Kagema: Kabuki Actor-Pr*stitutes and Spicy Adult Stars in Edo Japan

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  • @Linfamy
    @Linfamy  3 роки тому +420

    Never look at kabuki theatre the same way again.
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  • @mattisvov
    @mattisvov 3 роки тому +4299

    "You guys are simping too hard for actresses! From now on, you can only have dudes acting."
    "Jokes on you I'm into that shit."

    • @NC-ij9rb
      @NC-ij9rb 3 роки тому +50

      Lolz 😂 😂😂😂

    • @brianaguila6925
      @brianaguila6925 3 роки тому +115

      Those so-called fujoshi will be giving their money on that thing in no time...

    • @zylffinn9455
      @zylffinn9455 3 роки тому +79

      @@brianaguila6925 a fudanshi would die for that...

    • @jayaniee
      @jayaniee 3 роки тому +31

      @@zylffinn9455 How about both

    • @zylffinn9455
      @zylffinn9455 3 роки тому +35

      @@jayaniee fujodanshi. That's better

  • @giantred
    @giantred 3 роки тому +3216

    Congratulations Edo Japan, you gave birth to oddly specific fetish culture.

    • @MrRemicas
      @MrRemicas 3 роки тому +169

      Again.

    • @Mikeztarp
      @Mikeztarp 3 роки тому +300

      You could remove "Edo" from that sentence, and it would still be true.

    • @MissPoplarLeaf
      @MissPoplarLeaf 3 роки тому +181

      The more restrictions there are on sexual desire, the more fetishes get created

    • @bmona7550
      @bmona7550 3 роки тому +38

      @@MissPoplarLeaf This just like when the US banned alcohol in the ye olden days

    • @OverlordDenooh
      @OverlordDenooh 3 роки тому +17

      @@bmona7550 yep and that didn't last long

  • @rosicalina
    @rosicalina 3 роки тому +4101

    Sooo you're telling me that kabuki fans are basically history's version of fandoms now a days?

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +544

      pretty much

    • @shanedoesyoutube8001
      @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 роки тому +105

      Either that or way before in the Asian chronological equivalent of early yayoi or the Chinese warring states, and I'm talking ancient/classical Greece (I think long before Alexander the Great did the Iskandar King of Conquerors thing)

    • @Delaney-and-the-Starlight
      @Delaney-and-the-Starlight 3 роки тому +185

      History is doomed to repeat it’s failures and its fandoms.

    • @rosicalina
      @rosicalina 3 роки тому +38

      @@Delaney-and-the-Starlight Ohhh boy,that'll be eventful for us 😬

    • @rosicalina
      @rosicalina 3 роки тому +28

      @@Linfamy And your telling me the simps are fangirls and fanboys? bruh-

  • @CoolHistoryBros
    @CoolHistoryBros 3 роки тому +1637

    "A male is fine too". ~ Edo period guy

  • @pigcatapult
    @pigcatapult 3 роки тому +1026

    I had no idea Japan's simping problem was so traditional

    • @KatherineUribe-1
      @KatherineUribe-1 3 роки тому +48

      Pass on the knowledge.

    • @realdezb_fletch1785
      @realdezb_fletch1785 2 роки тому +40

      "The more things change, the more they stay the same"
      -idk who😅🙃

    • @ksckuai
      @ksckuai 2 роки тому +2

      @@realdezb_fletch1785 Vernon?

    • @mightyobserver12
      @mightyobserver12 2 роки тому +1

      Hahaha

    • @MxrmGxrl4
      @MxrmGxrl4 Рік тому

      @@realdezb_fletch1785 “Put your records on” by Corinne Bailey Rae 😂👌🏾

  • @lizmindset
    @lizmindset 3 роки тому +556

    I literally told my mom that i am studying History....

    • @meetaverma8372
      @meetaverma8372 3 роки тому +52

      Because you were

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +93

      You are :p

    • @ivanj.conway9919
      @ivanj.conway9919 3 роки тому +18

      @@meetaverma8372 : kind of.

    • @oh.hey.2045
      @oh.hey.2045 3 роки тому +15

      Your not wrong...

    • @majlordag1889
      @majlordag1889 3 роки тому +19

      This is actually really interesting history 😊 and it explains a lot of anime tropes

  • @meatballbi4330
    @meatballbi4330 3 роки тому +1782

    "But they ignored it the way a man would ignore his girlfriend cheating because it'd be too much trouble to confront her and at the end of the day he just wants to go home to his wife and kids." If you notice what's wrong good job.

    • @thevillainousqueenofhearts4976
      @thevillainousqueenofhearts4976 3 роки тому +191

      He's cheating too! 😂😂😂😂

    • @H2B_01
      @H2B_01 3 роки тому +29

      @@thevillainousqueenofhearts4976 wow really? How amazing that you noticed the underlying message of that SUPER subtle comment!

    • @thevillainousqueenofhearts4976
      @thevillainousqueenofhearts4976 3 роки тому +112

      @@H2B_01 you know I’m somewhat of a Sherlock Holmes myself

    • @ellana2908
      @ellana2908 3 роки тому +32

      I directly went to the comments to see if someone else noticed 😂

    • @Ass_of_Amalek
      @Ass_of_Amalek 3 роки тому +1

      that he has kids.

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment 3 роки тому +944

    Ah, a fandom war between simps. Nothing changed

  • @MissPoplarLeaf
    @MissPoplarLeaf 3 роки тому +642

    The part about sex with youths being seen as more "pure" than sex with women, reminds me of the ancient Greek eromenos practice. Sounds like the mindset is similar

    • @tomemeornottomeme1864
      @tomemeornottomeme1864 3 роки тому +149

      Regardless of culture or era, it seems that everyone wants a femboy.

    • @Honest-King
      @Honest-King 3 роки тому +5

      @@tomemeornottomeme1864
      "Ranmaru mori"

    • @GeorgeMonet
      @GeorgeMonet 2 роки тому +3

      Because the butthole is cleaner than the v hole since dirty period blood comes out of that one.

    • @Luboman411
      @Luboman411 2 роки тому +50

      I think sex with youths was considered more "pure" because of what GeorgeMonet said above--a deep fear and disgust of menstrual blood. Also boys don't get pregnant. So it's sexy times exclusively, except for the butt pain and the STDs.

    • @mightyobserver12
      @mightyobserver12 2 роки тому +23

      @@GeorgeMonet lol how about the dirt poop and hpv. LoL

  • @vinny9868
    @vinny9868 3 роки тому +3091

    I will never tire of Japanese Edo Period male on male action.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +208

      What about male on female? ;)

    • @shanedoesyoutube8001
      @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 роки тому +356

      @@Linfamy nahhhh, too hetero, too typical, boring
      (Not like I am that gay IRL)

    • @ivanj.conway9919
      @ivanj.conway9919 3 роки тому +71

      @@shanedoesyoutube8001 : AMEN!!!! to the first part.

    • @laura.s.m
      @laura.s.m 3 роки тому +268

      @@Linfamy Male on Male, male on female, female on female... Foxes on humans. Curious about it all... 😬

    • @LuinTathren
      @LuinTathren 3 роки тому +108

      @@laura.s.m Yes! Diversity is important!

  • @celestelopez3991
    @celestelopez3991 3 роки тому +952

    This has to be my favourite Japanese vintage sekks channel

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +121

      Me too

    • @ivanj.conway9919
      @ivanj.conway9919 3 роки тому +61

      THEY'RE MORE??!!

    • @claraajayi2658
      @claraajayi2658 3 роки тому +4

      @@ivanj.conway9919 they are more

    • @ivanj.conway9919
      @ivanj.conway9919 3 роки тому +2

      @@claraajayi2658 : Really Darling? How interesting.
      What floors me is that Japanese culture went from this to what we have today. As different as night and day. On the surface, anyway.
      Be Well and Safe. My Best. Out.

  • @Maatkara1000
    @Maatkara1000 3 роки тому +281

    Fun fact: the fan clubs going together to the kabuki plays would also shout the actor's stage name during important or difficult parts of the play, and this name shouting is still very much alive under the practise of kakegoe. Some actors would (amd still do) pay some people to shout their names during the most prominent scenes

    • @letshuman8985
      @letshuman8985 Рік тому +6

      Is this when the audience yells such things like 待っていました?

    • @jfverboom7973
      @jfverboom7973 3 місяці тому

      European opera had a similar practice : the claque.
      A group of people in the public paid to loudly show their apprecation of a singer.

  • @jaime_lynn
    @jaime_lynn 3 роки тому +457

    Alternate title: The Edo-period Simp Wars
    PS: Cultured mama over here says hi. ☺️

    • @silencia08
      @silencia08 3 роки тому +17

      Happy Mother's Day, Cultured Mama.

    • @jaime_lynn
      @jaime_lynn 3 роки тому +7

      @@silencia08 Thank you! 💜

    • @shanedoesyoutube8001
      @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 роки тому

      Oh come the fuk on, first the Jokyu war (thx ex emperor gotoba) and then this shit
      WTF!!!

    • @jaime_lynn
      @jaime_lynn 3 роки тому +2

      @@holypudin2301 Aw! You’re such a sweetheart! Thank you! 💜

  • @johnschmidt1262
    @johnschmidt1262 3 роки тому +339

    Is anyone else really interested in the plot of these early Kabuki plays? Seriously no joke.

    • @v-mouse
      @v-mouse 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah...

    • @johnnie543
      @johnnie543 3 роки тому +13

      @Maia They had to do the fact/fiction mix bc the shogunate forbade historically accurate events onstage. Playwrights often circumvented this by changing the characters' names and time setting

    • @velstadtvonausterlitz2338
      @velstadtvonausterlitz2338 2 роки тому

      No, wtf?

  • @PouresMaggie
    @PouresMaggie 3 роки тому +479

    Idk if you write the scripts yourself, but they're always cracking me up, the puns, the innuendos and the straight up gag lines, they're well-placed and always make me exhale through my nose a bit more aggressively, well done lol.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +166

      Lol I write em. Glad they make you exhale more forcefully.

    • @user-ox3lr8eq5s
      @user-ox3lr8eq5s 3 роки тому +24

      @@Linfamy is that another dirty joke? Lol

  • @WildBillCox13
    @WildBillCox13 3 роки тому +372

    "And at the end of the day he just wanted to go home . . . to his wife and kids." +2pts.

    • @WildBillCox13
      @WildBillCox13 3 роки тому +24

      "The plural of love is harassment . . ." +2pts.

  • @ryoumakoushiro7447
    @ryoumakoushiro7447 3 роки тому +252

    00:41
    Ah yes... The YOOOOOO. Can't forget those when talking about Kabuki

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +47

      It's a requirement.

    • @gibranhenriquedesouza2843
      @gibranhenriquedesouza2843 3 роки тому +3

      @@Linfamy What is this yooo?

    • @clothar23
      @clothar23 3 роки тому +27

      @@gibranhenriquedesouza2843 A vocalization that is common to Japanese preformances. Used to indicate the preformance is beginning.
      Basically a polite way to tell your audience to shut up.

    • @marionforge2769
      @marionforge2769 3 роки тому +2

      @@clothar23 that makes sense

    • @richerDiLefto
      @richerDiLefto 3 роки тому +2

      I remember hearing this before a Tenchi anime would begin. I never knew what it was for.

  • @idraote
    @idraote 3 роки тому +333

    It seems to me that the Japanese of yore weren't all that interested in today's classifications (gay/bi/straight/man/woman/undecided/youth).
    They established by silent consensus that something was "erotic" (be it a ridiculous strand of hair on the forehead) and they behaved like ravenous packdogs around it.

    • @TenositSergeich
      @TenositSergeich 3 роки тому +36

      Well, yeah. Today's classifications are born of today, and what historic things we can classify as something LGBTQ+ was perceived very differently by people who lived it. For example, Naples' _femminiello_ culture persists to this day, and even refuses to be classified as transgender despite being males adopting feminine gender practices. In recent days, they've come up as part of Italian politicians' sex scandals, as well as the case of Ketty Gabriele, a femminiello Camorra mafia boss arrested in 2009.

    • @PichuElric
      @PichuElric Рік тому +13

      Ngl this is the only thing in history I can say I agree with. "Hole is hole" is much better than expecting/forcing others to acknowledge you as something most don't care to know

    • @BrotherHood-xh9sg
      @BrotherHood-xh9sg 7 місяців тому

      Well, that is wrong thoughts. They didn't think of it as us today, but they certainly classified it in seperate categories.

    • @idraote
      @idraote 7 місяців тому

      @@BrotherHood-xh9sg if that were true, there should be the relative vocabulary

    • @BrotherHood-xh9sg
      @BrotherHood-xh9sg 7 місяців тому

      @@idraote There is though. It's the same as when people lie about "Ancient Greece didn't have a word for gay", yes they did, they had multiple. Translated to "the one who walks with shame behind him", "broad @ssed" etc.
      They did, they just didn't have the exact same words or mentallity we do have now in the west.

  • @_infires8543
    @_infires8543 3 роки тому +103

    8:26 "it was raining bitches; they didn't have an umbrella" LMFAOOO THAT KILLED ME

  • @shamontiadrita9933
    @shamontiadrita9933 3 роки тому +884

    It's no wonder that BL manga and host clubs are such big industries and important part part of Japanese culture. I mean it all makes sense 🤔🤔
    Edit: Wow 81 likes. Thanks people. This is the highest likes I've ever gotten in a comment 😊

    • @Jumpoable
      @Jumpoable 3 роки тому +50

      Actually, nothing's changed in the world of Japanese & Korean (& Chinese, to an extent) entertainment, or just some circles in Hollywood in general. Yea, dark world we live in...
      O____o

    • @ukeyaoitrash2618
      @ukeyaoitrash2618 3 роки тому +21

      @@Jumpoable I think it's pretty bright!
      BL is life!
      I wanna be an edo kabuki actor now 😭😭😍

    • @Jumpoable
      @Jumpoable 3 роки тому +36

      @@ukeyaoitrash2618 Well I guess that sort of thinking completely explains your profile's handle...

    • @ukeyaoitrash2618
      @ukeyaoitrash2618 3 роки тому +18

      @@Jumpoable yes it does 😌
      I just reallllyyyy love BL it's so cute and fluffy and hot as hell 🥰🥰
      Plus I love the fandom and all the lovely friends I made in it!
      And I'm also a *VERY* sexual person (a slut lol) so I would LOVE this job. Even more since I'm an uke with guys AND bisexual, it'd be perfect!
      Oh I also love cosplay and pretty things and cool plays/stories and stuff so the acting part would be fun too! (And who doesn't love sexual jokes?)

    • @hakonape
      @hakonape 3 роки тому +14

      @@ukeyaoitrash2618 ur probably a girl chill

  • @Jobe-13
    @Jobe-13 3 роки тому +254

    “And then, things got weirder”

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +22

      true

    • @shanedoesyoutube8001
      @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 роки тому +11

      It's typical for Japan to go on that route (as far as I can guess)

    • @johnnie543
      @johnnie543 3 роки тому

      Because it somehow can't get any weirder

    • @ashleymckenna2808
      @ashleymckenna2808 5 місяців тому

      ​@@johnnie543and then it does 😂

  • @felipe_sth
    @felipe_sth 3 роки тому +78

    This is the historical version of simps jumping on each others throats on disqus bl doujinshi threads and i aint even complaining

  • @Rafayelssurprisinglylegalwife
    @Rafayelssurprisinglylegalwife Рік тому +32

    Man. We were supposed to research on Kabuki theatre back then for my project, why didn't I find this video sooner!? It would've been so funny to add the male on male action in my research 😭😭

  • @pHo_O
    @pHo_O 2 роки тому +73

    There is a manga called "Momo to Manji" by (Sakura Sawa) which is one of my favourites. Momo is an ex kagema and Manji was an ex fire fighter in Edo. A little bit questionable * but historically accurate*, understandable about characters' feelings, very informative and wholesome at the same time so it's such a fascinating read. The art might not be for everyone but I think it's so beautiful. Highly recommended 💕

    • @serpiente201
      @serpiente201 Рік тому +2

      Thank you so much for the recommendation 🫶 I love the art style!! Want to read it now 😁

  • @rakiahbaker5589
    @rakiahbaker5589 3 роки тому +177

    I love learning about Japanese history. 🇯🇵❣

  • @iceteeize
    @iceteeize Рік тому +24

    I just love how it’s impossible to stop people from being horny for something. They either don’t care about the change or gain a new kink

  • @MrKIMBO345
    @MrKIMBO345 3 роки тому +79

    This is funny because government regulations can make worse to the solution of the problems.

    • @BenetteG
      @BenetteG 3 роки тому +13

      Yeah like the ban on liquors during the prohibition era.

    • @eldron29-a54
      @eldron29-a54 3 роки тому +5

      And the absence of regulation could end in the worst episodes of capitalism... Aka numerous deaths because the products a company was selling were radioactive.

    • @nadie8093
      @nadie8093 2 роки тому

      @@eldron29-a54 there are way more examples of goverment regulation killing people than lack of it

  • @RCSVirginia
    @RCSVirginia 3 роки тому +56

    "The government just passed laws to keep people from going too wild."
    Now, that is one of the most sensible policies that any government can adopt in any period in human history.

    • @pila1280
      @pila1280 Рік тому +1

      More laws can be passed for drugs.

  • @rale5026
    @rale5026 3 роки тому +155

    I showed this video to my boyfriend, who is an actor, and now he's mad at me 😅

    • @キョコ
      @キョコ 3 роки тому +11

      Why would he ?

    • @rale5026
      @rale5026 3 роки тому +9

      @@holypudin2301 definitely worth it 😁

    • @rale5026
      @rale5026 3 роки тому +19

      @@キョコ Well I said he was my Kagema... I know, I'm an a*hole and have a terrible sense of humor. Don't judge me

    • @Animefreakess
      @Animefreakess 3 роки тому +33

      Acting and prostitution have gone hand in hand for centuries, in most countries... Maybe just tell him it's another possible revenue stream...
      (I'm acting too but I don't get upset with the history of it.)

    • @ukeyaoitrash2618
      @ukeyaoitrash2618 3 роки тому +5

      @@Animefreakess extra way to have fun *

  • @kingofflamingos4344
    @kingofflamingos4344 3 роки тому +60

    So the samurai in the beginning was like the first simp in written history.

    • @liselottehildegarde5367
      @liselottehildegarde5367 3 роки тому +11

      Not the first. More like an extreme example of tragic male on male simping.

  • @ominusomega7803
    @ominusomega7803 3 роки тому +55

    TL;DR Simping is an unstoppable human tradition

    • @majlordag1889
      @majlordag1889 3 роки тому +4

      Did you just figure that out now?

  • @terraflare2962
    @terraflare2962 3 роки тому +93

    the ancient femboys we still have those today ^w0

    • @Makkaru112
      @Makkaru112 3 роки тому

      It wasn't even an equivalent or so simple.

    • @terraflare2962
      @terraflare2962 3 роки тому +2

      @@Makkaru112 it was a joke.....

  • @jeanfalconer6377
    @jeanfalconer6377 3 роки тому +79

    This sounds far too much like modern fandoms, wow.

  • @serchmaabaatarchuluun5761
    @serchmaabaatarchuluun5761 3 роки тому +79

    And people wonders why us fujoshis/fudanshis exist. Japan's edo-period itself is one big yaoi lol

  • @MiKi-sx3tt
    @MiKi-sx3tt 3 роки тому +75

    It's really funny to me that you practically dissect all BL genre trope and give it a historical almost scientific perspective to it. Honestly, I only know the romanticize version of it before.
    And before sock fetish and everything, Japanese is full of creative, weird kink. I'm kinda speechless it's been going around for centuries

  • @ZOCCOK
    @ZOCCOK 3 роки тому +44

    "Just like a man would ignore his girlfriend cheating on him because it would be too much trouble and at the end of the day he just wants to go back home to his wife and kids"
    - Linfamy (Kagema Historian)

  • @rbkb6037
    @rbkb6037 3 роки тому +38

    The way my man throws in humor when discussing these topics...the "women with two, big, overflowing-bank accounts" had me rolling

  • @dcardigan13
    @dcardigan13 3 роки тому +104

    Japanese period-themed mangas (yaoi, josei or seinen demographic) are always the dark, spicy, angsty ones. They're like the few media that gives lightadaptation/touches even very slightly to the dark side of Japanese history like corrupted politics, prostitution, Paedophilia, execution, wars and pillaging, sacrificial rituals, etc. Like, they're so... Raw compared to the polished themes that are safe for most audiences. Japan's juxtaposition is so stark and interesting; kawaii, white and fluffy, vs dark, gorey and jaded romance. The ones with darker themes rarely get turned into a mainstream form of media adaptation.

    • @Inspirit-gp4dp
      @Inspirit-gp4dp 2 роки тому +3

      got any recommendations?

    • @May-ky4lu
      @May-ky4lu 2 роки тому

      +

    • @shreyashastri7244
      @shreyashastri7244 2 роки тому

      Could you please recommend me any edo period BL Manga

    • @SlapstickGenius23
      @SlapstickGenius23 Рік тому +1

      @@Inspirit-gp4dp I recommend you the Sabu and Ichi manga by the man behind Kamen Rider.

  • @bristiborah9308
    @bristiborah9308 3 роки тому +36

    "They weren't talking about tea"
    **Sips tea nervously**

  • @sabrinadavis8355
    @sabrinadavis8355 3 роки тому +51

    "The pull on their pipi" literally I died omggg

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +13

      Oh no I have killed a viewer.

  • @Clouded-Logic
    @Clouded-Logic 3 роки тому +49

    Its kind of weird how the entertainment industry both changes and stays the same.

  • @gladosmaincore8589
    @gladosmaincore8589 3 роки тому +27

    "Kabuki filled the hole"
    And in exchange they filled the holes

  • @tiki5747
    @tiki5747 3 роки тому +50

    This video made me laugh so much 😂
    It really reminded me of the social issues with idols today.
    Although, with all due respect and it being unfortunate in some ways.
    Nevertheless, you made my day 😂

  • @mekafinchi
    @mekafinchi 3 роки тому +15

    stop making your thumbnails hot anime men I am physically unable to not click

  • @arminbayan
    @arminbayan 3 роки тому +177

    On tonight's episode of the ancient Japanese degeneracy channel:

  • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
    @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 3 роки тому +56

    That opening makes it much more clearer why you asked "What sound do you hear with this pose?" 😂😂😂 And I see the people must have all agreed on the "Gyooooooo!" chant and woodblocks, lol! Happy it all came full circle :)

  • @ellipsis-
    @ellipsis- 3 роки тому +33

    Edo period male on male action keeps getting spicier

  • @porcelina956
    @porcelina956 3 роки тому +35

    Thank you for this I have been working on a Kagema story for awhile now. I never knew Kabuki started with all women before going to all male. Edo Japan was a wild time. I love your puns.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +4

      Good luck with the story!

    • @porcelina956
      @porcelina956 3 роки тому +2

      @@Linfamy Thanks

  • @presidenttogekiss635
    @presidenttogekiss635 Рік тому +6

    Wow, so they actually managed the impossible: to make japanese society attracted to grown adult men for once.

  • @ceetiguilamoreno2550
    @ceetiguilamoreno2550 3 роки тому +26

    Now there is cafés in Japan with Hanson male servers. Whom Will do karaoke also can be given present and taken on dates. Yep still prevalent today. 🤔🤣

    • @hybridShinx
      @hybridShinx 3 роки тому

      Too bad some of those shops are tiny

  • @dkh89270
    @dkh89270 2 роки тому +10

    “JAPANS NOT GAY”
    Edo period: “hold my Katana”

  • @ringlhach
    @ringlhach 3 роки тому +20

    I get it's not really what the video's about, but I kind of hope you'll spend some more time on the actual stage traditions of kabuki sometime. For example, all of those makeup patterns are character specific, and the designs and coloring give an audience an idea of what kind of characters they've got even as the show starts.

  • @caitthecat
    @caitthecat 3 роки тому +4

    So kabuki actors were originally female, and geisha were originally male. Huh.

  • @theonetruesarauniya
    @theonetruesarauniya 3 роки тому +40

    Heck yes! I just discovered your channel and have binge watched most of your vids this week.
    I'm so, so grateful for this channel. Thank you for doing what you do and being so amazing.
    My love and support to you!
    P.S. your humor is sooooooo good. I love it so much.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +5

      Glad you like, I appreciate it ;)

    • @ivanj.conway9919
      @ivanj.conway9919 3 роки тому +4

      His wit is off the charts. He keeps blowing me away. My Best. Out.

    • @theonetruesarauniya
      @theonetruesarauniya 3 роки тому +2

      @@Linfamy Aw, yay! Thanks for the response. You helped lift my spirits all week.
      You're truly gifted.

    • @theonetruesarauniya
      @theonetruesarauniya 3 роки тому +2

      @@ivanj.conway9919 Exactly! He's definitely got a superfan in me!

  • @yesthatmousyiris4887
    @yesthatmousyiris4887 2 роки тому +14

    This reminds me of this manga I read when I was in middle school going into high school. It was about a dancer and actor name Hakubi. Hakubi had a passion and talent as an actor but the biggest thing was Hakubi was a girl. She pretended to be a guy in order to do her job.

  • @victorviterbo3952
    @victorviterbo3952 3 роки тому +52

    It’s so amazing how many paralells we can draw to modern day escorts in Japan, or even celebrities and actors. Not only in Japan but also in the West

  • @maymay5600
    @maymay5600 3 роки тому +20

    now, that explains alot more....... now again BL manga still making more sense!

  • @nyancat2221
    @nyancat2221 2 роки тому +9

    Kabuki didn’t start out including sexual content, a lot of troupes popped up to compete with each other and so they would add obscenity to their performances to get people to go watch them over other troupes at the time. And that being given prostitution is probably also likely to be another bolster for that acting troupe so that they could convince more customers and fans to attend their place. But that last part is just an educated guess.

  • @yoyohanaBR
    @yoyohanaBR 3 роки тому +15

    So Japan already has a historic of weirdness and otaku fan stalkers

  • @kate8160
    @kate8160 3 роки тому +26

    This explains a lot about current idol and Takarazuka culture in Japan omg

  • @diy_cat9817
    @diy_cat9817 2 роки тому +4

    I get the impression that homosexuality isn't as embraced as kabuki theater in Japan.
    Yaoi is insanely popular but I don't think being gay is. It's pretty interesting.

    • @emilybarclay8831
      @emilybarclay8831 4 місяці тому

      It’s precisely BECAUSE yaoi is so popular. Yaoi is a fetish genre aimed towards heterosexual women. Which means Japan essentially sees gay people as being something women fantasise about but that isn’t really, you know, _real._

  • @starstrukk723
    @starstrukk723 3 роки тому +57

    I've recently been watching Kabuki videos, showed up in my recommendations here on youtube, and it's amazing how much time, art, and effort it takes for one show.
    I had actually been searching if Linfamy had made videos about Kabuki and couldn't find any, so now I'm so glad he's made a video about it. ☺️ Thank you!

  • @putriagustina5219
    @putriagustina5219 3 роки тому +11

    Does syphilis unreported in edo period? Facts about simps always amaze me LOL

  • @selen3170
    @selen3170 3 роки тому +30

    "I guess the reasoning was that no one was attracted to men, which is generally true"

  • @fujikawayamahada7770
    @fujikawayamahada7770 3 роки тому +47

    Are you seriously not japanese???
    Cause the much you know about japanese history is mind blowing
    I didn't know this much even being an japanese
    And btw your English is really amazing

    • @TheSlipperyNUwUdle
      @TheSlipperyNUwUdle 3 роки тому +8

      He’s American but his parents are from Vietnam.

    • @fujikawayamahada7770
      @fujikawayamahada7770 3 роки тому +4

      @@TheSlipperyNUwUdle Then shouldn't he be Vietnamese cause his root is from Vietnam??
      Like I am an 100% Japanese cause my parents are both from Japan
      For example if my mother was from America I would have been an half japanese and half American
      Btw thank for telling me that

    • @TheSlipperyNUwUdle
      @TheSlipperyNUwUdle 3 роки тому +9

      @@fujikawayamahada7770 I mean, you’re not wrong. 🤔 I guess when someone tells me “he’s Vietnamese” I think “oh, he’s from Vietnam.”
      Whereas if someone said “he’s American, his parents are Vietnamese” I would get a better picture. I guess it’s just semantics. I suppose my classification is too specific. 😅

    • @fujikawayamahada7770
      @fujikawayamahada7770 3 роки тому +4

      @@TheSlipperyNUwUdle thanks for telling me that
      I really appreciate that

    • @caitthecat
      @caitthecat 3 роки тому +11

      @@fujikawayamahada7770 The appropriate term would be "Vietnamese-American." America is full of immigrants, so you can be American in culture while still being connected to your country of origin.

  • @azullalazuardi726
    @azullalazuardi726 3 роки тому +15

    Linfamy is a Vietnamese?? that's why I think he's in more exotic spectrum of Japanese face 😂. My bad.

  • @eneifrit3134
    @eneifrit3134 3 роки тому +35

    imagine fighting to the death just for Shota

  • @Tia-Marie
    @Tia-Marie 3 роки тому +31

    Ooh another spicy video!

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +4

      first!

    • @Tia-Marie
      @Tia-Marie 3 роки тому +2

      @@Linfamy - XD but I took a hot second to write anything but that!

  • @emperor5228
    @emperor5228 3 роки тому +7

    The Japanese was kinky from the start.
    Look at the creative masterpieces they've made and all of the creative genres in hentais, doujins and adult LN's.
    Japan is really fascinating.

  • @melodyparra2960
    @melodyparra2960 3 роки тому +10

    Thirsty fans over threw the Goverment 🤣

  • @funkegeorge6410
    @funkegeorge6410 3 роки тому +23

    I don’t know how I found this channel but I have succeeded in watching all Linfamy videos in one month 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +4

      That is quite the feat :O

  • @dmitrivasilyevich8859
    @dmitrivasilyevich8859 3 роки тому +5

    9:12 are u telling me that there was a wage gap in japan's sex industry?

  • @francope2819
    @francope2819 3 роки тому +10

    That D shaped on the dollar bill got me wheezing. 😂😂😂

  • @iamtheboneofmysword728
    @iamtheboneofmysword728 3 роки тому +11

    As they say, "If there's a hole, there's a way"

  • @LatinaKamilla
    @LatinaKamilla 3 роки тому +3

    Prostitution is still very popular. More so even now due to how accesible it is. I, myself, have been an escort and many of my friends. Very gorgeous and charge an arm and a leg making anywhere from 80-100+ a year if you are consistent. No street work, only high class 5 star hotels or air bnbs. Sex is very VERY put on display in music videos and being a worker or stripper is glorified these days and unfortunately men are very physical and many of them lack self control and 1/2 of marriages need in divorce and about 1/2 of my clients are married or have a girlfriend. I am a trans woman and charge more than most cis women tbh and if cisgender women keep showing their hate towards my community and anything lgbt then we will just keep charging your husbands/bf’s for sex or just have sex out of spite. In other words, your transphobia and jealousy/insecurities are pressuring and forcing beautiful trans women into sex work while you get to live your delusional fantasy.

  • @knightoftheblackrose2635
    @knightoftheblackrose2635 3 роки тому +3

    So basically the ancient version of bishounen fangirls/fanboys. Good to know.

  • @lil_fox0585
    @lil_fox0585 3 роки тому +14

    I remember when I learned about Japanese mythology... I guess this is good enough tho

  • @gigachaddylan6672
    @gigachaddylan6672 3 роки тому +7

    “Alright for more seks talk-“
    *a ad pops up telling me how to get closer to god and repent my sins*
    Funny this popped up on this video, and that I ain’t even Christian I’m pagan

  • @magnvss
    @magnvss 3 роки тому +7

    As he says, everyone knew what’s was going on but people didn’t discuss it openly or too blatantly (outside certain circles), in the same way that nowadays we all know how many actresses (and actors) sold their bodies to producers for Hollywood's roles yet we all like to think that it’s only acting and that such thing never intervened on their careers' ascend (I say “many”, not “all” yet still).
    When there was a scandal it was like the “me-too” movement nowadays: they all put Pikachu-faces of “I’m SO surprised, I didn’t know” they tried new laws and prohibitions but behind the scenes the “I simulate that I only do art, you simulate you only love what I do on the scene”. Thus, public morals seem served; some people are punished to make an example of them and privately the same desires pushes for the same dynamics.

    • @pila1280
      @pila1280 Рік тому

      It is for the kids and teenagers. So there is a pretense that it is for the acting, or the charisma.

  • @meetaverma8372
    @meetaverma8372 3 роки тому +42

    When you're early, and there are no spicy comments and you notice that linfamy put wangs in those notes

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +6

      Maybe your mind's just dirty..

    • @meetaverma8372
      @meetaverma8372 3 роки тому +2

      @@Linfamy well, I haven't slept for 36 hours, I was working, so that could be it too

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +6

      Or my mind's dirty

    • @meetaverma8372
      @meetaverma8372 3 роки тому +4

      @@Linfamy then clean it 👀👀

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +1

      @@meetaverma8372 that's no fun :p

  • @letshuman8985
    @letshuman8985 Рік тому +6

    You know the story that you told about the samurai who squandered all his money for the actor and both of them were executed? I am surprised that this hasnt become some tragic love story of a kabuki play, similar to the love suicides at Sonezaki. I study the music of the kabuki theater, and I can assure you that the mature themes and scenery are very much there in the lyrics, and sometimes very subtle and poetic. Although not exactly kabuki, but even the music of the sankyoku ensemble (koto, shamisen, and shakuhachi) also has these themes as well, such as in the piece “cha ondo” (the rhythm of tea). By the Meiji period, the government tried to ban this form of music, but like the yomiuri, it was not a success. Japanese traditional music does not seem to shy away from erotic themes and scandalous love affairs.

  • @kamisatoayato6460
    @kamisatoayato6460 3 роки тому +8

    some people: i wish to go back in the old days
    the old days:

  • @straydogswagger4280
    @straydogswagger4280 2 роки тому +2

    I find it interesting that Rome also associated actors with prostitutes. Well, except that Rome never accepted the actors. Even one that became Empress had to deal with the stigma.

  • @Hi-kt9tc
    @Hi-kt9tc 3 роки тому +16

    I’m a big fan of you hiiiii

  • @Infinitebrandon
    @Infinitebrandon 3 роки тому +11

    I finally had to subscribe. You're so valuable at revealing things I subtly sensed. can't blame everything on tokugawa but now I'm seeing how he weirded out Japan. I mean you lock up a warrior class from being warriors and what do you expect them to do with all their testosterone? Thanks

  • @pd6805
    @pd6805 3 роки тому +3

    A samurai and his Wife notorious going to the acts together man's too loyal no one can steal his heart except for his wife girl's too confident she got her man whipped until they both strat simping for a Kagema and the final wordict is aaaa shii Kagema meat is too good

  • @hope-cat4894
    @hope-cat4894 3 роки тому +8

    I feel like there's a potential dark comedy movie somewhere in that story in the beginning.

  • @eacalvert
    @eacalvert 3 роки тому +7

    Of course simps are relentless, that's how you make your money 😜🤣

    • @shanedoesyoutube8001
      @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 роки тому +2

      Remember how the jokyu war started??? I heard one person said that the perpetrator wasn't an average simp

  • @licas3214
    @licas3214 3 роки тому +9

    Is the cover from otome game? The men of yoshiwara or something?

    • @みお-b6r
      @みお-b6r 3 роки тому +1

      yes i think thats iroha

  • @claudy_sky
    @claudy_sky 3 роки тому +26

    Waking up and finding a notification of a Linfamy's video. 👍🏻
    Waking up and finding out that your comrade in arms (and best friend) has stolen your katana because of the Thirst. 👎🏻
    Also, R.I.P the Forelock! D':

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 роки тому +2

      Getting a nice comment. 👍

    • @claudy_sky
      @claudy_sky 3 роки тому +2

      @@Linfamy I need to write you another nice comment because the video was great (as always); Sorry not sorry! 😎

  • @Tatsukoi.muffin
    @Tatsukoi.muffin 3 роки тому +15

    8:19 this broke my heart.

  • @EksiliPilav
    @EksiliPilav 3 роки тому +9

    Love how you're using Men of Yoshiwara thumbnails! Iroha was by far my favorite. :D

  • @matthewjay660
    @matthewjay660 3 роки тому +11

    8:29 Quick, Linfamy, get under this umbrella ☔️ . I got you!

  • @Belgand
    @Belgand 3 роки тому +7

    From used kabuki costumes to school uniforms. How little things change.

  • @LutherOMight
    @LutherOMight 2 роки тому +6

    "It was raining bitches and they didn't have an umbrella" hahahahahahahah I love your writing man

  • @Symaethis
    @Symaethis 3 роки тому +5

    6:54 that got too real too fast O_O

  • @TammyJerkChicken
    @TammyJerkChicken 3 роки тому +3

    The samurai was a Simp so why kill the actor...

  • @HaesslichG
    @HaesslichG 3 роки тому +5

    Life (and sex drives) finds a way.

  • @alvarovaldovinos6836
    @alvarovaldovinos6836 3 роки тому +5

    Did anyone notice that the drawings of paper money, in this film, all have penises on them.....I couldn't stop cracking up.....fits the theme perfectly.