of the glorious admiral of all time. Can't wait

[@yaleyoon6856]

@@ltmatthewakj2466 Hahaha I'm excited to see how The Shogunate will cover the Imjin War as the war is still not well known outside of Korea and Northeast Asia. Good to see more non-East Asian people having a genuine interest in this history. Really can't wait either but we going to have to wait for the Christmas & new years festivities to end before we can even start to expect new episodes to come out from The Shogunate (bruh). Bruh patience is key..

[@monsieur1936]

Pretty sad end of the mighty Hojo clan. Throughout the series the clan was one of my favourite clans, and seeing them end like this is so unfortunate.

[@Kidneyjoe42]

Especially with how thoroughly they were destroyed. If they were still kicking around like the Shimazu it wouldn't be so sad. But they were practically wiped out. Just like with the Takeda, it's such a shame to see all their triumphs amount to nothing.

[@ianwebb2235]

メリークリスマス....As always,,,, we enjoyed that....

[@Hilversumborn]

Ujimasa must’ve known Hideyoshi specialized in castle sieges. Maybe he was just that confident in Odawara.

[@mintc.6456]

Destroying the Hojo for Christmas! Happy holidays!

[@michaelbandada9887]

“Hear ye! Hear ye! There’s a party near Odawara Castle and the Toyotomi is giving food, booze and women to all men! There’s also a live band and some dancing as well! We also have poetry competitions and I tell ya, this is gonna be a party that no one will ever forget!”

[@elcaporal739]

wow, what a man. People really talk about western commanders but these eastern ones are just as good

[@Jon.A.Scholt]

Hideyoshi out-partied the Hojo so hard he destroyed the entire clan.

[@johnb.rodriguez7558]

I have loved your entire Sengoku Jidai series!! Merry Christmas

[@philipdemaeyer1665]

Most informative Sensei, please continue, your students hunger for more?

[@pusokongpinas6965]

Great series listened to all 3 chapters!

[@Wolf-sy8lq]

I always love these videos, have a great Christmas and I can’t wait for the Korean War

[@tom_casual]

Very nice

[@JhamakaTamang-hs1vo]

Just visited odawara lol and merry Christmas

[@ltmatthewakj2466]

Can you explain further into the north development because rare we heard and information about it except for date

[@TheShogunate]

I'm thinking about doing extra videos about the developments in the far north. A lot of what happened up there doesn't really matter for the story of the period.

[@ltmatthewakj2466]

@@TheShogunate nice, thank you and keep the good work 👍👍

[@kanetsugu100]

Just talk about the mogami the only Clan that matters besides date

[@andypandyfineanddandy]

what a lovely Chirstmas gift :)

[@DruMUSIC06]

Ohhh love this kind of videos.

[@krimzonstriker7534]

Imjin War time? :D

[@ltmatthewakj2466]

Kato Kiyomasa hunting tiger on Korea and Legendary Admiral Yi Sun Shin

[@TheShogunate]

Soooooon

[@Warmaker01]

I wasn't familiar with this siege, I was more familiar with Hideyoshi while Oda Nobunaga was still alive. That must have been demoralizing for the Hojo to be deprived in a castle while your besiegers are throwing a party. Typically with siege warfare around the world, it was misery for both sides. Not so with Hideyoshi in this instance.

[@gerarddejong4183]

Well this video sure is a nice christmas present happy holidays my friend! 🎄

[@mylesdante]

when he said "using miners to blow the walls" i went "how a bunch of kids blow the walls up" lmao

[@seanpoore2428]

best siege ever! Oh dear me does this mean were going to touch on the Imjin War??

[@TheShogunate]

Yeees

[@seanpoore2428]

@@TheShogunate YES!! Samuel Hawley did a fantastic series on the imjin war, but I want to hear of the exploits of some of the famous samurai during the war. The only thing I know for certain is kato kiyomasa spent his time hunting tigers with his spear, but Ive also heard that it was during this war that Sanada Yukimura gained his legendary status, but I can't find a single account of his deeds during this war for some reason

[@PL-ex4ql]

It's History Time!

[@jaojmnhzhzm]

Brilliant.

[@tenriayukawa5478]

Kanto given to Ieyasu is a big setback for Hideyoshi. Is it possible to know which Daimyo got which lands after unification of Hideyoshi? I did some research but to no avail. Also, did Hideyoshi also subjugate Hokkaido?

[@james-97209]

I am sure it was done by the tokugawa shogunate

[@jakeschantz9081]

Speaking of sword hunts mark my words one day probably within our lifetime we're going to see a modern-day gun hunt just you wait

[@jesusavila1780]

In the last episooooddde lol love it

[@nolisarmiento1719]

do you have plans of making videos about the philosophy of the samurai.....like Mushashi's 'Dokkodo' and Tsunetomo's 'Hagakure'?....I think they're very important in understanding the samurai culture especially during the Tokugawa era.

[@TheShogunate]

I do want to make more philosophical videos at some point.

[@gasmonkey1000]

Praying you do a collab with Kings and Generals or Samuel Hawley if ya do a series on the Imjin War

[@schneejacques3502]

Samuel Hawley book is full of out dated informations so I don't think it's a good source.

[@gasmonkey1000]

@@schneejacques3502 Huh okay. Also brilliant username of BEST DAD IN RWBY

[@totalllydynastybattlegroun8335]

Where’s the edo Japan Tokugawa shogunate ranks video, you said you were going to do that a year ago but still in sengoku

[@cernunnos4151]

Wait...the Hojo clan mon was the Triforce symbol? Instant epicness!

[@eazyd3402]

other way around

[@superfarhan101]

On Wikipedia it says that Tokugawa was given 7 hook provinces but only 5 Is shown on your map? Did the Tokugawa also resolve the satomi provinces? Anyway great video as always.

[@hanchiman]

Finally we gotta see Date Masamune soon! :D

[@odamisttv]

U are using alot arts from nobunaga ambition 😍😍😍wish I see some good nobunaga ambitions in my destiny! Right now they failed me alot!iron triangle was the best game they made!

[@rikifukushima9855]

is there anything that happened to the defenders (ashigarus and samurai specifically) after the siege?

[@mastertadakatsu]

All I could think about after this was were would Odawara be on a map of the Pokemon World.

[@odamisttv]

May all the daimyos and specially taira clan branches reach tengoku and rest in peace since they were working hard in illusion to become shogun!

[@Ruog]

Nice podcast.....is it possible to hear it in Spotify or other platforms??

[@kevinsmith9013]

Best present ever!

[@jeromevillaflor3896]

Is the Hojo clan extinct after the siege or did some members survived but are now just a vassal clan?

[@ayeejiff9847]

6:57 this dude is a bad ass :P

[@yeetusdeletus697]

I wonder if you are going to cover the boshin war after the sengoku jidai is over.

[@fragezeichenausrufezeichen7155]

I love you.

[@TheShogunate]

[@SuperEarthsea]

siege camp = Ishigakiyama Ichiya Castle maybe

[@teejaemon]

Nice content. I hope you aren't hounded by Koei using their music and pics.

[@skull2470]

Hojo clan- we are the ultimate defense! Hideyoshi response- I got black jack and hookers and your not invited Hojo! Hojo clan- awww

[@pikachu-chan8893]

And so Japan was finally unified under a single ruler.

[@michael-vo5ol]

When Hideyoshi died, Japan got split in half as both Ieyasu and Mitsunari wage war for control of Japan with Ieyasu finally putting his long term plan into place and make it into a reality

[@fzie8634]

What will happen if ujimasa submitted to hideyoshi? Will he later replace ieyasu place in history and make another hojo power in kanto? Idk

[@TheShogunate]

A fascinating idea to speculate over!

[@rafaelgatti]

Will you talk about the imjin wars in this series?

[@TheShogunate]

yes

[@rafaelgatti]

@@TheShogunate hell yeah man!!!!! Shouts out from Brazil

[@maximus0928]

Man what a disappointing ending for the Hojo. All that time to prepare for the obvious invasion. Should’ve done a Rohan and ride out to meet them at least

[@emperorjoker9240]

Honestly they should’ve surrendered before it ever even came to this point but, Pride comes before the fall as they say.

[@WotWotex]

Merīkurisumasu

[@shinsenshogun900]

Happy Horidaisu

[@AlfonsoTheTraitor]

So what your saying is that this siege was the first Burning Man?

[@TheShogunate]

Exactly!

[@tomigun6913]

This wasnt a fair fight lol. Hojo got ganged up pretty bad

[@William-13]

Just like at Osaka in 1614-1615 with the shoe on the other foot. Despite the Toyotomi having the remnants of the Sanada, Otani, Shoni, Chosokabe, and Mori clans on their side (all crack troops) during the siege of Osaka, and the fact Osaka was nearly an impregnable fortress, Osaka castle was eventually destroyed by the overwhelming odds of virtually all of eastern Japan attacking Osaka Castle in 1614-1615

[@krushnaji4940]

It was a fault of hojo clan.

[@deadby15]

I hope someone’d come up with a “What if Hojo took over Japan” video... The Hojo clan was one of the most common-folks-friendly Daimyos, and probably it could lead to a somewhat more democratic pre-modern society.

[@anandgupta1989]

You didn’t mention Hideyoshis fake castle myth ?

[@TheShogunate]

Going into the writing of the script I was thinking about it, but the fact that none of my sources so much as touched on it led me to exclude the concept entirely.

[@jeffreysams3348]

@@TheShogunate According to the tour at the present Odawara castle, it talked about the castle appearing what seemed to be overnight and according to the tour it really shook up the Hojo

[@anandgupta1989]

I mean Hojo Ujimasa being a master castle builder was not a fool to know which is a real castle and which is a fake one !

[@anandgupta1989]

I mean wasn’t a fool to not be able to differentiate sorry

[@kanetsugu100]

I always kill Hideyoshi in empires And nobunaga because of what he did to the hojo And this vídeo Just reinforced that thank you