Uesugi Kenshin: The Dragon of Echigo (Japanese History Explained)

[@Megumi_Bandicoot]

Fun fact: The Uesugi clan is one of the few samurai families from ancient times to still remain active in Japan today. The current direct descendant of Uesugi Kenshin is an astronomer called *Dr. Kuninori Uesugi.*

[@grimaldus1523]

I thought Dr. Kuninori Uesugi's ancestor was adopted by Kenshin but was originally a member of the Hojo?

[@ΔΓςΗΞΜΨώθΓκζ]

he is current head of Yonezawa Domain , 17th family head

[@GAndreC]

So the god of war lives on in the stars and his kin a looking for him

[@leonardoflorentin]

Well that is more interesting than fun.

[@Blazimirus]

@@grimaldus1523 Kenshin was adopted into the clan himself.

[@charanawijesiri1128]

I love the friendship - Rivalry between Kenshin and Shingen. They understood each other good enough to predict one another without a single glance at each other.

[@angsern8455]

Kazama Kiryu and Majima Goro

[@muajin]

Kenshin never hated Takeda. They actually later on respected each other. When Takeda's salt was blocked by the Hojo clan, Kenshin sent him salt. :D

[@RanTurner]

Wow, I have a newfound respect for this man, I have always loved Takeda Shingen, I always found it amazing that what is considered a child today would rule and lead a clan leading armies. The fact that Uesugi Kenshin would supply the Takeda with salt, to having their duel in battle, to weeping for his sworn enemy speaks volumes, I should have realised that a man as great as Takeda Shingen would have a rival just as great. And his poem! I can only hope that I have reached that level of peace, acceptance and wisdom on my last day on earth.

[@XG417]

7:18 Kenshin: **pays homage to the Shogunate** Everyone: Ah, I see you are a man of Culture as well.

[@vibora7795]

442 years later to the day he died, this man is still the man we worship today.

[@Kisame501st]

I bet that if Kenshin and Shingen worked together in the first place they could continue the fight of who is the best.

[@michaelbandada9887]

Kisame501st yep, they could have worked together to deal with Oda Nobunaga just like Liu Bei and Sun Quan joining forces together to deal with Cao Cao and his armies in the battle of red cliff which is told in romance of the three kingdoms

[@lolcall5295]

@@michaelbandada9887 in fact, either of them could've destroyed nobunaga if they weren't so busy fighting each other.

[@brandondennis5889]

They both died of natural causes

[@brandondennis5889]

@@michaelbandada9887 it didn't help them they still lost the war to Wei

[@toddgaines8476]

@@lolcall5295 either could've easily done so without the help of the other even. Kenshin for one, handed Nobunaga's ass to him at Tedorigawa.

[@adampayne2088]

This is very interesting history. I have always admired the samurai and Ninja warriors and here it's interesting to me. Very nicely done.

[@JonasUllenius]

Even a life long prosperity is but one cup of sake. A life of 49 years is passed in a dream. I do not know what life is, or death. Year in year out all but a dream. Both heaven and hell is left behind and I stand in the moon lit dawn free from the clouds of attachments.

[@chenjinguo]

Love what he said here o o.

[@Righteousone18]

Kenshin is my favorite daimyo. He was a devout buddhist and took a life of celibacy. Which is probably why he was such a badass on the battlefield

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

Ken Penalosa Alexander was kinda insane. Bad comparisson

[@rezatravilla6879]

yes me too. But not because his devoted religious. He is the only daimyo who see things in the big picture and wise.

[@HxH2011DRA]

Swords not Salt is a personal motto of mine

[@JonasUllenius]

The Hunter x Hunter 2011 Dickriding Association Even a life long prosperity is but one cup of sake. A life of 49 years is passed in a dream. I do not know what life is, or death. Year in year out all but a dream. Both heaven and hell is left behind and I stand in the moon lit dawn free from the clouds of attachments.

[@Given119]

After playing Total War, Shogun when it first came out, Kenshin has been a bit of obsession of mine. I've yet to hear a history done of him that doesn't mention "the Tiger". Thanks for a well put together piece!

[@Josh-is-Lost93]

Loved this, keep it up

[@allgoo1964]

Intelligence gathering effort(ninja) between Kenshin and Shingen was rampant. There was no record of it but the how they plan the battles suggests there was, no other way. It's like each of them were sitting at the table of war planning room at the enemy fort. For example, at the 4th battle of Kawanaka-jima, the plan made by the strategist Kansuke Yamamoto(Takeda side) was known by Kenshin, so he changed the tactics early in the morning.

[@EpicGamerSetzuna]

I love the video! Excellent work!

[@markleopard8960]

Kenshin is so fascinating hes my favorite of all the samurai.

[@blu3510]

Great Video!!

[@thepokemontrainer6094]

By the way i loved your King Arthur videos so im happy that you made a video!!!

[@mariakittynight716]

"People of Uesugi! My friends, as followers of Lord Kenshin, we must follow his example!"

[@nekosalad8308]

this was great.although its a pity that these legends were killed by the hands of nature, rather than in battlefield facing each other or nobunaga.

[@rezatravilla6879]

Takeda Shingen were died by being snipe by the Tokugawas. So technically he died in battlefield.

[@julian-p]

Some theorist stated that kenshin is a woman. - kenshin never married and have no children. - In some text mentioned that kenshin is beautiful, the kanji clearly mean beautiful as referred to a female, and kenshin seems fine they state him that way - its said in hojo clan's archieves that every month around 10 th, kenshin suffered a painful stomache cramp and pain, he even unable to ride the horse. so he never go to battle arround that date. - according matsudiaraki's journal and hojo's archieve, on june 11th due to stomach pain, kenshin was forced to retreat despite the fact that the hojo's castle was almost fall. - many historian agree that kenshin died between march 9th to 11th - very early edo period historian matsuidara tadaaki mention that the reason kenshin's death was uterine bleeding. - on potrait of kenshin as bishamonten there's a cup on his feet. According to ancient japanese symbolism, vase or bottle symbolize men, while cup symbolize women - pre edo period painting depict kenshin beardless and have feminime and clear looks (men usualy depicted having beard and women have clearer faces) - in temple of bishamonten in kasugayama (kenshin home castle), the statue of bishamonten is a female, the abbot have no idea why, and said the statue was been there since kenshin's time. - it is recorded that kenshin had free access to the female's quarters and he many time hung out with ashikaga shogun's mom and sister. Only female that allowed to female quarters or visit shogun's mom privately. No matter how close kenshin to the shogun, he unable to do all of that if he is a man uesugi clan keep a close secret of how kenshin died, they just said that he just died. probably because if tokugawa shogunate finds out then they could lose the legitimacy and their land will be confiscated, as the head of a clan must be a male. Or perhaps tokugawa knows about it but never bring it up. In respect of kenshin and the stability of the goverment

[@wafl423]

to add on to this during the Spanish civil war, they found Jesuit documents that referred to Kenshin as the aunt Uesugi Kagekatsu

[@SiD19884]

hmmm interesting... if she fell in love with Shingen... and married...... that would have been one hell of a fun history.. hehe

[@SiD19884]

@Ken Penalosa yeah i know.

[@maidenhunter8363]

He is alcoholic to life thats why he has a severe stomach pain i know this because my friends has it

[@chenjinguo]

Great video about this great samurai warlord o o, The Dragon of Echigo. He sures took a lot of win against the big shot such as Takeda Shingen(almost got him) and Oda Nobunaga(One of the person to fool him in battle tactic and take the win) there lol.

[@oldiesrule1]

that was epic lol very well done

[@thelegendsofhistory]

Thank you :)

[@sophiesinister8516]

Wonderful video.

[@etwothec]

Just found the channel, great work on these well done.

[@chrisberatis2612]

Fantastic video can you please do a video on Yoshitsugu Otani.

[@snakeenjoyingacanofbeans5219]

He was unbeatable

[@つーさん-h8v]

writing his name in KANJI makes 上杉 謙信 上杉←Uesugi (last name) 謙信←Kensin (fast name) ※In Japan the last name comes before the first name

[@つーさん-h8v]

I do not have good English yet, but I'd be happy if I could communicate from japan🇯🇵

[@samurai_1179]

Well, I love samurai and Japanese culture and yes, I know that last name comes before first name.

[@amon5747]

Had Kenshin not died of alcoholism,he would've crushed Nobunaga,he was the only one who defeated Ujiyasu,Shingen and Nobunaga

[@neroatlas9121]

He actually didnt fully beat ujiyasu , his army starved outside odawara and then ujiyasu immediatly took back his land, undoing all of kenshin's work, however they never really faced off in an actual battle, so they never really beat eachother.

[@Usagizaka46]

Oyakata-sama...

[@dwaynejohnson2715]

Can you do a video on yasuke the only African samurai on record? I only found bits, and pieces of information on him. Also can you do more videos on African warriors? Thank you in advance. Keep up the excellent work. Very informative.

[@inspiringrex1198]

Dwayne Johnson He’s made one already

[@jamie9046]

How does a tiger hope to hold a candle to a dragon? All the dragon gotta do is breathe some fire and bam no more tiger

[@rthekvipero6600]

More videos plz

[@sushishogun2486]

Daimyo Uesugi Kenshin 上杉 謙信 February 18, 1530 - April 19, 1578

[@Max_Le_Groom]

Nice video.

[@6thespada491]

Can u do one about azai nagamasa he's my favorite warlord I highly respect him 😎⚔️

[@thepokemontrainer6094]

I only know of this person because of the game fate/grand order, i love this game and the fate series as a whole because it takes allot inspiration from myth and history, some of the people ive never heard of and it has nothing to do with them being japanese, theirs allot of european people and characters that ive never heard of probably because they arent as famous as King Arthur. In the game its a women like all things in anime, and in her lore it states whenever she kills someone she laughs in a sadistic way with this smile, but since its anime, her appearance looks different than the description im giving you.

[@joevanniroillamas1961]

I don't really want to be that guy, but you butchered the pronunciation of kawanakajima.

[@JonasUllenius]

Joevanni Roi Llamas Feed back is a good thing from my perspective. Hope he is not offended by feed back from his viewers?

[@Ukyo82]

Kenshin is one of my favourite japanese rulers

[@exodojosuetcg1909]

why dragon of echigo... isnt he the "shadow-tiger" you know, kagetora?????🤺🤺🤺🤺😱😱😱🤷

[@17-MASY]

Maybe it is a later name

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

The dragon and the Tiger. Would make for an awesome movie! Hell why on earth havent we gotten a proper historical show about the Shengoku jidai period!?

[@kittykattzee]

There’s a lot of Japanese shows on Sengoku Jidai lol. Although a majority are about a specific character and not the actual period itself. Just look up taiga dramas, it’s yearly thing and a lot are on Sengoku jidai characters. It’s awesome!

[@probuskill]

Heaven and Earth Film 1990 depicts the struggle between the two.

[@aryiastark4698]

Love kenshin

[@yani2499]

Can you do one on Musashi Miyamoto

[@rthekvipero6600]

Can you make a video about the bull man from and thank you

[@thelegendsofhistory]

Will look into it :)

[@andrewelliott123]

Love it.

[@maj562]

SENGOKU BASARA ALERT!!!

[@neroatlas9121]

Now make one on ujiyasu hojo

[@jonathanbaker7854]

Super cool.💯❤️✅👌🏿👍🏿☯️😎

[@yab2076]

Here after getting her in fgo

[@XiuhFen]

Anyone else here bc of Fate/Grand Order? Nagao Kagetora is now definitely my new favorite Guda servant.

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

A1Fenrir Me too. And she was voice by Nana Mizuki.

[@MrTurok66]

Do one about yukimura sanada please

[@KiowaNDN]

Easily my favorite samurai

[@pranavstormer17]

Ah yes kenshin I remember him, he’s in my Chaldea under the name nagao kagetora and is also a genderbend.

[@kronutusfrostick9482]

Holy cow, me too. Bit strange, isn’t it?

[@pranavstormer17]

Kronutus Frostick holy moly another fate fan :)

[@kronutusfrostick9482]

Honestly she’s my second favorite servant, just under Gilgamesh.

[@piuscalvinus]

Read a lot of doujins of him

[@maximaldinotrap]

Damn, if God of War franchise ever goes to Japan the God of War there better be based on this dude. Right now they have the Norse Gods who have like 50 million gods of war.

[@thomascoburn5481]

He would have defeated Nobunaga again with Katsuyoris backing if it weren't for his Cancer getting in the way.

[@Midnight_May474]

This is going to sound embarrassing but i came from an app store game. And it had kenshin in it

[@sephythelark]

Ikemen Sengoku

[@Midnight_May474]

@@sephythelark yup that's it. His route was my favorite so i wanted to know more about him

[@AceMoonshot]

For me, Kenshin is to the samurai what William Marshall was to European Knights.

[@Cadeaux_Man]

Thought kenshin was a wolf not a dragon. Yet in fotns there's a guy called Ryu(dragon)ga the wolf...

[@JericoLaurel2342]

3 Kingdoms and Chinese Warring States plsssss

[@michaelbandada9887]

Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu

[@antonistsivolas7992]

Why dont you do hojo ujiyasu?

[@raphaeldonatellojournalism1359]

The real life kenshin

[@theguypat4337]

anyone here from fate/grand order lul

[@duckyuu5900]

Dragon of Dojima

[@rthekvipero6600]

😍😍😍

[@AvengerAtIlipa]

I'm surprised that you didn't mention the theory that Kenshin was a woman.

[@thomascoburn5481]

Had Kenshin not died of Cancer he would have defeated Nobunaga a Second time, and he never would have Become the first great unifier of Japan.

[@thomascoburn5481]

Yeah

[@virgosrus5733]

was he biologically female? did he die of uterus cancer?

[@nasalimbu3078]

Derogon of echogo province

[@saemonno-suke9959]

Hattori Hanzo killed both Shingen Takeda and Kenshin Uesugi

[@laurenceandrewmislos1300]

Shingen got snipe while besieging a Tokugawa castle and kenshin most likely died from a disease related to his alcoholism.

[@nasalimbu3078]

Qinin=uesigi Karin=takada sengen

[@KingFrid-t5y]

Melyna Mount

[@nasalimbu3078]

Qzin okmamza dragon clan cast

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

How I would love to see the swordfight battle of Kenshin & Shingen.

[@samurai_1179]

I believe there is a film called "Heaven and Earth" in which they clash swords.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

@@samurai_1179 Who won?I didn't saw it.

[@nasalimbu3078]

Drogon of echo go

[@nasalimbu3078]

Virub

[@lukegodbey9499]

There is a theory that was actually a woman, that he had monthly "stomach pains". And it was possible that she died of uterairy cancer.

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

And his family called him aunty, or his record of him enjoying woman hobbies which at the time is something to be notice

[@BryanNelson-o2c]

Metz Vista

[@CheshireSnake]

I hate the ridiculous “theory” that Uesugi Kenshin was a female.

[@nasalimbu3078]

Taiger of ki

[@nasalimbu3078]

Yellow mata durga

[@TarzanlikePikle]

Kenshin is a woman

[@3dprintingkiwi420]

both lol boof

[@naturalrightsnotconstituti3556]

I love that you are covering the Japanese history, but PLEASE learn how to ANNUNCIATE the language of which you are referring to PROPERLY!!! Every language I’ve studied and/or learned about, I’ve done at least a 2 minute study on how they speak; rather than just using my language skills and applying them to everyone else’s language ways. Seriously, it only takes a few minutes to notice that annunciations aren’t the same everywhere!!! Please take a few minutes and try to do better, that’s all I’m asking. Thank you! P.S. English is supposed to be the hardest language in the world, so every other language should be easy to annunciate property. And apparently ur an Englishman, so this should be elementary for you. Sorry not trying to be an ass, but I’m just tired of people not even trying to take a couple of minutes to learn annunciate what they’re trying to talk about. To me, it just shows laziness and ego of said people!