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Japan is beset by numerous internal woes as a looming threat from beyond their shores threatens to upend their established order. As we move into the nineteenth century, the stability of the Edo period has never before been so weak.
Link to Edo Period series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrlMflnRScAKiin4CQvwkIvI9enpxgclD
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Sources Used:
"A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower" by Kenneth Henshall
"A Military History of Modern China: From the Manchu Conquest to Tian'anmen Square" by Peter Worthing
"A History of Japan" by RHP Mason and JG Caiger
"Japan before Perry" by Conrad Totman
"The Samurai: A New History of the Warrior Elite" by Jonathan Clements
Additional information found through the Japanese Wiki Corpus
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In the West by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Artist: incompetech.com
"Confliction & Catharsis" by Asher Fulero
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Artwork:
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Other modern artist renditions and photos as well as photos from Wikipedia, if you see your work in this video please contact me so that I can give you proper credit!
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Japan is beset by numerous internal woes as a looming threat from beyond their shores threatens to upend their established order. As we move into the nineteenth century, the stability of the Edo period has never before been so weak.
Link to Edo Period series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrlMflnRScAKiin4CQvwkIvI9enpxgclD
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Sources Used:
"A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower" by Kenneth Henshall
"A Military History of Modern China: From the Manchu Conquest to Tian'anmen Square" by Peter Worthing
"A History of Japan" by RHP Mason and JG Caiger
"Japan before Perry" by Conrad Totman
"The Samurai: A New History of the Warrior Elite" by Jonathan Clements
Additional information found through the Japanese Wiki Corpus
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Music from:
In the West by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100746
Artist: incompetech.com
"Confliction & Catharsis" by Asher Fulero
World of Warcraft
Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic 2 - The Sith Lords
Artwork:
Classical art, which in most cases can be considered public domain.
Other modern artist renditions and photos as well as photos from Wikipedia, if you see your work in this video please contact me so that I can give you proper credit!
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Social Media:
Facebook: facebook.com/theshogunateyoutube
X: twitter.com/ShogunateThe
Support the channel on Patreon! patreon.com/theshogunateyt?fan_landing=true
#Samurai #History #Japan
