Bushido - Samurai Code of Honour - Myth and Reality of Shogun TV Show

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13 күн бұрын

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of Japan continues with a video in which we talk about the bushido - Samurai code of honour, the way of the warrior and ask if the Japanese nobility actually adhered to it, bringing up examples from the Shogunate and Imperial era, as well as discussing the most famous incident that became almost synonymous with the concept of bushido took place - the 47 Ronin.
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Animation: Michael Merc / @mercenarycamp , Kate Korolko
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@KingsandGenerals 12 күн бұрын

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@nekomakhea9440 11 күн бұрын

Azai Nagamasa chose which side to back according to the ancient moral principle of Bros Before Hoes, following a Warrior Code far more ancient than Bushido: The Bro Code

@tomz5704 11 күн бұрын

Broshido as they call it in Japan

@michaelstone5298 7 күн бұрын

😂😅

@Talosbug 11 күн бұрын

“They’re more like guidelines” 😂

@liukang3545 11 күн бұрын

thats bull

@eaglefighter1295 11 күн бұрын

And there are others who are like "it's a checklist"

@atzuras 11 күн бұрын

Technically, it is not a "rule" - A Samurai, doing air quotes.

@ccptube3468 10 күн бұрын

Ha! U sound like Barbossa!

@MrSecretweapon174 7 күн бұрын

Bloody pirates

@jlvfr 12 күн бұрын

European medieval knights also were supposed to have "codes of conduct"... and they respected them as much as the samurai, ie: when it suited them, And, as in the codified bushido, much of these "codes" were actually revived and rewriten in the 19th century victorian era...

@justinstrong9595 11 күн бұрын

Not really, it was more the really late 1600's for bushido, but the point stands.

@wsk1124 11 күн бұрын

Europ knights is just robber.

@jlvfr 11 күн бұрын

@@justinstrong9595 part of the bushido revival, and the responsable for much of the utter fanaticism and outright brutality of japanese troops in WWII, was carried out post WWI by ultra nationalists, who took it to it's most extreme manias.

@dane0phelps 11 күн бұрын

The Knight’s Code of Chivalry. It differs between knight sects, but generally contain the same elements. The Code of Chivalry is still modified and adopted by warriors today. My last battalion has a code of chivalry that all NCOs and officers were required to swear to. I still live my life by said code despite being retired for ten years. The code of chivalry gave us a great advantage when we were fighting an insurgency. The code we swore to was a mix of old knights’ codes and tactics in counterinsurgency.

@frank-ko6de 11 күн бұрын

European Knights were literally thieves and brigands. That's literally why they started the crusades, in order to steal and rob the Arabs of the resources they had. European sense of "honor" will never be on the same level of Japanese honor.

@HistoryOfRevolutions 11 күн бұрын

"civilization means not only comfort in daily necessities but also the refining of knowledge and the cultivation of virtue so as to elevate human life to a higher plane" - Fukuzawa Yukichi

@asiblingproduction 11 күн бұрын

In theory, lol.

@goodman8469 11 күн бұрын

@@asiblingproductionWhy??

@pease-nc5yf 10 күн бұрын

@@asiblingproduction virtue is a theory

@RaginRaider 11 күн бұрын

Having done extensive research on the subject I was worried when I saw the title of this video, thinking you would disappoint. Silly of me. Once again you show that you are a reliable source of information and can still remain entertaining. Thank you for setting the story straight for those that haven’t looked into the subject.

@Nyx_2142 11 күн бұрын

Lol. Funny, considering that their Japanese history videos routinely get ripped apart for being full of myth and misinformation. Their Sengoku Period one is particularly infamous for this. Really, you can find actual historians picking apart their videos all the time when they cover anything before the modern era.

@RaginRaider 10 күн бұрын

@@Nyx_2142 nothing funny about it. Archeologists and historians are constantly ripping each other apart. As it should be. We keep each other in check. If one is wrong you can always reply and respond. Or correct what you said. But this is how we get to the truth. I don’t know which video you are referring to but this one is accurate. Having studied the subject for some time, stereotype of the “honorable” samurai always annoyed me.

@aaronbonogofsky4463 11 күн бұрын

47 Ronin needs to be done completely. The full story would be done justice here. 👍

@USBearForce 11 күн бұрын

I've always found Chivalry and Bushido to have a fascinating historical parallel: both developed when their respective warrior classes were in decline and needed something to bolster their prestige. Chivalry went from simply describing skill at fighting from horseback to emphasizing moral and ethical excellence in the later Middle Ages, after mounted knights had lost their unquestioned battlefield dominance over common-born infantrymen. In their turn, the samurai only developed an obsession with bushido after they became a legally-privileged yet increasingly impoverished warrior caste in a country at peace.

@EmmanuelIraola-gz2uo 11 күн бұрын

When times are harsh, warriors become more pragmatic. When times turn pacific, warriors come back to honor codes.

@AYVYN 11 күн бұрын

What if times turn Atlantic? 🤔

@KyoushaPumpItUp 10 күн бұрын

Even during the times of peace, some samurai would still kill civilians despite being innocent. Look it up.

@hanshen3588 9 күн бұрын

"Tsujigiri", where samurai would commit murder to unarmed civillian just to test their new katana

@antoniodelaugger9236 8 күн бұрын

@@hanshen3588pretty sure this was uncommon or rare and they actually used bodies of dead convicts. Farmers just don't grow out of trees

@iLLeag7e 11 күн бұрын

Kings & Generals channel, you always catch me on the next one and I love yall for it

@CollegeHistorian 11 күн бұрын

The animations and story telling are always top notch. A true inspiration to small history youtubers like myself

@neversarium 8 күн бұрын

Great channel, bro, you gained 1 subscriber just noe

@CollegeHistorian 4 күн бұрын

@@neversarium much appreciated:)

@minoru5760 11 күн бұрын

Bushido were created by rulers out of necessity. And the popular cultures that criticized and mocked them since Edo era are still undervalued

@giladpellaeon1691 11 күн бұрын

"If you find yourself in a fair fight, you messed up."

@dannyf5339 11 күн бұрын

in the end samurai is warrior that want to win. they will take AR-15 with holographic sight and red dot pointer if it available in 16th century instead of using sword or pike.

@shizukashizuka8509 11 күн бұрын

Of course, as they did with Tanegashima! They even had hand-held cannons called Odzutsu and created modifications/enhancements to perfect the matchlock design Oh, and in the 1800s gatling guns existed in Japan.. so....

@Pegasuz1233 11 күн бұрын

Fictionalized Samurai: Nooo! Only fight with sword, its the only thing that's honorable! Historical accurate Samurai: Haha matchlock go boom

@XMysticHerox 11 күн бұрын

Much like european knights. Actual warrior cultures tended to unsurprisingly use whatever they felt was best at battle at the time.

@antoniodelaugger9236 8 күн бұрын

lol nearly all cultures embraced the way of the gun. Even the native americans used them when the colonizers arrived and the main reason they won Little Bighorn was because they bought new guns that Custer's army didn't have yet

@jomeugene8492 6 күн бұрын

Techno Samurai.

@benji4707 11 күн бұрын

Amazing video. It's good that the Bushido code is getting some attention because reality is not black and white nor were the samurai in any era. Amazing art and animation. Thank you very much.

@drins120 11 күн бұрын

Much love for the hard work always.

@CaptainTexas92 11 күн бұрын

This is something that happens in all cultures, religions, and regions. There guidelines, books, and laws. The ideals and principles are there to follow it’s up to the people to make it a priority. Samurai & Knights had a code and some followed it and lived it others didn’t.

@PTS-bu8rv 11 күн бұрын

Very interesting , especially the summary 14:35s onward ...it would be nice to see comperasion of bushido and medival European knights code . I was hoping to see it , similarities and differences

@stein123 11 күн бұрын

This is a comment to support this channel

@-RONNIE 11 күн бұрын

Thank you as always for the video. I think every culture of warriors has a code of their own in some way or another ⚔️👊🏻

@serhatyaran 9 күн бұрын

Openning video in Shogun 2 Total War depicts samurai perfectly.

@mbe102 11 күн бұрын

We need a Total War: Shogun 3!!!!!

@lukalovric2463 11 күн бұрын

We don't really

@Nyx_2142 11 күн бұрын

Why, so modern CA can ruin it with incredibly watered down mechanics and sell us more overpriced DLCs with a fraction of the content in them compared to older games (and attempt to threaten the players into buying them when they successfully boycott)?

@wiktorberski9272 4 күн бұрын

Really interesting and well described really interesting story.

@HistoryHaty 11 күн бұрын

Thanks for this video Kings and GeneralsThe Samurai are so of the most feared warriors in history. Can you do a documentary about the WWI German stormtrooper.

@user-gy2lp9pz5d 11 күн бұрын

私は日本人だが、戦国時代については小学生のころから遊んだゲームで学んだ。それから数十年経ったが、今でもやっぱりこの時代は面白い。この時代が好きすぎて、日本国内の城巡りも未だにやっている。私をこう言う人間に育てたゲームは光栄テクモの信長の野望シリーズ。今でも新しいシリーズが出れば遊ぶ。私はこの会社の関係者でもなんでもないが日本の戦国時代に興味があるのであればぜひプレイして当時の大名を体験して欲しい。この時代の沢山の武将にめぐりあえる。

@winjiro 9 күн бұрын

Nah you are american weeb

@fincorrigan7139 9 күн бұрын

素晴らしいアドバイスをありがとうございました

@user-gy2lp9pz5d 9 күн бұрын

@@fincorrigan7139 このゲームのタイトルにもなっている織田信長の生涯は波乱に満ちていて本当に興味深い。その中でも特に｢桶狭間の戦い｣は凄い！世間では馬鹿息子として扱われていた小さな大名の若い信長でしたが、当時もっとも勢力の大きかった今川軍2万5000が攻めてきたときに信長はわずか3000の兵。誰もが勝てるわけが無いと思う戦い。ところが地形や気象、運までも味方しこの大軍の本陣を奇襲作戦で撃破する。この物語は日本では何度も戦国ドラマとして制作されています。

@Ki_Hon 11 күн бұрын

Amazing video!!!!!!!!!!!!! I agree almost 100%

@Absint80 11 күн бұрын

Well syncronized, with last episod of Shogun... 😉

@vectorstrike 11 күн бұрын

This video made me appreciate the work done by the writers of the 'Legend of the 5 Rings' RPG even more. There are many facets to a code of honor and that book greatly manages to show them to us.

@BeatRoot14 11 күн бұрын

really nice documentary. I just saw the shogun finale and no comment.........

@natheriver8910 11 күн бұрын

Very interesting 👏👏👏👏

@QuantumBlu9x 11 күн бұрын

Nice. 🎉

@vka4598 11 күн бұрын

An emblematic point about Bushido the book, was that it was originally published in English, in America, and then after gaining popularity did it get translated into Japanese. It was more about appealing to Western sensitivities, and portraying "Bushido" as a proto Christianity, which would lay a foundation for the morals of "western civilization" to enlighten Japan. Once it reached Japan, the Japanese were like, holy, those feudal lords who stole from and killed us and are emblematic of the government we overthrew are actually pretty cool, we should be more like them.

@matthewzito6130 8 күн бұрын

There seem to be a lot of parallels between Japanese Bushido and Medieval European codes of chivalry. Both were respected, but not always followed, and both were greatly exaggerated by later generations.

@erikdayne5429 11 күн бұрын

I think it’s worth mentioning this is the same code that led Japan to militarize and eventually engage in genocide across Asia

@malgusvitiate7002 5 күн бұрын

And eventually get their asses kicked by the Americans, British, and Soviets at the end of WWII.

@FinnishDragon 11 күн бұрын

The Sengoku Jidai era was full of betrayal and that is a reason why I am very sceptical about Bushido. Oda Nobunaga dismantled the Ashikaga shogunate by usurping power in 1573. Nobunaga himself was forced to commit suicide when his general Akechi Mitsuhide betrayed him in 1582. Toyotomi Hideyoshi usurped the power of the Oda family after the death of Oda Nobunaga and unified the country. Tokugawa Ieyasu probably won the battle of Sekigahara in 1600 because many enemy generals like Kobayakawa Hideaki defected his side and betrayed Ishida Mitsunari. Ieyasu himself betrayed his oath to the Toyotomi family and usurped the power becoming the shogun.

@maxchen9185 11 күн бұрын

3:07 yo history aside, did anybody feel this episode's artworks particular are insanely good?

@KingsandGenerals 11 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@a_rock_or_something 11 күн бұрын

New Shogun tonight!

@geodudette9741 11 күн бұрын

I'm looking at you, Yabushige

@xiphoid2011 10 күн бұрын

"good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun." -- a samurai...probably.

@theawesomeman9821 11 күн бұрын

Prior to viewing this video, the only version of Bushido I am familiar with is the WWII version where its considered dishonorable to surrender.

@stenstu6040 11 күн бұрын

Always love it when you cover A history of japan and its culture, but what happened with the Yakuza video that you promise many year ago? Did some Yakuza member threaten you to not make a video?

@totalfreedom2408 11 күн бұрын

lmao

@Gen.berseker25 12 күн бұрын

Very nice topic about the Samurai!

@Mr808pocho 11 күн бұрын

Life in every breath

@wordsworthstone 11 күн бұрын

make a shogun playlist

@Hrafnskald 11 күн бұрын

Great information, in depth exploration of the culture, myths, and facts. High quality content. With respect, the blinding bright light as a transition makes the video painful to watch (ex. at 0:48). Too bright, hurts my eyes. Everything else is awesome :)

@Nyx_2142 11 күн бұрын

If only they had anything resembling this "care for detail" in their other garbage videos on Japan that are more myth than fact (but still presented to you as fact).

@Persiian_knight 8 күн бұрын

What program did you use to make the animated map? Please help me

@KingsandGenerals 8 күн бұрын

After Effects

@sumdude4281 11 күн бұрын

Samurai code is a lot like lane markers on a Thai expressway...suggestions.

@thomasdaywalt7735 11 күн бұрын

there two types of warrior those who are willing to win even marked as a monster those retain virtues and moral in the face of death

@TheLongWind 6 күн бұрын

So Nobutatsu's betrayal of Toranaga is accurate. Cool.

@chungnguyen8638 11 күн бұрын

thanks for Viet-subs !

@Mtioo1 11 күн бұрын

I hope im not the only one who read Bushito and thought of rap (therese a famous German rapper called Bushido)

@e.l.b6435 11 күн бұрын

Me Too

@Sanguinarius9999 8 күн бұрын

Sabaton . Bushido Dignified! Fiction's the Last Stand of the Samurai. Was the 1st thing to cross my mind

@dmdmdidn2290 11 күн бұрын

Next video korean kingdom Silla Hwarang warriors conquest of Japan.

@arnoldmojados399 11 күн бұрын

Oda Nabonaga broke that shit..and Oda surpass the unexpected success

@Rafaelparabellvm 11 күн бұрын

Current day Yakuza culture is probably more similar to samurai.

@ttrestle 11 күн бұрын

The show is so freaking good though

@Chann223 Күн бұрын

So Edo era Bushido ideals were just a call back to the ideals of the early Kamakura era, but on steroids? That's basically how I'm understanding it.

@mlgdigimon 11 күн бұрын

I cannot dishonor my famari

@Berkana 10 күн бұрын

In the Shogun TV show, the seppuku (and attempted seppuku) to sword fight ratio is just about 1:1. Was seppuku really that common? The number of times people committed suicide, or were about to, seemed awfully high, like they just didn't care that much about the value of life.

@KingsandGenerals 10 күн бұрын

I think it was often the way to allow your children to keep your lands/title. Alternative was the entire family executed/banished.

@vitorpereira9515 11 күн бұрын

I would like an episode about the Hwarang warriors of Korea.

@TRLHistory 11 күн бұрын

If their depiction in popular culture is anything to go by, than probably not. In the movie Harakiri there were even Ronins who showed up at the doors of clans asking to commit ritual suicide, but in reality they were hoping to be turned away with money.

@Wesleyr3347 5 күн бұрын

Playing total war shogun 2 in the warring states period, and having your prince betray you when invested enormously into him😢

@pashtun_edites 10 күн бұрын

Plz make video on pashtunwali the code of honour ❤

@FinalArchitect 11 күн бұрын

1:00 "He (Asai Nagamasa) prayed to the gods that this was the right decision". Spoilers: It was not.

@solnegro1498 11 күн бұрын

@jamesdavis625 11 күн бұрын

Samurai honor..... Daimyos took hostages when forming alliance because they didn't trust their ally to uphold their ends of the agreement.... The guise of honor imo is due to Seppuku..... but even that is so that the family of the samurai doesn't share in their "dishonor" whatever that may be which would leave them ostracized or even killed... There's no "honor" it's all opportunism and lacking of choice........ I'm certain if they had the choice to live and keep their honor after failure, they'd take it.......

@user-iy3dd7oo7k 11 күн бұрын

The bushido is one of the founding texts of the modern spanish Legion

@aaronfield7899 10 күн бұрын

What's the difference between Bushido and chivalry?

@jason200912 11 күн бұрын

47 ronin wiped out the retinue and took no casualties during the attack?

@QualeQualeson 11 күн бұрын

Might makes right.

@tmnumber1 Күн бұрын

Why was no.47 pardoned?

@Sanguinarius9999 8 күн бұрын

Bushido Dignified! Fiction's the Last Stand of the Samurai

@quickquranrecitations3091 11 күн бұрын

@roihanfadhil2879 12 күн бұрын

I'm very curious, where is the Shinobis at this Medieval Japan Period 😂😂????

@FelixstoweFoamForge 11 күн бұрын

Myth.

@olorin4317 11 күн бұрын

Always in the shadows.

@minoru5760 11 күн бұрын

Ninja clans usually had worked for daimyos as staffing agencies

@enriquehartmann8642 11 күн бұрын

If you cant' beat 'em, join 'em...until you can beat them.

@GModBMXer 11 күн бұрын

Nice bedtime story

@AYVYN 11 күн бұрын

ほこりを噛む「KILLER QUEEN - Yoshinaka Kira

@buinghiathuan4595 11 күн бұрын

Boom stick go boom, boom stick blow away dishonor :v

@teabrick7384 11 күн бұрын

[Oleg Benesch intensifies]

@TheVoiceOfReason93 11 күн бұрын

Honestly the impression I got from reading and watching all relevant material is a resounding no.

@jasonhuang5670 4 күн бұрын

In the name of the God-Empe-oops wrong channel

@scottishcanadian6581 4 күн бұрын

not really even if it is war hammer. the Japanese from 1868 until 1945 -1947 worshiped the Emperor as a living god. while the shoguns ruled Japan from 1185 to 1868. the Emperors were still seen as the son of heaven. the Emperors appointed or approved New shoguns but were figureheads both the Imperial court, the Samurai and Shoguns revered the Emperor though he had no real power but ceremony was important was the Emperor became head of the Shinto religion even likely before the Edo period.

@faridahmed4886 7 күн бұрын

Do a rajput code of honour.

@taonglobo 11 күн бұрын

What particular warrior code would lead the japanes soldier to do such atrocities?! If they would have been honorable to their enemies instead of treating them like shit they might have better chance of winning.

@antoniodelaugger9236 8 күн бұрын

Poor chain of command. Unironically, there were some IJA generals that were executed after WW2 even though they didn't support the war crimes only because they failed to stop them. After the fall of Bataan, the Japanese actually treated the American prisoners fairly. The fact the IJA high command were so pathetic in restoring order only snowballed into more soldiers committing war crimes. Pre-WW2 treatment of Japanese soldiers to enemies were actually quite nice and they cooperated with the Red Cross. Such a shame nationalism and chauvinism destroyed their legacy.

@rougeegamer98 8 күн бұрын

Anyone else booting up shogun 2 total war after watching Shogun?

@Courtesyyy Күн бұрын

@oddish2253 11 күн бұрын

Isn't dethroning the Emperor an act of treachery?

@realpolitics527 11 күн бұрын

No, if the emperor wronged the lord of the dethroner

@YouEra 11 күн бұрын

The Youshido code implies that I leave this comment, in support of the channel.. (bow)

@Mentatskillz 8 күн бұрын

When the Imperial government perverted bushido to discourage surrender in WWII, it was a great tragedy.

@jessmith7324 11 күн бұрын

They were nuanced like everyone else. Some behaved exactly like that and others didn't. It would be wrong to say it was one or the other

@serdradion4010 9 күн бұрын

Ninjutcu do.

@mrmomonk616 11 күн бұрын

i dont think the SAmurai follow Bushido especially since the rise of tension with Arafat Abou Chaker

@AngelFlores-wr7to 11 күн бұрын

Aywa Berliiiin was geht?😂😂😂😂 Hab nur darauf gewartet aus der Deutschen Community ❤️❤️❤️

@liukang3545 11 күн бұрын

wat lmao japan was isolated til the middleages

@mrmomonk616 11 күн бұрын

@@liukang3545 ?

@justryan6480 11 күн бұрын

We need a full Sengoku Jidai period documentary

@FinnishDragon 11 күн бұрын

I recommend the Shogunate´s long (more than 60 parts) documentary for you then.

@justryan6480 11 күн бұрын

@@FinnishDragon Is that a K&Gs vid?

@FinnishDragon 11 күн бұрын

@@justryan6480 Nope. That is the name of another KZfaqr who is specialized in Sengoku Jidai history.

@justryan6480 11 күн бұрын

@@FinnishDragon Just found him, haha. Thank you so much. Although i must say i like K&Gs vids better, i like the battle map and the fact they use footage from Total War. But im watching The Shogunates vids either way. Thanks again :D

@Nyx_2142 11 күн бұрын

@@FinnishDragon The Shogunate's videos are full of bad history and his primary source for most videos is from a work infamous for its plagiarism and misinformation, and no, he isn't "specialized" in it, he just desperately wants to be seen that way. Stop expecting KZfaq to tell you history because you are too fucking lazy to read the proper material yourself.