End of Emperor Rule in Japan (Fujiwara Takeover!) | History of Japan 36
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I need some killer queens on a hoodie XD
Haha, I like that..
@@Linfamy Your videos are so great! I'm doing my history project on the Fujiwara clan and your videos are my most helpful source for it. Thank you so much for making these. It's such a fascinating time in history and I love it, I'm glad I picked the topic I did. You really helped me complete it
@Ravenhar I'm glad you find the videos helpful :)
What happens next
Yup, people actually still pray to Tenjin. When I took a junior-high entrance exam, my grandma bought me charm of Tenjin.
Did it help?
@@Linfamy Had little thunderstorm on exam day. Guess he cursed me lol.
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I mean dude clapped a guys cheeks from the dead
I sadly learned that from the Noragami manga. He’s a main character and they do reference his banished at least once
Wow japanese imperial history would make an amazing drama.
Definitely
Fujiwara no Michinaga was such a boss that at one point his three daughters Shõshi, Kenshi and Ishi were grand empress dowager, empress dowager and empress AT THE SAME TIME.
Shōshi (born 988) married Emperor Ichijō and became secondary empress. She gave birth to emperor Go-Ichijō and Go-Suzaku. When Ichijō died he was succeeded by his cousin Emperor Sanjō who then married Kenshi (born 994). Kenshi gave birth to princess Teishi, who married emperor Go-Sanjō, her first cousin, Shōshi’s son. Sanjō was succeeded by Emperor Go-Ichijō, Shōshi’s son, and Ishi (born 999) married him.
So Shōshi married the emperor, her sister married his successor and gave birth to a future empress, and the third sister married the son of her eldest sister. It helps that Shōshi was 11 years older than her youngest sister, but she was still 19 when she married her 10 year old nephew. Her daughter with her nephew-husband Kaoruko went on to marry Go-Sanjō, who was the grandson of Kenshi.
It’s all incredibly confusing but basically Michinaga made it so that like 6 consecutive emperors either had one of his daughters in their bed or directly above them in their family trees
6:01 wait, is this the story of Tenjin? Yeah! It is!!
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How to become a Kami and be revered : Write a poem and get murdered. Sounds very easy. The other way around would be more difficult. Get murdered and THEN write a poem (afterwards). 🙄😏
What if write a poem, give it to a friend to release it after my death, then get murdered?
Tenjin was mention in Noragami, that's why when Linfamy use the painting of him on video, I feel so familiar to Noragami.
I was led to wonder... What exactly did Fujiwara (or any of the future regents) actually do with their power. What was the extent of "governance" in those times? They may have commissioned a shrine or two here and there.... is that about it, or were there notable accomplishments through their rule?
They actually instituted a bunch of changes in privatizing governance, which will be in a later video
So they essentially used their power to funnel public resources for personal gain. How original...
Ikr? So cliche..
Have you tried Total War: Shogun 2?
Nope, I know everyone talks about it though :)
@@Linfamy Oh. If everyone's talking about it, it's probably because you're already nearing the Genpei War, which is the setting of the game's first expansion.
I've been hearing about it well before now. I guess it's really good :D
Apparently I watched all your videos without subscribing untill now. Either that or youtube has unsubscribed me somewhere in between🤔 might wanna check that out!
Hmm I guess that means the TH-cam algorithm's pretty good. You don't even need to subscribe 🤣
@@Linfamy Fair enough. Guess youtube likes to spread the knowledge too!
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0:01 Hinata is that you?
私はふじわらです。
Bed wetters assemble
"People valued clan loyalty over the loyalty to the state"
ITACHI WANT TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION
Big _OOF._
Although the emperors lost their power, I sometimes believe that it’s the claim of divine descendant and the lack of actual power protected the royal line for the next millennia. The shogunates got overthrown, the daimyos fought everywhere, the capital got burnt down for a few times, but no one bother to seize the throne...
Agreed, I think I did a video about that. Everyone else's unwillingness to challenge divine descent made the Imperial House permanent
@@Linfamy that's why Japan are my favorite country history
Whice ended up biting the Bakufu's arse, having the clear rival over in Kyoto.
Fujiwara No Michinaga wrote in a poem:
I am flawless
like the full moon
riding the autumn sky
Such modesty!
That is confidence right there
I love hearing about the Fujiwara clan. I love the name Fujiwara. Wisteria is such a beautiful flower. I love how descriptive Japanese names are.
Fujiwara Fujiwara Fujiwara
@Jack Armstrong that's mugiwara
*laughs in Fujiwara Chika*
I agree; not like the English/Western names of Mark, Carol, Ruby, June, or Lance and surnames such as Blackstone, Fields, Brown, Towers, Green, etc.
Do you know about the clan just wondering cause apparently I come from the fujiwara clan
0:16 Ear pinches really hurt...
Wait just a minute! You mean he actually created a postion to be a regent of an adult Emperor? What happened to "replacing" the Child Emperor with another Child Emperor due to an accident to the previous one?
The Fujiwara weren't all-powerful, they still had to deal with court politics. At that point, a new adult emperor had arisen. Becoming kanpaku was probably an easier solution than offing the emperor :p
Seiwa's son Yozei was allegedly an insane sociopath (or maybe he just showed an independent streak so they slandered him as Joffrey Baratheon in the records later who knows?) so Mototsune decided to depose him. The candidate he was able to get enough people to rally around as successor was Yozei's uncle who was in his 50s at the time. I'd imagine almost certainly part of the deal was the the new Emperor be agreeable to serving as a figurehead while Mototsune retained power.
When you said that this guy started to get praised like a kami, i thought no that can't be Tenjin, but then BAM 😂
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Who do you think should have the power, emperors or Fujiwara?
Nobunaga
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The people.
Even if they have power, they have no authority to corroborate them. Do you know what this means?
Chika
Ah yes, regents for adult emperors. simply genius, how did none think before!
as bulletproof as that is I do wonder if there was any justification for having an regent for adult emperor besides "we Fujiwara say so". Though seeing as how courts were basicly Fujiwara themselves they probably didnt need much of an reasoning for it.
There *was* a significant fight in court over it, so it wasn't like everyone just accepted it. But Mototsune won in the end.
Keep the emperor busy doing elaborate and lavish ceremonies. In the mean time his regiment will take care of business.
I love the last poem. Please introduce the last half of the poem. 望月の欠けたることもなしと思へば. The translation of the last half is "My full moon is never lacked" or "I don't know my full moon is lacked ever" I guess. I love this video. Keep it up.
Loving yours videos, Japan’s history was never easier to follow and understand with adorable drawings. Thank you so much!
Thanks! Glad you like :)
If Michizane was a kami of thunder and lightning, does that make him a kaminarikami? ;)
Indeed it would XD
(although it would probably be pronounced either "Kaminari no kami" (雷の神) or "Raijin" (雷神))
Btw, cool coincidence, since "naru" is "to become", and using the stem can work like an adjective: kaminarikami could both be kaminari kami ("雷 神" thunder kami) and kami nari kami ("神 なり 神" kami that became kami)
(although from context and logic it's pretty obvious that the first is the correct one, still, pretty cool)
@@francescosorce5189 そうですけど、音読みで駄洒落がなくなるね。
@@Mikeztarp なるほど
時々、音読みで読んだ神の名のことがあると思いましたから間違いましたね。
いつも、音読みと訓読みと、どちらでもいいと思いました。笑
でも、音読みで読んだら、「Raijin」と読むでしょう？
（日本人じゃないから、間違ったらすみません、文法も）
Linfamy will *obliterate* T-Series(!) :^)
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I bet that thunderstorm must have actually been that damn Sutoku!
Wouldn't be born for another 300 years lol
Señor Linfamy, Are you of Fujiwara heritage /lineage (descent)?
Oh definitely not :p
me if I was the child emperor, "I'm about to Itachi these fools."
This is why, although I do favour monarchism, I am not a big fan of feudalism and the political systems that arise around it. To me, something like the situation outlined here is practically the pinnacle of metapolitical degeneracy and heresy. That's also why I'm not the greatest fan of the Shogunate either.
😂 thanks you for sharing. Karma was really really back then.
Thanks you for watching ;)
What is very interesting is that direct descendants of the Fujiwara family still exist and have established themselves even today.
The reason for the Fujiwara as regents was because the mother and grandmother of the Enperor Seiwa were all from the Fujiwara family. If either were from the Imperial Family, they would rule as Empress. But that was not the case.
Fun-fact: Some hundred years later, Hideyoshi had to become an adopted son of one of Fujiwara clan to obtain Kanpaku title, satisfying the old custom that every regent must be from Fujiwara. So he was once Fujiwara no Hideyoshi :) Though, soon after he got a new clan name Toyotomi.
hey Linfamy, been watching your vids for a while now and I really enjoy it :D I first heard about the Fujiwara from Sugawara Michizane's story. Just wondering if there's a chance you'd cover his story too? Keep up the good work and more subscribers!
"Fujiwara Act" lol
1:54 - *Oof! Destruction achieved!* D:
:p
😎Smash
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Michizane becoming great study god is one of strangest part of Shinto story in my opinion🌝.
Really? There are a lot of strange things in Shinto :D
Linfamy Sure Shinto has manny nonsense but, aside from curse, was Sugawara family that powerful? 👀 Maybe he did have special power after all...
maybe the power of poetry...?
Linfamy Legend says after him reading a poem, his plum tree flew by itself from Kyoto to Fukuoka to bring him spring blossom.🍃 ...So even his garden trees loved him...must be attractive person🤔
TH-cam recommended your channel to me and I have no regrets about it lol love your videos man. Super fun way to learn about Japan. 👍
Emperor seiwa is the ancestor of minamoto yoritomo if I remember correctly
Yep! His line became the main Minamoto line.
Yes, Emperor Seiwa is the ancestor of Genji, and says Seiwa Genji.
Seiwa Genji is Takeda's ancestor, and Takeda is my ancestor. I mean, he's my ancestor. It's just a family tree chart.
But. There is Genji who is the Prince of Emperor Murakami of the 62nd, and says Murakami Genji.
Genji is divided into two faction
@@Linfamy
Don't make misunderstand.
The lineage of Yoritomo is certainly the lineage of "Kawachi Genji" based in the river area which is a part of the current Osaka prefecture. In the historical history, Kawachi Genji was a tributary of Seiwa Genji, and the Orthodoxy "Settsu Genji" was a lowly one
Genji is not necessarily the same ancestor.
@@Linfamy
To begin with, Genji is one of the last names given when the royalty descends to the vassals. In addition to Genji, Heishi, Fujiwarashi, and Tachibanashi have been collectively referred to as "Gen‐Pei‐Tou‐Kitsu" (four surnames).
There is a flow of twenty-one in the surname named Genji. A legitimate genealogy is the famous Settsu Genji of demon extermination.
The ancestors of Nitta and Ashikaga are Genji. "Hiraga", "Takeda", "Satake", "Ishikawa" is the shunt of Genji.
yada, Hirosawa, Futatsugi, Hatakeyama, Hosokawa, Sakurai, Kira, Imagawa, Isshiki, Shibukawa, Mogami, Osaki Sasakawa, Inamura, Furukawa, Sakai. There's so much to Ashikaga. Those ancestors are Genji. Quite a few people are involved with Genji.
@@両角淳-x2l So, are u imperial heirs or what ?
**When your dad eats your lunch**
Me: Why?
Dad: When I reflect, this ice cream sandwich is indeed mine
It is much fun to watch your videos! Good pronunciations, too.
Haha thanks for watching!
i was raised by my mom's side of the family too
Are you...a prince?
@@Linfamy how observate😏😏😏🐉🐉🐉♥️♥️♥️😝😝😝
Your majesty **bow**
I'm imagining something similar to he-man. When I hear the potato of power. I got the potatoes
"Potato Power"???😮😅😂
:p
@@Linfamy 😂😂😂
wondering what the Nanke where up to in the meantime, just hanging out in the beach with the rest of the fujiwara woman maybe? ;-)
Hmm...dunno. Busily becoming irrelevant?
In an earlier video Lin discusses Nakamaro. Nakamaro was the leader of the Nanke at that time (by the point of this video 100 years ago). Things went poorly for him and as such his branch of the family lost favor and were more or less blocked off from top government positions.
Cool video 😀
Why, thank you :3
I believe the shift of power from the hands of the Emperors to the regents was not right for Japan, that's what I have to say.
Any reason why? :)
I said so Lord Lin because I believe in the Devine authority of the Japanese Emperor and believe that a descendent of Amaterasu should be the head of Japan.
Ah gotcha :)
The actual situation was more complex, Kanpaku was a office that was created by Emperor Uda himself for Fujiwara no Mototsune, due to his effort to help his father Emperor Kōkō ascend the throne. The relation between Sesshō/Kanpaku and the Emperor was more cooperative than you might think except some rare cases like the relation between Fujiwara no Michinaga and Emperor Sanjō. They cooperated in the form which the Fujiwara Sesshō/Kanpaku managed political issues while the Emperor dealt with religious issues (which was both "politics" for Ancient Japanese, the pronunciation of "政"(politics) in Japanese is matsurigoto, which means religious issues). Furthermore, it seemed like that the Emperor still perserved the right to appoint who would be the next Sesshō/Kanpaku (although mostly it is a office for the maternal grandfather of the Emperor), as we can see in the case that Emperor Ichijō refused Fujiwara no Michitaka's (the Kanapaku by then) request to appoint Fujiwara no Korechika (Michitaka's son) as the next Kanpaku.
I see thank you for your enlightening remark
0:20 love your hat
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Linfamy AHHHHH IS IT REALLY YOU OMG THANK YOU
Haha it's just me
"When I reflect, this world is indeed mine"
Bro I need this confidence in life😂
Yay I'm the fujiwara
Their secret super power? kansei dorifto (with eurobeat)
Hey why do none of your Japanese characters have black hair.
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Great video
Takk!
Another great video!
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That potato did not look like a potato.
It look like a coil 💩
I’m from the fujiwara clan
天神 Tenjin does mean a god, but more of a low ranking god. According to Taoism, a low ranking god amongst heavenly beings.
It's fun when I sit in a cafe in Tenjin, Fukuoka watching this video :)
5:42 Seeing this in 2021 feels prophetic to the fate of America.
Fujiwara no Michinaga really dropping bars out there...
that one moment you realize the Senju Uchiha t his like fujiwara and soga.
Fujiwara ... is that also when two typhoons join up and level up?
Everyone is so interested here , why don't school teach us this way
Being 22 % Japanese, this is such interesting history to me