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#22 NOBUNAGA, Charisma of Japanese history
Click here to go to the YouTube video In the late 16th century, a charismatic figure emerged in the Sengoku period. Oda Nobunaga. １６世紀の後半、戦国時代のカリスマが登場しました。織田信長です。 Oda Nobunaga was a feudal lord in the relatively small Owari region (present-day Aichi Prefecture). When he was young, he was called an “Idiot”. He was regarded as an eccentric who lacked common sense. 織田信長は比較的小さな尾張（現在の愛知県）の戦国大名です。若い頃は「うつけもの」と呼ばれ、常識のない変わり者と思われていたようです。 It was at the Battle of Okehazama that Nobunaga made his name known throughout Japan. He used his superior strategy to defeat Imagawa Yoshimoto of Suruga (Shizuoka Prefecture) with only a small force. Nobunaga then entered Kyoto in 1573, ousted the Shogun, and destroyed the Muromachi Shogunate. 信長がその名を世に知らしめたのが桶狭間の戦いでした。彼は卓越した戦術によって少ない兵力で駿河（静岡県）の今川義元を打ち破ったのです。信長はその後１５７３年に京へ上り、将軍を追い出して室町幕府を滅亡させました。 Nobunaga’s name was…
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#19 The Sengoku Period
Click here to go to the YouTube video This Episode 19 is about the Sengoku Period. For about 100 years, Warlords fought each other all over the country. １９回目は戦国時代についてです。およそ１００年間、日本中で武将たちが戦った時代です。 In the 15th century, the people repeatedly revolted, and there was a widespread movement to force the shogunate and local feudal lords to recognize their demands. １５世紀になると民衆が繰り返し反乱を起こし、幕府や各地の大名に自分たちの要求を認めさせる動きが広まりました。 The power of the Muromachi Shogunate in Kyoto weakened, and a trend of “Gekokujo,” in which a lower-ranking person overcame a higher-ranking person by force and took his position, spread throughout society. 京都の室町幕府の力が弱まり、下位の者が上位の者に実力で打ち勝ち地位を奪う「下剋上」の風潮が社会全体に広まっていったのです。 In Kyoto, the Onin War broke out in 1467 over the succession of the shogun. The war lasted more than 10…
