5 Sengoku Jidai Misconceptions/Myths

In this video we will look to examine 5 significant myths or misconceptions about the iconic age of Samurai warring states known as the Sengoku Jidai!

This video is done in collaboration with channels "Samurai and Ninja History", "Sengoku Studies戦国研究", and "Samurai Traditions of the Tada Genji" Check out their Samurai misconception videos!

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Timestamps:
Intro 0:00
Myth 1 - What were the Daimyo fighting for 2:05
Myth 2 - The Simple presentation of maps 4:34
Myth 3 - Common weapons of the Sengoku period 6:27
Myth 4 - The iconic look of Sengoku samurai castles 9:10
Myth 5 - More than just an age of war and chaos 11:14
Conclusion 13:17

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Music:
"Namaster Trip" by Ofshane

Artwork and Images:
Classical art, which in most cases can be considered public domain.
Art and images from the Nobunaga's Ambition series.
Art from Osprey Publications.
Other modern artist renditions and photos, if you see your work in this video please contact me so that I can give you proper credit!

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[TanksExplosionsAnime]

Something I want to add to point 4: another reason for this misconception is simply the fact that wooden castles and fortifications would deteriorate faster, leaving an impression nowadays that all castles were these huge stone structures. Azuchi ruins can still be seen nowadays for example. This is something European history suffers with as well, probably most lower class nobles would simply have wooden forts/keeps as that's all they could afford, none of these exist now however as they have all rotted away by now leaving nothing behind.

[Quincy_Morris]

Not all the Daimyo we’re trying to become Shogun clearly because they were NPC factions not player controlled factions.

[AngloSaxonWheatFarmer]

Weebs: Nooo guns are dishonourable

Based Ashigaru reloading his matchlock: Nani?

[jimross]

As always I get entertainment and education in equal measure with your videos. I enjoy learning stuff about this period of Japanese history and well you always deliver.
The idea that all Daimyo wanted to be Shogun is probably the most misunderstood. They all started off as wanting to be a big fish in a small pond. However, if circumstances presented themselves they choose to become the big fish in a bigger pond. Imagine Toyotomi Hideyoshi the peasant, saying I'm going to be Kampaku of Japan. Some lowly samurai would have ended his existence for such arrogance, long before he ever gained any power.
The biggest myth was loyalty to one's lord was absolute. It was, until it wasn't, as all of the major samurai changed loyalties when it suited them, or they felt forced to. There were some who at some point in their lives decided their oath of loyalty was more important than their lives, which made them famous because it was so rare.

[justsomeguywithlonghair]

Bro thank you for making this video. There are still a lot more myths and misconceptions.

[trischas.]

Misconception 2: You did not mention that you have the same effect for maps of Europe: Germany was several hundred individual princes and thousands of little imperial knights. France was not one conglomerate but about a dozen larger things that had the same king. Only england was *kind of* monolithic.
Misconception 3: GUNS! the late Sengoku Jidai is all about guns.... and spear, because naginata was outdated.
Misconception 4: Castles are often not to scale... because outer ramparts are lost first. That happened too in Europe. On the other hand, the rise of plains castles compared to mountain castles *also* can be seen in Europe: the rise of Starforts in flat terrain was a direct result of gunpowder...
Misconception 5: The sengoku jidai was a row of individual wars, not one great free-for-all. Some areas did not encounter war for decades, especially the island and northern provinces, others did not get much calm time, especially the Kanto region.

[nont]

My favorite myth is that Tokugawa Ieyasu died because he ate too much tempura😂

[Redneckkratos]

I’m so glad you brought up how the spear, not the sword, just like in all cultures was king on the battlefield (except maybe Rome). I honestly believe if the sengoku jidai had gone on for more decades than it had, Japanese warfare would’ve looked exactly like European pike and shot

[Hilversumborn]

It's important to distinguish reality from fiction, in order to gain a truly objective view.

[theghosthero]

I have heard that warrior monks using naginata might be a modern myth, or rather a missunderstanding. The famous sohei with headscarf and big naginata is taken from artoworks of the 12th-14th century mainly, and dissapear after that. It is likely that ikko ikki and other later warrior monks did not look like this. But using the few remaining medieval artworks left, people created a false image of what Sengoku era warrior monks were like, or so it seems.

[-RONNIE]

Thank you for the great information & I hope a lot of people appreciate it as well.

[arielquelme]

Of all you mentioned

What interesting me most is no 1 & 2

I hope you cover more details of them in future

[ChrisGildart]

Great video man! I feel like I need more of this stuff thanks to things like Dynasty/Samurai Warriors.

[hildaibuyan]

Please cover the historical battle between Lu Bu and Tadakatsu Honda during the Orochi Wars.

[MG_bard_sensei]

I never get tired of seeing those castles

[b.b.wijaya]

After watched the 4th misconceptions. May I suggest The Shogunate to cover about Sengoku iconic castles? Such as Odawara, Osaka, or Ueda. To know the facts and characteristics about those castles, more we can comprehend the historical occurence like the Sanada defence againts Hidetada's troops

[eazyd]

@ point #1. i heard hideyoshi asked yoshiaki to formally adopt him to be the 16th ashikaga shogun, yoshiaki adamantly refused however

[michaelthepizzahuman]

Best YouTube channel I wanted your sengoki Jidai Siries 6 times!

[sengokusanada]

that would be cool if you made a video on the myths of nagashino. like how the Takeda samurai charged on foot and not on horseback, and that there wasn't many guns there.

[sherylarnold]

I really enjoy watching your videos on Japan’s history. Not much is taught in school on Japan and it was the one country I wanted to know about. The disciplines of the sexes and what is expected over the years is so interesting and how it shows up in the arts and hand crafts that were made.