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I side with the Fujiwara, because just in case you didn't know, the Fujiwara famously married their daughters into the imperial family. This allowed them to control the court for 200 years. I mentioned this because Linfamy apparently never did.✌️✌️✌️
I learned about the history of the Taira and the Minamoto clans because of a game called Genji: Dawn of the Samurai. Plus Kiyomori Taira and Yoshitsune Minamoto's names have been spread even further in the Warriors Orochi games.
@@Linfamy another idea I had (albeit an expensive one) would be coins, one would have Minamoto/Taira the other would have Fujiwara/Tachibana or Imperial Seal
English: UGH!... I gate these silent letters... French: Hold my beer... Japanese: Ha ha ha, what a cute trick. Hold my keg, I'm gonna blow your minds! Symbols that are words that can be read in 50 different ways!
Japan actually holds a yearly contest for fake kanji. Fake kanji so good you might read it and understand it's use in context at a glance, but fake nonetheless.
@@KCDarkRanger Spanish is the one with the ñ that used to be a double n, not French. Although French does this with ^ on vowels that used to be followed by an s. But once you know the rules of French pronunciation, it's easy because they're consistent. English is a big idiosyncratic mess by comparison. Easier than kanji, but not straightforward at all. What's difficult in French is the grammar, like "here's a rule, but also here's a list of exceptions as long as my arm." Source: I'm French and I speak Spanish too. Plus I'm a bit of a language nerd. :)
When you do the Genpei war don't forget to add Taira no Tomomori, he was probably the best and most ruthless general on the Taira's side. Hes also famous for killing himself in the most bizarre way, tying himself to an anchor and jumping in the ocean. Its also believed that the reason why the Heikegani crabs in japan have faces on their back is from the souls of Tomomori and his samurai warriors that joined him.
That's so cool! Thanks for mentioning this. I was just watching a new anime movie called Inu-oh and there were references to angry looking crabs which was probably from this tale
6:20 It's been soooooooo long since we heard this phrase. Linfamy have you started your 200 year reign over TH-cam yet like the Fujiwara clantook control of Japanes court?
Well, long ago in Japan, food is the basis of money for the peasants, which comes from the farm, which needed people to do agriculture stuff. So back then high ranked people were given a land which can produce like 1.000 koku (Japanese quantity of rice, correct me if I'm wrong) of rice, or 5.000, or 10.000 koku, which mostly also identical to the size of their land. So yes, money does grow on rice stalks.
watching these in the playlist makes it hard to remember to comment: the sass and humor in this makes my day. thanks so much again for showing us peasants the history of such a cool people
This music chart analogy is clever and hilarious. Also, fellow viewers, I now am elite member of the Linfamy merch clique! I got maaaaaaadddddd stickers, yo!
I have been waiting for you to discuss this topic. I am a fan of Shanaou Yoshitsune comics. Taira no Kiyomori, Heike, Genji, Genpei War, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, etc are familiar words to me.
Bruh I've been watching u since this morning and and and u anyone won't believe but till now that is the evening I've watched around 22 of ur vedios love them
"Districts of Crimson Illumination". Where one might find women of easy virtue? Lol. I've learned a lot watching your videos, your sense of humour is great, you're a great storyteller, and I love the stuff like this that you do with language. Thanks.
The history of The Samurai is a repetition of the conflict between heike and Genji. Heike drives Genji out of power, and Genji regains power. For example, Genji expelled the Heike and the Kamakura Shogunate was established. However, the Kamakura Shogunate was taken over by Hojo, a descendant of the Heike family. However, Hojo has been deprived of power by the Ashikaga of Genji's descendants. However, Ashikaga is destroyed by Oda Nobunaga, a descendant of the Heike family. However, Oda Nobunaga is killed by Mitsuhide Akechi, a descendant of Genji. And on behalf of Akechi, Toyotomi, Oda's heir, takes power. Toyotomi is destroyed by Tokugawa. The Tokugawa family continuously calls for Genji
So, in the end, after Heian, Japanese history is just a spiral of fighting for the throne in the name of good old revenge between these two bushi clans? 🤔 Welp, good bye, Fujiwara, your 200 years of marrying your daughter into the imperial family is nothing compared to these generations of fighting between the two bushi clans.😁 At least we will remember Fujiwara for the usefulness of their daughters to their clan.😏
@@salamanderred8148 It's not destroyed. From the Nara period to the Heian period, he referred to his surname "Fujiwara", but after the Kamakura period he did not name his family name, such as "Konoe," "Takatsukasa," "Kujo," "Nijo," and "Ichijo," and he did not name himself Fujiwara except for official documents They are still regents until the Meiji era
Salamander Red To answer this question, you'd first need to establish that all these people mentioned above actually stem from the *same* two lineages out of dozens. There are problems with that; since either we are pretty certain that is not the case (and by the way, there were also a ton of Fujiwara bushi out there), or we can at least suspect some genealogies are pretty much made-up: once we hit the Muromachi period, it becomes apparent that warriors had begun switching their ujina (the proper term for the type of name that Minamoto, Taira, Fujiwara belong to) for more or less strategic or political reasons; this obviously makes no sense, since you can't just suddenly be descended from someone else! To cite probably the most prominent example, Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, originally referred to himself as a "Fujiwara" in his documents and only years later began signing with "Minamoto" instead. So what should one believe is right in such a case? oô
I wish I had the dosh to spare. I did realize I wasn't subscribed, even though I've watched your videos for a very long time, so I gift you that instead.
wait a minute, I recognize these names... (check one game on my phone) Yep, there is a Yoshitune Minamoto and a Noritsune Taira in this romance story game basede on the Genpei War.
Hmm interestingly, this is also during the era when Vikings discovered North America. Also around the time Christianity was slowly taking over the Viking culture. Which ultimately led to them settling down. Seemingly disappearing off the historical map.
Vikings held a kingdom in the north of France called Normandie. William, Duke of Normandy, a Viking and descendent of Vikings, invaded England and took it by storm in 1066. William established French as the court language of England. England is a Briton and Saxon land conquered by the Vikings.
Have you read either The Take of Heike, or The Tale of Genji? I'm a bit more than halfway through the former. And thanks for showing the characters for Genpei, since otherwise I would have still wondered why that name versus another. I'll also ask you a question I asked the superintendent of the schools I worked in while a JET ALT... why in Japanese is there that change in sound from time to time? You know, like tokidoki, hanashibanashi, etc, versus something like mukashimukashi or hinihini? Perhaps it's a silly question from my horse-deer mind....
First Shogunate in Japan. On August 21, 1192, Minamoto Yoritomo was appointed a shogun, or Japanese military leader. The actual ruler of japan. Since minamoto is basically royalty, mean that shogun is just another monarch/kings since they from same bloodline as the emperor ... Why don't they just straight up take throne rather than created shogun system ...
Me: *reads video title* Linfamy: I'm going to tell you all about how these two clans became rivals. Me: ...somebody from one clan got killed and then blamed the other clan for it most likely. Linfamy: taira no masamori killed the minamoto rebel... Me: ...and~ there it is... (This is a joke.)😁
Which side are you on?
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Taira. Always Taira.
@@Borderose 😉👍
I side with the Fujiwara, because just in case you didn't know, the Fujiwara famously married their daughters into the imperial family. This allowed them to control the court for 200 years. I mentioned this because Linfamy apparently never did.✌️✌️✌️
yeah Taira. The prefecture I was living in was born from the taira clan ( Chiba )
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@@joshuasepeda3289 ah, thanks for mentioning that obscure fact
"The Taira and Minamoto Rivalry was famous for the rivalry between the Taira and the Minamoto." Well said.
Thank you
Succinct and uniquely said 😸😸
Starting a rebellion - like starting a trend #rebellion in historical Japan 🤭
I've also heard that people die when they are killed and that the archer class is made up of archers.
You don’t say
I learned about the history of the Taira and the Minamoto clans because of a game called Genji: Dawn of the Samurai. Plus Kiyomori Taira and Yoshitsune Minamoto's names have been spread even further in the Warriors Orochi games.
Just Some Guy without a Mustache you again
Huh never heard of thouges games before (i gotta try Them!) thanks for the info
Wheres the mustache???
@@WhoamI-og7vl
*_You're the Mustache._*
Yaay the hero rise again!
I'm so early that the Fujiwara clan hasn't took control yet.
I'm so early that Amaterasu is still friendly with her brothers.
I'm so early Izanagi's snot didn't give birth to a dude sore about everything
@@Linfamy haha
Well, I'm kind of late, so what's happening here?😅
I'm so early Nobunaga hasn't burned temples for shiggles
English words can also be read in up to 6 different ways. Unlike with Japanese, not only foreigners are confused though.
True XD
Yeah wind and wind.. wft.
@@three-stripes and
Tough
Dough
Through
Wtf?
Cough
Borough
Plough
@@Linfamy We're doomed...
Ah yes, the 3 genders. Sons, daughters and disappointments
Wtf. Wdym by genders.
@@ghurabanour2 year late response
In Asian Cultures, you either have a perfect son, a perfect daughter,
Or a failure
6:20 Finally, some Fujiwara time! Worth the wait XD
XD
@@Linfamy are the Fujiwara a Recurring Gag like the Mongols are Expections, or The Color Red in Geography NOW!.
Hey could you make buttons or something for clan logos.? They look really cool.
Hmm... brainstorming some ideas..
@@Linfamy another idea I had (albeit an expensive one) would be coins, one would have Minamoto/Taira the other would have Fujiwara/Tachibana or Imperial Seal
phnexOice was thinking the same!
"As a strategy to confuse foreigners and make them feel unwelcomed."
So kinda like French.
English: UGH!... I gate these silent letters...
French: Hold my beer...
Japanese: Ha ha ha, what a cute trick. Hold my keg, I'm gonna blow your minds! Symbols that are words that can be read in 50 different ways!
Japan actually holds a yearly contest for fake kanji. Fake kanji so good you might read it and understand it's use in context at a glance, but fake nonetheless.
@Defe Chan
Comparable to making up Latin letters? Like putting a ~ on top of an e and making people guess how that may sound like?
@@KCDarkRanger Spanish is the one with the ñ that used to be a double n, not French. Although French does this with ^ on vowels that used to be followed by an s. But once you know the rules of French pronunciation, it's easy because they're consistent. English is a big idiosyncratic mess by comparison. Easier than kanji, but not straightforward at all. What's difficult in French is the grammar, like "here's a rule, but also here's a list of exceptions as long as my arm."
Source: I'm French and I speak Spanish too. Plus I'm a bit of a language nerd. :)
As someone who is learning both languages, they do make me feel like an unwelcomed foreigner.
When you do the Genpei war don't forget to add Taira no Tomomori, he was probably the best and most ruthless general on the Taira's side. Hes also famous for killing himself in the most bizarre way, tying himself to an anchor and jumping in the ocean. Its also believed that the reason why the Heikegani crabs in japan have faces on their back is from the souls of Tomomori and his samurai warriors that joined him.
That's so cool! Thanks for mentioning this. I was just watching a new anime movie called Inu-oh and there were references to angry looking crabs which was probably from this tale
Minamoto family fascinates me most! I'm currently studying japanese literature at university and this is veeery helpful! Cheers ^^ good job x
6:20
It's been soooooooo long since we heard this phrase. Linfamy have you started your 200 year reign over TH-cam yet like the Fujiwara clantook control of Japanes court?
Not yet, but once I take over, it's going to be a forever reign.
@@Linfamy YES
@@Linfamy I feel like we need to start marrying small youtubers to you now 🤣😂🤣😂
That'd be a disaster :p
@@Linfamy Said the Minamoto clan too(for your first comment)
I was not aware until this video
that Money can grow on Rice Stalks
_TheMoreYouKnow_
Well, long ago in Japan, food is the basis of money for the peasants, which comes from the farm, which needed people to do agriculture stuff. So back then high ranked people were given a land which can produce like 1.000 koku (Japanese quantity of rice, correct me if I'm wrong) of rice, or 5.000, or 10.000 koku, which mostly also identical to the size of their land. So yes, money does grow on rice stalks.
Look at Japanese 5 yen coin! It's the proof.
watching these in the playlist makes it hard to remember to comment: the sass and humor in this makes my day. thanks so much again for showing us peasants the history of such a cool people
Well thanks for taking the time to comment 🙂
Your channel and content are wonderful, Thank you for your efforts.
Thank you ;)
"Districts of crimson illumination" is the most distinguished way of describing the ho stroll I've ever heard
6:20 love you linfamy 👍
Love YOU
Arigato, i will look into this to help. I do love what You do, and this is amazing.
I really look forward to your videos 😊 keep up the good work
This music chart analogy is clever and hilarious. Also, fellow viewers, I now am elite member of the Linfamy merch clique! I got maaaaaaadddddd stickers, yo!
Woohoo! 🎉🎉
"The Taira-Minamoto rivalry is famous for being a rivalry between the Taira and the Minamoto." Yeah, no shit 😂
Linfamy, you may just be my new favourite TH-camr.
Finally, been waiting forever.
@@Linfamy So I thought! You're welcome
Great perspective. Thanks for posting, Liked and shared.
Yay
YaY it's my first time to be early also I love your stories
So fast, you are
Why dont you get some sponsorships that might help you in the long run. Love your channel, keep up the good work :).
Working on it ;)
0:20 lol leave those panda bears alone 🐼
They gotta learn to breed dammit.
Linfamy they’re shy! 🤗😅
I have been waiting for you to discuss this topic. I am a fan of Shanaou Yoshitsune comics. Taira no Kiyomori, Heike, Genji, Genpei War, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, etc are familiar words to me.
Bruh I've been watching u since this morning and and and u anyone won't believe but till now that is the evening I've watched around 22 of ur vedios love them
Haha wow, that's quite the binge
That beggining was *Brutal*
lol?
@@Linfamy LoL! And accurate
8:43 Can we get more information on the Tachibana please?
Hm... maybe
@@Linfamy please can you make a video about the Tachibana
I like how this video is just Linfamy explaining how early Heian emperors were the reason the Heian era inevitably came to an end.
"Districts of Crimson Illumination". Where one might find women of easy virtue? Lol. I've learned a lot watching your videos, your sense of humour is great, you're a great storyteller, and I love the stuff like this that you do with language. Thanks.
" or disappointment " is such a good joke, its SO good I can't get over it
NOW, do a vid on Genji-botaru, Heike-botaru, and Hime-botaru! 💚💚💛
AWESOME ... BEST SHOW ON TH-cam :-)
Woohoo!
I would love some merch options with these clan symbols or other cool komons that are historically relevant.
We don’t care if your first also thank you for making this video
Thanks for watching
+The Beast
42nd!
@@sunglassshinpan1352 now that's impressive
@@Linfamy
Now, that you've covered the Genji & Heike clans, how about a vid on, Genji-botaru, Heike-botaru, and Hime-botaru? 何でしょうねぇ...？😃
(螢)💚💚💛
The history of The Samurai is a repetition of the conflict between heike and Genji.
Heike drives Genji out of power, and Genji regains power. For example, Genji expelled the Heike and the Kamakura Shogunate was established. However, the Kamakura Shogunate was taken over by Hojo, a descendant of the Heike family. However, Hojo has been deprived of power by the Ashikaga of Genji's descendants. However, Ashikaga is destroyed by Oda Nobunaga, a descendant of the Heike family. However, Oda Nobunaga is killed by Mitsuhide Akechi, a descendant of Genji. And on behalf of Akechi, Toyotomi, Oda's heir, takes power. Toyotomi is destroyed by Tokugawa. The Tokugawa family continuously calls for Genji
So, in the end, after Heian, Japanese history is just a spiral of fighting for the throne in the name of good old revenge between these two bushi clans? 🤔 Welp, good bye, Fujiwara, your 200 years of marrying your daughter into the imperial family is nothing compared to these generations of fighting between the two bushi clans.😁 At least we will remember Fujiwara for the usefulness of their daughters to their clan.😏
@@salamanderred8148
It's not destroyed.
From the Nara period to the Heian period, he referred to his surname "Fujiwara", but after the Kamakura period he did not name his family name, such as "Konoe," "Takatsukasa," "Kujo," "Nijo," and "Ichijo," and he did not name himself Fujiwara except for official documents
They are still regents until the Meiji era
Salamander Red To answer this question, you'd first need to establish that all these people mentioned above actually stem from the *same* two lineages out of dozens. There are problems with that; since either we are pretty certain that is not the case (and by the way, there were also a ton of Fujiwara bushi out there), or we can at least suspect some genealogies are pretty much made-up: once we hit the Muromachi period, it becomes apparent that warriors had begun switching their ujina (the proper term for the type of name that Minamoto, Taira, Fujiwara belong to) for more or less strategic or political reasons; this obviously makes no sense, since you can't just suddenly be descended from someone else! To cite probably the most prominent example, Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, originally referred to himself as a "Fujiwara" in his documents and only years later began signing with "Minamoto" instead. So what should one believe is right in such a case? oô
@@morricane5087
It's a branch house
Unusually, I was born into the family of Genji and Fujiwara
Ahhhhh
I have not watched it yet, but I know that this video will be a good one.
:D
i love learning about these two rival clans thank you linfamy
Glad you like 💗
"Districts of crimson illumination" hahahaha i had to pause the vid for a minute...
I wish I had the dosh to spare. I did realize I wasn't subscribed, even though I've watched your videos for a very long time, so I gift you that instead.
Woohoo!
When talking about the Genpei war, plzzzzz talk about Minamoto no Yoshitsune, he is way too much of a badass to be left out
Agreed
this channel really helps explain Naruto
That's my goal 😅
Cool
This is great! Why would any idiot do a thumbs down?
ikr?
I think I remember suggesting the Minamoto as a topic right around the time the Fujiwara thing became meme-worthy
It's been a while
After a long time fujiwara clan rejoined us..
wait a minute, I recognize these names...
(check one game on my phone)
Yep, there is a Yoshitune Minamoto and a Noritsune Taira in this romance story game basede on the Genpei War.
Hmm interestingly, this is also during the era when Vikings discovered North America. Also around the time Christianity was slowly taking over the Viking culture. Which ultimately led to them settling down. Seemingly disappearing off the historical map.
Vikings held a kingdom in the north of France called Normandie. William, Duke of Normandy, a Viking and descendent of Vikings, invaded England and took it by storm in 1066. William established French as the court language of England. England is a Briton and Saxon land conquered by the Vikings.
William Cox also supposedly there is another Viking landing somewhere in North America named Hop.
And the Cossacks, descended from river tribes, themselves the descendents of Viking Traders.
Today's Prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe is descendant of the Abe clan of former 9 years war. Just Trivial information from Japanese
3:00 ロークサーン！♫
You should make videos about the Tachibana clan
Completely agree would love to see that
Please talk about the Ashikaga Shogunate.
The Fujiwara clan could be considered the family member of the imperial family, at least on the maternal side.
Can you do a video about these tachibana?
I agree
@Linfamy what do you think about Osprey Military Books ? I think they have some great books on Japanese history especially wars,fights
I haven't read them. For early wars, I think Farris' Heavenly Warriors is excellent: amzn.to/2ZVkTPI
Wooo!! Senpai noticed me, lol!! 😂
😉👍
I wish you were a professor, I’d sign up for your class for sure.
XD
I had a presentcion on the medival japan and ur videos helped me really much (i got a A-)
Congrats!! Good job ;)
Thanks
I swear if I hear that Fujiwara story once more I'm gonna snap xDD
It was because of the lack of protein!!!!! Love your channel
:D
0:20 as a Malaysian Chinese, this is hard pill to swallowed. Especially for mainland Chinese
Dame the end was funny
Abe clan: fine...i will juz go run for prime min
8:19 The minamoto clan had influence in the Kanto region,in Pokmon,a city called Kanto has a rivalry with a town. It's got to be based on this.
I'm an english Master history student but dayuummm I wanna study jp history!!! maybe I will after I finish eng history
Either is good! Good luck with your studies
@@Linfamy thank you ^^ and keep up this amazing work 👍👍
Your charms are charming. Funny lad. :D
"The Fujiwara clan famously married their daughters into the imperial family allowing them control over the Heian court for 200 years"™®
天皇の上の地位には立てなくなった後も苗字を変え日本がアメリカに敗れるまで(-1945)政府の要職を占めてきました(近衛文麿など)
I already learned about this in the game Genji: Dawn of the Samurai
GIANT ENEMY CRAB!
@@conradojavier7547 XD
Can you make a video about the "Tachibana?" The fourth clan that dominated the court.
I agree
I AM more amazed someone still remember MySpace. But great video Lin- San sama senpai! 🤣😄
(My new Nick for lin famy)
lol too long XD
@@Linfamy the longer the more respect 😂.
@@ScandiNinja ah gotcha. Like Daenerys.
Taira and minamoto hmm i feel that i understand warriors orochi games now 🤔
Have you read either The Take of Heike, or The Tale of Genji? I'm a bit more than halfway through the former. And thanks for showing the characters for Genpei, since otherwise I would have still wondered why that name versus another. I'll also ask you a question I asked the superintendent of the schools I worked in while a JET ALT... why in Japanese is there that change in sound from time to time? You know, like tokidoki, hanashibanashi, etc, versus something like mukashimukashi or hinihini? Perhaps it's a silly question from my horse-deer mind....
I like how i have a book about this xD
My favourite part of this video was your introduction of your new patrons. Billy Ja Wonka that owns a candy factory that traumatized kids.
XD
such a funny talker!!! hehehehhahaha
1 year later still asking for a video on the Tachibana Clan please
Jibaku Shounen Hanako Kun
Will you cover the heiji rebellion of 1159?
Briefly, I think
I don't know but can I ask?
Did the Minamoto clan changed Thier surname to minatozaki?
Very sad that Minamoto clan only exists in Heian period and Kamakura period
תותח על!
Wait, a deadly rivalry between a mainly land based faction and a mainly naval based faction? (Punic wars flashbacks intensify)
Linfamy: The Minamoto clan
Me: toilet - bound Hanuko-kun!!!!!!
I actually searched this because jshk oOf.
Yeah. Miyamoto and Taira are familiar to a western culture like me. 🐾
Hi
Oh hi
Explain-Kokeishi doll
Clan #1 : *leTs mArRy aLL oF oUR dAuGhTerS tO RoYaLs!*
Clan #2 : *BudDhiST İnqUiSitoUrs*
Clan #3 : *LÄMP*
Ouh fujiwara u SAY, MARIED THERE GIRLS INTO THE ROYAL FAMILY
Saga said: Another Dimension!
And now there aren't 49 children anymore.
What STS and SFL stand for?
You can cheat. (sad face)
I love your sense of humor.
hello... and bye.. *grab popcorn
Supppp
"sons , daughters and disappointments had to be paid....." Lol
0:56 that would work.
you know what would have to happen to have all royal blood and clans?
*I N C E S T*
First Shogunate in Japan. On August 21, 1192, Minamoto Yoritomo was appointed a shogun, or Japanese military leader. The actual ruler of japan. Since minamoto is basically royalty, mean that shogun is just another monarch/kings since they from same bloodline as the emperor ... Why don't they just straight up take throne rather than created shogun system ...
"money doesn't grow on trees"
me, an animal crossing player:
I beg to differ, my dude
Me: *reads video title*
Linfamy: I'm going to tell you all about how these two clans became rivals.
Me: ...somebody from one clan got killed and then blamed the other clan for it most likely.
Linfamy: taira no masamori killed the minamoto rebel...
Me: ...and~ there it is...
(This is a joke.)😁
Nice :P