The Shogunate | What were Ronin? @TheShogunate | Uploaded January 2023 | Updated October 2024, 33 minutes ago.
Ronin (Masterless Samurai) have become a very iconic image of old Japan, yet much of their identity has been romanticized over the years. In this video we dive in and discuss the fascinating truth about what Ronin really were.
This video is done in collaboration with "Samurai and Ninja History" and "Sengoku Studies戦国研究" Check out their lower Samurai videos!
Samurai and Ninja History: youtube.com/watch?v=eZWTGSjsZ5Y&t
Sengoku Studies戦国研究: youtube.com/watch?v=djRxgh_yIuI
Hear a great response to this video from Samurai and Ninja History: youtube.com/watch?v=U-2QFjJwAqc&t
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Sources Used:
"Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan" by William E. Deal
"A History of the Samurai" by Jonathan López-Vera
"A History of Japan" by R.H.P. Mason and J.G. Caiger
Additional information found through the Japanese Wiki Corpus japanese-wiki-corpus.org/title/Rronin%20(masterless%20samurai).html
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Music:
"Groove with the Wu" by Jesse Gallagher
Artwork and Images:
A Samurai Portrait of Okabe Motonobu from the "Nobunaga's Ambition" Series (property of Koei Tecmo).
Classical art, which in most cases can be considered public domain.
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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Social Media:
Facebook: facebook.com/theshogunateyoutube
Twitter: twitter.com/ShogunateThe
Support the channel on Patreon! patreon.com/theshogunateyt?fan_landing=true
#Samurai #History #Japan
Ronin (Masterless Samurai) have become a very iconic image of old Japan, yet much of their identity has been romanticized over the years. In this video we dive in and discuss the fascinating truth about what Ronin really were.
This video is done in collaboration with "Samurai and Ninja History" and "Sengoku Studies戦国研究" Check out their lower Samurai videos!
Samurai and Ninja History: youtube.com/watch?v=eZWTGSjsZ5Y&t
Sengoku Studies戦国研究: youtube.com/watch?v=djRxgh_yIuI
Hear a great response to this video from Samurai and Ninja History: youtube.com/watch?v=U-2QFjJwAqc&t
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Sources Used:
"Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan" by William E. Deal
"A History of the Samurai" by Jonathan López-Vera
"A History of Japan" by R.H.P. Mason and J.G. Caiger
Additional information found through the Japanese Wiki Corpus japanese-wiki-corpus.org/title/Rronin%20(masterless%20samurai).html
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Music:
"Groove with the Wu" by Jesse Gallagher
Artwork and Images:
A Samurai Portrait of Okabe Motonobu from the "Nobunaga's Ambition" Series (property of Koei Tecmo).
Classical art, which in most cases can be considered public domain.
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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Social Media:
Facebook: facebook.com/theshogunateyoutube
Twitter: twitter.com/ShogunateThe
Support the channel on Patreon! patreon.com/theshogunateyt?fan_landing=true
#Samurai #History #Japan
