I remembered while I was a kid , I read "Bushido", and "Musashi", and "Taiko". Since that I'm always read many stories about dark era about Japan👍🤔. I always want to know about history 🤭😉
Fun Fact: The Printing telegraph, the first fax machine, was invented in 1843, Abe Lincoln was assasinated in 1865, and the social caste of samurai was abolished in 1867 during the Meiji Restoration Meaning there was a 22 year period where a samurai technically could send a fax to Abe Lincoln
In admiration of Japanese culture, I would be grateful if Shogo can inform about the torii. Since I've visited Japan, I find them fascinating. Explained in a Shogo style story would be wonderful.. Arrigato Goizaimas Shogo.
Amazing!! Thank you for sharing this! It’s really important to debunk myths and have a realistic approach. The samurai were outstanding warriors, but indeed they were human like all of us. ありがとうございました！
I am very impressed to know that Bushido was after Samurai 😱 all my life I’ve thought that it was part of them, kind of their mantra......really really interesting, thank you Shogo
Bushido: Soul of Japan the book was written after, but Bushido the chivalry ideals and codes did exist by the end of the Sengoku period and start of Edo period.
Shogo-san, I just discovered your channel this past week. I, too, am an educator. I like your style, your diction, and your gestures. You make learning about Nippon fascinating. 🇺🇸🤝🇯🇵 Arrigato zai-ge-mas!
Inazo Nitobe wrote the book bushido, so that the western world would be introduced to the “ Soul of Japan” . His own country , Japan, criticized the book when it was published. Yet it gave the western countries a very good idea of the Samurai class. Inazo was from a family of samurai, seventh level. It is written in his biography that at the age of seven he missed wearing the
That journey to Edo is the inspiration for a great boardgame called Tokaido. In the game the journey is more important than earning money along the way. This is a great video!
@@micahcampa Living 6 years in a country does not mean anything. Obviously in this case he was determined to learn the language and proper pronunciation. In a lot of cases I've seen in the US - people living in the country for decades and their English has not gotten any better than it was 19 years ago...
Shogo-san, your videos hold immeasurable value, ypu have the gift of teaching/education and the quality of such that you provide is so great, no one can match!
I'd just like to say that putting subtitles in all of your videos is heavenly, for me. Have really bad hearing loss and have to rely more on subtitles than my own hearing. Tyvm.
11:10 I guess there was something similar in the West with Knights. There were these ‘Knights of Poverty’, who were equipped but were willingly poor, living almost monastically, due to religious devotion and belief that humbleness was the greatest virtue. An example I can think of are the Knights Templar, in order to become a Templar Knight you had to give everything to the Templar Order, your lands, your money, everything, you had nothing to your name afterwards. So you could devote yourself fully to the Christian lifestyle, discipline and the Templar Order. A famous symbol of the Templars were two knights on the same horse, because they had to share the horse because they were poor. It also meant the Templar Order itself were extremely rich.
Responses to 2) There are contemporary books written during the time of the samurai about them and warfare. One is Hagakure. The other is The Book of Five Rings. Romantic Nationalism was in vogue in Europe in the late 1800's. It was a time all the different countries created national folklore and heroes. England got King Arthur, Germany had a big thing about its knights, France clung to Charlemagne. The Japanese romantic national heroic myth was the samurai. It was the creation of national identities and a sense of shared history and values. 5) Thank you so much for addressing spears, bows, and firearms.
Wow! I love your channel! Could you possibly go into explaining all of the different types of envelopes used for certain occasions in Japan? I just learned about the different envelopes meant to give money to the priest and the family members of the deceased during funerals and it sounded very complicated!
one of the "traumas" of Tokugawa Ieiasu was the Nodachi. Has sense that, in battelfied, the Uchi-katana was the last weapon, is short, needs few space to use and was designed for very close combat, the nodachi and another long range weaponry are more suitable to use in battefield. Also, Tokugawa prohibited the Nodachi in 1617 , the legend says that one of his uncles died by an accident with a nodachi
Very interesting facts Shogo, would love to know about the Samurai of the Heian era though, since it's their beginnings. Look forward to seeing more cool content from you. :)
Hi Shogo, the thumbnail you used is the same as the one used by the Mount & Blade: Bannerlord youtuber the Reformist in his Japanese mod let's play series!
It is worth knowing that Nitobe was a quaker and borrowed heavily from the bible when he wrote Bushido. For anyone really interested in the subject it may be worth picking up Alexander Bennett's "Bushido and the art of Living". Bennett is a professor at Kansai university and teaches on the bushido subject and other ones.
wow that was very interesting, a lot of things i didn´t knew about, i do have a question, if Bushido was written after Samurais were gone, what was their code, rules or something, i always looked to them as extremely disciplined people
This was interesting and really cool, thanks Shogo! I have a question now, it had said in the video before that samurai were known for having boy lovers, the practice was called wakashudo right? Were all samurai encouraged to have boy lovers? Would all of them been bisexual in a way? Had also heard that they were discouraged to not have female lovers because it made them look feminine.
"dont pull out your katana unless you yourself are ready to die" (linkin part intensifies) (katana in between each finger and toe) time for ultra egdelord
I'm re-reading the book "Shogun" by James Clavell a second time (it's probably my second-favourite book of all time), to Shogo's point at 6:22 of samurai being mere humans like the rest of us, this book presents a wide variety of personality types among the samurai. Buntaro is cruel and spiteful. Omi is very clever, and while he comes across as heartless at the beginning of the story, you grow to like him more as the story progresses. Yabu is conniving and sadistic, but he also has very positive qualities, and ends up giving his prized sword to the protagonist. Toranaga is wise and good-hearted, even though you see how his political machinations knowingly take advantage of other characters in the book. So again, as Shogo says, they're just people. A mix of positive and negative qualities that swirl together to make us who we are.
Ninja were hired as mercenaries and spies by different samurai factions, for example, Takeda, Tokugawa and Hojo samurai clans were known to use ninjas from Iga and Koga.
14:56 That is what i was taught, and im sure many other americans who use guns, atleast those of us who follow the rules. But like in any country and any time period, some people just dont follow the rules. A gun is not a toy, it is a weapon meant to kill, do not draw unless you are ready to die in the process. Unless you are hunting because animals dont shoot back.
the real last samurai was 最後 Takamori lol that name is so ironic Btw, did Nitobe Inazo coin the word 'bushido' or was that word in circulation before the book?
Thank you very much for leaving a comment! We actually already have a video about that topic, I hope you can check this video out! th-cam.com/video/lp3wWpx04Ro/w-d-xo.html
Sword being over represented is also a misconception in European warfare. Swords are expensive, require technique and are inefficient on a battlefield. The average soldier was more likely to use a spear, a club or a bow in a lot of place and throughout a several eras.
14:42 so a samurai couldn't draw and use his katana in public without good a reason, but i heard and read somewhere that a samurai sometimes could hide to ambush a commoner to test his sword, killing the commoner as the result. which one is true?
You deserve so many more subs, I wait for the day to travel to Japan and experience your culture, thank you for your content and best wishes from the UK.
Thank you for leaving a comment! I have actually received quite a lot of requests for that, and I already have a video planned for it! I hope you can give me just a little bit more time!
I always thought that the Tanto blade was the length that it was for the purpose of being able to pierce the heart from the stomach. That in Harakiri they would cut into the stomach, then angle the blade upward into the more vital organs. If this isnt the case, I wonder where this idea spread from.
This is very good and informative video. that bushido was written so late was new to me. a few additional information i hope you enjoy the image of western chivalry or the western knight in general is a product of idealization during the romantic era so also has very little to do with reality in the european middle ages apart from a few small details, the european knights had to struggle with the same problems as the samurais - the equipment (armor, weapons, horses) were so expensive that many had to hire themselves out as mercenaries or bandits to pay their debts - the sword of the knight was in reality only the third or fourth weapon and more a symbol first there were used also helebard muskets, crossbows or war hammer and from someone who has been training this for years in the fight against opponents in armor, a sword is relatively useless
Imo knightly culture of the samurai class is not terrifying, but beautuful, warlike, tragically romantic and sentimental and tone. In general it is not so much differ from other warrior/feudal cultures.
How many of the facts did you already know about?
Didn't knew the one about Samurai being poor. Read a lot of it in 'Young Samurai' - Chris Bradford
I knew about harakiri and about the use of bows and spears. I only knew about harakiri because I watched your other video a day or two ago though.
Only thing I didn't know they were poor.
Probably none but after watching this though
I remembered while I was a kid , I read "Bushido", and "Musashi", and "Taiko".
Since that I'm always read many stories about dark era about Japan👍🤔. I always want to know about history 🤭😉
This channel is growing fast! Congrats!
Fun Fact: The Printing telegraph, the first fax machine, was invented in 1843, Abe Lincoln was assasinated in 1865, and the social caste of samurai was abolished in 1867 during the Meiji Restoration
Meaning there was a 22 year period where a samurai technically could send a fax to Abe Lincoln
That really is a fun fact.
I want him to play Ghost of Tshishima then hear what his taughts are after the game.
Great! and I want him to talk about the Kami-kaze!
Yes please
this would be so cool! please play ghost of tsushima, onegai!
Omg this would be awesomee
The game brought me to his channel and I'm thankful for that
Can you please talk about Japanese Ghosts and Horror?
That would be a fantastic episode.
Yes.
yes please
That would be amazing I like that
Yes please 🙏
I said it before, but I guarantee this channel will hit 100k before June.
I agree Damien. I'm sure he wllll reach his goal a lot ealier. Let's all support him. This channel is worth it.
100% agree, his subscribers are going up so quickly!
In admiration of Japanese culture, I would be grateful if Shogo can inform about the torii. Since I've visited Japan, I find them fascinating. Explained in a Shogo style story would be wonderful.. Arrigato Goizaimas Shogo.
Amazing!! Thank you for sharing this! It’s really important to debunk myths and have a realistic approach. The samurai were outstanding warriors, but indeed they were human like all of us. ありがとうございました！
I love your conclusions at the end :)
Hello Shogo -san can you do the history of Hokkaido?
Shogo-san can you please talk about "Shinsengumi" next?
The similarities between the facts and the misconceptions regarding the samurai and knights (at least in England) is what stood out for me.
People are the same no matter where or when you lived
@@ABeautifulEarthForOurChildren no
@@Arcessitor yes
I like being educated by you about some cultural insights. Thanks. Please do your best onwards.
I am very impressed to know that Bushido was after Samurai 😱 all my life I’ve thought that it was part of them, kind of their mantra......really really interesting, thank you Shogo
Bushido: Soul of Japan the book was written after, but Bushido the chivalry ideals and codes did exist by the end of the Sengoku period and start of Edo period.
Thank you for your videos. They are very educational and informative. I have learned much about Japanese culture. Regards, Bob in Ontario, Canada
Shogo-san, I just discovered your channel this past week. I, too, am an educator. I like your style, your diction, and your gestures. You make learning about Nippon fascinating. 🇺🇸🤝🇯🇵 Arrigato zai-ge-mas!
Inazo Nitobe wrote the book bushido, so that the western world would be introduced to the “ Soul of Japan” . His own country , Japan, criticized the book when it was published. Yet it gave the western countries a very good idea of the Samurai class. Inazo was from a family of samurai, seventh level. It is written in his biography that at the age of seven he missed wearing the
Two swords that was given to him by his uncle. The same uncle to whom he dedicated his book.
Just found your channel a few days ago. I like your format of teaching. Keep up the good work!
That journey to Edo is the inspiration for a great boardgame called Tokaido. In the game the journey is more important than earning money along the way. This is a great video!
Prefect timing! I was looking up a bit of info about the Shogunate. Thank you!
i am impressed, your English is clear as crystal and your pronunciation is excellent!
well i mean he did live in the us for 6 years
@@micahcampa Living 6 years in a country does not mean anything. Obviously in this case he was determined to learn the language and proper pronunciation. In a lot of cases I've seen in the US - people living in the country for decades and their English has not gotten any better than it was 19 years ago...
@Micah 2.0 0000 Though his accent seems rather british to me
@@micahcampa I know people that have lived in the US for 30+ years that don't speak even speak conversational English.
Hi shogo
I wish I watched these videos before coming to Japan.
I became aware of all the problems that Japan has, after coming to japan.
Problems like cutting someone's head clean off rather than leaving part of the neck intact?
Just subbed today from another vid recommended. Yeah, one video and I am hooked. Such a fascinating subject
2:40 now i know why video games called "SENGOKU: Basara"
I didn't notice you hit 32k subs last I was here it was 20k subs
Congrats!
Shogo-san, your videos hold immeasurable value, ypu have the gift of teaching/education and the quality of such that you provide is so great, no one can match!
Waiting for *Ninja* culture and tradition.
Very interesting and informative. Thank you very much.
Very glad you mention the construct/invention of Bushido
3:48 The last samurai was Tom Cruise.
I'd just like to say that putting subtitles in all of your videos is heavenly, for me. Have really bad hearing loss and have to rely more on subtitles than my own hearing. Tyvm.
Would love to hear your thoughts on the book Hagakure and how it influenced peoples veiws on samurai and the old values
Thank you Shogo !!!!! I appreciate this video
Spears Portuguese muskets and bow and arrows. Your good at history thank you. 🙂.
11:10 I guess there was something similar in the West with Knights. There were these ‘Knights of Poverty’, who were equipped but were willingly poor, living almost monastically, due to religious devotion and belief that humbleness was the greatest virtue.
An example I can think of are the Knights Templar, in order to become a Templar Knight you had to give everything to the Templar Order, your lands, your money, everything, you had nothing to your name afterwards. So you could devote yourself fully to the Christian lifestyle, discipline and the Templar Order. A famous symbol of the Templars were two knights on the same horse, because they had to share the horse because they were poor. It also meant the Templar Order itself were extremely rich.
Responses to
2) There are contemporary books written during the time of the samurai about them and warfare. One is Hagakure. The other is The Book of Five Rings. Romantic Nationalism was in vogue in Europe in the late 1800's. It was a time all the different countries created national folklore and heroes. England got King Arthur, Germany had a big thing about its knights, France clung to Charlemagne. The Japanese romantic national heroic myth was the samurai. It was the creation of national identities and a sense of shared history and values.
5) Thank you so much for addressing spears, bows, and firearms.
Very instructive ! I did not know this history. 😯
Wow! I love your channel! Could you possibly go into explaining all of the different types of envelopes used for certain occasions in Japan? I just learned about the different envelopes meant to give money to the priest and the family members of the deceased during funerals and it sounded very complicated!
I subscribed when this channel only has 20k probably last week. But 30k subs in just another week? hot damn that's fast.
Anyways congrats Shogo!
I remember this story on Kenshin Himura, Battosai.
And From "Bushido" Novel,"Taiko", and "Musashi" .👍
But I still confused about Musashi and Kojiro🤔.
underrated channel, thank you
Lots of interesting stuff!
Get a patreon man
I'm proud of my self that almost knowing half of this fact before watching this video. But thanks for the additional information :)
Sir just keep making content about historic and cool stuff of Japan specialy a few modern trends there.
Though “Bushido” was written in 1899, “Hakagure” was written much earlier and expresses essentially the same ideas.
I'm subscribing!!! Loving your Omake Talk!
one of the "traumas" of Tokugawa Ieiasu was the Nodachi. Has sense that, in battelfied, the Uchi-katana was the last weapon, is short, needs few space to use and was designed for very close combat, the nodachi and another long range weaponry are more suitable to use in battefield. Also, Tokugawa prohibited the Nodachi in 1617 , the legend says that one of his uncles died by an accident with a nodachi
thank you for the knowledge,
Shogo sensei.
Arigatou gozaimasu.
Simply great.
Can you tell us about samurai clans and specialties during the eras?
Very interesting facts Shogo, would love to know about the Samurai of the Heian era though, since it's their beginnings. Look forward to seeing more cool content from you. :)
Thanks for sharing your knowledge brother. Very informative ❤❤❤
Hi Shogo, the thumbnail you used is the same as the one used by the Mount & Blade: Bannerlord youtuber the Reformist in his Japanese mod let's play series!
I thought the suicide ritual/ceremony was called Seppuku. If it was actually Harakiri I was thinking of, what is Seppuku?
I love all the videos u make abt samurais! I learned ALOT. And for some reason this video shocked me the most 😂
非常に勉強になりました！ありがとうございます。「アドバイスなら頼まれぬ時が一番！」なので、これだけ失礼いたしますが、サムライの英語の複数も「サムライズ」ではなく、「サムライ」となっています。なぜなら、単語その物と供に、文法も借りている訳なのです。英語で日本語の単語に「ス/ズ」をつけない方が自然に聞こえるとは思いますけど。
尚、いつものテーマの選択が極めて上手で、他のチャンネルで見つからない話題で毎回毎回勉強になります。頑張ってください！ヨーロッパからも応援してます！Bonus fact: 英語の発音も意外に上手！「フローレス ビクトリー」
It is worth knowing that Nitobe was a quaker and borrowed heavily from the bible when he wrote Bushido.
For anyone really interested in the subject it may be worth picking up Alexander Bennett's "Bushido and the art of Living". Bennett is a professor at Kansai university and teaches on the bushido subject and other ones.
Yeah I was told by someone in a video the very first group of samurai where all archers and some of them even where Horse back archer's.
Since you learned about Iaido, can you please talk about Kenjutsu and/or Itto-ryu/Nito-ryu? (i forget how it written so sorry in advance)
Fascinating, thank you!
Shogo sensei! Please make a video about Honda Tadakatsu!
wow that was very interesting, a lot of things i didn´t knew about, i do have a question, if Bushido was written after Samurais were gone, what was their code, rules or something, i always looked to them as extremely disciplined people
I really like knowing more about the Samurai and keep up with great videos.
What is your Iaido style? I practice Muso Jikiden Einshin Ryu!!
Then that's the same style as me😊
I was going to search your channel for exactly the information in point 3. Thank you very much for it.
This was interesting and really cool, thanks Shogo! I have a question now, it had said in the video before that samurai were known for having boy lovers, the practice was called wakashudo right? Were all samurai encouraged to have boy lovers? Would all of them been bisexual in a way? Had also heard that they were discouraged to not have female lovers because it made them look feminine.
"dont pull out your katana unless you yourself are ready to die"
(linkin part intensifies)
(katana in between each finger and toe)
time for ultra egdelord
14:55 Hey, is that Kusunoki Masashige in the background image?
I'm re-reading the book "Shogun" by James Clavell a second time (it's probably my second-favourite book of all time), to Shogo's point at 6:22 of samurai being mere humans like the rest of us, this book presents a wide variety of personality types among the samurai. Buntaro is cruel and spiteful. Omi is very clever, and while he comes across as heartless at the beginning of the story, you grow to like him more as the story progresses. Yabu is conniving and sadistic, but he also has very positive qualities, and ends up giving his prized sword to the protagonist. Toranaga is wise and good-hearted, even though you see how his political machinations knowingly take advantage of other characters in the book.
So again, as Shogo says, they're just people. A mix of positive and negative qualities that swirl together to make us who we are.
I love your videos,I have a great fascination about everything to do with Japan... ✌️
Thanks. 🙂
What about ninja, are they same or working for samurai or different organisation
Ninja were hired as mercenaries and spies by different samurai factions, for example, Takeda, Tokugawa and Hojo samurai clans were known to use ninjas from Iga and Koga.
Your Video dwarfted the original one...congratulations!
14:56 That is what i was taught, and im sure many other americans who use guns, atleast those of us who follow the rules. But like in any country and any time period, some people just dont follow the rules. A gun is not a toy, it is a weapon meant to kill, do not draw unless you are ready to die in the process. Unless you are hunting because animals dont shoot back.
the real last samurai was 最後 Takamori lol that name is so ironic
Btw, did Nitobe Inazo coin the word 'bushido' or was that word in circulation before the book?
Its Shogo hours
It was the “katana sword trainee” for me.
‘Saigo” Takamori??? I see what he did there and lived up to his name! 😅
Subscribed.
Very interesting history.
Ok so we gonna ignore the fact that it took $150 million to cross the country??
Were the last words of Shimizu Muneharu recorded?
Bro you’re on track to hit your 100k goal by like march at this rate
Yes, thats why i always wonder, why there are no exhibition of worn used battered katanas? Why those shown are always unused ones?..
Konnichiwa Shogo san, would you make a video about kabuki next time? 🥺
Thank you very much for leaving a comment!
We actually already have a video about that topic, I hope you can check this video out!
th-cam.com/video/lp3wWpx04Ro/w-d-xo.html
Sword being over represented is also a misconception in European warfare. Swords are expensive, require technique and are inefficient on a battlefield. The average soldier was more likely to use a spear, a club or a bow in a lot of place and throughout a several eras.
Hey Shogo, a question regarding the part about Harakiri, what's the difference between seppuku and harakiri?
14:42 so a samurai couldn't draw and use his katana in public without good a reason, but i heard and read somewhere that a samurai sometimes could hide to ambush a commoner to test his sword, killing the commoner as the result. which one is true?
5 non-horrifying facts: fact #3 - Harakiri.
I just discovered your channel today and I am already loving your videos! These are incredible and helping me learn so much!
Are the last words of Shimizu Muneharu known?
You deserve so many more subs, I wait for the day to travel to Japan and experience your culture, thank you for your content and best wishes from the UK.
I'd love to watch a video about the Shinsengumi
Thank you for leaving a comment!
I have actually received quite a lot of requests for that, and I already have a video planned for it! I hope you can give me just a little bit more time!
the sengoku period is my faverote.
I always thought that the Tanto blade was the length that it was for the purpose of being able to pierce the heart from the stomach. That in Harakiri they would cut into the stomach, then angle the blade upward into the more vital organs. If this isnt the case, I wonder where this idea spread from.
This is very good and informative video.
that bushido was written so late was new to me.
a few additional information i hope you enjoy
the image of western chivalry or the western knight in general is a product of idealization during the romantic era
so also has very little to do with reality in the european middle ages
apart from a few small details, the european knights had to struggle with the same problems as the samurais
- the equipment (armor, weapons, horses) were so expensive that many had to hire themselves out as mercenaries or bandits to pay their debts
- the sword of the knight was in reality only the third or fourth weapon and more a symbol
first there were used also helebard muskets, crossbows or war hammer
and from someone who has been training this for years in the fight against opponents in armor, a sword is relatively useless
Imo knightly culture of the samurai class is not terrifying, but beautuful, warlike, tragically romantic and sentimental and tone. In general it is not so much differ from other warrior/feudal cultures.
In Ancient Greece suicide at battle was dishonor
guess i'm too early for comments huh?