History of the Hojo Clan (Both Original and Later)

The History of both Hojo clans. The original Hojo family who would rule the Kamakura Shoguante and the Later Hojo family who would dominate the Kanto region throughout the Sengoku Jidai.

Intro:

Music from:
"Madder Dragon" by Masako Otsuka (Owned by Koei Tecmo)

Artwork and Images:
The Samurai Portraits used are from the "Nobunaga's Ambition" Series and are the property of Koei Tecmo.
Classical art, which in most cases can be considered public domain.
Art from Osprey Publications.
Other modern artist renditions, if you see your work in this video please contact me so that I can give you proper credit!

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[TheShogunate]

As some have pointed out, the Later Hojo did live on into the Edo period but this was only done through an adopted, off-shoot branch, so I chose not to include them here. The fall of Odawara and the deaths of Ujimasa and later his son Ujinao effectively ended the Later Hojo family as we know it.

[xTheacefrehleyx]

The Later Hojo Clan had one of the longest living samurai of the Sengoku Jidai: Hojo Genan (1493-1589). Dude has seen it all.

[Nyashel]

i know, u will come here after reading Elusive Samurai

[deadby]

Hojo Ujitsuna's wife is from the original Hojo clan, so at least from Ujiyasu, the clan did have some original Hojo blood.

[Ushakov_Mykyta]

Ahhhh, The Zelda clan, I see

Great video as always

[redhojo]

My great grandfather was Masaichi Hojo, came on a boat from Hiroshima and after being naturalized in America the last name changed to Hojio. I am a link to this and Masaichi had a the family blade set but they would only let the tanto blade on the boat. Only me and my brother are the only Male Heirs from the 4th son of Masaichi Hojio. William Wallace Hojio

[lucth]

Going to Odawara is a treasure trove of history for those who love the Hojo! It was the catalyst for my oldest daughter's love of history. Learning about Soun and his sons. So amazing.

[HanhYuu]

Commenting for the latest anime "The elusive Samurai" which based off of this
7:15 is around the time the story started

[thedragonofechigo]

Ah
One of the most consistently successful clans of all of them in the history of Ancient Japan

Both early and later Hojo clans irrespective of links to each other

From the early Hojo clan being regents of the Minamoto Bakufu to the later Hojo established under Soun and 4 other successive Daimyo lords of Odawara in Sagami

My favorite and most notable out of them all being Ujiyasu who is very underrated in my opinion as a Daimyo
Yes he didn't seek out conquest of the country outside of Sagami but he did defend Odawara against Arguably two of the most formidable foes he could ever face

Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin

The Lion of Sagami is the most successful out of all them as well

[jurtra]

Finally, my favorite Sengoku Jidai clan

[diegocobosanchez]

My favourite samurai clans 💙💙!! Many thanks for dedicating a video to them, The Shogunate!!

[nemesis]

My love for Hojo clan came from Samurai Warriors. In each new instalment colorful Hojo members introduced. Fuma Kotoro, Hojo Ujiyasu, Kai-Hime, Lady Hayakawa and lastly unique NPCs Hojo Tsunashige and Hojo Saburo. After I read their history I loved them more. Especially Siege of Kawagoe is an impressive feat. By the way when is famous ninja clans and mercenary clans? Like Hatori Hanzo, Fuma Kotoro and Saika Magoichi are famous figures as well.

[portalovodguides]

Thank you! The Ikko-Ikki video is still being awaited~

[Colorado_Ronin]

I always appreciate the artwork in the background

[laughtercatz]

Thank you for your teachings, this is an honour to hear about this clan

[aces]

I've read in Japanese Wikipedia (Google translated of course ) That one of Ujimasa's brothers was friends with Ieyasu, and he spared said brother and gave land for the Hojo to rule, the son of said brother would even fight at Sekigahara, and so the Hojo ruled until the end of the Shogunate...

[marcelostalker]

Ah, excellent choice, Patreon army, both Hojo are quite interesting.
Shogunate (and whoever reads this), would you say the early Hojo, in relation to the kamakura shogunate, are similar to the heian Fujiwara in relation to the Imperial family?

[jimross]

This is very informative video as it fills in many aspects of both Hojo clans that I was aware of in the most superficial manner.

[mikotagayuna]

If one will fix his heart in such a way and assist the world and his people, he will have the devotion of the men who see and hear him.
-Hojo Shigetoki

[DevilDog]

When I was in elementary school I use to draw this symbol a lot and never knew it was a Hojo clan symbol