Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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In this video we examine the violent history of the Saito clan of Mino province! A family, who through the cunning ambition of Saito Dosan, his father, and his son, would scheme their way into prominence.

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Sources Used:
"The Chronicles of Lord Nobunaga" by Ota Gyuichi, translated by J.S.A. Elisonas and J.P. Lamers.
"The World Turned Upside Down: Medieval Japanese Society" by Pierre Francois Souyri
"Shogun - The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Japan's Greatest Ruler" by A.L. Sadler
Articles from the Japanese Wiki Corpus such as japanesewiki.com/person/Dosan%20SAITO.html
Touken-World Article on Dosan: touken-world.jp/tips/7564

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Music from World of Warcraft.

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 and photographs, if you see your work in this video please contact me so that I can give you proper credit!

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