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- bill wurtz: history of Japan Reaction
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Fun fact, the guy who conquered japan and made it impossible to climb the social ladder started his career as the guy who's job it was to bring Nobunaga his shoes.
Didn't Nobunaga literally call him Saru(monkey), or is that just an anime/manga thing and not historically accurate?
@Whitewingdevil he did.
He also called him "bald rat"
Edit: I just looked it up. It's not confirmed that he ever called him monkey, but he did call him bald rat
Oh, Hideyoshi.
“Because there’s a religious implication to the Emperor being the son of god”
The Portuguese, when they discovered Japan, actually made a direct comparison to the Pope, as a figure who is very important authoritatively but doesn’t wield all that much power directly. So yeah, spot on
War wasnt seen as "not dangerous" in the early days; it was seen as a "noble" thing like 2 knights having a sword duel and one wins and becomes king while the other is remembered for his bravery even in death. However, they failed to realize:
1, supersonic molten steel pellets hurt far more than a simple cold steel blade
And 2, it aint about "Man vs Man" like a knight duel, but "Man vs Machine Gun" in a stupid pointless bayonet charge
I dont think steel pellets hurt more than a steel blade, they can just cause said harm faster and to more people.
Steel blade, one person at a time. Bullet, how fast can it fire?
oh regarding the hurricanes happening when the Mongols tried to invade, TWICE, and failed TWICE iirc they were totally unexpected both times, as in total freak weather events. They are what gave word to the concept of Kamikaze. Aka. Divine Wind.
To be fair, both of the times the Mongols were already failing when the Typhoon hit. The second time it only was as devestating because the Mongols had tied all their ships together, so the Japanese couldn't pick the ships off one by one.
@@aquila4460 True enough
It kinda makes sense, from the perspective that Japan views nature and weather were powerful divine forces, and seeing an enemy getting obliterated TWICE to the same phenomenon would strengthen their belief in those forces
"Monkey fun" is an overly literal translation of "sarugaku", which is a kind of travelling variety show. Think of it as the Japanese equivalent of a circus or those old west medicine shows, and you're not too far off the mark.
and here I thought it was about inviting monkeys on your property and perpetrating some shenanigans
For the bad weather thing: it wasn't just bad weather. It was typhoons (hurricanes). Even in WW2, the US had issues with typhoons when scaling up to invade Japan and they had much sturdier ships.
Yeah, and asking "did they not prepare for it" is like asking "do Floridians not prepare for hurricane season?" Like, OF COURSE they prepared, but some things just come down to luck of the draw.
I believe those typhoons are where the word kamikaze comes from, it's the Japanese for "heavenly wind". The Japanese saw the destruction of the Mongol fleets as a divine intervention to protect Japan. I assume that the use of this term to refer to suicide attacks in World War 2 started as an invocation of this same idea of protecting Japan.
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Fun fact: on the right is a bronze mirror, and on the left a bronze bell. They are the respective inspirations for the Pokémon Bronzor and its evolution Bronzong.
The puppets had no one controlling them since the last war when the Shogun's brother and son wiped each other out, and the country had balkanized. The Emperor, having no real power, could do nothing. Until someone came along to grab hold of his strings.
I wouldn't call that a "puppet" government, but I assume it's one of those "history jokes" that's just cannon.
@@yeshevishmanthey are puppets without a puppet master
Yes, Japan's emperors are believed to be direct descendants from Amaterasu, therefore the lineage hasn't been broken in over 2000 years.
In 3:45 it is hiragana. There was a "kana" written but that means "katakana" and "hiragana" combined. They are the non-chinese characters
Technically, the kana are also derived from Chinese characters, just like the kanji are. They just deviated significantly more, with many kanji still being exactly the same as their Chinese origin.
IIRC the kana are different ways of writing the original character in cursive.
(And Japanese cursive is mega cursed)
漢字をただ直輸入したのではなく、日本古来の言語である大和言葉とすり合わせる形での導入が図られました。
中国由来の発声に基づいた音読み、大和言葉由来の訓読みが同時に用いられているため、中国と違って日本では一つの漢字に複数の読み方が存在しています。
I recently went on a deep dive of the native Ainu peoples of Japan in the North. It's fascinating, they have so many simularities to other native peoples around the globe, specifically some native Americans. Yet their language is completely unique, not from any other lanuage groups. Their history genetically tells of their migration to Japan, North Asia and the Katchumack Penisula! You could just imagine a group of people who split off from others possibly on their way to North America through Beringia. Not sure if the time periods coensided, I'm still educating myself but it's just fascinating.
The tornadoes were named God-winds which in Japanese is Kami-Kaze
"Divine Wind"
@@nemotoad9315 God winds is a more literal translation actually
So, small corrections on what you said.
1. Intel was retrieved about the attack; however, a date wasn't fully known. They sent a telegraph, but it arrived when staff was mostly gone.
2. Most of our ships were at Pearl Harbor(PH), but our aircraft carriers were not. Became they were the highlight during the war. People inflate that means nothing important was at PH.
3. Lusitania wasn't a cause for us to join, it was a reason to not side with Germany. A better example would have been the Maine in Cuba.
Honestly the first time i hear this take.
The entire pacific battelship fleet was there (plus a ton of smaller ships + port facillities) thats in no way shape or form "nothing important"
ima just slowly inch by this part of the video cause ima trust the guy thats paying the youtuber over a rando
@milleniumsword1558 rereading my post, I can see where there was confusion. I was trying to say that because people see that the fact that the aircraft carriers were not at PH, and everyone knows how important they were in the war, people wrongfully say "nothing important" was at PH. It's mostly just conspiracy theorists, but as this video showed, some people confuse that info.
@@avivirpanda no i was agreeing with you lol :) i meant i havent heard the Take that there was nothing important at PH Arier said in the video not your comment.
@@milleniumsword1558 The aircraft carrier mafia are big on the narrative of "battleships are worthless".
They were "wide" because back in those times being "heavy" was a symbol of status and wealth showing you could live comfortably enough to get "heavy"
Fun fact! Bronze Age Japan was absolutely obsessed with bells and mirrors; there's even a legend about one of their deities, Amaterasu (the sun kami), hiding out in a cave until she was lured back out with a mirror, likely originating in the Japanese bronze age.
"Implied moral control" has to be one of the most Japanese statements I've ever heard.
You're 100% on implied vs specific
13:50 to keep it brief, Imperial Japan is much closer to 1940s Germany than people like to admit. Just swap what groups they were targeting.
Modern day USA is much closer to 1940's Germany than people would like to admit.
@@Hurricayne92 lmfao no it isnt, more like imperial Britain if anything but comparing it to Nazi Germany is insane
9:50 if it's a question of it being either him being regarded as the son of God, or if there's some some realpolitik happening, the answer is "yes"
Thank the Portuguese. Their contributions led to the invention of tempura.
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@@AirierDon't forget the crystal candies, aka "Konpeito"
If you want to watch another channel that makes entertaining pop history, I'd suggest Oversimplified. It's not as condensed as Bill Wurtz, but they are named that for a reason.
If it hasn't already been said "The history of Japan" came out about a year or two before "the history of the entire world, i guess" So you're watching things in reverse order. Also if you're not familiar with the 1800s entry of the US in Japan...you should watch The Last Samurai.
There's no one like Bill Wurtz, but maybe you should check out both Extra History and Oversimplified. They also talk about history in a humorous style.
hmmm, culture wise you could have heard the name of old japanese clans in any anime/manga that had a little bit of historical accuracy.
As for video game, oldest one with present them all clearly would be "Total War: Shogun 1 & 2". I havent played Seikiro or Ghost of Tsushima but they must refer to them every once in a while.
19:15 we sold a TON of oil to Japan
3:55 That's hiragana. Katakana is more for foreign words and names, like if they spell hanba-ga for hamburger.
I don't know if you've heard of them, but the channel Extra Credits has a show called Extra History that I'd think you'd enjoy. For your Japanese history needs, they've got series' on the Sengoku Jidal to the end of the Samurai, all the way up to the rise of Japanese militarism in the lead up to WW2, which I'd think you'd particularly like. As far as economic topics go, they've also got you covered there (Albeit not with Japan specifically), having series' on the importance of natural resources in WW2, the South Sea Bubble, Trustbusting in the early 20th century, and even the history of paper money, which I think you'd really get a kick out of.
Fax machines still have their place. Mostly for contract work and signed documents. But if you are not a lawyer you likely don't need one.
The silence after the bomb drop was a respectful moment of silence in an otherwise fast paced video that had no brakes in its infodumping. Its existence in this video is also probably a part of the reason why the world history video didn’t slow down upon the mention of the atom bombs dropped.
The ONE, SINGULAR thing about fax machines that is good in a business sense: you get instant feedback on if your message arrived at the destination or not. With emails you don't know if/when the message will be read, but with a fax you can know for certain it at least arrived.
Does that make it worth using? In extremely niche and specific cases, maybe.
Funny thing though - for certain soft like Outlook - it's possible to set a requirement for reading the mail to send automatic response that the mail is read. :)
Meaning - those who will read that mail - will have to automatically send response that they've read it.
My grandfather, who was a WWII navy vet, told me that FDR's "mix up" was basically an open secret in the navy... pretty much everyone cursed him for getting them into the war.
Japan: We did a little funny in WW2
Spooky: Like this funny number 731
Japan: Hey! Who told you about tha....I mean I don't know what you're talking about... hahaha
22:00 on this topic I really think Airer would enjoy video on "Bat bombs" by fat electrician
1:20
Oh look, it is the Pokémon Bronzor, and Bronzong
If you want to learn more about the end of the Sengoku Jidai, I can recommend Extra History's video on it (trust me, it's REALLY good, one of my fave videos of theirs).
HELLO i started watching your channel recently and i love these reactions! have you considered reacting to other video essays? I personally think you might be interested in Jacob Geller's videos, good ones I'd say are extremely good would be "Who is afraid of modern art" / "How can we bear to throw anything away" / "The best Simpsons Intro is about losing everything you love" / "Pinocchio is a story about art and god" / "Control,Anatomy and the legacy of the haunted house"
I'm not against it, unfortunately, I usually watch them before getting a chance to react to video essays.
5:20 That's were name kamikaze comes from (godly wind)
As to the cultural impact on the firebombing, the scene in Love Hina where the elderly folk cower in fear in response of the shadow of play flying over head was reference to impact of the firebombing. Also the cultural symbols of the mooing of cows is a harbinger of doom as the early morning bombing runs the cows would hear the engines of the bombers before people could and would mass mooing, just before bomb run.
One if the summons character in I go reincarnated as a slimbe was a child who was summon from in middle of one of the firebombing
You should watch Scp Exploring series to know more about SCP.
If you like SCP , TheVolgun , Exploring series are very good channels to watcg
If you want to know about the Sengoku Jidai period, Extra History did a 6 parter on it
With a follow up story of Korea and Admiral that Japanese fear, Yi Sun-sin. He also had insane skill to avoid losing ships under his leadership.
停戦協定が結ばれた後に撤退する日本の船団を襲撃して、返り討ちに会って命を落とした提督の話ですか？
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I doubt he is same person from reading what history stories i read.
Admiral Yi died during last battle of war at Noryang River, by stray bullet (?) against 500 Japanese ships. Yi and others had been sieging last remaining Japanese stronghold and those 500 ships were sent to assist that last hold Japanese controlled.
He likely did attack convoy that was sent to free remaining troops, however i have read war ended on same day as Yi died (December 16, 1598) and officially war was considered over after last remaining Japanese troops had reach Japan (December 21, 1598).
歴史小説を証拠として持ってくるのは、あまりお勧めできません。
先日もトーマス・ロックリーこと鳥取トム氏による、自作自演のWiki改竄が発覚したばかりですし。
If you want a short video to tack onto something, Bill also did an information video titled "Wild Frolicking Adventures of Informational Education"
Bill Wurtz is making another video like this, but he said that it's "extremely extremely huge," and that with him making his other content it will take "an extremely long time." He said this December of 2018, so that goes to show how much work he's putting into it
O.O
Woah. Now this is something I need to watch out for when (if) it finally comes out.
Not to squander your hopes completely but based on the month and year you got this quote from, one could assume the project he was working on got stopped short and instead all we got was a 1m27s video with a few random facts about Greenland and Mexico and stuff, which he titled "Wild Frolicking Adventures of Informational Education" - Feb 2019. There is still a chance of something bigger I hope but I also can't find through searching where you got this quote from so idk if there'd be any follow-up.
"Puppets with no one controlling them" is referring to the fact that the emperor was little more than a figurehead, while the real power was held by the shogunate, which was in the midst of a succession crisis.
Hell yeah, I was waiting for this one since it showed up on my feed as a members only video. Though keep in mind this is a VERY abbreviated history
Bronze age metallurgy detail nearly gives me a panic attack because I couldn't make something that perfect with software and a 3D printer. Humans were incredible.
About chinese dynasties there is 4-part series made by Accented Cinema. Worth checking.
My (most likely poor) attempt at explaining why WW1 started in a single sentence:
Prelude and start of WW1 is basicly a 'powder keg' of varios alliances and interests that is Europe at the time, that was set of prematurly by assasination of Frendinardt.
The two storms that saved Japan from Mongolian invasion is where kami kaze (divine wind) came from
Japanese has three different writing systems. Kanji is the complex one that they stole from China. Hiragana and Katakana (together, the Kana) are both simplifications of a few characters from Kanji that represent specific sounds rather than specific words.
So: "私" is the Kanji for "I" or "me", but it can be pronounced "watashi", "atashi", "asshi", etc. "あ" and "ア" are the hiragana and katakana (respectively) for "a", and have no meaning beyond just being a letter.
I honestly think you would enjoy Moon Channel's video on JRPGs which also gets into Japanese imperialism and capitalism
If you are interested about the Sengoku Jidai period, i would recommend the videos on the Sengoku Jidai by the Extra History channel.
Japan just enacted an order to the national public services that 1.44 MB floppy disks are no longer to be used for official administration purposes.
Actually that was Hiragana, Katakana is for borrowed words and came much later
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Pretty sure you'd enjoy the Oversimplified channel. You may also enjoy Sam O'Nella, although, with that one, don't go in expecting only the truth; he has a much more satirical way of presenting information that is very entertaining but sometimes less informative than it could be. Personally I would enjoy reactions to both as well, but who knows if I match the rest of your audience lol
Would you be interested in watching some fighting game lore? I recommend the insane lore of Tekken and Street Fighter. They're fun and gives lots of good info.
Nice condensed version of the long history of Japan, also, 23:09 Look, that’s the year I graduated from high school. When he mentioned the time when they closed off the country, I was thinking of Inazuma lol
Here's the thing about all the Pearl Harbour conspiracy theories in the vicinity of 20:30 and on: There was intel Japan would attack Pearl Harbour, yes. But also California, Alaska, and our neighbors in Mexico. We had no idea WHICH was real, and which was misinformation. The most vulnerable to attack was California, so that was what we actually reacted to. The fact that most of the navy was outside of the docks was pure luck.
Should really look into the bronze age.
It's fascinating.
Might I recomend a history channel called The Fat Electrician
If you enjoy history, you need to react to all of oversimplified videos, and also a good series by extra history about admiral Yi Sun-Shin
I thank Ghost of Tsushima for getting me interested in the time period and the tornado shiii was hilarious to hear
Please react to “the fat electrician” specifically his video on “the infamous eager beavers and their custom b-17 bomber - old 666” it’s my favorite video on the internet and really good military history
germany attempted to invade russia and died to winter weather too lmao
Well...my dad is a history nut...and that rubbed off on me....and from age 10 to 25 I was pretty heavily obsessed with all things Japan....and am a research gremlin who devours text on all topics I find even remotely interesting.... I *COULD* explain a lot of the things in this video in more detail....but you don't want me to do that. You don't want to read the thesis length and detail heavy essay I would post to your comments. You have no idea how much self-control it is taking for me to not go into it. I *like* Japanese history. It's *interesting*. I will say this, though. The reason the person of the emperor was sacrosanct mostly dates back to the ancestor cult of the Yamato kingdom's ruling family which went on to become the imperial lineage of Japan, the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki both adapt the stories of how the Yamato kingdom's rulers were descended from Amaterasu specifically and reconfigure it into her sending her grandson down to bring order to the whole of Japan a.k.a. the world as opposed to one fairly isolated rice kingdom, and - with Shinto being dominant over how people lived their lives and handled their dead while Buddhism mostly was dominant over perceptions of the afterlife and how to get into a good one - that made the person of the emperor an important symbol even if the idea that the emperor had to be seen as being in charge or who even was emperor was deemed less important. Basically, for most of Japanese history the emperor has been a symbol more than an actual ruler even during and after the Meiji Restoration.
The funniest period is that era where not only the Emperor is a powerless puppet but the Shogun is also a powerless puppet with Shogun's Regents (Shikken) having the power.
You should react to some stuff from Oversimplified, i really enjoy your reactions to videos about history.
Fun fact: when he made this video, it became so popular that tons of people wanted him to make videos like this for other countries, and he was like, FINE! I will make the history of the entire world!
19:35
So technically yes America did set itself up for a reason to join
Japan basically made it really obvious in the months leading up to November-December 1941 that shit qas going down
I mean it was mostly due to Japan invading French Indochina
And Japan sent an Ultimatum with a whole list of amendments and demands , and the final one (aka hey we are declaring war if this isnt met by X date , iirc it was Dec 5 or 6 ) was intentionally delayed by Japan to arrive separately and give a very short notice ( 1 or 2 days iirc)
Needless to say....we all know what happened next
5:40 how are you supose to prepare for a tornado, we can barely see the chance of them apearing whit current technology and knoledge
There's actually a few house designs which reduces the pressure difference between the storm and the house, leading to less internal damage from the wind (not so much what's in the wind).
Unfortunately they were odd looking in the extreme when the came more than 50 years ago.
@@Airier interesting, but in the context presentes on the video in which they were invading Japan, there is most likely just nothing they could have done to prepare for a couple tornados
Well… Korea was actually under the Chinese Sphere of Influence before the First Sino-Japanese War. And I see why the Second Sino-Japanese War happened… The Meji Constitution… What I mean is that if you have both the Military Staff and Prime Ministry trying to maintain control of each other, there may be problems down the line. It was a great reform for the time, but by the time of the Second Sino-Japanese War, we can tell - thanks to Extra History - that Japan had little, if any, control over its military.
Still think you gotta watch hauntlich d&d video,milkyymelodys fully animated Emma I'd fall again video,also joyride chainsaw musical because of the humour
Like I said with the history of the world Bill Wurtz is a guy to vibe to. Not a super detailed load of info.
Oversimplified goes a bit more in depth. It’d also be fun to watch you see it!
Also, watch Epic the musical.
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Funny you mentioned that. 😁
@@Airier Yay? ',:3
For some reason when i try to open your channel in new tab it doesn't exist because youtube don't put @ in the link. Happens only on this channel (probably something with new nickname system)
Yup. Update to the nickname system. Kind of annoying, but not much anyone can really do about it. 😑
Yes! I was begging for this!
Could you react to more history stuff like oversimplified?
Irrc the US wanted an excuse to join the war because japan was threatening trade in the pacific
You should react to running ww2 with bad translations by starv harv
2:06 日本はアニミズムと祖先崇拝に基づく宗教観を持っていました。仏教導入にあたって、旧来の神々は仏や菩薩が姿を変えて日本を訪れていたのだ、というロジックを用いて豪族たちに仏教の導入を受け入れさせました。
3:07 中国文明は伝統的に、周囲の異民族を獣並みの野蛮人扱いするような名前で呼んでいました。一方、日本側が名乗った「日出処の国の天子」は、下手をすると宣戦布告並みの物言いでした。
中国の見方では天子=皇帝は世界に唯一の存在であるため、臣従を求める日本側が名乗っていいものではありません。
また自身が日の出の国で、中国が日没の国と表現したのもいけません。これは自分達には未来があるが、貴方たちには無いと言っているのに等しい。どのような事情が有ったかは定かには分かりませんが、よく攻め込まれなかったものです。
3:36 空海が修めたのは真言宗で、たぶんに神秘思想寄りの密教に属する教えです。中国にわたって禅宗を学び、後に曹洞宗を開かれたのは道元禅師です。
5:17 トルネードではなく、台風か普通の低気圧による悪天候でしょうね。モンゴル帝国は高麗に船を作らせましたが、彼等は外洋航行に対する経験が少ない事、日本側の夜襲を嫌って夜間は船に退去していたことなどが重なり、大きな損害を出したようです。
6:12 猿楽は古い様式の演芸で、ここからシリアスな演目の能と、コメディーな寸劇の狂言が派生しました。
12:20 薩摩と長州はイギリスから、幕府はフランスから武器を購入していました。
19:32 ワシントンの日本大使館での宣戦布告文書の翻訳作業が遅れたため、真珠湾攻撃が結果的に奇襲になってしまった、という話があります。
21:50 原爆投下以前にも、工業地帯を抱える主要都市が絨毯爆撃の標的にされています。海沿いでは艦砲射撃も行われました。
When henya watch this it was full of oh no... oh no at this part
Can’t wait for the reacting to Bill Wurtz’s music
Unfortunately that's not likely. I really don't know enough about music to do more than to grunt and say "sounds good" at the end. 😅
@@AirierBill Wurtz also has some humorous animated “skits” (I don’t have a better word for them) if that’s more your speed, that’s what his four most recent videos are. It’s his usual random humor in a different format.
23:50 So you have a vendetta against germany ey? /sadly not s
It would be worth watching the Japanese History Teacher reaction to this, because it does show how inaccurate the video is
Can u react to jelloapocalypse dogs in love now that the series is complete pls
Try out oversimplified
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and so it is
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I’m not a big fan of how Lil Old Billy Wurts equates the actions of American soldiers in occupied Japan to the Nanking Atrocity with the same whimsical tone given the massive difference and the fact the USA was not in anyway equivalent to NSDAP Germany and Russia unlike Japan who are very much equative if not worse.
Hmmmm