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

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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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Script: Dimitris Koutsoumis
Animation: Michael Merc / @mercenarycamp , Kate Korolko
Artwork: Vadym Berkutenko (j_blackwood.artstation.com/)
Narration: Officially Devin ( / @offydgg & / @gameworldnarratives )
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@KingsandGenerals 13 днів тому

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@nekomakhea9440 12 днів тому

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 12 днів тому

Broshido as they call it in Japan

@michaelstone5298 8 днів тому

😂😅

@Talosbug 12 днів тому

“They’re more like guidelines” 😂

@liukang3545 12 днів тому

thats bull

@eaglefighter1295 12 днів тому

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

@atzuras 12 днів тому

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

@ccptube3468 11 днів тому

Ha! U sound like Barbossa!

@MrSecretweapon174 8 днів тому

Bloody pirates

@HistoryOfRevolutions 12 днів тому

"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 12 днів тому

In theory, lol.

@goodman8469 12 днів тому

@@asiblingproductionWhy??

@pease-nc5yf 11 днів тому

@@asiblingproduction virtue is a theory

@jlvfr 13 днів тому

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 12 днів тому

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

@wsk1124 12 днів тому

Europ knights is just robber.

@jlvfr 12 днів тому

@@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 12 днів тому

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 12 днів тому

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.

@RaginRaider 12 днів тому

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 12 днів тому

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 11 днів тому

@@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 12 днів тому

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

@USBearForce 12 днів тому

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 12 днів тому

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

@AYVYN 12 днів тому

What if times turn Atlantic? 🤔

@KyoushaPumpItUp 11 днів тому

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

@hanshen3588 11 днів тому

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

@antoniodelaugger9236 9 днів тому

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

@DccAnh 43 хвилини тому

@@hanshen3588 that's rare and is considered a crime, no Daimyo would want their Samurai to go around killing all the taxpayers.

@iLLeag7e 12 днів тому

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

@CollegeHistorian 12 днів тому

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

@neversarium 9 днів тому

Great channel, bro, you gained 1 subscriber just noe

@CollegeHistorian 5 днів тому

@@neversarium much appreciated:)

@minoru5760 12 днів тому

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

@giladpellaeon1691 12 днів тому

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

@dannyf5339 12 днів тому

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 12 днів тому

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 12 днів тому

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

@XMysticHerox 12 днів тому

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

@antoniodelaugger9236 9 днів тому

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 7 днів тому

Techno Samurai.

@benji4707 12 днів тому

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 13 днів тому

Much love for the hard work always.

@CaptainTexas92 12 днів тому

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 12 днів тому

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 12 днів тому

This is a comment to support this channel

@-RONNIE 12 днів тому

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 10 днів тому

Openning video in Shogun 2 Total War depicts samurai perfectly.

@mbe102 12 днів тому

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

@lukalovric2463 12 днів тому

We don't really

@Nyx_2142 12 днів тому

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 5 днів тому

Really interesting and well described really interesting story.

@HistoryHaty 12 днів тому

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 12 днів тому

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 11 днів тому

Nah you are american weeb

@fincorrigan7139 10 днів тому

素晴らしいアドバイスをありがとうございました

@user-gy2lp9pz5d 10 днів тому

@@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 12 днів тому

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

@Absint80 12 днів тому

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

@vectorstrike 12 днів тому

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 12 днів тому

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

@natheriver8910 12 днів тому

Very interesting 👏👏👏👏

@FinnishDragon 12 днів тому

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.

@QuantumBlu9x 12 днів тому

Nice. 🎉

@vka4598 12 днів тому

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 9 днів тому

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.

@maxchen9185 12 днів тому

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

@KingsandGenerals 12 днів тому

Thanks!

@a_rock_or_something 12 днів тому

New Shogun tonight!

@stenstu6040 12 днів тому

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 12 днів тому

lmao

@geodudette9741 12 днів тому

I'm looking at you, Yabushige

@xiphoid2011 11 днів тому

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

@theawesomeman9821 12 днів тому

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

@Gen.berseker25 13 днів тому

Very nice topic about the Samurai!

@Mr808pocho 12 днів тому

Life in every breath

@wordsworthstone 12 днів тому

make a shogun playlist

@erikdayne5429 12 днів тому

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

@malgusvitiate7002 6 днів тому

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

@DccAnh 37 хвилин тому

@@malgusvitiate7002 Japan was literally fighting the entire alliance by themselves at that point, they also lack natural resources and manpower due to having small population and live on an island, so them losing is to be expected. On equal resource american ain't gonna win.

@Hrafnskald 12 днів тому

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 12 днів тому

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 9 днів тому

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

@KingsandGenerals 9 днів тому

After Effects

@sumdude4281 12 днів тому

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

@thomasdaywalt7735 12 днів тому

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 7 днів тому

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

@chungnguyen8638 12 днів тому

thanks for Viet-subs !

@Mtioo1 12 днів тому

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

@e.l.b6435 12 днів тому

Me Too

@Sanguinarius9999 9 днів тому

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

@dmdmdidn2290 12 днів тому

Next video korean kingdom Silla Hwarang warriors conquest of Japan.

@arnoldmojados399 12 днів тому

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

@Rafaelparabellvm 12 днів тому

Current day Yakuza culture is probably more similar to samurai.

@ttrestle 12 днів тому

The show is so freaking good though

@Chann223 2 дні тому

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 12 днів тому

I cannot dishonor my famari

@vitorpereira9515 12 днів тому

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

@TRLHistory 12 днів тому

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 6 днів тому

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

@pashtun_edites 12 днів тому

Plz make video on pashtunwali the code of honour ❤

@FinalArchitect 12 днів тому

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

@solnegro1498 12 днів тому

@Berkana 11 днів тому

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 11 днів тому

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

@aaronfield7899 11 днів тому

What's the difference between Bushido and chivalry?

@user-iy3dd7oo7k 12 днів тому

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

@jamesdavis625 12 днів тому

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.......

@jason200912 12 днів тому

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

@QualeQualeson 12 днів тому

Might makes right.

@tmnumber1 2 дні тому

Why was no.47 pardoned?

@Sanguinarius9999 9 днів тому

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

@quickquranrecitations3091 12 днів тому

@roihanfadhil2879 13 днів тому

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

@FelixstoweFoamForge 12 днів тому

Myth.

@olorin4317 12 днів тому

Always in the shadows.

@minoru5760 12 днів тому

Ninja clans usually had worked for daimyos as staffing agencies

@enriquehartmann8642 12 днів тому

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

@GModBMXer 12 днів тому

Nice bedtime story

@AYVYN 12 днів тому

ほこりを噛む「KILLER QUEEN - Yoshinaka Kira

@teabrick7384 12 днів тому

[Oleg Benesch intensifies]

@buinghiathuan4595 12 днів тому

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

@TheVoiceOfReason93 12 днів тому

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

@jasonhuang5670 5 днів тому

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

@scottishcanadian6581 5 днів тому

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 8 днів тому

Do a rajput code of honour.

@taonglobo 12 днів тому

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 9 днів тому

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 9 днів тому

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

@Courtesyyy 2 дні тому

@oddish2253 12 днів тому

Isn't dethroning the Emperor an act of treachery?

@realpolitics527 12 днів тому

No, if the emperor wronged the lord of the dethroner

@YouEra 12 днів тому

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

@jessmith7324 12 днів тому

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

@Mentatskillz 9 днів тому

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

@serdradion4010 10 днів тому

Ninjutcu do.

@mrmomonk616 12 днів тому

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

@AngelFlores-wr7to 12 днів тому

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

@liukang3545 12 днів тому

wat lmao japan was isolated til the middleages

@mrmomonk616 12 днів тому

@@liukang3545 ?

@justryan6480 12 днів тому

We need a full Sengoku Jidai period documentary

@FinnishDragon 12 днів тому

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

@justryan6480 12 днів тому

@@FinnishDragon Is that a K&Gs vid?

@FinnishDragon 12 днів тому

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

@justryan6480 12 днів тому

@@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 12 днів тому

@@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 UKposts to tell you history because you are too fucking lazy to read the proper material yourself.