M*RDER, CRIME & PRISONS in Edo Period Japan
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- The flourishing of art & culture, economic prosperity, isolation from the rest of the world, an incredibly strict social order… and above all, peace. That is what we usually think about when we hear the term “Edo Period”!
Under the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate from 1603 until 1868, Japan was allowed to rebuild and heal after centuries of near-constant unrest, war and infighting, and not only that, but in many ways, the Edo period was when Japan was able to truly develop its unique cultural identity that we all know and love today.
Surely, the Edo period offered a welcome respite from the relentless conflict that preceded it. But while it's pretty common to romanticize this era in Japanese history, it’s also important to remember that peace and stability alone doesn't guarantee a utopia. Because beneath the surface of this seemingly idyllic society lurked a DIFFERENT reality: Crime was actually a persistent fact of life in Edo period Japan, and a rigid social hierarchy, economic disparities, and the presence of a large population of unemployed and frustrated ex-Samurai created a fertile breeding ground for criminal activity of all kinds: From petty theft to more serious crimes like illegal gambling, arson and murder, the Edo period actually saw its fair share of lawlessness!
So, in this video, I would like to take a look at a different, rarely-talked about side of the Edo period, far away from Kabuki shows and Ukiyo-e woodblock printing, where crime, violence and everything in between were a part of everyday life. What types of crime infested this seemingly peaceful period in Japanese history, who committed these crimes, who exactly was it that DEALT with those who broke the law, and what kind of brutal punishment was enforced upon criminals in the Edo period? Today we'll tackle all of these questions… which might or might not include uncovering some pretty unsettling details in the process!
#japan #history #crime
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
02:37 - Edo Police Force
06:55 - Samurai M*rders
09:45 - Tsujigiri
12:22 - Non-Samurai M*rders
13:38 - Punishment
14:37 - The Three Execution Grounds
21:24 - End of the Edo Period
23:33 - Outro - Розваги
It's a crime that youtube dosen't push your channel more. Every video is great, keep making amazing content!
Samurai Champloo has come to my mind.
Almost time for my annual summer rewatch of Champloo, thanks for the reminder man haha
@@anikihistory No problem 👍
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Still my favorite anime
Bro, you keep dropping bombs... keep up the hard work. Your channel is truly underrated and due to boom
I found a topic that might be interesting for your channel, The Namamugi Incident. Charles Lennox Richardson, a British merchant was murdered in 1862 by Shimazu Samurai. This led to the bombardment of Kagoshima in 1863.
One of your best videos, possibly the best. Amazing watch! Keep going!
A shinsengumi topic might also be good!
Shinsengumi has been on my list for a while!
And thanks for the compliment, really appreciate you watching and supporting my work 🙏🏼😬
I can imagine living on Bone Street and having your local ghosts say hi as they hold their heads in their hands.
Hey man, I really love your channel. I have watched i think every video. would you please make a video discussing the Chinese Triads in Japan?
Funny you should ask, I actually planned to some day cover the Triads from the beginning and I think i'll read into that topic very very soon. Stay tuned!
Videos like this
are why I Originally subscribed 👍
Beautiful graphics and film clips. Thanks.
Thank you for the great video!
my interest in japanese culture was reinvigorated a few months ago when i started playing the yakuza video games (silly i know). since then ive watched dozens of your videos, all awesome! im also trying to study japanese and hope to visit sometime! as an american its such an interesting culture and history unlike most of what you typically learn here. ill keep being an avid fan of yours, thank you for the wonderful history and cultural content!
Another great video, thank you for your hard work :)
Thanks for the great videos, especially enjoyed the Yakuza history in Hawaii, growing up in Hawaii in a predominantly Japanese and Okinawan neighborhood I never realized how much of the culture was an everyday part of life for me, your channel is unique on covering interesting and non-romanticized parts of Japanese culture, Keep up the great work!(I had to keep myself from doing a cringe Ganbatte, but there you go, lol)
What's with the censoring? Is the word "murder" now too intense for youtube?
Has been. Gotta love the left for deciding that liberty is not as noble a goal as dismantling social institutions like the Bill of Rights (or pick your nonAmerican equivalent)
Makes video show up on people’s time lines way less
It would be interesting if you spoke of sports and competitions prior to, and during the Edo period. :^)
You should really look into the 4 Hitokiri of the Bakumatsu.
Their stories contain politics, crime and samurais.
(Plus they deliver important context to understand other groups from that time, like the Shinsengumi!)
Thanks for the video. Very informative with details as always.
As for a next one maybe ... well, many know about the Dutch "excusive trade zone at "Dejima. But during the Sakoku period, Japan also kept some ties to China, from which it got more information what was going on in the rest of the world. But I do not know any more than just that. Do You maybe know more about it?
Thanks for watching! 🙏🏼
So far, I've only briefly mentioned Dejima in my video about the history of Japanese photography. I haven't looked into the topic too much yet but I'd like to think it would make for a very interesting video at some point. I'll definitely keep it in mind!
Wow, vert interesting. Never heard of a lot of this
Are there any famous criminals in old japan? Like, there is robin hood in England. Is there anyone like that hiding out in the mountains over there?
It's funny how wealth could affect one's stay in prison (to a degree) yet, at the same time, the person's entire family and house would be banished and shunned for life.
Please don't use AI-generated images like the first one (one can tell by the double toori). These videos are great.
Yeah, I agree. I love the informative videos but AI art sticks out like a sore thumb and I think really diminishes the impact of all the time and research that went into make the entire video.
Use more AI art
Not the “please don’t” lol so sad that you think you can speak to a creator like that. How about you make your own channel instead of criticizing
Someone needs tougher skin lmfao@@millriverfarm
No, I want more AI art
The samurai actually came into existence because the imperial court ‘privatised’ law enforcement. It was originally illegal for more than 20 armed men to gather together in public. The only exception is if it was done on imperial orders. The emperor initially had standing forces and all clans were required to put conscripted men on the imperial list to be called up in times of war - which included hunting bandits, which was a major problem. But that standing army system was expensive so the emperors basically privatised it; giving commissions to warriors from different clans as required. Eventually that system morphed into the samurai system - where ordinary clan members were rewarded and could become promoted for their military capabilities, regardless of their position with their clan. Prior to the edo period if someone was to be arrested or bandits were a problem, the imperial interior ministry would direct chosen samurai to do the job, and they would. If someone important from a clan was wanted for a crime, important samurai from another clan would be sent to deal with the alleged criminal. But the system was never vigilantism - these things were always done under imperial orders, even before the edo period. The problem with the system of using samurai as police was that it created a large number of warriors and eventually two problems arose; they began to fight each other in what amounted to small battles - which was illegal - and their strength meant that stronger groups of samurai were required to deal with those criminal acts, eventually leading to clans with enough samurai warriors to defy the central authority. That culminated in the senguko period.
I would like to hear about what impact the Shogunate had on trading in Japan, Export/Import
Great content 🙏✌️🤘🇦🇺🇯🇵
Were there Ashigaru after the Sengoku era? Being lowly footsoldiers and mercenaries, they made up the majority of armies during the warring states time, but I've only hear about what happened to the Samurai after the unification. Did daimyo retain them, in a smaller scale? Or did they all end up going back to the peasantry or end up as bandits?
Probably both - I'd imagine they went back to farming and town life year round instead of only when off campaign season.
Which samurai house were you a member of Aniki?
I dont need to watch this, ive read Samurai Executioner, Lone Wolf and Cub and other Kazuo Koike manga.
Jokes aside, love the channel Aniki. Osu.
"Edo,.. Edo I know it was YOU!"
-Akito Kurasawa's "GodtFaddah". It was.
Allow me some number crunching here: Three prisons which, over about roughly 150 years, have executed about 150000 people. Each. That's 3000 executions per year. The population of Edo was (at the start) about 1 million, so let's say 3 million on average. That is one inhabitant executed per one thousand capita (pun intended). Saudi Arabia, where they execute people with gay abandon, has executed about 150 people in 2022 with a population of 30 million. So Tokugawa Edo had 20 times the number of executions per year of Saudi Arabia while having only one tenth of the population.
I would really be interested in a Japanese view of.unit 731.
Btw, you did my boy Tatsuya Nakadai dirty, using him as a visual reference for Shingoro, just kidding of course but come on,lol
As wonderful as Japan is and rich in culture over a long period of time, the more I learn the more sketchy Japan becomes even today there is so much of Japan the world does not know or understand and Japan hides from the world.
Sushi comes from Japan
It is kinda autistic of youtube to censor certain words and content
But they dont do anything with their pornographic ads
Hell yeaaaaa
Thank you for reminding all the brutality that exists here,peaceful as it may seem on the outside. Everywhere on earth still struggling. However Japan is not peaceful due to police effort, it's done with uncompromising assimilation. The pressure from everyone to follow and obey social norms towards each other results in the highest suicide rate for grown adults ( teen bullying another tale ) anywhere in the world.
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Ed, Edd and Edo- Period.
You are right; we all know and love the culture of Japan today, except for the problem with right-wing WWII apologists and a few other significant issues. I am sorry to mention them, and I don’t want to offend anyone, but I feel I must reluctantly say it for completeness.
23:07 What? No credit goes to the Yakuza? They're the defenders of the people after all! 🤣
Maybe is a little (very) out of your usual themes but one thing that no one talks anymore about Japan is the laws for animal. Like, they still to illegal whale hunting, and it seens that both the government and people don't care. Also that festival of the dolphin killing. Like, you watch all those Ghibli movies and all like they are super nature friends and they do all this crap. Is very hipocrite. But since all japonese focused youtubers don't touch this kind of theme anymore I just tought to ask some of my favorites like you.
With all the whining and crying about a video game, I think we need a video on the black samurai.
I never cooked at home back then. I always Edo'd out.
Edo period seems like what would happen to Wakanda in real life. It’s not sunshine and rainbows.
Why do you figure that?
@@zachariahsmith9130- Good question.
Racism..
Zatoichi!
yoo
You sound irish
No, it's the German accent. He is from Austria.
AI """art""" in the first second of the video, disliked and left.
Wow! Thank you for sharing! You are sooooo enlightened 😂