All about the politics of samurai names. Why did they change their names so much? Why did they keep reusing certain characters?

Why are samurai names so long: https://youtu.be/X2M5xFL64k0

0:00 First Name Patterns
2:24 Importance of First Names
4:10 Family Names
7:05 Tokugawa Ieyasu’s Names, man couldn’t make up his mind

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🔸 Japan’s Name Culture: https://amzn.to/3r4XGIs
🔸 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5741ww/why_did_japanese_historical_figures_change_their/
🔸 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4mphs5/why_did_some_daimyos_change_their_names_during/

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