Warriors of Eastern Japan - Samurai Armor and Warfare of the Tensho Era

In this video we examine a great new essay "Togoku no Bugu" written by Gunsen History which details arms, armor, and fighting styles of samurai throughout eastern Japan during the Tensho era!

I would like to personally thank Gunsen History for helping to ensure that this video is as accurate as possible.

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Music:
"Tomo no Oto" by Akira Ifukube

Artwork and Images:
Samurai artwork from Yoritomo Art in the document.
Classical art, which in most cases can be considered public domain.
Images from Wikipedia and other armor exhibits.
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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[gunsenhistory]

Hey, it is Gunsen History here! I apprecciate the time spent to make this wonderful video, which truly does justice to my research paper.

I would also be here hanging out in the comments if someone has questions and whant to know more trivia on Japanese armor!

[TalesofDawnandDusk]

As someone who translates Heian Period literature, I can say that the warriors of the East were heralded as being extremely strong and fierce, though they were also seen as uncouth and backwards by the aristocrats who lived in the west though this perception largely changed by the time of the Warring States Period when the idea of warrior and aristocrat had largely merged together.

[outsideiskrrtinsideihurt]

Bro finally! Gunsen deserves so much more attention for all the research he does for use English speakers. Hopefully we can normalize using sources when talking about feudal Japan here in the west instead of going straight off of observations like many sword creators have.

[mikotagayuna]

To clarify, the Awa province mentioned here is the one situated in Boso peninsula in contrast to the Awa province in Shikoku.

[Chrispy]

You use such great artworks to help visualize these events and people. I would love to see a video dedicated to these kinds of paintings and artworks.

[sukitron]

Glad to see the Hojo getting some more love, I've always liked them

[natedrawsthings]

I'm so thrilled to see you delve deeper into the technical side of Samurai armour. There's so much to learn about this topic that it's kinda overwhelming. Gunsen is a great place to start though. I hope future samurai depictions will take into consideration the styles of armour more appropriate for the time. Pop culture tends to see the Sengoku jidai through the fancier lense of the Edo Period.

[nont]

OG Hojo: usurping OG Minamoto and becoming the true power of the Kamakura shogunate.

Later Hojo: got usurped by the Later Minamoto, which would become the Tokugawa shogunate.

What goes around, comes around.

[scandisamurai]

As an O-Yoroi enthusiast, I can't thank you enough for this video 🙏🙇‍♂⛩

[freshhands]

Super interesting for me, that beneath all these flamboyant Japanese embellishments, their helmets were actually totally practical, almost modern in their design. Also, "controlled rusting" 😍

[TheCCBoi]

Great video, it would be great to have a complete series on samurai/ Japanese warrior armor throughout history.

[eddierudolph]

Wow, this is one of my favorite videos from you, but that is my main area of interest, military history and mounted warfare.

[semp]

Lemme grab my popcorn and WATCH AGAIN! THANK YOU THE SHOGUNATE!

[michaelbui]

Please do a video of samurai from Kyushu and western Japan from the same period.

[saberserpent]

Very cool video on dō and kabutō typology!

[pulpogigante]

Thank You Excellent 👍😊 Exposition always learning with this channel.

[TheEternalMack]

Stay on top with your deep doves because you make Shogun 2 Total War and playing as a daimyo in Europa Universalis 4 so much more awesome!

[LordHydrik]

Love your videos man, I was a massive lover of Shogun 2 and your videos always gets me want to get back into it and the Shogunate mod in CK3

[yukimurasanada]

so was the takeda cavalry only special due to Masakage Yamagata and his badass skills as a leader and Shingens wisdom on how to utilize them? must be fun to be so skilled you become a myth

[arnaudledardpontabrier]

you should make videos longer for those who are teachers as me