Ignore that guy, despite it's dark history in WW2, the history before it and after it is interesting and amazing. It's unbelievable Japan during that period was able to adapt quickly.
...what? The way they operated resulted in the Imperial Japanese army slaughtering 30,000,000 million human beings! What a moronic assertion, you have zero sense of history. The Japanese are not evil people, but that feudal state system became EVIL INCARNATE.
@@abhinavav7770 modernization doesn't mean change. It's adapting while staying true to its core so did most Asian countries except for maybe South Korea.
Man if all those samurais would've realized that their culture was still preserved after the restoration, it would've prevented alot of lives from being lost
@@blackpowderkun ah I see. But if I'm not mistaken there were some samurais that willing joined the meiji government. So it is important to note that not all samurai lost their lands entirely. Some samurai who supported the Meiji government and actively contributed to the restoration efforts were granted positions within the new government or the military. These samurai were given the opportunity to retain their lands as private individuals, rather than as feudal lords.
everybody calling this guy a traitor and shit while irl the reason he samurai get pissed off by the removal of the samurai class is cause they now cant kill civilians that they deemed disrespecting them.
@@richie_0740 they're bodyguard of famous people and they're the honorary people as in the privilege with pride if that is hurt they have the right to kill you for insult or they suspect u of someone else or danger to them they can just kill u right there
@@jen4ra-vs5oga lot of them were arrogant and pompous, causing fights in the street due to conflated ego but most of that was curbed when it was death to show your blade in public
@@jen4ra-vs5og nope the only people they guard is their daimyo's. Samurai's themselves are basically elite soldiers and only were needed during times of war, also most samurai's are pompous and were an asshole to deal with, often killing someone for the pettiest of reasons amd were the only class of people allowed to do so
I guess this is how some of my country's noblemen feel when they see their kings getting cosy with British colonial traders. They can see these are different kinds of foreigners(less incading army and more trade partnerships) and their future as medieval lords are in danger of becoming obsolete. Some used the excuse of preservation of kings and countries to rebel against the British but truthfully it feels like they're just disgruntled workers who got wind of their impending sacking so they brought a shotgun to work one day.
The Meiji restoration was the best thing ever happened to Japan. Something many Asian countries weren't snart enough to do, and became victim of colonialism.
It's not like... the idea of modern nation states, cultural context, and hudge-smudge of a little more knowledge on East Asian History were applied in this statement-
there is no single nation in this world that composes its own culture and history idiot. but the situation in Japan is very bad . with China losing the drug war by Britain. and the United States ships planted their cannons on Tokyo. Japan is in the 2nd choose join the west or perish . such as Indonesia and India which were successfully conquered.
Awesome movie. I geeked out when I found out years ago it was loosely based on the Satsuma Rebellion. Also, fun fact, Katsumoto’s character was based on Saigo Takamori; a samurai who initially supported the Imperialists but didn’t like the way Samurai were being shoved aside, and so, led a last ditch rebellion.
It already was. Samurai X / Rorouni Kenshin is the story of Kenta. It was the MCs real name before the moniker "Hitokiri Battousai" (Battousai the Murderer), and then into Kenshin Himura during the Meiji Restoration Arc.
@@lokanantazain Certainly doesn’t feel that way. Hundreds of millions were killed during the wars of the 19th and 20th centuries. Depression and suicide are at an all time high. Global birth rate is in a nosedive. Men have lost 59% of their testosterone (at least in the USA) since 1973. 64% of men aged 18-30 are single. 20 year old men today have the sperm count of 60 year olds 25 years ago. Women are less fertile than their grandmothers were at their age. We’re at a low point for marriages, friendships, mutual trust, and civic engagement. This isn’t a recipe for continued peace. It’s the foundation for a catastrophe potentially on the scale of the Bronze Age Collapse within this century.
I remember the movie 'The Last Samurai', starring Tom Cruise, based on historical facts. The Samurai were no match for modern weapons, like the machine gun. It was so sad. 😢
That movie was so full of BS. When I lived in Japan and went to the Samurai museums and talked to their historians, I learned that the Samurai actually had no problem with using guns. Bushido was the Japanese equivalent of western chivalric code, which means that it was glorified but not always followed by those who supposedly practiced it. Most Samurai avoided doing Seppuku when they failed at something. Unlike what the movie implied, the Samurai were almost evenly split between those who wanted to modernize and those who did not. You see, because Samurai were prohibited from becoming merchants, they could not earn more money. They could only own land which their farmhands had to tend to. The merchant class was considered lowly but they were making more money than the Samurai. The Samurai inherited land from their Samurai fathers, so after a few generations, the original land inheritance was split up to smaller parcels. The more nobler social class was starting to become poorer than the lowly merchant class. The younger generations of Samurai felt trapped. Things would stay that way if the old system continued.
I feel like a lot of people see samurais are honorable good guys (like chivalry and knights) but they were really (mostly) horrible warlords that'd kill their own family to get ahead in society
Look, I'm glad that things changed, if not then Japan would be a barren wasteland full of noodles and dudes walking around slicing up everyone they see for the sake of some vague semblance of honor. BUT, I can't describe how much I wish we had a version of a time machine where you could like look through a window and watch the past in live motion. I'd LOVE to see what feudal Japan really looked like. Same for many other ancient societies, but the era of the samurai must have been just so damn odd yet cool. Across Japan, since it was so isolated, it must have been like it's own little world for a long time.
I wonder what would have happened if they tried to keep the martial samurai class (yes I'm aware they were not so martial by this time) and just try to modernize them as well with the latest weapons and tactics.
He did not deserve the title of a Samurai or even a Ronin for his attitude and the eventual downfall of this noble society. That is not to say that I do not respect him. He did what he believed was right for his country and that is the very honour that Samurais defended foremost, but at the end of the day his betrayal was their downfall.
This just proves you know nothing of samurai they don't defend their country or do right by it they are just there to kill for their daimyo there's nothing noble about the samurai at all
When the samurai class was abolished, the former samurai had nothing to do, and no relevant job skills. They wound becoming highway robbers - using their combat skills against defenseless peasants and merchants. This is how the Yakusa - Japan's organized crime syndicate - originated.
The Rebellion was primarily so the Samurai could maintain their privileges as bushi in the new Meji government, which previously came with social and economic benefits from the Shogun to maintain loyalty. People forget that even with the abolition of the warrior class, many still served as government officials, military advisors, the pilars of early industry, and much more. So there were some who fought for the feudal system that had admittedly worked for over 200 years at that point (almost 300 if you round up) but also samurai who saw the benefits of progress and how behind the country was with the rest of the world.
It's just the case of wanting to learn . Wanted to discover what else is out there . Wanted to have a new aspect of life and the world . I don't think he was a traitor but his people make it seem that way. A man can broading his horizons and learn of new culture without branded a traitor. We all want knowledge
I find it hysterical that people thing being a badass swordsman makes one a Samurai. They almost universally can't wield a spear and few can use a bow as well as a blade or the reverse. Contrary to all the BS, the spear, bow, large clubs, and polearns were the PRIMARY weapon of a Bu-shi and swords were carried like pistols or in civilian life. It's EXACTLY analogous to medieval europe in the broad sense.
Yeah i agree with the comments.... this man was a traitor and yet people idolize him? This is our modern day existence. Treasure the evil and the honorless and condemn the true heroes Miyamoto Mushashi would have never stood for this.
@nicholasmorgan7609 of course it's not. But the samurai who were remembered as honorable those are the stories and people that mattered. Everyone abuses everything. You abuse chocolate, coffee, tea etc we all do it's human nature. But at least the samurai had a code of honor and ethics. Look at the American government they're no different. A mass army by their side willing to do injustices all around the world but sometimes they do good. It's all dependant
And then he traveled the land carrying a reverse blade to atone for all the people he murdered.
Battosai
HELL YAH! 😂
My thoughts exactly
😂😂😂😂.. Kenta became Kenshin
Love this series
Ignore that guy, despite it's dark history in WW2, the history before it and after it is interesting and amazing. It's unbelievable Japan during that period was able to adapt quickly.
Exactly
yeah sorry we're not better everything becomes like a cocaine addiction, we may start a war we want but may not end the way we want.
More like from 1931-1945; but the point remains the same
Point 😅 maybe so be it. We don't need nothing nobody but someone who we can meaning you all know and starts maybe keep going by faith....
@@everyday_history I cannot find Kenta figure/history, can you elaborate the source, thanks in advance
Thus he received the X mark and was given the name Battusai... 😗
Kenshin sama
Batbussy
Is this who Kenshin was based off of?
@@petergeramin7195 yes he was the first to say in a gravelly gravely tone “I. Am. BatBussy.”
*battousai
The best part about Japan is it modernised while not abandoning its culture. Something the world could learn.
...what? The way they operated resulted in the Imperial Japanese army slaughtering 30,000,000 million human beings! What a moronic assertion, you have zero sense of history. The Japanese are not evil people, but that feudal state system became EVIL INCARNATE.
The culture did got changed a lot
@@abhinavav7770 modernization doesn't mean change. It's adapting while staying true to its core so did most Asian countries except for maybe South Korea.
it did abandon the culture of having the samurai class in charge of basically everything..
@@farhanramadhan9717 samurai isn't the only culture of Japan. That's like generalizing 99% population based on 1%.
Man if all those samurais would've realized that their culture was still preserved after the restoration, it would've prevented alot of lives from being lost
Culture preserved, their social class got dismantled by ww2 mere peasants were allowed to invoked their class spirit and cary around katanas.
@@blackpowderkun wait peasants were aloud to carry katanas freely themselves?
@@albertbecerra the social class was dismantled by them but by feudal standards the majority of their army are peasants.
@@blackpowderkun ah I see. But if I'm not mistaken there were some samurais that willing joined the meiji government. So it is important to note that not all samurai lost their lands entirely. Some samurai who supported the Meiji government and actively contributed to the restoration efforts were granted positions within the new government or the military. These samurai were given the opportunity to retain their lands as private individuals, rather than as feudal lords.
@@albertbecerra yes but their kids wouldn't be able to invoke inherited positions and they were near equal to the average citizen.
everybody calling this guy a traitor and shit while irl the reason he samurai get pissed off by the removal of the samurai class is cause they now cant kill civilians that they deemed disrespecting them.
Completely false
@@tubeguy4066 explain
@@richie_0740 they're bodyguard of famous people and they're the honorary people as in the privilege with pride if that is hurt they have the right to kill you for insult or they suspect u of someone else or danger to them they can just kill u right there
@@jen4ra-vs5oga lot of them were arrogant and pompous, causing fights in the street due to conflated ego but most of that was curbed when it was death to show your blade in public
@@jen4ra-vs5og nope the only people they guard is their daimyo's. Samurai's themselves are basically elite soldiers and only were needed during times of war, also most samurai's are pompous and were an asshole to deal with, often killing someone for the pettiest of reasons amd were the only class of people allowed to do so
I bet he never thought it would lead to Anime
The Last Samurai: Kenta Part 2 is out now. 😊❤ th-cam.com/users/shortsXjCQ5BYahw0?feature=share
Just give us the link
It’s the nature of time
That the old ways must give in
@@fantasy5590 its the nature of time that the new way comes in sin
Warms my heart seeing People still remember and love a classic Show that ended two decades ago but enriched our childhood.
I guess this is how some of my country's noblemen feel when they see their kings getting cosy with British colonial traders. They can see these are different kinds of foreigners(less incading army and more trade partnerships) and their future as medieval lords are in danger of becoming obsolete. Some used the excuse of preservation of kings and countries to rebel against the British but truthfully it feels like they're just disgruntled workers who got wind of their impending sacking so they brought a shotgun to work one day.
Part 2 of Kenta: The samurai coming soon! Guys subscribe to this channel tnx. ❤
When will the part 2 be available plz ??
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@@everyday_history okay thanks for your answer! Cannot wait!
And yes I have subscribed!
He was spurce inspiration of samurai x/ rurouni kenshin
His name, Kenta, was using in the manga Rurouni Kenshin. Nobuhiro-san changed it to Shinta, which was Himura Kenshin's first name.
The Meiji restoration was the best thing ever happened to Japan. Something many Asian countries weren't snart enough to do, and became victim of colonialism.
Being forced to “modernize” has always led to genocide. In all these wars the countries killed millions of civilians. Always bullshit justifications.
It's not like... the idea of modern nation states, cultural context, and hudge-smudge of a little more knowledge on East Asian History were applied in this statement-
there is no single nation in this world that composes its own culture and history idiot. but the situation in Japan is very bad . with China losing the drug war by Britain. and the United States ships planted their cannons on Tokyo. Japan is in the 2nd choose join the west or perish . such as Indonesia and India which were successfully conquered.
yes indeed
Nobody wanted to colonize Japan because the country lacked of natural resources.
And that’s when Tom Cruise stepped in, and did the last samurai I cried at the end
😂
a damn good movie
My favorite part was when he lands in Japan and says "It's cruisin' time" then cruises all over the samurais
Awesome movie. I geeked out when I found out years ago it was loosely based on the Satsuma Rebellion. Also, fun fact, Katsumoto’s character was based on Saigo Takamori; a samurai who initially supported the Imperialists but didn’t like the way Samurai were being shoved aside, and so, led a last ditch rebellion.
So they are the main villain in way of the samurai game😅
"they"? Don't you mean he?
@@MontChevalier it’s 2023 so he doesn’t want to be canceled
@@localmilfchaser6938 Anyone who thinks like that is a coward.
@@localmilfchaser6938 loll
@@localmilfchaser6938cancel culture died last year
Fascinated by their modern clothing???!!!! My dude what you wear is way better then theirs
RIP 💐 🙏 Kenta & other Samurai ❤ 🕊 🇵🇭
Needs to be a trilogy or a tv show
It already was. Samurai X / Rorouni Kenshin is the story of Kenta. It was the MCs real name before the moniker "Hitokiri Battousai" (Battousai the Murderer), and then into Kenshin Himura during the Meiji Restoration Arc.
Don't give Netflix ideas...
The Japanese Emperor be like:
“Samurais, stop being a weeb and get a real job!”
Man sells off his culture, realizes too late what he lost. Many such cases.
Humanity has EVOLVED past the need of cultures.
@@oleanderkazzy_ Aside from material wealth, what has mankind gained from modernity?
@@TheNightWatcher1385peace?
@@lokanantazain Certainly doesn’t feel that way. Hundreds of millions were killed during the wars of the 19th and 20th centuries. Depression and suicide are at an all time high. Global birth rate is in a nosedive. Men have lost 59% of their testosterone (at least in the USA) since 1973. 64% of men aged 18-30 are single. 20 year old men today have the sperm count of 60 year olds 25 years ago. Women are less fertile than their grandmothers were at their age. We’re at a low point for marriages, friendships, mutual trust, and civic engagement.
This isn’t a recipe for continued peace. It’s the foundation for a catastrophe potentially on the scale of the Bronze Age Collapse within this century.
@@TheNightWatcher1385 so whats the solution?
Yes the Japanese Navy is a good example of Tenacious advancement compared to any Asian nation in the world 💪🇯🇵👏⚓🌎🌍🌏
00:14 Is that Kenta? I really wanna know, because i always saw this picture, but never knew who it was
He is Oda Nabuyoshi. He was a dentist and civil rights activist from the meiji period.
@@everyday_history Thank you
Kenta should have used this opportunity to bag some White European ladies of the night. He could have been ‘Jack the Rippler’.
Jack the rizzer 😂
the name will be Jakku za Rippa
In short words, Japan was already rich even before western influence.
I remember the movie 'The Last Samurai', starring Tom Cruise, based on historical facts. The Samurai were no match for modern weapons, like the machine gun. It was so sad. 😢
That movie was so full of BS. When I lived in Japan and went to the Samurai museums and talked to their historians, I learned that the Samurai actually had no problem with using guns. Bushido was the Japanese equivalent of western chivalric code, which means that it was glorified but not always followed by those who supposedly practiced it. Most Samurai avoided doing Seppuku when they failed at something. Unlike what the movie implied, the Samurai were almost evenly split between those who wanted to modernize and those who did not. You see, because Samurai were prohibited from becoming merchants, they could not earn more money. They could only own land which their farmhands had to tend to. The merchant class was considered lowly but they were making more money than the Samurai. The Samurai inherited land from their Samurai fathers, so after a few generations, the original land inheritance was split up to smaller parcels. The more nobler social class was starting to become poorer than the lowly merchant class. The younger generations of Samurai felt trapped. Things would stay that way if the old system continued.
Hahahaha! The samurai had had long relationship with modern weapons especially guns. You only need to read more about Sengoku Jidai.
Kenta : I want modernity
Also kenta : But Muh priviledges... (and responsibility)
Also also Kenta : Everything us daijobu I guess
Bro really releasing that kamikaze context just too late
Then He was wandering then stop when he met Kaori in Dojo.. 😊😊
Reject modernity
Embrace tradition
I feel like a lot of people see samurais are honorable good guys (like chivalry and knights) but they were really (mostly) horrible warlords that'd kill their own family to get ahead in society
Good man, only wanted what was best for his country
he also understood that things change. Change may not be easy but it takes place sooner or later
Shout out to the photographer who traveled back to the Edo period to get us those photographs.
Look, I'm glad that things changed, if not then Japan would be a barren wasteland full of noodles and dudes walking around slicing up everyone they see for the sake of some vague semblance of honor. BUT, I can't describe how much I wish we had a version of a time machine where you could like look through a window and watch the past in live motion. I'd LOVE to see what feudal Japan really looked like. Same for many other ancient societies, but the era of the samurai must have been just so damn odd yet cool. Across Japan, since it was so isolated, it must have been like it's own little world for a long time.
Make up your mind, Kenta? You were against it, then you missed it.
I'm not sure but I think Roroni Kenshin was loosly based on Kenta
Thing is most samurai found themselves in position of power anyways
oh God im getting flashbacks from one of those pictures
Would he still push for reforms and Westernization, knowing it would eventually lead to Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
I wonder what would have happened if they tried to keep the martial samurai class (yes I'm aware they were not so martial by this time) and just try to modernize them as well with the latest weapons and tactics.
He did not deserve the title of a Samurai or even a Ronin for his attitude and the eventual downfall of this noble society. That is not to say that I do not respect him. He did what he believed was right for his country and that is the very honour that Samurais defended foremost, but at the end of the day his betrayal was their downfall.
Ain’t nothing noble about slicing apart a passerby just to test your blade
I cant not read this comment in the voice of the comic book guy from the simpsons.
@@sernoddicusthegallant6986 😆
This just proves you know nothing of samurai they don't defend their country or do right by it they are just there to kill for their daimyo there's nothing noble about the samurai at all
Bro legit said "I like yo drip G" and started a revolution
This is a amazing video! ❤
Glad you think so!
is this Samurai that Samurai x is based on?
Anime Samurai X.. Hitokiri Battousai What a legendary anime.
In discontent with the social hierarchy
Takes action!
Leads to the abolishment of said social hierarchy
Kento sad 💔
with the destruction of one social hierarchy comes another social hierarchy
When the samurai class was abolished, the former samurai had nothing to do, and no relevant job skills. They wound becoming highway robbers - using their combat skills against defenseless peasants and merchants. This is how the Yakusa - Japan's organized crime syndicate - originated.
some found a good position in the imperial cabinet instead of ending up as an oversea ronin like Date junosuke.
I believe the changes should have been slower and under control of people.
As the new age begin , the old ways must give in.
in manga, an orphaned boy named shinta became a samurai and his master changed his name, is this the base of that manga?
What is his full name ?
But traditional underwear FUNDOSHI ( string loin cloth ) remained & gained popularity WORLDWIDE
Fortunately, we are not kenta (may his soul rest in peace)
I have won but what are the cost
people who supporting kenta in the comment forgetting that he made Japan able to join the world war 2 enslaving half of Asia
Kenta inspires from watching Samurai X 😅
samurai are awesome, Blessed be.
When the video said feudal Japan, does that mean today's Japan?
Kenta desired the destruction of his culture and their way of life.
They should make an anime out of his story 🤔🤔🤔
Its already made ruroini kenshin
Without the Meju restoration, Japan would have become another colony like they did it with China.
You have destroy something in order to create something new.
Whats his full name
But who actually is Kente? I've never seen him in any pages of our textbook of history
Do this guy kenshin himura was based on
then A.i. will replace all of us
The Rebellion was primarily so the Samurai could maintain their privileges as bushi in the new Meji government, which previously came with social and economic benefits from the Shogun to maintain loyalty. People forget that even with the abolition of the warrior class, many still served as government officials, military advisors, the pilars of early industry, and much more. So there were some who fought for the feudal system that had admittedly worked for over 200 years at that point (almost 300 if you round up) but also samurai who saw the benefits of progress and how behind the country was with the rest of the world.
Is this really kenshein, samurai x
Meji restoration have lead to imperialistic japan dreams in east asia
Imagine this as an anime or show.
Isnt this the story of samurai X Himura Kenshin?
Clearly western Modernisation is the best.
Now it's destroying the earth
@@Clarksville000 not at all
@@benwilliams3539 Its extreme social liberalism since the second world war is destroying the earth
it's funny because the shogunate wanted the modernization of japan, and the "rebels" rebelled because there are too many foreigner in japan
They saw the danger a few hundred years ago.
Industrial society wins again
The way of the blade vs. My Winchester rifle
Wow that is so much epic 👍😻👍
The story sounds like a "ghost of tsushima" kind of plot
I think it’s sort of a misnomer to call Western clothing more modern when all clothing at that time was “modern“
It's just the case of wanting to learn . Wanted to discover what else is out there . Wanted to have a new aspect of life and the world . I don't think he was a traitor but his people make it seem that way. A man can broading his horizons and learn of new culture without branded a traitor. We all want knowledge
For most of the times, samurai were culturally legal military thugs that rules the land 😅
so, he is the real Samurai X: Rorouni Kenshin ?
I find it hysterical that people thing being a badass swordsman makes one a Samurai. They almost universally can't wield a spear and few can use a bow as well as a blade or the reverse. Contrary to all the BS, the spear, bow, large clubs, and polearns were the PRIMARY weapon of a Bu-shi and swords were carried like pistols or in civilian life. It's EXACTLY analogous to medieval europe in the broad sense.
The only Meiji I know of is a brand of chocolates!
So he’s a real life Anakin Skywalker then
And the Real Rorouni Kenshin story is where from❤❤
Make it a movie. Now.
Sounds like Kenshin
And Tom Cruise fight as the Last Samurai.
Than Kenta began to see visions of white flying machines with red balls on their wings going over an American harbor.
this dude showing a flintlock when Revolvers were common place lol
What's his full name? Himura Kenta? Kenta Kenshin?😅
Bro is Darth Vader
Himura Kenta?
Some fellow this kenta was.
Honestly you couldve used any name and it would be the same story
This is Star Wars
“Their modern clothing”. You mean their western clothing. Technically, his Japanese clothing was modern as well.
So, what did he do!?🤔
The last Samurai
Way of life him said, I think understood that in the world is barbarian and then just western civilization life like human.
Then he was found guilty of harboring samurai and was murdered by the meiji government.
Society later used him as inspiration to make an anime.
Yeah i agree with the comments.... this man was a traitor and yet people idolize him?
This is our modern day existence. Treasure the evil and the honorless and condemn the true heroes
Miyamoto Mushashi would have never stood for this.
Samurai had an absurd amount of power and that power was often abused. It wasn't so black and white.
@nicholasmorgan7609 of course it's not. But the samurai who were remembered as honorable those are the stories and people that mattered. Everyone abuses everything. You abuse chocolate, coffee, tea etc we all do it's human nature. But at least the samurai had a code of honor and ethics.
Look at the American government they're no different. A mass army by their side willing to do injustices all around the world but sometimes they do good. It's all dependant