What did a Samurai Battlefield Look Like?

[@totalwar1793]

As the Otomo intro says when using Tanegashima: 'weapons that kill without honour, but bring victory. Victory, however, brings honour...'

[@cobes11]

As my grandfather said, “if you are in a fight, hit them in the groin first. There is no such thing as losing honorably.”

[@avariciousandrew6921]

@Fondil Mahbols *guns, anime, and Jesus

[@MultiRainday]

The remaining samurai said in a fight between life and death, theres no such thing as honour.

[@abrarsetiawan5587]

"wEaPOns tHaT kiLl wiTHout hONour" what a bullshit take on honor

[@nutyyyy]

Its no different than any other missile weapon. This idea that guns were somehow dishonorable is crazy. Knights and samurai both used firearms extensively.

[@gabrieldeoliveira8304]

“My lord, a glorious victory will soon be your’s!”

[@darklibertario5001]

_shamefur dispruei_

[@gatoloco2549]

Our men are running from thre battle field

[@rekyks2220]

I see you there Shogun. I see you

[@mikotagayuna8494]

Real samurai battles involve the mandatory screaming of the name of one's sword technique followed by the sudden appearance of Kanji characters in mid-air and accentuated by the copious squirting of pressurized blood.

[@wukillah92]

Yes I read this too somewhere. I also read samurai sprinting techniques extensively and one of the most famed running styles was to linger your arms back behind your waistline , this was often referred to as the "Naruto" run in the 15th century.

[@GOMBE3]

If you are talking about battles uptil 12 th century you are right. They introduced his name and family background before fighting. But everything changed after Mongols came in 13th C. They didn,t follow such Japanese rituals.

[@-shikajin-4078]

Their voice would also echo when they said the name of the technique.

[@CB-py1xh]

It was all about hyper attacks. The samurai had them, the old Chinese of the three kingdoms period didn't have them. But both had musou attacks!

[@samuraijackoff5354]

HACHIMAN’S FURY

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Nobunaga: "so anyway I started blasting"

[@Zpixiewanwan1249]

*Laughs in matchlocks* Menacingly

[@ghostkakashi6483]

😂

[@ghostkakashi6483]

Le me with my Fall of the Samurai Gatling Guns : Pathetic 😶

[@jacktheripper5112]

that scene is burned into my brain from samurai warriors 2 since i was a kid XD

[@seaghan6412]

@Regnery Cruz the takeda IRL where famously essentially wiped out by Nobunaga and a matchlock volley.

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

I think one of the most brutal (and definitely not-honorable) aspects of samurai warfare was the follow-up of the battle when the defeated were hunted down and massacred for their heads or equipment, something that lasted for days and even weeks. That must been just a terrifying experience to go through.

[@lock3265]

@Paper Plane Sadly, warfare rarely follows such rules. The equipment was needed and the enemy's very survival was viewed dishonorably at times.

[@richhartnell6233]

He made a good point about making war movies a horror movie. Imagine a horror movie about a defeated samurai trying to escape from the field.

[@koraegi]

*That one guy with the ugly head pretending to be dead* "Thank God they don't want my head"

[@AdamOwenBrowning]

A similar thing absolutely happened when European armies got thoroughly routed. A good pair of boots are invaluable and stocking your armory with the enemy's weapons is a bright idea, especially when there is no "non-standard" ammunition involved. We even do this with firearms in contemporary history - Japanese Arisaka rifles were maintained and stored by the Russians after the first Russo-Japanese war and then filtered down through sale to many other nations. Even Britain maintained some Arisaka rifles and an inventory of 6.5mm semi-rimmed specifically for it. Free metal for a daimyo's army is very valuable! Of course, that's all well and good but everyone need be hunted down, beheaded and stripped first :/ The idea of a horror movie taking place in the shoes of a routed army's farthest stragglers would truly be terrifying.

[@lelanderickson1045]

On the evidence the majority of fatalities in pre-industrial warfare battles ensued not during the height of the battle, but during the pursuit of the defeated army that inevitably followed.

[@goldensmurf8168]

On behalf of the Shokuho team and of course myself, we are extremely grateful for the shoutout you gave us on your video! The support we have received from your audience and the community in general has been outstanding and we are forever grateful. We shall strive to make a historically accurate, yet engaging Sengoku Jidai mod that will give the players a riveting gameplay experience, narrative storyline, and above everything else to provide the player with a deep exploration of feudal japan during one of its most tumultuous eras. Again, thank you for the amazing shoutout!

[@Xiong-f2l]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rafJZHqqh9-mfNU This video is what real samurai battles actually look like. People literally trying to kill each other and using judo/joint locks.

[@goldensmurf8168]

@@Xiong-f2l if you manage to get that implemented into Bannerlord, give us a dm

[@JohnDoe-yq9rt]

Is it bannerlord or warband? Either way I'm gonna download it

[@bearmanroar7117]

this mod really made me think how bad bannerlord solider types actually are. And no fan will admit it

[@JohnDoe-yq9rt]

@@bearmanroar7117 I have over 5000 hours in Warband, only about 5 in bannerlord. Make of that what you will.

[@Jon.A.Scholt]

Suicide by "Jumping from horse at full gallup with sword between your teeth" is about the craziest and most badass thing I can think of.

[@jaywerner8415]

I second that. But hay at least looked cool dying.

[@seanstamper1459]

I still don’t understand how that’d kill you

[@jaywerner8415]

@@seanstamper1459 I can only assume on impact the sword sliced though his mouth, more or less slicing his head off.

[@olf7olf72]

@@jaywerner8415 i d assume that the took so that it implaed his head whenn he crused into the ground

[@Juanito1124]

@@seanstamper1459 i can actually imagine some scenarious of it. imagine if it missed your cervical spine. and felt the pain while you are slowly bleeding away.

[@roninroshi44]

Living in Japan we visit battlefields and they continue to have a very eerie feeling! If I take photos at night with a flash ‘kodama’ spheres as they are sometimes known are everywhere moving to different positions if I shoot really rapidly! Great channel and info…Thanks…ありがとうございました！

[@javierperez-xo8mr]

War is everything but glorious and that "smell of victory" is shit from corpses

[@TheChonaman]

On the battlefield, the smell of victory is always the same as the smell of defeat. Especially if the weather was warm it would linger. At least the dead don't have to smell it for days after the battle.

[@kapitan19969838]

No offense guys but none You know shit about battlefield

[@tylermartin7245]

Humans have been waging wars ever since the dawn of civilization. There has been so much warfare in history that every single area of land has had human blood shed on it multiple times over, perhaps. These fearless warriors couldn't just put down their weapons in the middle of a battlefield, become pacifists and go home singing Kumbaya. Their reality was that they had to fight to the death with deadly weapons and any mistake could've meant death for themselves and (even worse) victory for the enemy. They had been training to fight their entire lives. To simply dismiss their valor, incredible fighting ability and the absolute disregard for death in a moronic and futile argument for "wArS aRe BaD!!!111" is one of the most ignorant things I've ever heard of.

[@FinnishDragon]

We should remember that samurai commanders usually knew Sun Tzu´s Art of War very well. The Art of War also says that "All Warfare is based on deception". I think it could be an interesting idea to make an episode between Sun Tzu´s Art of War and Samurai warfare since educated Japanese people knew the Art of War since 7th century.

[@jaywerner8415]

That would be interesting.

[@velveteensallet949]

Takeda Shingen, one of the greatest daimyo of the Sengoku Era, supposedly had a battle standard made that had quotes straight out of the Art of War.

[@silversurfer512]

@@velveteensallet949 There're letters on the famous banner of Shingen army which were written as "Fuu Rin Ka Zan" means, Wind Forest Fire Mountain. Those words are from the Art of War. Means, "When you move, you have to be as fast as wind." "When you hide, you have to be as calm as forest." "When you attack, you have to be as fierce as fire." "When you stop, you have to be as firm as a mountain." BTW, Shingen was one of the most feared Daimyo lords of that era. Even Nobunaga was afraid of Shingen. But when Shingen finally started to go to Kyoto to become the ruler of Japan, he died en route by some sickness. After that Nobunaga defeated the son of Shingen at famous Nagashino battle used the most gun power in Japanese history before that time against famous Takeda Cavalry.

[@amznamzn]

I would say that yes , you can see the influence of Sun Tsu on samurai strategy in the writings of Musashi in his Book of 5 rings. Quit interesting to see the correlations between the two books.

[@zeppkfw]

Have you seen how Japanese warlords decide on what to do? Much more complex than their Western counterparts

[@thesnowfox7262]

"Treachery! The enemy army has meant to ambush us!"

[@Z020852]

"The enemy is running like a whipped dog! Shameful display!"

[@parikshitabhgautam3416]

@@Z020852 *shamfur dispray

[@sowpmactavish]

*hidden units my lord, treacherously meant to ambush us

[@jt4478]

Yea video on ranks within the samurai/ashigaru classes,

[@SusCalvin]

There is a lot of reasons Oda Nobunaga can make a good antagonist in a semi-fictional story. He is a man ruthlessly crushing independent temples and rivals when he needs to.

[@vaarkobke3102]

15:00 not to mention that his irl inspiration was the head of an artillery school and only charged after they ran out of ammo lol

[@Admiral45-10]

I think a ,,relatively" close depiction of warfare came in Battlefield 1. It's not _the most_ historically accurate WW1 game out there, but it does a very good job at showing what a battlefield might have looked like: destroyed homes and mud everywhere, fear you can feel from the computer yourself, sometimes rage as you charge forward, maybe even a pride and sense of mission as you heal your teammates or try to bravely take down a tank - and once you see an enemy, it's all just a massive hunger game for survival, but in fancy (but bloody and unwashed) suits - everyone killing everyone else, with everything and every trick they have up their sleeve (even as much as drowning an enemy soldier in a puddle - that last one is a scene from _All Quiet on Wesrern Front,_ actually. One thing this movie got right). I imagine Samurai warfare might have looked similarly - but with diffrent technology and weapons.

[@tylermartin7245]

What an incredible experience these battles must have been. The fearlessness of historical warriors never ceases to amaze me.

[@Kuckooracha]

I don’t think fearlessness is the proper term, many must’ve been shitting their pants in terror

[@eduardogutierrez4698]

In The Revenge of the Sith , Obi wan had to resort to a gun to defeat General Griveous. That means that Jedi knights are willing to use weapons other than their light sabers to achieve their goals.

[@enrique4459]

Yes. Good eye.

[@HP_lovecrafts_cat67]

But its frowned upon in jedi teachings to use a blaster but that doesn’t necessarily stop them from actually using blaster

[@stevefrench7036]

Also, for some reason the clones charge with their blaster into melee range towards Yoda when they go back to the temple at the end ?

[@josephchaput7389]

@@stevefrench7036 i noticed this too, perhaps it's toi make the shots harder to block since multiple since they are all advancing. That combined with the fact that clones recognize they are pretty expendable.

[@stevefrench7036]

@@josephchaput7389 Interesting, perhaps yeah, plus in Star Wars, blasters usually don't seem accurate (if you played Jedi Academy, you'll know hahaha). On another note, zeroing-in on a target to cut their escape might be some form of tactic as well, but it um... don't work on Yoda lol

[@davidwasilewski]

The ancient Greeks learned that shoving up close together, shoulder to shoulder, several ranks deep with long spears (later pikes) meant you could push over and through the enemies line of battle won you the battle more often than not. So I suspect, even allowing cultural differences, the modern image we have of swirling multiple ‘one on one’ combats are highly inaccurate. In the later period, after cannons were introduced, then deep ranks of troops wouldn’t have been feasible of course but that was the beginning of the end for the samurai anyway.

[@lock3265]

Battle tactics heavily differed geographically. The heavily diverse cultures of Europe with foreign enemies and invaders led to a much different war culture than the highly isolated, culturally homogeneous Japan, where more ideals of honor can be kept up. However, I agree that any major "battle" wouldnt be comprised of any weird 1v1 dueling lol.

[@dusk6159]

Let alone with damn swords lol into a battlefield lol

[@jaywerner8415]

@@lock3265 I think shogun 2s intro video probably says it best (or at least reasonable depiction), any duels where probably done before or maybe after battle, then after that the battle would start and everything descends into chaos.

[@jaywerner8415]

@@dusk6159 Ya from everything i hear, if they did have swords strapped to their sides it was probably a back up weapon, cus you always hear they only carried katanas in town.

[@tomgjgj]

@@jaywerner8415 Honestly, makes sense to use a sword in town. Bows and spears are large, cumbersome and situational. Bows are better in open field and spears are better in ranks. Plus, well made ornate swords are a status symbol in basically every culture.

[@randovids]

Duels probably happened during the skirmishing part of the battle, which can last quite a while before either army commits to a fight.

[@gibsonflyingv2820]

Your channel is seriously underrated, you have the most realistic and accurate information about samurai history and overall feudal Japanese society. Be it the combat of different eras, the different classes and types of warriors its all amazing!. I also love how the whole channel breaks up different aspects of feudal Japanese history because it varied so much. You do an excellent job and you have earned a loyal subscriber.

[@akemisayaka8905]

Basically every warrior across history outside beginning of record history were practical and not stupid and fought to win even knights and Samurai.

[@todo9633]

Oh no, there were definitely idiots on historical battlefields, who tried stupid things, but they usually died and no one bothered to remember them. There were also entire cultures whose idea of warfare was based on rituals and procedure and ideas of how things 'should be', but they usually only lasted until they came across someone who took advantage of it.

[@yousefshahin2654]

15:55: I strongly I agree with you, the Shogunate, The tactics and equipment used during the Sengoku Jidai, from the Onin war, to the battle of Nagashino, to the battle of Shizugatake, to the Korean campaign (Imjin war) to the battle of Sekigahara are extremely fascinating and interesting.

[@derekk.2263]

The point when the bloody meat grinder starts is when the honor duels happen. After the initial clash people are tired and trying to recover wounded and get back in formation and as it starts to get dark honor duels between individuals are much more practical and likely.

[@JohnSmith-jp5bj]

Especially in the second round of honour duels, I would expect them to mostly be revenge for the loss of friends in the preceding meat grinder.

[@runakovacs4759]

In Eastern Europe, it was more the other way around. Two armies would send forth light cavalry skirmishers who would duel amongst each other, then bring back prisoners/"trophies" to their own army to boost morale. It was usually done by young nobility trying to prove themselves to their commander. This skirmish happened to also allow for armies to mobilise and get into proper formation. Allowing for the actual engagement later to occur more "cleanly." At least, the Polish and Kazaks did so.

[@SusCalvin]

@@runakovacs4759 The concept of skirmish troops comes up through history. The early modern period has the "small war" that covers the constant smaller clashes between sentries, raiders, scouts, foragers etc of the field armies. "Small" in comparison to the relatively few large-scale battles by having only a few hundred people. Someone has to get up over the hill and see what's on the other side or fetch water, and then they run into enemy lads doing the same. Or they get picked off by angry peasants if they show up understrength.

[@cpp3221]

@@runakovacs4759 in fact, during european antiquity and middle age, it was a common practice to send light troops to exchanges missiles beforr engaging a battle. But about duels specifically. The duels before the meat grinders (sometimes between maybe) were a practice known to the celts, the romans, the arabs, the sassanids, etc.

[@thetwitchywitchy]

I completely agree with you, the fact that guns, bows, pole arms, clubs and swords were all used on the same battlefield at the same time is extremely freaking cool. I never really thought about the fact that they had guns, that just makes it so much more insanely epic.

[@koukidenhikaitu4990]

There's also more primitive stone throwing.

[@magoswes3588]

@@koukidenhikaitu4990Humanity’s first and greatest weapon: throwing rocks. Every ranged weapon is just an evolution of throwing rocks

[@Tracer_Krieg]

On the note of accurate depictions of the American Civil War, I actually have to say that Gettysburg does a pretty decent job at it. While it doesn't have the "rivers of blood" or exploding limbs, it shows how tactics were used, the men in command and the soldiers on the ground, how men died in the hundreds in just a matter of minutes (especially Pickett's Charge) and even insights into why the war was being fought on both sides. History Buffs does a really good job of analyzing this, so I do recommend checking it out.

[@brendanfrost9775]

One of my all time favorites to watch, yet still a huge far cry from the reality of battle. Besides probably the most common failure of battle scenes, which is that men are shown to be either straight up dead or alive (not wounded, which was actually the vast majority, bloody and terrified, most knowing they were on their way out), like almost any film I've seen, they also omit the constant screaming and howling that a battlefield would have had. One of the only films I can think of that does this is The Forgotten Battle--unrealistic in some ways, but the absolutely constant scream of those already wounded is, as it would have been in reality, simply the constant way of every single battle.

[@als3022]

@@brendanfrost9775 There were plenty of wounded trying to retreat back in the Pickett-Pettigrew Assault. You see them moving back while the main line is fighting in front. And to be fair to Gettysburg, they had a TV miniseries budget (Back then that wasn't too big). What is not known is that the thousands of soldiers (I believe 8,000 in the end) who were extras, all of them were reenactors who brought their own stuff to fight. Every one of them volunteers. A good chunk of the cannons, muskets, and bayonets, the extras owned. Its style is also set as a battle epic like the 1950's-60's movies.

[@Member3285]

I very much appreciate your insightfulness. In as much as understanding the circumstance of battle, our ignorance to any moment beyond that which we live. In a turn of phrase, you see enough to know what you don't. Thanks for a cool video!

[@Gabtchko]

Man your stuff is so high quality and interesting. Thank you

[@csk1d943]

I always like to consider Negoro monks and Saika villagers as the first masters of musketry in Japan, being able to fire 3 times faster compared to Nobunaga’s men while being more accurate, these folks dwarfed any proper army at the time and are an asset to any lord who hire them.

[@djangojia5427]

这些僧侣和农民是古流传承的铁炮术，就跟剑术和枪术流派差不多，专门习练铁炮，自然比征召的足轻强。

[@blackpowderkun]

Guessing they already mastered the handcanon before upgrading to arquebuses.

[@silversurfer512]

Well done. Very well studied. Accurate. Very precise to real Japanese history. A big appraisal from Japan.

[@jimross7648]

It has always been that writers and artists tended to focus on individuals or small units in order to portray the humanity of the participants. This led to the idolized creation of codes of honorable combat that happened, but were actually a minor part in the overall combat on battlefields. The participants goal was always to prevail and defeat their opponents, gaining the objectives that they were after, and to survive. The chaos of the actual battlefield is always clarified and codified, by the artists and writers who portray or describe the encounters, usually at some point well after the encounters actually occurred. Propaganda, myth making, and popularity always played a part in the images and stories that framed how conflicts were ultimately remembered.

[@k-matsu]

12:00 Nagashino is actually a battle that should be viewed as a colossal tactical blunder by an incompetent general, rather than one of Nobunaga's great triumphs. Shingen understood the value of the teppo in defensive formation. He even used the tactic himself in one of the Battles of Kawanakajima. If he had been alive, it is highly unlikely that he would have tried to assault a defended position with cavalry. Unfortunately, Katsuyori had none of his father's strategic vision, and though he was clearly a brave cavalry commander (one of his father's best), he made a stupid and self-sacrificial charge, in an effort to prove that he was worthy of following Shingen as the clan leader. I dont see this as some change in the basic structure of Japanese warfare. Remember, "good" Japanese archers supposedly could pierce single-layer steel armor at 30.303 meters. The teppo was a bit more deadly (albeit slower), but its use in battle was restricted by weather. It did have an impact on the battles of the Sengoku Jidai, but it did not really do anything to alter "What did a Samurai Battlefield Look Like" Apart from that quibble - Good video !

[@cucklepuffyao5842]

Bro facts. My friend likes to stroke off Nobunaga due to that battle, but unfortunately, the Tiger of Kai wasn’t there to stop that blunder 😔

[@trotskyeraumpicareta4178]

The Shogunate references Atun-Shei? This is a great day!

[@user-jy2sj4ed4i]

Love your narration. Pleasant voice

[@wildcat4478]

7:27 PS4 video game Ghost of Tsushima. This game shows the beginning of the war between Mongol Emperor and Japan at Tsushima island

[@gamblingking9692]

Japan in 1400 to 1500: *exists* The west: “Oh no, so anyway this is god and here is gun.”

[@TheSpectralFX]

Japan in 1400 to 1500: *exists and does not want to trade with outsiders* Here, fixed it for you.

[@Okuni_]

Japan: I'll just take the gun thank you

[@zerothehero123]

@@TheSpectralFX except the dutch, we gave them western science!

[@satch5471]

@@zerothehero123 and we did it without trying to make them believe in our guy in the sky. Which they preffered over the portuguese.

[@トーキ-g8v]

@@satch5471 thanks for that guys, we liked the guns and armor you guys had

[@seansorice722]

Would you ever consider doing a video on samurai heraldry? I feel like in popular culture, all the soldiers of a clan will bear a single banner and color on the battlefield, like the Takeda always wearing red. However, I know this is not how it was and would love to see a video on some rules of heraldry and how battlefields and armies would look.

[@justinruins]

tarantino needs to watch this; a civil war film w "rivers of blood" is exactly what the world needs in 2021

[@utapau235]

What's the round item haning from the samurai's sash at 4:23 I see it all around japanese paintings and am struggling to find an aswer on google.

[@AoVis]

Beautiful pictures and interesting video. Thank you!

[@stevendern2543]

The Tale of the Heike. My favourite part to that story is Tomoe Gozen. Pivot. A 2017 movie simply named: Sekigahara Is a revisionist story told from the perspective of Mitsunari Ishida. The commander of the losing side. I feel it depicts the chaos well. Namely the difficulty in coordinating attacks, fear of committing, loyalties, betrayal, professionalism, and just how personal it is to decapitate an armored samurai that wants your head too. Think jiu jitsu (judo) and using sword at the same time. No for time kata bullshit. Judo is symbolic of that era. Once an armored samurai is on their back, they're doomed. Good content Shogun-sama!!! I forgot to add. Legend has it Musashi Miyamoto was there too. On the losing side.

[@gluefood781]

The sengoku Jidai arc is amazing

[@takanochannel]

Japanese samurai during the civil war quickly changed their lords in search of higher rewards. At that time, it was normal to change the lord many times in his life. The samurai always negotiated with the lord about the reward. When the peaceful era began and the relationship between the samurai and the lord was fixed, the samurai's "honor" and "morality" began to be touted.

[@djangojia5427]

也不一定是战争时代，即使战国结束后的江户时代，也有下级武士数次跳槽效忠不同的主公，一切都是为了薪水。

[@lastyhopper2792]

10:07 such a beautiful rendition

[@JAGzilla-ur3lh]

How has it taken me this long to discover your channel? Insta-subscribed.

[@ravanpee1325]

Also artists and writers reflect the perceived image after the actual battle. It's more a reflection of ideals than reality. Also the winners write history. You can see the same principle with Richard III. or Cao Cao, who were branded as the villains by their enemies/succesors

[@snowtail1951]

"Jin, we must fight with honor! Or not at all!" "...Uncle, are you even aware of how we *actually* fight?"

[@kapitan19969838]

What do You mean

[@snowtail1951]

@@kapitan19969838 Ghost of Tsushima joke

[@japanse_samurai9456]

I love your videos. Could you please make a video about the relation between japan and the Netherlands?

[@jonh101]

I think something that alot of war movies get wrong is sound, battles even before gun powder would still be loud with screaming commands, metal clashing and the yells and shouts of the dying

[@Zee200]

Thanks for the update😊

[@SuperSoliderXZ]

Not realising what I had learned playing through Samurai warriors series, incredible

[@arthelliasgaming]

I can describe battles of that time period with only one word...horrific Men screaming at the top of their lungs, thunder and dark skies, axes getting driven into the faces of their foes...I can't even imagine the horror of those battles

[@tylermartin7245]

To you it's horror, to them it was the most incredible thing in the world. The successful warriors longed to experience it again.

[@arthelliasgaming]

@@tylermartin7245 Very true

[@diarradunlap9337]

I remember renting and watching "Heaven and Earth" several times when I was in college. I really enjoyed it each time, even if I DID have to read the subtitles.

[@foxmanghost1822]

an old friend of mine from Japan. One said either you’re married into a samurai clan or you’re born into one If not born into or married into you’re just a plain old swordsman

[@tigerboom9030]

Nowadays: brother compete on who got the bigger card collection. Back than: "hey bro, how many heads do you have?"

[@legaliseme]

Lol I love at the beginning it has all the ashigaru running in formation, but at the end of the segment and combat is joined, all sense of formation immediately breaks down like it does in every bloody medieval combat sim

[@CultureScreen]

"Never stray from the way." - Miyamoto Musashi

[@xanthors7051]

Great video! Just want to point it out that the Ashigaru is a rank of the samurai class (at least from the sengoku jidai), they had the duty of the peasants too when they are not serving in the military, but the most significant difference between them and the normal peasants is that they have the right to wear the swords. The samurai class covers a whole lot of differrent ranks, all from the daimyo(warlods) to the ashigaru(the lowerst rank). But of course, there is a lot of peasants that participated in the wars too, their function is more of the supplying the army and the logistics, but not to be confused with the ashigaru and the mercenaries (youhei). But of course during the time of war, the peasants could easily be "promoted" to ashigaru.

[@csk1d943]

Also I have came across some statement on Japanese Middle Ages warfare, specifically stating the Takeda model, they claimed that ashigaru are more playing a defensive role, a single row of ashigaru spearman will try to bog down the enemy by slashing spears while a line of ji-samurai behind using short spears will do the killing, it was also mentioned that the relative unimportance of ashigaru was shown by the marching column as these spearman was marching on the rear, way behind skirmishes and samurai columns, which means that upon contact the first to engage would be more reliable samurai troops rather than the supposed backbone of the army. Another thing mentioned by the statement is the record of merit, which by the late Sengoku Jidai head count is still dominating factor of merit, thus its usually the samurai who does the killing receive the merit, while ashigaru would almost never be promoted due to the limited chance to actually take enemy heads.

[@joegambabambino4277]

THX FOR EXPLAINING. I HAD THAT QUESTION FOR A LONG TIME.

[@jakobofcincy]

"the battlefield is a scene of constant chaos, whoever controls that chaos is the victor" -napoleon

[@zerothehero123]

The whole reason shinobi houses were designed with revolving walls and escape hatches, false walls, false floor boards etc was to protect against enemy incursion and foremost to keep the recipe for gunpowder a secret! They even had wooden cannons!

[@leonart4216]

Personally I dont think Oda Nobunaga was demonized during Kagemusha (unlike in the other instances) but more like that the whole movie is told through the Takeda POV. Aside from that great video man

[@saxybison]

At least 1 of those pics used was from the L5R setting. Cool video!

[@MCorpReview]

Could u do a short series on boshin wars? Sound like the sengoku sammies are juz ceremonial cavalry chargers 🔌?

[@pastor8647]

@10:49 Did you ever cover the Command Structure in depth?

[@TheShogunate]

Yes, check out my video "Samurai Army Ranks and Command Structure"

[@pastor8647]

Much appreciated! @@TheShogunate

[@tiberius2072]

Thank you for this video. It always irks me when seeing the romanticized "honorable, code abiding" depiction of Samurai created in the Edo Jidai. Warfare based in tradition and limited to the warrior caste implemented into total war seems such an oversight and inaccurate. On another note: I saw your Q and A video where you say you went to UWM, where I assume you are from Wisconsin. As a half-Japanese American and fellow Wisconsinite I was pleasantly surprised to find someone in my area creating such detailed quality content on the Sengoku Jidai.

[@richhartnell6233]

He’s from Wisconsin too? Looks like the new home for samurai is in the wastelands of Wisconsin. Lol

[@Quincy_Morris]

3:00 be fair, for most soldiers, during most of war, it’s all marching and camping. Battle is usually a very small part in terms of amount of time at least.

[@foxdoesyoutube2621]

good god this channel is awesome

[@stephenrenwick8781]

A great video. To paraphrase Terry Pratchett... he had been brought up on paintings of great charges and victories, when he became a soldier the one thing he noticed was that the artist had missed out entrails. He supposed they just weren’t very good at painting them.... it would seem the Japanese artists weren’t so squeamish.

[@ilaughatfunnyshit3482]

Great vid as always. Thanks

[@manjitahzan9577]

Samurai battlefield during Sengoku Jidai representing the height of martial prowess. It's full of skilfully use of various weapons like swords, spear, bow and arrow, and even firearms. The warrior during this time practically need to mastered the use of these weapons to emerge victorious and eventually this all ended when the modern firearms begin to take over the whole battlefield.

[@FirstLast-di5sr]

16:06 well yeah, Star Wars is a WW2 Samurai Space Opera 😁😋 Great video, thank you!!

[@Joe_Friday]

What's the round thing on his belt at 4:20 that I see a lot of samurai archers wear?

[@tylermartin7245]

Let me know if you find out.

[@chriscoulter6089]

Great video!

[@bigmac8168]

Good and informative and entertaining👍

[@17-MASY]

15:50 an interesting point and comparison

[@idleeidolon]

16:00 "because you have both firearms, swords, and spears" lookup the german Landsknechte. they were mercenary troop whose unit was composed of pikemen, zweihander, and arquebus. moreover look at the other european formations during the "pike and shot" era of warfare. you'd be surprised.

[@sloo6425]

12:46 "victory wipes all dishonor"... goes off to start a game of shogun 2

[@TheTiwatGamer]

Keep god work man loved this vid

[@OneWingedAngelsBand]

More samurai content yay! Is there any chance you could cover the Genpei War after you finish the Sengoku Jidai series? 🙂 It has colorful characters such as Minamoto Yoshitsune and Benkei, betrayals, and a Minamoto-Taira rivalry just like that of the Takeda-Uesugi.

[@OneWingedAngelsBand]

Or maybe a video of the four notable assassins of the Edo Period? I heard Kawakami Gensai is the inspiration behind Rurouni Kenshin's Battousai.

[@blakewangler230]

Awsome video man

[@Libertarianmobius1]

Total War: Shogun 2 The greatest real strategy samurai warfare game ever.

[@scottishwanker6202]

Yeea bout that Fuck hojo metsukes

[@ishi-b6w]

yeah okay, have fun with messy ai, not 100% historically accurate scenarios.

[@ishi-b6w]

I kinda prefer Nobunaga No Yabou Souzou (Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence) a bit more in history

[@maximilienfrobespierre7683]

I feel like your description of the Sengoku period as a time of both traditional melee implemets like swords. As well as a time when firearms came in to widespread use, can be applied to the european Pike and Shot period as well.

[@FirstLast-di5sr]

Shout out for giving Atun Shei a shout out!

[@hotrod3395]

Hey this is the first I’ve heard of the Bannerlord 2 mod. I’m excited, I never played the first one.

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

Excellent video, very informing. Total War Shogun 2 is among the best of the total war titles. How accurate are those to reality.

[@damianthebeholder6775]

Me: multiple projects, peer reviews, and English modules due before midnight KZbin: wanna see a samurai battlefield? Me: well duh

[@mgsxmike]

This video would crush the illusion of people that believe the Samurai was always the paragon of honor. Glad this video was made, I would shove this to their faces.

[@appleciderhorror12]

1. 2 armies meet up 2. Champions and wannabees challenge each others. And return back to ranks with cheers...or don't 3. At least one side has deployed itself accordingly 4. The side that has already deployed takes advantage of their superior organizing skills and attacks. 5. If both sides still want to keep going then... 6. repeat n.2 7. Everyone is now at the party so the dramatic music finally starts playing. 8. A horn sounds and men are turned to minced meat while a commander hopes the reserve is still loyal to him and not the other side. 9. One side has had enough and scatters 10. If you've been a good kid you'll get a severed head for Christmas

[@JohnnyB43]

Nice content 👍 cheers JB

[@SpaceTalon]

So it was basically very similar to the 30 years war in Europe.

[@hanchiman]

I been wondering, will you ever show how actual samurai martial art fought in the battlefield? I mean like how do samurai fight on horseback with a spear since it was their main weapons.

[@anandgupta1989]

Just like the Lance wielding knights cavalry charge involved coordinated crash on the lines with spears

[@hanchiman]

@@anandgupta1989 and then after the charge they return back to pick up new spears or do a new charge? I saw in another channel (not Metatron, some British guy) mentioned in the European knight cavalry charge doctrine, they would do a coordinated charge. Then return to their camp to pick up new lances and recharge again. Only time they pull out swords is when the lance is broken or dropped in the middle of a fight. Probably same with Sengoku era samurai fight like this

[@worshipedwarrior441]

@@hanchiman schologladitoria

[@hanchiman]

@@worshipedwarrior441 I think the videogame "Kingdom Come Deliverance" swordplay came from that as well

[@gibsonflyingv2820]

It was their main weapon on horseback, not as foot soldiers. It all depends on the time period.

[@dreysantillan]

Victory will always bring honor No matter how you achieve it

[@Ghost-pq8td]

Man he used the bf1 theme to great effect, it really sets the effect.

[@crewcutter2030]

Samurai : commits suicide when realizing they lost eskrimador: take as much with them even at face of defeat.

[@shanecarubbi7864]

Great video!!! With awesome art work to go with awesome history 👍👍 you ser have a new subscriber 😁

[@Monika-ok6lp]

Samurai: * use bows Portuguese merchants: Let us introduce ourself

[@michaelbandada9887]

Oda Nobunaga: Yes Takeda Katsuyori and company: Oh crap, we're gonna die

[@ThisTrainIsLost]

Rifle use is easy to understand: load, fire, reload, repeat. The faster you can reload, the more shots you can fire per minute (especially when you have learned to fire by ranks). But what about Japanese artillery? How developed was the use of the cannon? In particular, did the Japanese advance to using that most devastating of ammunition, the canister shot?

[@Yojimbo61]

From what I read the tangeshima wasn't really a western design, it was just brought by Westerners. Apparently when the East India company captured parts of India they had indian manufacturies make matchlocks for them but in their style which was closer to a lot of islamic designs. If you look at a lot of Javenese, and malayasian matchlocks in the South pacific, they had similiar designs to the tangashima but they were a lot longer. That's because this design comes out of the islamic world. They a lot of times had a pistol grip instead of a full stock like a lot of European matchlocks.

[@owned141117]

Are you ever gonna cover the imjin war? or does that not count as a sengoku jidai related event. Keep up the amazing work always looking forward to a new video