Hey guys! I feel like the video did not explain the Soga’s reason for promoting Buddhism enough. They had lots of connections to immigrants and the mainland through their trade relationships. Adopting Buddhism would gain them massive support from the immigrant population. Also, Chinese Buddhism came with a lot of Chinese ideas. Like when you marry someone, you don’t just get that person, you get his/her entire family. You don’t just get Buddhism, you get exposed to Chinese ideas about government and how to run things, especially the idea that the state should have one all-powerful sovereign. The Soga particularly liked that idea, and would work to make that happen... =) BOOK RECOMMENDATION ➤➤ Premodern Japan: amzn.to/2K9maeH RELATED VIDEOS: - What does "kami" mean? th-cam.com/video/ATnFsFRnRsI/w-d-xo.html - More Chinese influence on Japan: th-cam.com/video/wKREfmcEsEA/w-d-xo.html - More Korean influence on Japan: th-cam.com/video/zVY2w4x17zs/w-d-xo.html
Linfamy I've been at my friends house doing a Harry Potter marathon and I've been letting off many a smelly fart. Just now I've removed all the popcorn and pizza from my system and by god that poo was glorious! I'd describe it to you, but it's gone under the bend.
Read from the Kujaku manga (comic) how Buddha becomes a god in Japan's pantheon called Dai-Ichi, which means "Great One". Quite as you mentioned turning Him into a sort of kami. Coincidentally, there was a bank by the same name later on, so maybe the Bank's founders were Buddhist....but I'm just guessing here and connecting the dots. :)
@@michelleburkholder2547 That's a huge generalization. Some Christians certainly did, but others risked their lives to peacefully spread their beliefs.
*here’s a new prince. He wants everyone to try this hot new religion, from Baekje. He said ‘please try this new religion.’ ‘No!’ said everyone. ‘Try it!’ He said again. ‘nooo!’ Said everyone, quieter this time.*
Nice to know they had a civilized peaceful discussion and listened to each other's argumentation before they killed each other. Violence doesn't solve anything, oh wait it DOES 😉😀
i was one episode 1 then I blinked and all of a sudden I know about the yamato clan and i've watched 14 episodes of this. You made it so easy to binge yet retain the info. Mad respect
The statue that was brought over was said to be thrown into a river to protect it from destruction. It rose once from the water to present itself to Shotoku Taishi. Eventually the statue was rescued from the water and carried on the back of a devout Buddhist all the way to present day Nagano prefecture, housed in a temple where it remains today. Being of legendary importance, the statue isn't available for public viewing, but a replica was made that makes appearances on occasion. There are pictures of it.
Such informative and entertaining videos, but take a second to appreciate the art! I mean look at the thumbnail of this particular video! I laughed so much by just looking at it first! Keep going, man!
lol so Japan is the biggest example of cultural appropriation (I'm joking of course) but its an example of a society with a beautiful culture that can adopt many other parts of cultures and integrate it into theirs.
I agree. Here in the good old U.S. of A. cultural appropriation is frowned upon. Historically in the west even wearing foreign fashion was considered heretical.
Sadly this is still them only isoroku ryuugakusei still is they are homogenicly xenophobic even tho their kanji is sino xenic suicide is rooted thesaurus is big for death related words they got ijime bullshit weirdly also like tempus fugit instead of hataraku goroshi at least they care in Japan today or up close about preparing for labor influx and how to tackle the challenge that come with it , some vets reunite in a pacific island reunion
I don't comment often, but this time I had to. I'm a first year student of BA Japanese studies and the few days ago we were studying the Kofun period during ancient Japanese History class and to be honest It was a little bit tough, I mean to much information of a complex period. I'm glad I found this TH-cam channel and it's now way more interesting and easy to understand. This channel is a hidden gem, thank you !
if i'm recall correct, Soga no Umako import Buddhism for his own political rights and Shōtoku Taishi tries to reform japan same as china，but to us；kinda works but sometimes not that well.
Enjoyed the vid. To think japan makes things more "japanese" after they learn or adopt something since a long time ago...makes you think that its still present in modern day japanese (especially the entertainment industry). Also, that star wars vs star trek thing. lmao
Hello, I love your videos! Just so you know, around 5:53 in the video, you displayed a buddist temple while you are talking about the traditional power (shinto).
Haha thanks. So in my defense, I meant traditional power as in deriving your power from religion, as opposed to leaders who were good administrators. I picked a Buddhist temple to represent a religion, any religion. But you're right, I should've picked a shrine instead since the traditional clans were not Buddhists, they practiced kami worship.
@@Linfamy Thank you for the reply! Seems good since I get the idea. Btw it will be cool if you can show the names in Kanji as well. Since I learned all this history in japanese when i was a kid, and showing the names in Kanji will make it easier for me to connect the dots. Especially the chinese/korean names, since they are pronounced quite differently in japanese, such as 漢 = Han(english) = Kan(japanese). Anyway that's just a suggestion :)
Buddhism is originally Indian. Buddha was an Indian man. So although it was imported from China, China imported it from India. Buddhism is actually Indian culture that reached Japan via China and Korea. It's misleading to portray as if this came from China, because it is originally from India. Like many other things that originally did not come from "China", because at the time those were separate kingdoms that had their own names and cultures. Also describing significant immigrant flows as solely "Chinese and Korean" is false. Because they adapted to Japan and mixed with the Japanese. They became Japanese themselves over-time and only spoke and knew Japanese language and culture. There were also migrant flows from Mongolia and North East Asia as well as to a lesser extent from South East Asia via the Philippines, Taiwan and the Ryukyus.
gamevalor If we were to get ride of the modern nationalist perspective entirely from historical analysis, despite finding its ancient root in subcontinent and the particular branch that spreads into Japan being heavily sinicized, Buddhism can be labeled neither Indian nor Chinese, and the history we are talking about can also not be called Japanese. Arguably, none of those identities came into existence until Early Modern time.
Actually, while Buddha is from India, the form of Buddhism that East Asia practices is quite different from the ones practiced in India, South East Asia and Sri Lanka, the East Asian is of the Mahayana School and the South and South East Asian, the Thevarada School. See, when Buddhist ideas traveled into East Asia, the Chinese simply made Buddha into a God, added him into their existing religious pantheons and then added even more Boddhisivas into the Buddhist pantheon, for example, adding Kuan Yin into the mix. So to say that it came from China is very accurate, because the Buddhism that Japan practices differs greatly from the ones Indians practices.
@kei chan It is obvious that you have very bad comprehension of the English language and I suggest you practice more, read what I wrote properly before you tell more people who bad you are with the English language....
kei chan kei chan I don’t know what’s your point here? Whose points are you disputing ? Those of the OP or Ng Yee Tat? Yes. The majority of the population in India do not practice Buddhism today. But Buddhism did originate from the subcontinent to which we refer as India and Nepal in English today. There are also attempts to revive Buddhism in India. Anyway, it not like facts are important to you. I just don’t want my and other people’s reasoned disagreement towards the OP to be discredited by trolling comments like yours just because your comments could be perceived as being on the same side as ours.
I think the second bomb was conveyed, not from China, but from its land of origin, India. Oh, and yes, it did stop in China and Korea, on the way. Of course by the time it reached Japan it was somewhat modified from its original form.And as we can see in the "Zen" version, it proceeded to be even further modified in its new home.
I really do admire the Japanese ability to adopt & adapt ideals & new ways to do things in a way that doesn't create a them vs us mentality within themselves; it allows people to weave the new thing into their lives without alienating the traditional aspect that c old have been considered a rival to that niche.
a classic in matter of fact it always happened when someone with a new religion challenge a group of people that get their legitimacy or have benefits from the local religion.
On Star Wars vs Star Trek, I say both. I grew up watching both of them so the debate never made sense to me XD. Star Wars (the original) was the only one I saw until I was about 13 and therefore has been my favorite. Star Trek on the other hand was a big part of my life, with Next Generation being my favorite. I watched every season and new part (aside from Deep Space 9). Here’s a question, do you watch anime and have a favorite one? Me personally...I like too many genres of everything in general, but my current anime obsession is Lupin the Third (But I watch Death Note every year)
Same here about Star Wars vs Star Trek, actually. Both have their qualities :) I did go through an anime phase and Naruto holds a special place in my heart. I don't really watch anymore so I'm not up on today's anime references 😅. However, I did get into Attack on Titan, it's amaaaaazing. Haven't reached season 3 yet, so shhh!
This site is interesting: japaneseswordlegends.wordpress.com/ The author actually has some books with more stories, but I haven't read them, so I don't know if they are good =)
It's interesting how alike Japan and Ancient Rome are. Japan took Chinese writing and culture, adopting it for their use, and Rome took Greek fashion, religion, and military technology and made it better. Well, maybe not so much on the religion part. The Romans didn't even come up with a unique name for Apollo xD
So pretty much the same story as how the germanic franks became christian. germanic tradition has this concept of "Heil", which is a power you inherit and are born with, but which you have to maintain through personal honour and courage for your entire life. E.g. warriors would only follow someone with the victors heil into battle. Possessing said heil meant that the warlord would be invincible in war, as long as he stays worthy of it (though pretty much every profession has its own heil). There also was a kings heil, which was of utter importance in order to rule. When the new upstart power of the hausmeier (servants of the palace) family Karolinger decided to take over not only the power, but also the title of king from the old Merowinger dynasty, they couldn't by old tribal and religious law, hence they turned towards the christian church to give them divine legitimacy for becoming kings. Hence from that point onwards all future kings and also the kings of the frankish successor empires (mainly france and the hre) became kings of gods grace and the franks began to convert the rest of the germanic pagans, in their own and other tribes, by force - as following the old religion pretty much inclined disputing the king actually being a king. So a lot of similarity in that the new upstart power, that was in closer contact to another, culturally more advanced civilization took on and utilized a foreign religion to break the old system of power and legitimize their own new position of dominance.
At least one point is certain, that is, from the pre -Qin dynasty, there have been 4 times large -scale immigrants from Chinese Han people to enter the Japanese islands and Korean Peninsula, which have a profound impact on the historical trends of China and Japan and ( Korean Peninsula ). Focus on reference materials : Asuka Period in Japanese history (538-710 AD) Nara period (710-794) in early Japanese history ) The Chinese carefully taught the primitives of Japan (and korea) at the time to teach the knowledge of rice, cutting wells, manufacturing agricultural tools, spreading medicine, textiles and other knowledge. They pushed Japan from the brutal primitive society to a slave society. Chinese Han people's four large -scale immigrants enter the Japanese islands record : 1. Qin and Han Dynasty Qin Shihuang (秦始皇 259-210 BC) swept the six regions. In order to escape the war, the Chinese people fled to Japan in two ways: Some Chinese people crossed the sea from the Northeast to the Korean Peninsula to Japan. Japan. 2. During the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties (420 -589 BC) During the period of "Upheaval of the Five Barbarians 五胡亂華", in order to avoid the war, the Chinese people began a wave of migration to a large -scale migration around. Most of the fleeing Chinese finally went to Japan, forming the climax of immigration to Japan. The representative is Liu Azhi (劉阿知), the descendant of Emperor Han Xian(漢獻帝). 3. The Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-907 BC) Japan sent a large -scale Tang ambassador to China to visit China, while China sent a large number of people to spread advanced technology and culture to Japan. Most of these people are monks or cultural scholars. They are left as required by the Japanese because of the difficult sailing and welcomed by Japan. They often stay and "domestication" into the Japanese. The representative is the monk Jianzhen(監真). 4. The Song (960-1279)and Ming dynasties(1368-1644) In the Yuan Dynasty, the Han people in the southern Song Dynasty broke their families. In order to avoid the war and kill, they moved to Japan one after another. The representative of this period was scholar of the Southern Song Dynasty - Lanxi Daolong(蘭溪道隆). ------------------------------------------------------- In ancient China. Due to the escape or expansion of territorial reasons. There were many records of the Han people moved to the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese islands (including Okinawa). Establishing small countries and regimes on these islands (representing Chinese senior officials rather than emperor). In addition to the later period of Japan (because of the ocean). The Han regime on the Korean Peninsula has always been the ancient Chinese territory and the scope of direct jurisdiction (but sometimes it is similar to the different phenomenon of political opinions from the central government. It is similar to the situation in Taiwan and Hong Kong today. When the relationship between Taiwan and Hong Kong and the central government is bad. Sometimes they think they are independent countries or claim to be non -Chinese). The history of the establishment of a regime on the Korean Peninsula (Goguryeo, Baiji, Silla, Goryeo early). It is not the history of the Korean people. Instead, it is the history of the local regime of the Han people in northern China.These royal family and nobles are Chinese and descendants who move to the peninsula. They are wearing Han nationality clothing and using Chinese characters. They also claim to be the Han family. Only some civilians and slaves are indigenous people from the south of the peninsula (Koreans). This is very certain. (A large number of ancient Chinese tombs were unearthed on the 2/3 Korean Peninsula today. Han murals (depicting the lives of the Han people in the north), the fairy and god beast of the Han nationality.Han religion. Chinese character stone monument. Han Dynasty coins. ........... The southernmost part of the peninsula is unearthed in the original and backward Korean national life tools. It can be seen that the extremes of two different ethnic groups( Chinese VS Korean ) and different civilizations exist at the same time in the same period of the peninsula history. * The Founder of Goguryeo, JUMONG(朱蒙) Is Actually Chinese Pronunciation. Goguryeo was a northern Han area (and different government opinions, like the relationship between Taiwan and Hong Kong today) in the Tang Dynasty's governance regime. Baekje, SILLA is also the place of power governance in China. These are regional regimes created by the Han people in the north. (Obviously prove this from a lot of historical data and unearthed cultural relics). The original Korean indigenous people at the southernmost tip of the Korean are slaves. They were convened and became slaves. They were wearing pure white (no dyes and technology) and women showing her nipples as beauty. This is the custom of Korean people. * Goryeo's founding king-Wang Jian (王建). Wang Jian (王建) is very obviously the immigrants or descendants of the Han people (whether the culture of clothes is the Han culture), this possibility is quite high. Because Wang Jian is the descendant of the Chinese (Han), the regime he has established follows the abbreviation of the ancient country Goguryeo, as the new national name Goryeo. The North Korean people at the southern end of the peninsula were called as workers and slaves (wearing pure white clothes and women to show nipples). Later, they became the civilians of Goryeo. The history of the Korean nation is the history of slave. They have never sovereignty.
Let me tell you a little more The concept of wedding and presenting a new born child at the Shinto shrine are Shinto ceremonies Whereas death, belongs to Buddhism which overseas funerals Hope that this information was valuable.
Yep, it's from India. But from the Japanese perspective at the time, Buddhism = Chinese. It was so intertwined with Chinese culture that adopting Buddhism meant adopting Chinese culture in that part of the world :)
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Ah yes, as we all know two fun pinatas that a certain nation in the West gave Japan that arrived in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The mushroom harvest was great that year, a good bit of the land glowed in the dark, and anime started to show up.
Uh huh. My interpretation is Korea: look we practice Buddhism. Buddhists help other Buddhists, You’re either with us or against us. You want all these cool commodities from the advanced west? You kinda have to move in line with us. Comprendo?!” Japan: “HAI HAI!”
Great work! You are making two great things in this video: First, giving the credit to ancient Koreans for the piñatas that EVERYBODY ELSE in history divulgation don't give them, as its seems like (and I believe until reading the right books) Japanese take the piñatas directly from the China. Second, the dark metaphors. You are reminding people that soon enough is a new anniversary of when Western countries (one in particular) drop some nasty piñatas in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Didn't Shintoism still exist and was very major even after that point, to the point where they basically coexisted as a religious system that encompassed both?
What if I want the book and I want to help but I'm a millennial (nowadays star trek is weird) so the money is not mine and my parents don't know English well (so they can't properly watch all the videos I had watched to make this decision). Should I just toss it in the credit card?
Damn...that question is hard... I LIKE THEM BOTH THOUGH!!!! (star wars and star trek) but wait...It does depend on whether you mean the older ones or the newer ones...
I almost choked on my dinner when you said star wars or star trek. Once I coughed up tnat troublesome pea, I wet myself laughing at my stupidity. I have to remain neutral on that arguement. I love both. Sorry. Loving the channel.
There is no way they were religious if they claimed to belong to a religion preaching non violence as one of its primary precepts but used violence to impose their religion.
Condensed by Bill Wurtz as: "Knock Knock. Get the door, it's Religion. The New Prince wants Everyone to try this hot new Religion (Buddhism) from Baekje. Prince Shotoku (593): "Please try this religion." "NO" said Everybody. Prince Shotoku: "Tryyyy IIIIt!" "Noo..." said Everybody again, quieter this time. (Buddhism 604) And So the Religion Was put into place, with all the rules that came with it. Then the Government was taken Over by another clique (645) and made some reforms (Taika Reforms) Like Making the Government Govern more, or Making the Government more like China's Government, which is a Government that Governs more." Source: th-cam.com/video/Mh5LY4Mz15o/w-d-xo.html
Definitely Star Trek . . . except I get Jedi powers. In SWTOR (Beta Tester) I was a Jedi Counselor . . . Healz. I got good at it, but the best part for me was the old "yank a junked droid from the wreckage of empires and psycho-chuck it at your opponent" button. So satisfying. "Eat droid, empire scum!"
Were the Buddhist prosecuted like the early Japanese Christians? Was the reason why Christianity did not become a dominant religion in Japan due to not having enough immigrants from Christendom? What connections can we draw from Japan's uneasy adoption of Buddhism and the prosecution of Christianity 1000 years later?
Japan always when they get a new religion they just mix it into the current religion. That is why Japanese can practice Shinto and Buddhism and Christianity all at the same time.
The only thing from Christianity that Japanese people like are the wedding ceremonies and some of the iconography. They could care less about the other stuff. And one could say the same to an extent about Shinto and Buddhism as well; they participate in the ceremonies but hardly think about or care for the theology.
Ah, its an old thing, language and religions carry a LOT with them. Medicine like buddhism came from india, through china, thus was kept written in chinese. To become a doc, you d have to be able to read it. Then simple logistics. The very first writings in human history all people considered are... clay tablets for counting grain... So with writing you could better organize hundreds of thousands of people. Something impossible for an illiterate power structure. Religion contains rules for behaving in that society, and dispensing justice etc. The finer points of which you have to look for in the books, but in the end having it in a book helps people feeling there IS a justice, rather than being tied to the whims of a local chief or chaman. So the side of the litterate not only is a question of religion, but of a whole litterate system to organize a large society under a centralized power structure, which others cannot.
I’m not sure if you can down play the role of Baejae people who introduced letter & Buddhism. There are no record of Japanese came to Baejae to “actively” learn civilization but there are plenty of record that Baejae people want to introduce those and settled as ruling class in Japan society even today. That means Baejae people are who “actively” teach them and spread new religion and culture like missionaries at that time.
There were plenty of Baekje and Chinese immigrants in Japan at the time, and the Japanese did send plenty of missions to China, and we know they had close communication with Baekje. I think a lot of the credit goes to the very top of the ruling class in Japan, like Suiko, Shotoku, and the Soga. They actively promoted Buddhism and built temples all over the place.
In fact, the first Buddhist temple in Japan was founded by Baekjae. Kongō Gumi, a Japanese temple building company, was also made by Baekje. Baekjin also designed the Big Buddha statue of Tōdai-ji, and the Shilla people and the descendants of Baekje led the building.
@@Linfamy Japan was ignored by the Tang Dynasty, and at that time For a period of time, Korea (Silla) had more exchanges. Check this out. Katakana is exactly the same as the Silla Buddhist abbreviated handwriting. It was very close to the geographical area and very easy to interact with. The Todai jiis made of the Silla descendants on the main axis. The Great Buddha was designed by Baekje artist. Study on this. And after defeating the war, the Goguryeo, Paekche, and Silla elites crossed the Japanese island. In fact, many descendants of Goguryeo live in Japan, and Goryo 高麗曉光 61 (goma yakimizchu) is representative. Ancient place names on the korea peninsula are very similar to Japanese pronunciation.
Okay I have been repeatedly been binge watching these things enough to think I have a degree in Linfamnology so lets see if I can zen that 5 words shit.... 1, Both... Are the same, yet not. 2, Both are beloved genres that are equally hated and loved by many, even their fans. 3, Meaning to favor one over the other is to create a spiritual rift. A void as it were. 4, To grasp this is to grasp what I now call "The Philosophy of Enjoying Nice Things and Calming the Hell Down" 5, Now you lost me over the Star trek Captain debate. I was a dire hard Kirk fan till Pike and his hair swaggered on the scene. Seriously Strange New Worlds is THE PINATA
@@Linfamy yeah well I grew up being forced to watch both with my family...1 side likes 1 show and the other likes the other show and I was the one in the middle saying both...or anime 😂
Ancient China: Ah, primitives. Clearly, you do not know of our greatness. It is strange that the light of our sun has failed to reach you, but that is merely a pity inflicted by the winds of chance. (takes out and unrolls scroll) BEHOLD! Proof of our superior wisdom! Ancient Japan:... Well thats nice n' all, but... what'm I s'pose ta do wit that chicken scratch? Ancient China:.... (Outrage)
Here's a fun alt history to consider... Would Kami worship have stayed so strong if the Nakatomi clan had not conceded to the Soga, but instead had to be wiped out like the Mononobe?
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Hey guys! I feel like the video did not explain the Soga’s reason for promoting Buddhism enough. They had lots of connections to immigrants and the mainland through their trade relationships. Adopting Buddhism would gain them massive support from the immigrant population.
Also, Chinese Buddhism came with a lot of Chinese ideas. Like when you marry someone, you don’t just get that person, you get his/her entire family. You don’t just get Buddhism, you get exposed to Chinese ideas about government and how to run things, especially the idea that the state should have one all-powerful sovereign. The Soga particularly liked that idea, and would work to make that happen... =)
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Linfamy I've been at my friends house doing a Harry Potter marathon and I've been letting off many a smelly fart. Just now I've removed all the popcorn and pizza from my system and by god that poo was glorious! I'd describe it to you, but it's gone under the bend.
How are they gonna waste a gold and bronze statue like that tho T___T
Saint Alphonse right? At least melt it down
Read from the Kujaku manga (comic) how Buddha becomes a god in Japan's pantheon called Dai-Ichi, which means "Great One". Quite as you mentioned turning Him into a sort of kami. Coincidentally, there was a bank by the same name later on, so maybe the Bank's founders were Buddhist....but I'm just guessing here and connecting the dots. :)
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Soga be like: We will teach them about our peaceful religion by force!
Rob Wilf the religion of peace strikes again!
It’s a joke btw
I feel like this relates to modern events
Just like the Christains.
@@michelleburkholder2547 That's a huge generalization. Some Christians certainly did, but others risked their lives to peacefully spread their beliefs.
@@positrondecay4784 yeah, the cruzades and inquisitons around the world were so nice and peaceful...
I would love to hear more about buddhism's interactions with Shinto in future videos!
Me too! I mean--I'll do it!
*here’s a new prince. He wants everyone to try this hot new religion, from Baekje. He said ‘please try this new religion.’ ‘No!’ said everyone. ‘Try it!’ He said again. ‘nooo!’ Said everyone, quieter this time.*
classic :p
:D
Can make a religion out of this
And so the religion was put into place, and all the rules that came with it.
Nice to know they had a civilized peaceful discussion and listened to each other's argumentation before they killed each other. Violence doesn't solve anything, oh wait it DOES 😉😀
I think that's the lesson we should learn from this =)
johnsamu Arguing takes too much time compared to a nice quick war.
When I heard "Oh, you mean adoption? Of course, we love kids!" I laughed so hard , you're great!
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i was one episode 1 then I blinked and all of a sudden I know about the yamato clan and i've watched 14 episodes of this. You made it so easy to binge yet retain the info. Mad respect
Glad you like :)
The statue that was brought over was said to be thrown into a river to protect it from destruction. It rose once from the water to present itself to Shotoku Taishi. Eventually the statue was rescued from the water and carried on the back of a devout Buddhist all the way to present day Nagano prefecture, housed in a temple where it remains today. Being of legendary importance, the statue isn't available for public viewing, but a replica was made that makes appearances on occasion. There are pictures of it.
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Such informative and entertaining videos, but take a second to appreciate the art! I mean look at the thumbnail of this particular video! I laughed so much by just looking at it first! Keep going, man!
Glad you like the videos :)
lol so Japan is the biggest example of cultural appropriation (I'm joking of course) but its an example of a society with a beautiful culture that can adopt many other parts of cultures and integrate it into theirs.
If only the West learned from them...
But only if you kill the naysayers
I agree. Here in the good old U.S. of A. cultural appropriation is frowned upon. Historically in the west even wearing foreign fashion was considered heretical.
I'm offensive and I find this japanese
Sadly this is still them only isoroku ryuugakusei still is they are homogenicly xenophobic even tho their kanji is sino xenic suicide is rooted thesaurus is big for death related words they got ijime bullshit weirdly also like tempus fugit instead of hataraku goroshi at least they care in Japan today or up close about preparing for labor influx and how to tackle the challenge that come with it , some vets reunite in a pacific island reunion
This was actually interesting to learn about, good work! Although so many Game of Thrones flashbacks while watching.
Thanks!
I don't comment often, but this time I had to. I'm a first year student of BA Japanese studies and the few days ago we were studying the Kofun period during ancient Japanese History class and to be honest It was a little bit tough, I mean to much information of a complex period. I'm glad I found this TH-cam channel and it's now way more interesting and easy to understand. This channel is a hidden gem, thank you !
if i'm recall correct, Soga no Umako import Buddhism for his own political rights and Shōtoku Taishi tries to reform japan same as china，but to us；kinda works but sometimes not that well.
Ya, I'd say that's pretty accurate
Enjoyed the vid. To think japan makes things more "japanese" after they learn or adopt something since a long time ago...makes you think that its still present in modern day japanese (especially the entertainment industry).
Also, that star wars vs star trek thing. lmao
Good stuff my dude, keep them coming
Will do!
I love how you explain everything, the narration gives it such a real and funny feeling haha
Thank you ;)
I'm so hooked on your channel man. I'm letting everyone I know about you. Can't wait to see you hit 100 000 subs.
Thank you! Glad you like the channel =)
im korean and i like this series of japan history.
do u have a plan to continue this series till the 2nd world war and modern japan?
I plan to continue up to the end of the Meiji at least
@@Linfamy When may I watch video about Sakamoto Ryoma? He is well known in korea , too. and I'm curious about him.
@@이창민-y1w who that???
love the style of humor in your last couple videos!
Why, thank you! :)
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Big fan love your work
Cheers and good wishes from Darjeeling ,India
Thanks! Hello from USA!
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Thanks for the info this was really helpful I was waiting for this video for more than 5yrs, please do more about Japanese history...
Hello, I love your videos! Just so you know, around 5:53 in the video, you displayed a buddist temple while you are talking about the traditional power (shinto).
Haha thanks. So in my defense, I meant traditional power as in deriving your power from religion, as opposed to leaders who were good administrators.
I picked a Buddhist temple to represent a religion, any religion. But you're right, I should've picked a shrine instead since the traditional clans were not Buddhists, they practiced kami worship.
@@Linfamy Thank you for the reply! Seems good since I get the idea.
Btw it will be cool if you can show the names in Kanji as well. Since I learned all this history in japanese when i was a kid, and showing the names in Kanji will make it easier for me to connect the dots. Especially the chinese/korean names, since they are pronounced quite differently in japanese, such as 漢 = Han(english) = Kan(japanese). Anyway that's just a suggestion :)
Yeah good idea, I actually include the kanji in the latest videos
@@Linfamy Wow that's great! I haven't got that far yet so will be exited to see :D
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Congratulations for 11k
Thanks!
Awesome video as always, dude!
Thanks!
Buddhism is originally Indian. Buddha was an Indian man. So although it was imported from China, China imported it from India. Buddhism is actually Indian culture that reached Japan via China and Korea. It's misleading to portray as if this came from China, because it is originally from India. Like many other things that originally did not come from "China", because at the time those were separate kingdoms that had their own names and cultures.
Also describing significant immigrant flows as solely "Chinese and Korean" is false. Because they adapted to Japan and mixed with the Japanese. They became Japanese themselves over-time and only spoke and knew Japanese language and culture. There were also migrant flows from Mongolia and North East Asia as well as to a lesser extent from South East Asia via the Philippines, Taiwan and the Ryukyus.
gamevalor If we were to get ride of the modern nationalist perspective entirely from historical analysis, despite finding its ancient root in subcontinent and the particular branch that spreads into Japan being heavily sinicized, Buddhism can be labeled neither Indian nor Chinese, and the history we are talking about can also not be called Japanese. Arguably, none of those identities came into existence until Early Modern time.
Actually, while Buddha is from India, the form of Buddhism that East Asia practices is quite different from the ones practiced in India, South East Asia and Sri Lanka, the East Asian is of the Mahayana School and the South and South East Asian, the Thevarada School. See, when Buddhist ideas traveled into East Asia, the Chinese simply made Buddha into a God, added him into their existing religious pantheons and then added even more Boddhisivas into the Buddhist pantheon, for example, adding Kuan Yin into the mix.
So to say that it came from China is very accurate, because the Buddhism that Japan practices differs greatly from the ones Indians practices.
@kei chan it is obvious that you can't read English....
@kei chan It is obvious that you have very bad comprehension of the English language and I suggest you practice more, read what I wrote properly before you tell more people who bad you are with the English language....
kei chan kei chan I don’t know what’s your point here? Whose points are you disputing ? Those of the OP or Ng Yee Tat? Yes. The majority of the population in India do not practice Buddhism today. But Buddhism did originate from the subcontinent to which we refer as India and Nepal in English today. There are also attempts to revive Buddhism in India. Anyway, it not like facts are important to you. I just don’t want my and other people’s reasoned disagreement towards the OP to be discredited by trolling comments like yours just because your comments could be perceived as being on the same side as ours.
Wow interesting. 😂 humorous also. Thank-you.
Thank YOU for watching
Awesome video as usual!, please do the video about Confucianism next !
I think the second bomb was conveyed, not from China, but from its land of origin, India. Oh, and yes, it did stop in China and Korea, on the way. Of course by the time it reached Japan it was somewhat modified from its original form.And as we can see in the "Zen" version, it proceeded to be even further modified in its new home.
Im Buddhist from India
I really do admire the Japanese ability to adopt & adapt ideals & new ways to do things in a way that doesn't create a them vs us mentality within themselves; it allows people to weave the new thing into their lives without alienating the traditional aspect that c old have been considered a rival to that niche.
Gotta love the never ending hot trend of "We don't like this other thing because x reasons and definitely not because we want to stay in power." xD
a classic in matter of fact it always happened when someone with a new religion challenge a group of people that get their legitimacy or have benefits from the local religion.
Vary good, I going to watch all this
Can you please do a video on the first shogunate
Oh definitely. I'm going in chronological order though, so I'll get there eventually
Linfamy thank you so much
On Star Wars vs Star Trek, I say both. I grew up watching both of them so the debate never made sense to me XD. Star Wars (the original) was the only one I saw until I was about 13 and therefore has been my favorite. Star Trek on the other hand was a big part of my life, with Next Generation being my favorite. I watched every season and new part (aside from Deep Space 9).
Here’s a question, do you watch anime and have a favorite one? Me personally...I like too many genres of everything in general, but my current anime obsession is Lupin the Third (But I watch Death Note every year)
Same here about Star Wars vs Star Trek, actually. Both have their qualities :)
I did go through an anime phase and Naruto holds a special place in my heart. I don't really watch anymore so I'm not up on today's anime references 😅. However, I did get into Attack on Titan, it's amaaaaazing. Haven't reached season 3 yet, so shhh!
Shinto Buddhism is the answer.
You're very smart!!!
Know any books that compile various legends and myths like that one with Muramasa and Masamune?
This site is interesting: japaneseswordlegends.wordpress.com/
The author actually has some books with more stories, but I haven't read them, so I don't know if they are good =)
It's interesting how alike Japan and Ancient Rome are. Japan took Chinese writing and culture, adopting it for their use, and Rome took Greek fashion, religion, and military technology and made it better. Well, maybe not so much on the religion part. The Romans didn't even come up with a unique name for Apollo xD
china has the culture of greece in the size of rome while japan has the culture of rome in the size of greece
Because Apollo is perfect the way he is
"That's a really dark metaphor" 😂
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Can you do a video about kuchisake-onna please
Do you have any videos on Japan during the World Wars?
That Star Wars or Star Trek reference got me. It all made sense after that
"not letting a good plage go to waste!" aw!
Again an awesome video, thanks for mak.... oh my god, what is this awesome screen in the background !
Oh, it's just my beloved drawing tablet
So pretty much the same story as how the germanic franks became christian. germanic tradition has this concept of "Heil", which is a power you inherit and are born with, but which you have to maintain through personal honour and courage for your entire life. E.g. warriors would only follow someone with the victors heil into battle. Possessing said heil meant that the warlord would be invincible in war, as long as he stays worthy of it (though pretty much every profession has its own heil). There also was a kings heil, which was of utter importance in order to rule. When the new upstart power of the hausmeier (servants of the palace) family Karolinger decided to take over not only the power, but also the title of king from the old Merowinger dynasty, they couldn't by old tribal and religious law, hence they turned towards the christian church to give them divine legitimacy for becoming kings. Hence from that point onwards all future kings and also the kings of the frankish successor empires (mainly france and the hre) became kings of gods grace and the franks began to convert the rest of the germanic pagans, in their own and other tribes, by force - as following the old religion pretty much inclined disputing the king actually being a king. So a lot of similarity in that the new upstart power, that was in closer contact to another, culturally more advanced civilization took on and utilized a foreign religion to break the old system of power and legitimize their own new position of dominance.
That's interesting, thanks for the info!
At least one point is certain, that is, from the pre -Qin dynasty, there have been 4 times large -scale immigrants from Chinese Han people to enter the Japanese islands and Korean Peninsula, which have a profound impact on the historical trends of China and Japan and ( Korean Peninsula ).
Focus on reference materials :
Asuka Period in Japanese history (538-710 AD)
Nara period (710-794) in early Japanese history )
The Chinese carefully taught the primitives of Japan (and korea) at the time to teach the knowledge of rice, cutting wells, manufacturing agricultural tools, spreading medicine, textiles and other knowledge. They pushed Japan from the brutal primitive society to a slave society.
Chinese Han people's four large -scale immigrants enter the Japanese islands record :
1. Qin and Han Dynasty
Qin Shihuang (秦始皇 259-210 BC) swept the six regions. In order to escape the war, the Chinese people fled to Japan in two ways: Some Chinese people crossed the sea from the Northeast to the Korean Peninsula to Japan. Japan.
2. During the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties (420 -589 BC)
During the period of "Upheaval of the Five Barbarians 五胡亂華", in order to avoid the war, the Chinese people began a wave of migration to a large -scale migration around.
Most of the fleeing Chinese finally went to Japan, forming the climax of immigration to Japan. The representative is Liu Azhi (劉阿知), the descendant of Emperor Han Xian(漢獻帝).
3. The Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-907 BC)
Japan sent a large -scale Tang ambassador to China to visit China, while China sent a large number of people to spread advanced technology and culture to Japan. Most of these people are monks or cultural scholars. They are left as required by the Japanese because of the difficult sailing and welcomed by Japan. They often stay and "domestication" into the Japanese. The representative is the monk Jianzhen(監真).
4. The Song (960-1279)and Ming dynasties(1368-1644)
In the Yuan Dynasty, the Han people in the southern Song Dynasty broke their families. In order to avoid the war and kill, they moved to Japan one after another. The representative of this period was scholar of the Southern Song Dynasty - Lanxi Daolong(蘭溪道隆).
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In ancient China. Due to the escape or expansion of territorial reasons. There were many records of the Han people moved to the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese islands (including Okinawa). Establishing small countries and regimes on these islands (representing Chinese senior officials rather than emperor).
In addition to the later period of Japan (because of the ocean). The Han regime on the Korean Peninsula has always been the ancient Chinese territory and the scope of direct jurisdiction (but sometimes it is similar to the different phenomenon of political opinions from the central government. It is similar to the situation in Taiwan and Hong Kong today. When the relationship between Taiwan and Hong Kong and the central government is bad. Sometimes they think they are independent countries or claim to be non -Chinese).
The history of the establishment of a regime on the Korean Peninsula (Goguryeo, Baiji, Silla, Goryeo early). It is not the history of the Korean people. Instead, it is the history of the local regime of the Han people in northern China.These royal family and nobles are Chinese and descendants who move to the peninsula. They are wearing Han nationality clothing and using Chinese characters. They also claim to be the Han family.
Only some civilians and slaves are indigenous people from the south of the peninsula (Koreans). This is very certain.
(A large number of ancient Chinese tombs were unearthed on the 2/3 Korean Peninsula today. Han murals (depicting the lives of the Han people in the north), the fairy and god beast of the Han nationality.Han religion. Chinese character stone monument. Han Dynasty coins. ...........
The southernmost part of the peninsula is unearthed in the original and backward Korean national life tools.
It can be seen that the extremes of two different ethnic groups( Chinese VS Korean ) and different civilizations exist at the same time in the same period of the peninsula history.
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The Founder of Goguryeo, JUMONG(朱蒙) Is Actually Chinese Pronunciation.
Goguryeo was a northern Han area (and different government opinions, like the relationship between Taiwan and Hong Kong today) in the Tang Dynasty's governance regime. Baekje, SILLA is also the place of power governance in China. These are regional regimes created by the Han people in the north. (Obviously prove this from a lot of historical data and unearthed cultural relics).
The original Korean indigenous people at the southernmost tip of the Korean are slaves. They were convened and became slaves. They were wearing pure white (no dyes and technology) and women showing her nipples as beauty. This is the custom of Korean people.
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Goryeo's founding king-Wang Jian (王建).
Wang Jian (王建) is very obviously the immigrants or descendants of the Han people (whether the culture of clothes is the Han culture), this possibility is quite high.
Because Wang Jian is the descendant of the Chinese (Han), the regime he has established follows the abbreviation of the ancient country Goguryeo, as the new national name Goryeo. The North Korean people at the southern end of the peninsula were called as workers and slaves (wearing pure white clothes and women to show nipples). Later, they became the civilians of Goryeo.
The history of the Korean nation is the history of slave. They have never sovereignty.
Let me tell you a little more
The concept of wedding and presenting a new born child at the Shinto shrine are Shinto ceremonies
Whereas death, belongs to Buddhism which overseas funerals
Hope that this information was valuable.
I prefer not saying Buddhsim is a "Chinese" culture, cause it's from India. Anyway, love your video!
Yep, it's from India. But from the Japanese perspective at the time, Buddhism = Chinese. It was so intertwined with Chinese culture that adopting Buddhism meant adopting Chinese culture in that part of the world :)
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Ah yes, as we all know two fun pinatas that a certain nation in the West gave Japan that arrived in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The mushroom harvest was great that year, a good bit of the land glowed in the dark, and anime started to show up.
And then years later, a certain metal band from a neutral land in WW2 started singing about it in the halls of Valhalla
It feels kinda wrong having japan and BOMBS in the same sentence
Uh huh. My interpretation is
Korea: look we practice Buddhism.
Buddhists help other Buddhists,
You’re either with us or against us.
You want all these cool commodities from the advanced west? You kinda have to move in line with us. Comprendo?!”
Japan: “HAI HAI!”
Hey, can I request for a story of famous samurais.
Please save Buddhism because buddha said only spred love, science, nature 😭🙏
Great work! You are making two great things in this video: First, giving the credit to ancient Koreans for the piñatas that EVERYBODY ELSE in history divulgation don't give them, as its seems like (and I believe until reading the right books) Japanese take the piñatas directly from the China.
Second, the dark metaphors. You are reminding people that soon enough is a new anniversary of when Western countries (one in particular) drop some nasty piñatas in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
I'm glad you picked up on that! Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed on Aug 6 and 9, 1945
My mind kinda went the other direction when you said the "Japanese beats on these Chinese culture piñatas.."
Biggest joke is that Buddhism is a teaching not for worshiping. But politicians...
2:07 538 ce?
Approximately 2 years after the major explosion of Krakatoa, a huge volcano that ruined crops world wide for about 2 years.
Didn't Shintoism still exist and was very major even after that point, to the point where they basically coexisted as a religious system that encompassed both?
Isn’t Buddhism found in India?
and came to South East Asian countries and to China. From China to Korea, and this video.
@@vaiyaktikasolarbeam1906 theres a lot of history how buddhism was spread... read about the maurya empire. The maurya empire spread the religion.
"never let s good epidemic go to waste" he says...
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EDIT: the Star Wars/Star Trek reference was on point
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Linfamy and good book reference. Not heard of that one before so I’ll grab it
Woohoo! It's a great book :)
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Morning! :)
For the Premodern Japan book, is there no Kindle eBook option? Just paperback?
Just checked. There is a Kindle version, it's the "eTextbook" tab =)
It costs more, though! Ridiculous price.
One question
Then tell me
How sanskrit scripture reach to japan ?
What was sanskrit language was doing in that time at that place
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I am from india
Obviously China and Korea (Baekje)
But another question would be was it literally the Sanskrit sutras or the Chinese translated sutras???
Nothing about Prince Shotoku?
What if I want the book and I want to help but I'm a millennial (nowadays star trek is weird) so the money is not mine and my parents don't know English well (so they can't properly watch all the videos I had watched to make this decision). Should I just toss it in the credit card?
Haha, can't help you there man =P
@@Linfamy may I read the content you indicated from another source and still watch the videos with your approval?
@@gustavogianotti336 of course :p
Please make a video about shinobis :)
Eventually, definitely!
"Starwars or Star trek?"
*none of 'em*
~Gets beat up~
Gasp
I agree. Hollywood has ruined both.
spread by god blessed korean.
You spelled Buddhism wrong at 6:53. I’m disappointed.
Yeah I noticed it after making the vid :p
Wow! Linfamy guy is very very handsome how exciting!
Damn...that question is hard... I LIKE THEM BOTH THOUGH!!!! (star wars and star trek) but wait...It does depend on whether you mean the older ones or the newer ones...
I almost choked on my dinner when you said star wars or star trek. Once I coughed up tnat troublesome pea, I wet myself laughing at my stupidity. I have to remain neutral on that arguement. I love both. Sorry.
Loving the channel.
Nowadays, you can find culture candy at EDM festivals
How can someone have the same discussion for decades?
"Rei vs Asuka"
Rei, obviously
@@Linfamy Huazah! A man of qualitty!
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There is no way they were religious if they claimed to belong to a religion preaching non violence as one of its primary precepts but used violence to impose their religion.
Condensed by Bill Wurtz as: "Knock Knock. Get the door, it's Religion. The New Prince wants Everyone to try this hot new Religion (Buddhism) from Baekje. Prince Shotoku (593): "Please try this religion." "NO" said Everybody. Prince Shotoku: "Tryyyy IIIIt!" "Noo..." said Everybody again, quieter this time. (Buddhism 604) And So the Religion Was put into place, with all the rules that came with it. Then the Government was taken Over by another clique (645) and made some reforms (Taika Reforms) Like Making the Government Govern more, or Making the Government more like China's Government, which is a Government that Governs more." Source: th-cam.com/video/Mh5LY4Mz15o/w-d-xo.html
Definitely Star Trek . . . except I get Jedi powers.
In SWTOR (Beta Tester) I was a Jedi Counselor . . . Healz. I got good at it, but the best part for me was the old "yank a junked droid from the wreckage of empires and psycho-chuck it at your opponent" button. So satisfying. "Eat droid, empire scum!"
It’s okay to say koreans taught japanese buddism, bc someone else taught koreans buddism 🤷♀️if anything they shared the teachings
Were the Buddhist prosecuted like the early Japanese Christians? Was the reason why Christianity did not become a dominant religion in Japan due to not having enough immigrants from Christendom? What connections can we draw from Japan's uneasy adoption of Buddhism and the prosecution of Christianity 1000 years later?
the boxer threw his punk before the bell rings js
Japan always when they get a new religion they just mix it into the current religion. That is why Japanese can practice Shinto and Buddhism and Christianity all at the same time.
The only thing from Christianity that Japanese people like are the wedding ceremonies and some of the iconography. They could care less about the other stuff. And one could say the same to an extent about Shinto and Buddhism as well; they participate in the ceremonies but hardly think about or care for the theology.
STAR TREK ANYTIME.....I LOVE IT
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Make a story of buddha
Ah, its an old thing, language and religions carry a LOT with them. Medicine like buddhism came from india, through china, thus was kept written in chinese. To become a doc, you d have to be able to read it. Then simple logistics. The very first writings in human history all people considered are... clay tablets for counting grain...
So with writing you could better organize hundreds of thousands of people. Something impossible for an illiterate power structure. Religion contains rules for behaving in that society, and dispensing justice etc. The finer points of which you have to look for in the books, but in the end having it in a book helps people feeling there IS a justice, rather than being tied to the whims of a local chief or chaman.
So the side of the litterate not only is a question of religion, but of a whole litterate system to organize a large society under a centralized power structure, which others cannot.
No, Battlestar Galatica
Have something about Christianity in Japan?
Didn't the yayoi bring Chinese culture to japan?
Your documents are old.
half century... so only 50 years? Just 1 generation?
I’m not sure if you can down play the role of Baejae people who introduced letter & Buddhism. There are no record of Japanese came to Baejae to “actively” learn civilization but there are plenty of record that Baejae people want to introduce those and settled as ruling class in Japan society even today. That means Baejae people are who “actively” teach them and spread new religion and culture like missionaries at that time.
There were plenty of Baekje and Chinese immigrants in Japan at the time, and the Japanese did send plenty of missions to China, and we know they had close communication with Baekje. I think a lot of the credit goes to the very top of the ruling class in Japan, like Suiko, Shotoku, and the Soga. They actively promoted Buddhism and built temples all over the place.
In fact, the first Buddhist temple in Japan was founded by Baekjae. Kongō Gumi, a Japanese temple building company, was also made by Baekje. Baekjin also designed the Big Buddha statue of Tōdai-ji, and the Shilla people and the descendants of Baekje led the building.
@@Linfamy Japan was ignored by the Tang Dynasty, and at that time For a period of time, Korea (Silla) had more exchanges. Check this out. Katakana is exactly the same as the Silla Buddhist abbreviated handwriting. It was very close to the geographical area and very easy to interact with. The Todai jiis made of the Silla descendants on the main axis. The Great Buddha was designed by Baekje artist. Study on this. And after defeating the war, the Goguryeo, Paekche, and Silla elites crossed the Japanese island. In fact, many descendants of Goguryeo live in Japan, and Goryo 高麗曉光 61 (goma yakimizchu) is representative. Ancient place names on the korea peninsula are very similar to Japanese pronunciation.
Perfect winning argument? have you by chance read the book "How to Argue and win every time" by Gerry Spence
Nope, does it tell you to kill your opponent?
No, lol, but it does talk a lot about the winning argument haha
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Okay I have been repeatedly been binge watching these things enough to think I have a degree in Linfamnology so lets see if I can zen that 5 words shit....
1, Both... Are the same, yet not.
2, Both are beloved genres that are equally hated and loved by many, even their fans.
3, Meaning to favor one over the other is to create a spiritual rift. A void as it were.
4, To grasp this is to grasp what I now call "The Philosophy of Enjoying Nice Things and Calming the Hell Down"
5, Now you lost me over the Star trek Captain debate. I was a dire hard Kirk fan till Pike and his hair swaggered on the scene. Seriously Strange New Worlds is THE PINATA
"Star wars or star trek"
Me: uh...both?
Good answer :D
@@Linfamy yeah well I grew up being forced to watch both with my family...1 side likes 1 show and the other likes the other show and I was the one in the middle saying both...or anime 😂
You didn't choose Star Wars?......
So. You have chosen death I see
@@pierresihite8854 (whips out death scythe light saber) bring it I'm ready to fight
Ancient China: Ah, primitives. Clearly, you do not know of our greatness. It is strange that the light of our sun has failed to reach you, but that is merely a pity inflicted by the winds of chance. (takes out and unrolls scroll) BEHOLD! Proof of our superior wisdom!
Ancient Japan:... Well thats nice n' all, but... what'm I s'pose ta do wit that chicken scratch?
Ancient China:.... (Outrage)
I hit the like button as soon as he changed bombs into piñatas lol
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Here's a fun alt history to consider...
Would Kami worship have stayed so strong if the Nakatomi clan had not conceded to the Soga, but instead had to be wiped out like the Mononobe?
I'd assume kami worship would have stayed strong as others clans take up the mantle. It was so ingrained in the culture
Politics ruins religeon. Once again.
Star Trek, of course