Podcasts about nagashino

Assassin's Creed Shadows transports players to a formative period in Japanese history - the Sengoku era, when warlords vied for control of Japan, and new technology changed samurai warfare forever: the introduction of matchlock guns. Nate Ledbetter joins Matt Lewis to recount the events of the celebrated Battle of Nagashino - and to present a new perspective on the battle that saw samurai traditions confront the power of the gun.Echoes of History is a Ubisoft podcast, brought to you by History Hit. Hosted by: Matt LewisEdited by: Tim ArstallProduced by: Matt Lewis, Robin McConnellSenior Producer: Anne-Marie LuffProduction Manager: Beth DonaldsonExecutive Producers: Etienne Bouvier, Julien Fabre, Steve Lanham, Jen BennettMusic by The FlightIf you liked this podcast please subscribe, share, rate & review. Take part in our listener survey here.Tell us your favourite Assassin's Creed game or podcast episode at echoes-of-history@historyhit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a textThe Battle of Nagashino is one of the most famous battles in Japanese history. It was the climax of the Sengoku Jidai, the Age of Warring States, a century-long period of civil wars and social upheaval. It represented the culmination of a revolution that had transformed Japanese warfare. And it punctures many myths of the samurai, the warrior-heroes of Japan.This episode also ends a long hiatus for Great Battles in History. For the past couple of years, I've been working on a book. Researching and writing it took up all the time I would have devoted to this podcast. With the book now done, I'm planning to return to a more regular release schedule.If you enjoy this podcast and would like to support it, please consider buying my book. It's called 1709: The Twilight of the Sun King. In 1709, France faced the coldest winter of the past five centuries, famine, financial collapse, and foreign invasion. The Twilight of the Sun King is an expertly researched, engagingly written narrative history of how France survived one of its greatest crises. It explains how Louis XIV, the aging Sun King, and his state passed their greatest test. It presents a total history of an early modern campaign, one that integrates finances, logistics, and diplomacy with military operations. It culminates with an account of Malplaquet, the largest and bloodiest battle of the eighteenth century in Europe. 1709 offers new insights on the development of the French absolute monarchy and the nature of early modern European warfare.Here's a link to my publisher, Rowman and Littlefield and a link to everyone's favourite online bookseller.You can also order it from your local bookstore. 

Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu team up against their mutual enemy the Takeda Clan and Nobunaga wins one of the most decisive victories of his entire career. When facing off against the Uesugi Clan two years later, however,  Nobunaga surprisingly lost a battle against a smaller army.Support the show

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In this episode we jump right in following the Siege of Odani. Topics covered include the Battle of Mikatagahara, the fall of the 300 year old Ashikaga Shogunate, the deaths of Shingen Takeda & Motonari Mori, and finally the build up to Nagashino.

La batalla está servida. Es 28 de Junio de 1575. El clan Takeda es superado en número por Oda y Tokugawa. Pero Takeda tiene un arma indetenible: su legendaria caballería, capaz que cargas implacables y que ya le habían ganado muchas batallas. Lo que los Takeda no saben es que Oda Nobunaga está esperándolos. Porque Nobunaga tiene el arma que terminará ganando la batalla: el arcabuz. Vuelve Rubén a la Tortulia para contarnos la historia de la Batalla de Nagashino y de la última carga de caballería del Clan Takeda. Imagen: De nuestro enorme Caravantes. Fuentes / Textos - Bryant, A.J. (1989); The Samurai (Elite); Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9780850458978. - Ibarzabal, R. (2020); Crónicas de los Samuráis; Satori Ediciones. ISBN 9788417419455. - Solum, Terje (2016); La saga de los samuráis 4; Desperta Ferro Ediciones - Turnbull, S. (2000); Nagashino 1575: Slaughter at the barricades (Campaign); Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1855326191. Fuentes / Sitios web - www.samurai-archives.com Música: El tema de la Tortulia es una versión de Caravan por El Gran Quelonio. El tema original es de Duke Ellington. El tema de la Pausa es una versión de Caravan por Oleg Zobachev. El tema original es de Duke Ellington. El tema de Rumbo a la Cancha es una versión de Espiral por Kanirasta. La versión original es de Dunne. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Poderoso y grande era el Clan Takeda. Guerreros sin igual, nobles samurai, luchaban con arrojo y eran de los principales jugadores de la era sengoku. Maestros de la caballería, sus cargas implacables como el rayo eran el terror de todos sus enemigos. Y sin embargo, en medio del fango y el fuego de la pólvora, en Nagashino, encontraron su final. Vuelve Rubén a la Tortulia para contarnos la historia de la Batalla de Nagashino y de la última carga de caballería del Clan Takeda. Imagen: De nuestro enorme Caravantes. Fuentes / Textos - Bryant, A.J. (1989); The Samurai (Elite); Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9780850458978. - Ibarzabal, R. (2020); Crónicas de los Samuráis; Satori Ediciones. ISBN 9788417419455. - Solum, Terje (2016); La saga de los samuráis 4; Desperta Ferro Ediciones - Turnbull, S. (2000); Nagashino 1575: Slaughter at the barricades (Campaign); Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1855326191. Fuentes / Sitios web - www.samurai-archives.com Música: El tema de la Tortulia es una versión de Caravan por El Gran Quelonio. El tema original es de Duke Ellington. El tema de la Pausa es una versión de Caravan por Oleg Zobachev. El tema original es de Duke Ellington. El tema de Rumbo a la Cancha es una versión de Espiral por Kanirasta. La versión original es de Dunne. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Let's visit some local haunted areas or shinrei supotto in Japanese. The Suicide Forest, a very haunted tunnel, and a Severed Head Grave are all in today's show. You can also find me on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncannyJapan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncannyjapan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncannyjapan/ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3mgCVsd YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqAtoUS51HDi2d96_aLv95w Author Website: https://www.thersamatsuura.com/ Notes: Intro/Outro by Julyan Ray Matsuura. Here and here. And here. Transcript: Shinrei Supotto: On today’s show let’s visit a few ghostly places. They’re called shinrei supotto in Japanese. Areas that are believed to be haunted or cursed or have some other paranormal activity going on. But first a warning, actually, two warnings. First Warning: Number one is from my mother-in-law. It’s a true story that she used to tell me when she was trying to stop me from doing something she thought was stupid or dangerous. It goes like this: Many years before I came to Japan there was a relative, a young man, in his twenties, who was bright and cheerful and outgoing. But he was also very curious about otherworldly things. One day he decided to go to Osorezan, a place way up north, in Aomori Prefecture. Osorezan is also known for its itako, or mediums. These elderly, blind women are thought to be able to communicate with both Shinto gods and the dead. Osorezan - the name meaning Dreadful Mountain - is also believed be one of the gateways to the hell. See, I had heard about this place, seen some cool photos and expressed great interest in going there, and that’s what spurred my mother-in-law’s warning tale. So, she says, this happy-go-lucky relative also made the trip there, alone, with the same nonchalant attitude I had. It seems he visited one of the itako, did some stuff, stayed the night at a temple, then came home. But no one knows for sure exactly what he did there, or what happened, because after he returned he was different. There was something very off about him. He was no longer the carefree, bright person he had been before. Everyone had opinions about what had happened up north. The consensus being that because he visited the area with such an irreverent attitude he attracted some spiteful spirit and it had attached itself to him. He’d seen doctors and gone through oharai, that cleansing ritual I mentioned in the last episode, but nothing helped. I personally never met this relative. My mother-in-law said they preferred to keep him at home and away from others. Now that’s a story that will put the fear of god in you. Better yet, the fear of ghosts in you. That tale along with others and her extreme caution with all mysterious phenomena have always stuck with me. Don’t go lightly into things you don’t understand. But it is near Halloween and we do need some escape from the horror that is the real world, so I do want to take you, vicariously, to a few famous and not-so-famous haunted spots near me. So go and turn off the lights, light a candle or two, and get comfy on the couch. Tonight we’re going to visit some ghosts. Intro Sakuna Ad Second Warning: Remember I said there were two warnings? That second one. I guess it’s not so much a warning but more of a suggestion, a cultural thing if you will. Which I’ll preface with the fact that every single Uncanny Japan listener I’ve ever interacted with has been beyond smart, considerate and respectful of the Japanese culture. So this isn’t about you. I just feel I need to say it. Several years ago some Youtuber barged into Japan with his lights and cameras and took his film crew into Aokigahara (青木ヶ原) , also called Jukai (樹海) or Sea of Trees; but you might have heard of its other name: The Suicide Forest. This, I-still-have-no-idea-why-he’s-famous-person indeed ran across someone who had committed suicide and for whatever reason thought it was a good idea to post the video on Youtube. Horrific, right? Deep down, even though I’ve lived here thirty plus years, I don’t feel comfortable looking up haunted areas and heading there with my camera and microphones at midnight to see what happens. It feels a little crass and disrespectful, if you know what I mean. And yeah, also, a little bit, my mother-in-law’s story and the fact that she swore up and down that I was sticky and ghosts liked hanging around me naturally, and I don’t want to test the theory that a disgruntled Japanese spirit or two might decide to follow me home and make the rest of my life a living hell. So today you and I will be visiting those shinrei supotto, ghost spots. But they’ll will be ones I’ve heard and read a lot about or I have been to myself but totally by accident. Like it’s not uncommon in Japan to visit some scenic spot and while there someone leans over and says, “Hey, see right there? That is where those two lovers held hands, leap from the cliff and plunged into the rocky sea. If you come here at night you can still hear them scream.” What? Anyway, there are so many haunted spots in Japan I almost don’t know where to begin. So in order to narrow things down, I’m going to stick to areas near me. So let’s get started at a place that I think has become quite well known of late. The one I just mentioned: 1) Aokigahara or jukai or the Suicide Forest. This is 30-square kilometers or 12-square miles of forest at the foot of Mount Fuji. It’s a very interesting forest, grown up over the lava flow from Mount Fuji’s last eruption. It’s incredibly bumpy and mossy, with ice caves and wind caves, and  some parts very dense and disorienting. There used to be a saying that once you stepped into the jukai, sea of trees, you wouldn’t make it out alive. There are a lot of myths about not being able to use a compass or electronic devices going haywire once inside. This isn’t exactly true. But there is the presence of magnetic iron in the ground which some say can mess with devices. Or, I don’t know, it could be all the ghosts. There are lots of tales of people being led off the main path by devious spirits. The forest is haunted not just by the poor souls who ended their lives there, but the jukai, sea of trees, is supposedly also a well known area for ubasute, remember when we talked about ubasute yama? Impoverished families carrying their very elderly up a mountain because they couldn’t afford to care for them anymore. Well, that was believed to happen here as well. Now I’ve been to Aokigahara numerous times without even knowing it. I live about an hour and a half from Mount Fuji and you have to drive through the Sea of Trees to get there. So for years I was passing through the forest without knowing anything about legends. I do distinctly remember, though, that the whole area felt weird, heavy and really, really quiet. I just recently learned that the porous lava rock ground absorbs sound giving it this quality. Also, I remember when we had stopped to rest and look around, the signs, usually very old and worn, that encouraged people to think again, consider the life their parents had given them, and contact a suicide prevention number at the bottom. I’ve heard people also go there to nail waraningyo to trees. Remember I talked about them in episode 52, those straw dolls used to curse your enemies. Oh, and while I never went very far into the forest, I remember seeing the colored ribbons. In order not to get lost, which is easy to do if you go off the paths, people tie ribbons or tape to something and wind their way through the trees. I watched a video with a Japanese man who often goes into the forest. He said nothing good is ever found at the end of one of those ribbons. Ghosts? 2) Baba Ana or the the Grannie or Old Auntie Cave. So we were just talking about ubasute yama, throwing away grannies on a mountain. And, well, there’s throwing away grannies in a forest, too. Next, let me introduce you to throwing away grannies in a hole in the ground. I just learned about this one, but it came up a lot when I was searching for famous spots in my prefecture. It’s a people-sized hole in a forest that is about 20 meters deep. It’s said here is where, again the elderly or infirm were thrown occasionally. Once you fall in, you can’t get out evidently. And also, that human bones have been found at the bottom of the hole. At night, if you go near it, you might see a hand reaching out. But don’t get too close, because there are stories of reckless types getting pulled into the hole never to be seen again. 3) Tunnels. About 73% of Japan is mountainous that naturally means there are a lot of tunnels. And invariably bad things happen in tunnels, collapses, fires, car crashes. Even locally it feels like so many tunnels have ghost stories attached to them. Especially the older ones that are narrow, long, and drippy and have have little or no illumination. Let’s talk about the old Amagi Tunnel in Izu. It was completed in 1905 and being built completely of stone it’s the longest remaining all-stone tunnel in Japan at 446 meters, over 13,000 feet long. It’s surrounded by a dense forest which adds to the feeling of isolation. It’s also narrow and dark and damp. There are thought to be a lot of ghosts and onryou in and around it. The Old Amagi Tunnel has a creepy atmosphere about it especially at night. And because of weird atmospheric pressure the wind blows or is sucked through the tunnel making strange noises. While deep inside the tunnel sometimes you can hear a woman singing or whispering or asking, Daijoubu? Are you okay? At the moment you can’t drive through the tunnel, but back when you could, people reported that their car engines would suddenly die in the middle of the tunnel or that upon exiting the tunnel they’d find their windows and the body of the car covered in handprints. Samurai ghosts in full armor have also been reported wandering through the tunnel. It’s thought that some samurai graves were destroyed when constructing it. And finally it’s said that there is something called hitobashira, literally person pillar. I found a lot about this and really want to read more, but for the moment, it’s the practice of when building something big like a castle, bridge, dam, or tunnel; sacrificing a person or people to the gods to prevent any accidents or natural disasters by burying them…sometimes alive. On a lighter note, it’s said that the entrance to the old Amagi Tunnel was the inspiration for the tunnel scene in Spirited Away.  Unlucky number four. Finally, let’s revisit the high courtesans of days of old we learned about in episode 61. The oiran. I’d heard this story quite a while ago, but didn’t realize how close it was to where I am. It’s near Yamanashi city. 4) Here is the sad and horrific story Oiran Buchi. The Oiran Gorge. During the Sengoku Jidai, the Warring Era, the Takeda Clan ran gold mines in the area. Because they were living so far from the city they had some oiran living there with them. However, after the battle of Nagashino, the Takeda Clan had to leave, and in order to prevent any information about the gold mines getting out, they needed to quiet workers and the 55 oiran employed there. The leaders of the clan constructed a wide platform and suspended it over a gorge. Under the pretense of having a party, they invited the oiran to join. Once the women got onto the platform the soldiers cut the ropes and the fifty-five oiran plummeted to their deaths. To this day it is considered one of the most haunted spots in Japan with many warnings not to visit there. Ever. Especially if you’re a man. And if you do happen to be there and a man, don’t step too close to the edge of the cliff. So there you have it, a very few of the shinrei spotto, ghost spots, in my area and elsewhere. My little warnings aside, the good news is, if you like these kind of spooky places, if and when you visit Japan, it’s highly likely that you’ll stumble across if not them then others. The curious thing about Japan is that you don’t even have to be looking for a spooky or jinxed area, they’re everywhere. Again, true stories. Here are a couple examples of how I unwittingly ran across haunted areas without even trying. The first was back in 1990 or 91. I was an exchange student at a university here and just happened to be standing under a tree talking with my kendo friends when suddenly they said we had better move along, it was getting dark and this is the tree where that student hung herself so many years ago something something. She doesn’t like it when people are here after dark. Or another is when we moved into a new house and I took a little stroll around the neighborhood. You’ll very often find small shrines or statues tucked away. They really are everywhere and fun to investigate. Well, I found this one about a two minute walk from  our house along this very narrow and windy road. I read the plaque as best as I could, a little shocked, I then later asked other people who had lived there for a long time. It seems the small shrine is called Kubitsuka Jinja. Let me translate. Kubi is a head, or a severed head, in this case, and tsuka is grave. The severed head, and I learned it was plural, the severed heads grave shrine. The story being, back in the day some samurai were riding through the area and for some reason or another, I could never find the reason, they took offence to something and went through and cut off a whole bunch of peoples’ heads and lined them up along the side of the road. The whole area was haunted for a long time until this shrine was erected to appease their spirits. I’m dying to find out what these poor villagers did to deserve that! Okay, that’s all for today. You can blow out those candles now. Although you might want to check for floating heads. It’s no fun tripping over one of those as you feel your way to the bedroom. Oh, one more thing, I’m working on a side project that I think some of you are really going to like. Hopefully I’ll be able to announce that by the next episode. Thank you all for listening, reviewing, and supporting the show. With a great big special thank you to my patrons, because of you I’m able to do this at all. Happy Halloween, good night, and I’ll talk to you in two weeks.

Oda Nobunaga's control of Japan grows shakier by the day as more rivals emerge to challenge his hold on Kyoto. Egged on by the puppet shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the powerful daimyo Takeda Shingen brings his army down upon Oda's closest ally, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and destroys them, Tokugawa escapes with his life and the aid of a ninja, Hattori Hanzo, whose subterfuge succeeds in turning back the Takeda forces. They return under Takeda's heir, however, to besiege Nagashino Castle. Tokugawa's forces hold out until a lowly footman named Torii Suneemon gives his life to bring Oda and Tokugawa reinforcements back to the troops at Nagashino. Oda's innovative strategy with his arquebusiers defeats the famous Takeda cavalry charge and wins the day, but his military victories do nothing for him in the end. His own general, Akechi Mitsuhide, leads his army against him in a surprise attack at the temple of Honno-ji. Rather than be captured, Oda Nobunaga commits seppuku. Join us on Patreon! http://bit.ly/EHPatreon Check out all our Extra Credits shows at http://becauselearningmatters.com Here's our YouTube Page with more Extra History! https://www.youtube.com/user/ExtraCreditz/

On a ressorti le film Kagemusha !On change de pays et même d’époque tant qu’à faire. Bienvenue dans Kagemusha l'ombre du guerrier d'Akira Kurosawa. Accrochez-vous parce qu’on va se marrer ou se perdre (c’est selon).Japon, XVIème siècle, une féroce guerre des clans divise l’archipel. L’un des plus puissants est le clan Takeda mené par le leader charismatique et quasi vénéré Shingen. Il rêve de prendre la capitale, Kyoto et ainsi devenir seigneur du pays. Mais lors de l’assaut du château de Noda il est mortellement blessé. Il fait alors passer un ordre un peu spécial pour sauvegarder son clan. Le frère de Shingen met dont en place un stratagème pour respecter la volonté de son frère. Il va utiliser un banal voleur comme doublure, l’idée semble étrange au départ mais ce dernier est le sosie parfait du seigneur défunt. Mais le Kagemusha (guerrier de l’ombre en japonais) n’a que le physique de commun avec le chef de clan. Sa présence et son allure manquent plusieurs fois de le faire démasquer mais il apprendra vite la vérité sur son rôle. Il comprendra dès lors, l’importance de sa mission quand il découvrira la vérité et réussira a bluffer les espions ennemis, le petit fils, les concubines et même ceux qui sont dans la confidence !Mais autant chez l’ennemi que dans le clan, des manigances se préparent dans l’ombre…Le film s’ouvre sur un plan unique, fixe et statique de six minutes. On nous présente ici Shingen Takeda, son frère, Nobukado et un voleur qui vient d’échapper à la peine de mort. La ressemblance flagrante entre lui et le seigneur Takeda pourrait bien servir au clan. Tatsuya Nakadai jouant les deux rôles (celui de Shingen et du Kagemusha) le plan est évidement un astucieux trucage. En VF pour accentuer la différence deux comédiens diffèrent doubleront chacun des personnages ; à savoir les talentueux Pierre Hatet et Marc De Georgi.Tatsuya Nakadai a la dure tache d’incarner la figure historique de Shingen Takeda, mais aussi sa doublure. Ce qui pour un acteur traditionnel ne serait pas chose aisé mais Nakadai était un véritable caméléon pouvant tout jouer et étant méconnaissable film après film. Son talent l’avait même fait devenir petit à petit le remplaçant de Toshiro Mifune comme acteur fétiche de Kurosawa. Et si vous le cherchez aujourd’hui, le bougre n’est pas mort, il est au casting du film d’animation Le Conte de la princesse Kaguya, un film récemment réalisé par le grand Isao Takahata.Kagemusha permis à son auteur, âgé à l’époque de 70 ans, d’avoir enfin la reconnaissance internationale qu’il méritait, et rafler au passage la Palme D’or à Cannes en 1980. Mais au prix de quelques concessions. N’arrivant pas à obtenir le budget nécessaire pour son projet, Kurosawa se tourna vers la peinture pour raconter son histoire. Ces peintures servirent à convaincre ses deux plus grands fans, George Lucas et Francis F.Coppola, de produire son film (rien que ça !). Ces peintures serviront également de story-board et on peut dire que ça se voit ; de par le foisonnement de couleurs omniprésentes, visibles sur les costumes authentiques. Mais aussi par la photographie, les scènes de bataille couvertes d’éclairs rouge feu ou la célèbre scène du rêve qu’on croirait tout droit sortie de l’imaginaire torturé d’un aliéné.Bon après, ce n’est peut-être pas le plus épique des films de genre qu’on pourrait voir. Il suffit de regarder Les 7 Samouraïs pour s’en rendre compte, mais il est bon de nuancer cela au regard de la scène de batailles finale tournée en deux mois et inspirée de la véritable bataille de Nagashino de 1575.Pour conclure, notons que la Bande Originale du film est composée par Shinishiro Ikebe. Au final, que dire de ce film, qui n’a pas déjà été dit, film magistral, avec sa mise en scène extraordinaire. Les superlatifs manquent, donc pour conclure je dirais bêtement « Uwasa wo Sureba Kage » ! Comprenne qui pourra…Retrouve tous les podcasts du Cinéma Avec Un Grand A sur les plateformes de podcasts:

Part two of Nate's talk about his recent trip to the Nagashino battlefield, and what he gleaned from his extensive hiking of the site of the Samurai Archives Podcast's most notorious battle. Mentioned in this Podcast: The 9th Annual Samurai Fiction Contest:  http://www.samurai-archives.com/writcon.html The Sengoku Field Manual - Return to Shitaragahara! http://sengokufieldmanual.blogspot.com/2013/09/nagashino-iii-return-to-shitaragahara.html Conlan, Thomas. Weapons & Fighting Techniques of the Samurai Warrior 1200-1877 AD By Thomas, D Conlan, Amber Books Ltd, 2008 http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/1906626073 Shambhala Publications: http://www.shambhala.com/ Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com

In this episode, Nate talks about his recent trip to the Nagashino battlefield, and what he gleaned from his extensive hiking of the site of the Samurai Archives Podcast's most notorious battle. Part one of two. Mentioned in this Podcast: The 9th Annual Samurai Fiction Contest:  http://www.samurai-archives.com/writcon.html The Sengoku Field Manual - Return to Shitaragahara! http://sengokufieldmanual.blogspot.com/2013/09/nagashino-iii-return-to-shitaragahara.html Conlan, Thomas. Weapons & Fighting Techniques of the Samurai Warrior 1200-1877 AD By Thomas, D Conlan, Amber Books Ltd, 2008 http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/1906626073 Shambhala Publications: http://www.shambhala.com/ Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com

In this episode, Nate talks about his five-part blog series Principled Warfare, where he looks at examining premodern Japanese warfare through the lens of the modern US military's 12 Principles of Joint Operations. You can find Nate at his blog, The Sengoku Field Manual: http://sengokufieldmanual.blogspot.com/ Mentioned in this podcast: Principled Warfare: Samurai Combat Done Right (and Wrong)http://shogun-yashiki.blogspot.com/2012/08/greetings-once-again-samurai-archives.html Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com

In this episode we finish off our battle of Nagashino series with an interview and Q&A with Nate Ledbetter, author of "Samurai as Commander: The Battle of Nagashino (1575) and the Military Decision-Making Process". The focus of our interview today is the battle itself. Mentioned in this podcast: Higuchi Takaharu. Karyoku no Tairyô Tônyû o Kyodai na Senryoku Toshite Katsuyô. Nagashino no Tatakai. Tokyo: Gakken Publishing, 2010. Print. Pp 72-77. Higuchi Takaharu. Saigo ni Ketteida wo Ataeta Kiba Gundan ha Sonzai Shita!Nagashino no Tatakai. Tokyo: Gakken Publishing, 2010. Print. Pp. 66-71. Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com

In this episode, Nate gives a narrative of the events of the battle of Nagashino, and his analysis of what happened on the battlefield. Find out how the battlefield was set up, troops arrayed, and how the battle went down in the 5th month of 1575. Mentioned in this podcast: Elisonas, J. and Lamers, J. The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga BRILL (June 22, 2011) http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/9004201629 Sadler, A.L. Shogun: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu Tuttle Publishing (July 10, 2009) http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/4805310421 Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com

This episode we interview Nate about using the US Military’s Military Decision Making Process as a tool to analyze the battle of Nagashino and other sengoku period battles. Mentioned in this podcast: Lamers, Jeroen. Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered Hotei Publishing (November 2001) http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/9074822223 Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com

In January 2012 Nate presented his paper, "Samurai as Commander: The Battle of Nagashino (1575) and the Military Decision-Making Process" at the Japan Studies Association conference, where he re-examines the battle of Nagashino, taking into account everything that a modern military analyst would examine, challenging the conventional story of what happened on the battlefield in 1575. Convention has it that Oda Nobunaga lined up 3,000 gunners behind palisades, and cut down each advancing wave of the Takeda cavalry, winning both the battle and firmly establishing guns as the new method of warfare in japan. Nate challenges these notions and more . This is the audio of his presentation. Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com

In part 2 of our Japan Studies Association conference coverage, Nate and Alison talk about their presentations, "Samurai as Commander: The Battle of Nagashino (1575) and the Military Decision-Making Process" and "Speech We Hate: An Argument for the Cessation of International Pressure on Japan to Strengthen its Anti-Child Pornography Laws" respectively, as well as discuss preparing for and presenting at academic conferences. Follow Alison Rapp on Twitter: @mnemosynekurai Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com

This episode of the Samurai Archives Japanese History Podcast, we tackle  a recurring question that comes up time and again: the misunderstanding of "strategy" vs. "tactics" as used in military history.  Most people seem to think the words are interchangeable.  However, when you're discussing military history, it's important to use the correct terms because they imply completely different things.  This examination of the meaning and application of strategy, operations, and tactics is illustrated by both modern examples, as well as the battle of Okehazama and the battle of Nagashino. Mentioned in this podcast: Conlan, Thomas. Weapons & Fighting Techniques of the Samurai Warrior 1200-1877 AD By Thomas, D Conlan, Amber Books Ltd, 2008 http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20/detail/1906626073 Von Clausewitz, Carl. On War Princeton University Press; 1St Edition edition (June 1, 1989) http://www.amazon.com/War-Carl-von-Clausewitz/dp/0691018545 Samurai Archives Blog: Strategical Buffoonery http://shogun-yashiki.blogspot.com/2010/06/strategical-buffoonery.html Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com

From the 1540's through the battle of Nagashino and on until the end of the Sengoku period (Approx. 1477-1615) , Western guns in Japan played a bigger and bigger role in war and revolutionized warfare during the 16th century. In this podcast, your hosts examine the use and distribution of Western guns during this time with records of the numbers of guns held by Daimyo armies and deployed in battle, and how warfare changed during this period. Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samuraiarchives Mentioned in this podcast: Baxter, James C. and Joshua A. Fogel, ed. Paul Varley Oda Nobunaga, Guns, and Early Modern Warfare Writing Histories In Japan. International Research Center for Japanese Studies Kyoto 2007 http://bit.ly/mLNUtu The Impact of Firearms on Japanese Warfare, 1543-98 By Delmer M. Brown, The Far Eastern Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 3 (May, 1948), pp. 236-253 http://bit.ly/kJ3v7N Neilson, David Society at War: Eyewitness Accounts of Sixteenth Century Japan PhD Dissertation University of Oregon, 2007 http://bit.ly/gglZnb Oda Nobunaga Rekishi Gunzo Series #1 GAKKEN, 1996 Uezato, Takashi, Ryûkyû no kaki ni tsuite (On Ryukyu's Firearms) Okinawa Bunka, No. 36, pp73-92, July 2000 Weapons & Fighting Techniques of the Samurai Warrior 1200-1877 AD By Thomas, D Conlan, Amber Books Ltd, 2008 http://bit.ly/iTAroK Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com

This is part 2 of 2 of our Battle of Nagashino podcast. Few battles in Japanese history are as hyped or misunderstood as the Battle of Nagashino. For over 400 years, an iconic image of the modern forces of Oda Nobunaga, using Western guns to destroy the traditional Takeda cavalry, held sway over interpretations by both Japanese and Western historians. The Battle of Nagashino took place on 29 June, 1575. The campaign occurred in Mikawa province, in the vicinity of Nagashino Castle, hence the name. However, the main engagement that came to be known as the Battle of Nagashino took place at Shitaragahara, approximately three kilometers from Nagashino Castle. We continue our discussion of the battle of Nagashino and the "Military Revolution" theory adopted by many Western historians including Delmer Brown and Geoffrey Parker. We also look at the primary and secondary sources for the battle of Nagashino, and look into the history of guns in Japan, and their importance in Japanese warfare of the time. Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samuraiarchives Mentioned in this podcast: The Impact of Firearms on Japanese Warfare, 1543-98 By Delmer M. Brown, The Far Eastern Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 3 (May, 1948), pp. 236-253 Guns and Government: A Comparative Study of Europe and Japan By Stephen Morillo, Journal of World History, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Spring, 1995), pp. 75-106 The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 By Geoffrey Parker, Cambridge University Press  Baxter, James C. and Joshua A. Fogel, ed. Paul Varley Oda Nobunaga, Guns, and Early Modern Warfare Writing Histories In Japan. International Research Center for Japanese Studies Kyoto 2007  Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com

Few battles in Japanese history are as hyped or misunderstood as the Battle of Nagashino. For over 400 years, an iconic image of the modern forces of Oda Nobunaga, using Western guns to destroy the traditional Takeda cavalry, held sway over interpretations by both Japanese and Western historians. The Battle of Nagashino took place on 29 June, 1575. The campaign occurred in Mikawa province, in the vicinity of Nagashino Castle, hence the name. However, the main engagement that came to be known as the Battle of Nagashino took place at Shitaragahara, approximately three kilometers from Nagashino Castle. The main forces were the Takeda, led by Takeda Katsuyori, on one side, and a partnership between Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu on the other. The Takeda were centered in Kai province, and controlled parts of Shinano, Totomi, and Suruga provinces. The Tokugawa directly bordered them in Mikawa and Totomi provinces to the south and west; they were the junior partner in an alliance with the Oda, who controlled most of central Japan from his headquarters in Mino at Gifu Castle. This included control of the Imperial capital, Kyōto. The Takeda besieged the Tokugawa castle of Nagashino. A relief force composed of the combined armies of the Tokugawa clan and the Oda clan arrived and deployed on the Shitaragahara field. Despite being heavily outnumbered, Takeda Katsuyori decided to attack. This decision proved disastrous, as the Takeda charges were repulsed by the combined Oda and Tokugawa forces making significant use of arquebus fire from behind loosely constructed palisades. The Takeda retreated, and lost two-thirds of their force in the battle. The Takeda ceased to be a player on the national stage, and were eventually destroyed by Nobunaga and Ieyasu in 1582. The removal of the Takeda threat enabled Oda Nobunaga to concentrate on other threats to his consolidation of power around the Imperial capital of Kyoto. This sequence of events is universally accepted as fact, and is used by Western historians to support the "Military Revolution" theory - that gunpowder was the driving force of change and modernization in the world. This podcast is part one of two on the battle of Nagashino. Your hosts are Chris, Travis and Nate. Nate is currently researching the battle for graduate school, and is the facilitator of the podcast. We'll take you through the biases in the sources, the "accepted" history of the battle of Nagashino, and where this all fits in the context of the Military Revolution theory. Support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samuraiarchives Mentioned in this podcast: The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 By Geoffrey Parker, Cambridge University Press http://amzn.to/lmlBxU Baxter, James C. and Joshua A. Fogel, ed. Paul Varley Oda Nobunaga, Guns, and Early Modern Warfare Writing Histories In Japan. International Research Center for Japanese Studies Kyoto 2007 http://bit.ly/mLNUtu Support this podcast: Shop Amazon.com, suport the podcast: http://amzn.to/wnDX2j Samurai Archives Bookstore: http://astore.amazon.com/samurai-20 Samurai Archives Shop (T-Shirts, etc) http://www.cafepress.com/samuraiarchives Contact Us: Twitter @SamuraiArchives https://twitter.com/#!/samuraiarchives Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Archives/104533213984 Samurai Archives podcast blog: http://www.samuraipodcast.com Samurai Archives Forum: http://www.japanhistoryforum.com