There’s not many things that people connect as much with Japan as the Samurai, Japan’s famous warriors. But while most stories cover the peak of their powers or their tragic downfall, few talk about where it all started. Who were the FIRST Samurai? In this video, we explore the early days of Japan and how the country influenced it’s warrior-class… and vice versa!

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SOURCES:

https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Samurai-Histories/dp/1845299477

https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/japanese-culture/the-mythical-origins-of-the-japanese-islands/

https://freidok.uni-freiburg.de/fedora/objects/freidok:220178/datastreams/FILE1/content

https://www.thecollector.com/samurai-armor-timeline-evolution-japanese-history/

https://jref.com/articles/masakado-kubizuka.389/

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1106/insei-cloistered-government-in-ancient-japan/

https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Heiji_Rebellion

https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01226/#:~:text=The%20Genpei%20War%20was%20a,slowly%20gained%20the%20upper%20hand.

https://www.worldhistory.org/Genpei_War/

https://www.worldhistory.org/Kamakura_Period/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Minamoto-Yoritomo


CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Intro
01:24 - Dawn of Japan
06:45 - Evolution
14:08 - The First Samurai
18:30 - War & Rebellion