Our whole series on the samurai can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuFCebpCxd4iXskRq7gemedn EP 1: https://youtu.be/4gMBq1hiiWI EP 2: https://youtu.be/e-s0i_cQaWo EP 3: https://youtu.be/00nEH8kCBsw EP 4: https://youtu.be/XYRqwrDZPQo Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYK0BJZF3yNb2fw1EdAXUQ/join When did the Samurai come into being? How did they go from being provincial outsiders to masters of Japan, outstripping their aristocratic overlords? And, were they really the deadly, honour-driven warriors of myth? Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss the rise of history’s most formidable warriors; Japan’s lethal Samurai, and the proliferation of their legend. Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Social channels: https://www.instagram.com/theresthistory/ https://www.tiktok.com/@theresthistory https://x.com/TheRestHistory https://bsky.app/profile/theresthistory.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@theresthistory Creative Director of Animation: Michael Sherdyts Lead Animator / Production Lead: Kate Korolko Lead Illustrator: Vadym Berkutenko Illustrator: Viktoria Lafazan Map Animator: Mike Dunakovskiy 3D Artist / Blender Animator: Vishal Dekuzy Video Editor: Jack Meek, Harry Swan & Adam Thornton Social Producer: Harry Balden Producers: Aaliyah Akude & Tabby Syrett Senior Producer: Callum Hill Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Head of Digital & Social: Sam Oakley 0:00 How Servants Became Masters 3:02 Why the Samurai Feel So Modern 6:25 Tokugawa and the Age of Peace 9:28 Warriors Turned Bureaucrats 12:08 Japan Shuts Out the West 14:18 Samurai Meet America 16:30 The Fall of the Shogunate 19:13 Why the West Fell for Samurai 21:42 The Myth of Bushido 25:07 Samurai in Film, TV and Pop Culture 27:24 The First Samurai Myths 30:01 The Severed Head of Masakado 33:36 Kyoto and the Imperial Order 36:43 Why Japan Needed Warriors Again 39:46 The Real Early Samurai Code 42:39 Princes Cast Out of the Imperial Family 45:37 The Rise of the Taira and Minamoto 47:30 Masakado Goes Rogue 52:02 The Emperor of Kanto 54:42 Courtly Peace, Coming Storm 57:37 The Age of the Samurai Dawns