They are all very interesting, the only one I don't like is the warring states period, for obvious reasons. But all eras contributed to make the Japan we celebrate today, imho. Heian and Edo, because of the profusion of arts, and the visibility of their heritages in their respective cities, are my favorite. The Nara period would deserve a mention, too, even though it was only a lifetime's period.
I'd love to hear from you how the Dutch trade with Japan during the isolationist period is talked about in Japan and if anything from that contact has influenced Japanese culture in any way. Thank you for your informative videos!
Tbh, I'm interested in every single one except the Meiji, and if I have to choose my favorite era, it would either be the Sengoku, or the Edo period, although I'm more on the side of Edo due because of all the cultural aspects
Bill Wurtz's Hisory of Japan may not be a definitive sounrece to know all of Japanese history, but it does serve as a useful study guide. There are a lot of times I talk about an event in Japan's eras, and someone gets confused. I say "its the part where that video goes ______" and they immediately know what I am referring to.
It just occurred to me that vikings (years 793-1066) and samurai existed at the same time and both are still well known and spoken of to this day. That's pretty impressive. Good job with cool informational videos :)
4 social orders are based on Confucian ideas. Actually, the highest class in this order is "scholar-official", like in Joseon Korea and Ming China. While in Edo Japan, because of military influence and Shushigaku, samurais become the highest one. Edo Japan was a peaceful era, so samurais are not purely has military function but also acted as the bureaucrat just like scholar-officials in Joseon and Ming.
You were right with your first question 😂 The other video was a bit chaotic and now I understand more. This is so well made, has a good structure with the usual nice conclusion, very easy to understand, especially because of the subdivision for these five eras, also the usual great illustrations and explanations (and of course the soundeffects haha). Thank you very much! You'll definitely reach the 10k till July 👍 Greetings from Germany btw
Thank you very much for your kind comment! You've pointed out all the things that I put effort into... your comment gave me strength to keep going, thank you again!
i can explain the entire history of Japan in a single sentense...... "Japanese history shows us what would happen if human is pushed to the max evil and became diabolical "
I've just found your channel and I'm impressed by your content! You have such a nice way to explain everything! My 2020 year was all about knowing more about Japan. I've already read Musashi book and now I'm reading Shogun. It's like traveling to Japan of another time! Thank you so much for your really informative and beautiful content! ありがとうございます 🙇🏻♀️
This was nice because as you went on to explain specific points, a lot of phrases from Bill Wurts started to come up in my head lol. I think there's a lot of interesting discussion that can be had about the Edo and Meiji periods, as they're basically the most defining era's for modern day Japan.
I watched many videos and all information were pretty messed up in my head, but this video gave me some clarity and better understanding of the history of Japan. It covers most of the parts I am supposed to focus on. Thank you so much.
So the US was that one dude that forces you to go outside and party just because you have a nice car and wants a ride in it. In all seriousness, excellent video, this is superficial but when I was 8 years old I watched the last samurai and even though it's historically inaccurate, it really drew my attention into Japanese culture and I'm deeply fascinated by it. I can't believe I hadn't found your channel before, subbed.
Wow! This really needs more attention! It alligns the facts in a so simple, so organized and so easy to follow manner that really gets into the mind. Although I'm very sure that there's much more to say about these individual periods of time, it's very well summarized, and very well made. Nice job, Shogo!
Oh my goodness, thank God I found your video. Just like what you said, I don't really remember the most of that video (the "history of japan" one). Aside from it's too fast and entertaining, I really want to understand the real thing. Cheers to more informative content!
one thing about Perry's fleet I found interesting is that they were using the newly invented exploding cannonballs. Previously explosive shells were restricted to mortar, as the charge for a direct fire weapon would detonate the shell. advancements in fuses allowed the main guns to use explosive rounds; which means the cannonballs go from ruining a room or two in a hours, to setting the neighborhood on fire.
Excellent primer on Japanese history. And I have to say, amazing job with your English accent, I have absolute respect for anyone who can clearly use a language that is not their native one. Seriously dude, you have almost no indicators that you are not a native English speaker. It's only because you have clearly put so much effort into mastering English that I post this comment-In English "Samurai" is one of those rare words that the singular and plural are the same. . For example, the Akira Kurosawa film title is "Seven Samurai" not "Seven Samurais"
Amazong video!!!! I learnt so much without having to read tons of papers!! I'll keep following you! You gained one more subscriber! And thank you for divulging knowledge in English!
I remember that the Huns died in a tornado while attacking Japan twice and Perry had Japan open up. I really had never heard of Perry until that video and apparently he's pretty famous in Japan but I don't recall him ever being mentioned in a History class. If he was, it must have been a small forgettable part.
I am glad you didn't do a straight reaction video to Bill Wurtz's post. From a western perspective, it seems like Japan responded to the "Meiji Restoration" with such enthusiasm that they embraced the new technology and science that allowed Japan to grow with great vigor while still maintaining a strong national identity. Do you feel that Japan was in any way "colonized" or that it was just forced to confront the world as it was?
It's overall a good summary for newbies on the topic, but that little picture at 6:41 is a little bit of an anachronism, since tanks didn't exist back then. And... it's just my opinion but for Japan to be as strong as western countries, it didn't need to establish colonies, just a common cause, state of the art industry and good trade relations. Our old Chancellor Bismarck, one of the most famous figures of Germany also was against establishing colonies, because they provide one with valuable ressources on one hand without considering the biddings of others but are also difficult to maintain, aan by that time were more of a prestige object than everything else.
I got Question why Empire attack shogunate why japan split become 2 side between shogunate and Empire what happening back than can you explain THANKS YOU
You never talked about when samurai fought Aztec warriors (1582 Cagayan battles), so not a complete Japanese history. Also in America I was taught that not Tokugawa but Hideyoshi (not sure if proper spelling) was the one who passed the laws cementing the caste levels despite having risen more in class than the others we know as the 3 great unifiers, in the US, the first being Oda. Is this incorrect or are you simplifying? Since you mentioned Oda and Tokugawa but skipped Hideyoshi.
I always wondered what Japanese people think of what happened in 1853. From the look of it, the US basically forced Japan to end isolationism. Do people think that was a good thing? Is there any kind of resentment towards the US for forcing them to open up?
6:46 England and the UK are not the same country. England is just one of the four countries that make up the UK, not the whole of the UK itself. And although you got the name in the subtitles correct with the flag, that is still not the flag of England, which is white with a red cross going through it.
forgive my lack of information, but if i may ask, what was with the Mongolian invaders that kept getting "wiped out by tornados" ? also if i am misinformed and am not remembering this correctly, i am very sorry.
I admire Japanese. This video told me what I didn't know. Despite the former bloodshed and chaos, the land of the rising sun still rises. The world cannot afford to lose Japan. Lost generation don't let the sun set on Japan. Thank you for this inspiring video, Americans have similar problems. 🌅
Christianity as it was originally introduced was actually beneficial to the Shogunate, but then they changed their minds about it and started killing and exiling those who had converted.
It might be possible that Japan has regional accents and dialects, so the stresses on vowels and syllables may shift depending where you are, and what social class you belong to. What one can notice is that in "sapporo" and "samurai" is that the first vowel "a" is long, so the first vowel is stressed because the "s" slides into the "a", so the first syllable "sa-" is stressed.
Great content-- I subscribed!!! I'm yonsei (4th geneeration Japanese American) who speaks basic Nihongo. Forgive me, but aren't you pronouncing samurai incorrectly? It sounds like you are pronouncing the "a" in sam as in Samuel, instead of sama (honorific).
There’s something that Japanese people won’t teach you about World War II…Look up Playing the Victim: Historical Revisionism and Japan, but don’t talk to anyone about this in Japan…it’s very bad to talk about it!
yeah... colonialism ended up being a disaster for every single country, in the end none of them kept the conquered territories and those who still want to keep them don't stop wasting money and resources in pintless conflicts, the only successful colonization method is international trade.
Yah... so you are familiar with the North Korean's and the Mongol's. 😜 And now take a look on your vid and the other one. The H.o.J. was Funny. Les word's more stuff. fast info for the Japan- Hypnotized, that sudently wanted to lern japanese. Your version is Serius and more Detail in it. Even if you Forgot the Tornados. ( 神風). You know japanese history well i sugest. Then you could know where the Ancient Greek's had contact with the Ancient Japanese?
"The peaceful era comes to an with the arrival of the United States in Japan". As America do. American colonialism super sucks. So many cultures are destroyed by it, particularly American Christian missionaries. Truly heinous.
![Classes, Ranks, and Titles of Feudal Japan [Kamakura and Muromachi Periods]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0bbe7tGF6fo/mqdefault.jpg)
Which part of Japanese history are you interested the most?
They are all very interesting, the only one I don't like is the warring states period, for obvious reasons. But all eras contributed to make the Japan we celebrate today, imho. Heian and Edo, because of the profusion of arts, and the visibility of their heritages in their respective cities, are my favorite. The Nara period would deserve a mention, too, even though it was only a lifetime's period.
Sengoku Jidai desu
I am most interested in the earliest settlers of Japan, and how they might be related to the Beringians who later migrated to North America.
I'd love to hear from you how the Dutch trade with Japan during the isolationist period is talked about in Japan and if anything from that contact has influenced Japanese culture in any way.
Thank you for your informative videos!
Tbh, I'm interested in every single one except the Meiji, and if I have to choose my favorite era, it would either be the Sengoku, or the Edo period, although I'm more on the side of Edo due because of all the cultural aspects
Bill Wurtz's Hisory of Japan may not be a definitive sounrece to know all of Japanese history, but it does serve as a useful study guide. There are a lot of times I talk about an event in Japan's eras, and someone gets confused. I say "its the part where that video goes ______" and they immediately know what I am referring to.
I agree with you but why did he made it a trash video when he just get advice from Shogo
sounrece?
It gives a general version but we all know there's a lot of detail that we would have to find out on our own.
It just occurred to me that vikings (years 793-1066) and samurai existed at the same time and both are still well known and spoken of to this day. That's pretty impressive. Good job with cool informational videos :)
Imagine if a viking ship sailed east and a samurai ship sailed west - that’d make for an interesting alternate history drama.
Not just excellent information but amazing editing and presentation quality as well. Definitely looking forward to watching more of your videos!
Thank you so much for your comment!
Please feel free to ask me questions, or give me requests anytime!
4 social orders are based on Confucian ideas. Actually, the highest class in this order is "scholar-official", like in Joseon Korea and Ming China. While in Edo Japan, because of military influence and Shushigaku, samurais become the highest one. Edo Japan was a peaceful era, so samurais are not purely has military function but also acted as the bureaucrat just like scholar-officials in Joseon and Ming.
Thank you so much for leaving a comment, this is very informative!
@@LetsaskShogo anytime :)
Nice!
0:29 I just remember that everyone dies in a tornado, twice. ^^
Thank you so much for your comment!
Yes that part was funny lol
And the invasion of Mongolians trying to fight with Japan- that made me laugh
Even the shitons of soldiers
I just love this guy's energy and charisma 🤗
You were right with your first question 😂 The other video was a bit chaotic and now I understand more.
This is so well made, has a good structure with the usual nice conclusion, very easy to understand, especially because of the subdivision for these five eras, also the usual great illustrations and explanations (and of course the soundeffects haha). Thank you very much! You'll definitely reach the 10k till July 👍
Greetings from Germany btw
Thank you very much for your kind comment!
You've pointed out all the things that I put effort into... your comment gave me strength to keep going, thank you again!
You can't explain the entire history of Japan in a single video... but you can Samurais it!
Get it?
... I'll see myself out now.
*H I R E A S A M U R A I*
YOU HERETIC 😡
i can explain the entire history of Japan in a single sentense...... "Japanese history shows us what would happen if human is pushed to the max evil and became diabolical "
Never find someone that could explain with such details and rightfulness! Thank you so much for your efforts! (and amazing edition 😊)
I've just found your channel and I'm impressed by your content! You have such a nice way to explain everything! My 2020 year was all about knowing more about Japan. I've already read Musashi book and now I'm reading Shogun. It's like traveling to Japan of another time! Thank you so much for your really informative and beautiful content! ありがとうございます 🙇🏻♀️
Your simplified and succinct version make it very easy to understand and remember the history of Japan, thanks 😊
This was nice because as you went on to explain specific points, a lot of phrases from Bill Wurts started to come up in my head lol.
I think there's a lot of interesting discussion that can be had about the Edo and Meiji periods, as they're basically the most defining era's for modern day Japan.
I watched many videos and all information were pretty messed up in my head, but this video gave me some clarity and better understanding of the history of Japan. It covers most of the parts I am supposed to focus on. Thank you so much.
So the US was that one dude that forces you to go outside and party just because you have a nice car and wants a ride in it.
In all seriousness, excellent video, this is superficial but when I was 8 years old I watched the last samurai and even though it's historically inaccurate, it really drew my attention into Japanese culture and I'm deeply fascinated by it. I can't believe I hadn't found your channel before, subbed.
Wow! This really needs more attention! It alligns the facts in a so simple, so organized and so easy to follow manner that really gets into the mind.
Although I'm very sure that there's much more to say about these individual periods of time, it's very well summarized, and very well made. Nice job, Shogo!
Thanks for the clear explanation!!
Thank you so much for watching and leaving a kind comment!!
arigatou gozaimasu. really informative i had a rough idea of the eras before mostly from folk tales and ruonin kenshin
Thank you so much for your nice comment!
I'm so glad that you say so!
Really easy to understand and remember
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Thank You for your presentation
Excellent explanaition🔥
素晴らしい！ありがとうございます! Your videos are so helpful for me to learn about Japan ☺️
Great info!
Dude that was legit, thanks!!!
Oh my goodness, thank God I found your video. Just like what you said, I don't really remember the most of that video (the "history of japan" one). Aside from it's too fast and entertaining, I really want to understand the real thing. Cheers to more informative content!
I miss these history lessons. They keep us informed and ipdated❤
Thank you for the great and educational content Shogo!
Still very useful for me even after two years thank so much ❤
I remember the Mongols getting pwned by "tornados" twice.
one thing about Perry's fleet I found interesting is that they were using the newly invented exploding cannonballs. Previously explosive shells were restricted to mortar, as the charge for a direct fire weapon would detonate the shell. advancements in fuses allowed the main guns to use explosive rounds; which means the cannonballs go from ruining a room or two in a hours, to setting the neighborhood on fire.
I'm a huge fan of the Sengoku Period. They way Shogo-san and Bill Wurtz summarized it all is just amazing! It's not an easy task at all! 😂
0:29 I remember if you wanted to protect your shit from criminals you hired a Samurai.
This is so well explained and easy to remember! Time to go watch Rurouni Kenshin again lol
Awesome video! I always found Japanese history hard to remember and understand
Excellent primer on Japanese history. And I have to say, amazing job with your English accent, I have absolute respect for anyone who can clearly use a language that is not their native one. Seriously dude, you have almost no indicators that you are not a native English speaker. It's only because you have clearly put so much effort into mastering English that I post this comment-In English "Samurai" is one of those rare words that the singular and plural are the same. . For example, the Akira Kurosawa film title is "Seven Samurai" not "Seven Samurais"
3:57 if I know correctly, the samurais on the screen are : Date Masamune, Takeda Shingen, and Sanada Yukimura
I watched a documentary on Netflix, called "The Age of the Samurai". I watched it several times. It was very entertaining and interesting.
Excellent lecture. Gassho!
What I always remember from history of Japan is "how about SUNRISE LAND" and "Open the country, STOP HAVING IT BE CLOSED''
"Um, would you mind calling us something other than dip$hit?"
Great!
Very nice video and summary
Very well presented. Arigato
That was interesting. Thank you
Amazong video!!!! I learnt so much without having to read tons of papers!! I'll keep following you! You gained one more subscriber! And thank you for divulging knowledge in English!
I like samurai Thank you I got new lesson today
A little late to this one, but great video!
Very good, very interesting.
I remember that the Huns died in a tornado while attacking Japan twice and Perry had Japan open up. I really had never heard of Perry until that video and apparently he's pretty famous in Japan but I don't recall him ever being mentioned in a History class. If he was, it must have been a small forgettable part.
I am glad you didn't do a straight reaction video to Bill Wurtz's post. From a western perspective, it seems like Japan responded to the "Meiji Restoration" with such enthusiasm that they embraced the new technology and science that allowed Japan to grow with great vigor while still maintaining a strong national identity. Do you feel that Japan was in any way "colonized" or that it was just forced to confront the world as it was?
It's overall a good summary for newbies on the topic, but that little picture at 6:41 is a little bit of an anachronism, since tanks didn't exist back then.
And... it's just my opinion but for Japan to be as strong as western countries, it didn't need to establish colonies, just a common cause, state of the art industry and good trade relations.
Our old Chancellor Bismarck, one of the most famous figures of Germany also was against establishing colonies, because they provide one with valuable ressources on one hand without considering the biddings of others but are also difficult to maintain, aan by that time were more of a prestige object than everything else.
I actually remember pretty much all this from History of Japan. But then, I have watched it like 50 times.
I got Question why Empire attack shogunate why japan split become 2 side between shogunate and Empire what happening back than can you explain THANKS YOU
You never talked about when samurai fought Aztec warriors (1582 Cagayan battles), so not a complete Japanese history. Also in America I was taught that not Tokugawa but Hideyoshi (not sure if proper spelling) was the one who passed the laws cementing the caste levels despite having risen more in class than the others we know as the 3 great unifiers, in the US, the first being Oda. Is this incorrect or are you simplifying? Since you mentioned Oda and Tokugawa but skipped Hideyoshi.
I always wondered what Japanese people think of what happened in 1853. From the look of it, the US basically forced Japan to end isolationism. Do people think that was a good thing? Is there any kind of resentment towards the US for forcing them to open up?
I'am a big fan, much love. I have a question, can i become a samurai anymore.
Sir, can I request that you may create a short history of ronins? I'm just curious sir and need to hear your perspective. Thank you sir❤️
Great channel. Suscribed :)
nice vid
Thank you so much!
6:46 England and the UK are not the same country. England is just one of the four countries that make up the UK, not the whole of the UK itself. And although you got the name in the subtitles correct with the flag, that is still not the flag of England, which is white with a red cross going through it.
Shogo-sensei
forgive my lack of information, but if i may ask, what was with the Mongolian invaders that kept getting "wiped out by tornados" ? also if i am misinformed and am not remembering this correctly, i am very sorry.
that is all i remembered of the video you mentioned to be honest.
150 years that must have been exhausting
YOU LIVED IN MICHIGAN?!?!?! YOOOO
The same happened to Hideyoshi Toyotomi, his son too young to take over.
I admire Japanese. This video told me what I didn't know. Despite the former bloodshed and chaos, the land of the rising sun still rises. The world cannot afford to lose Japan. Lost generation don't let the sun set on Japan. Thank you for this inspiring video, Americans have similar problems. 🌅
That began 3 years after the CSA's fall in 1865
Japan have rich history
I'm guessing WWII was glossed over because of how controversial it is as a topic.
plese let me know, how to write samurai in kanji.
武士? Maybe
@@BossGokaiGreen thanks.. arligado
Where did Japanese learn to make rice from?
I do remember stuff from the video, namely "Knock knock... It's the United States."
If I can travel back to anytime or place, then it most likely be the Edo era in Japan
I feel so smart now omg, this was so easy to understand
Christianity as it was originally introduced was actually beneficial to the Shogunate, but then they changed their minds about it and started killing and exiling those who had converted.
come visit indonesia, mana ni org indonesia??
Very nice but very fast 🌟
It ain so long until Uncle Sam visited Japan and WRECKED the Isolation
Shogo isn’t the “sa” in samurai pronounced like Sapporo instead of the English name Sam?
It might be possible that Japan has regional accents and dialects, so the stresses on vowels and syllables may shift depending where you are, and what social class you belong to. What one can notice is that in "sapporo" and "samurai" is that the first vowel "a" is long, so the first vowel is stressed because the "s" slides into the "a", so the first syllable "sa-" is stressed.
Has Shogo-sensei encountered any weebs yet?
Great content-- I subscribed!!! I'm yonsei (4th geneeration Japanese American) who speaks basic Nihongo. Forgive me, but aren't you pronouncing samurai incorrectly? It sounds like you are pronouncing the "a" in sam as in Samuel, instead of sama (honorific).
Toyotomi Hideyoshi is more important than Oda Nobunaga.
and tokugawa was more important than hideyoshi.
あんた、ようくわかっとるがね。あのたぬきおやじに、まんまとやられてまったぎゃあ。
Would it be wrong for me to ask how prevalent is Christianity in Japan today?
3 percent of its population
You should teach recitation your expressions are unique and add to higher level of understanding of the vedio
It’s funny how across many ancient and later medieval cultures, merchants were viewed as perverse and bottom feeders.
It's hard to watch this with all the terrible sound effects every 5 seconds 😬
There’s something that Japanese people won’t teach you about World War II…Look up Playing the Victim: Historical Revisionism and Japan, but don’t talk to anyone about this in Japan…it’s very bad to talk about it!
I don’t think Japanese are playing the victims
I think the US are the ones playing the victims.
Even 170 years ago the U.S. was there to liberate the whales from their oil! 😂😂
yeah... colonialism ended up being a disaster for every single country, in the end none of them kept the conquered territories and those who still want to keep them don't stop wasting money and resources in pintless conflicts, the only successful colonization method is international trade.
why didn't you continue the history to modern time....if you going to do history of japan u should finish up to the present time
You foolish samurai! I remember stuff from the video. Controlling the food makes you king and the emperor still got to be the emperor.
React to (prophet Muhammad the greatest man in history mind blowing). .... ,,,
OK here's a reaction - that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
The video is actually very flawed when introducing other world events into Japanese history. Especially around WW2.
You didn't mention the influence of Indians in Japan and Japanese history?
Yah... so you are familiar with the North Korean's and the Mongol's. 😜
And now take a look on your vid and the other one.
The H.o.J. was Funny. Les word's more stuff. fast info for the Japan- Hypnotized, that sudently wanted to lern japanese.
Your version is Serius and more Detail in it.
Even if you Forgot the Tornados. ( 神風).
You know japanese history well i sugest.
Then you could know where the Ancient Greek's had contact with the Ancient Japanese?
"The peaceful era comes to an with the arrival of the United States in Japan". As America do.
American colonialism super sucks. So many cultures are destroyed by it, particularly American Christian missionaries. Truly heinous.
This guy’s so politically biased. He only reads books from just one angle, but pretends he knows something. He is such a pretentious guy.
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@@wallhagens2001
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Gotta love how you barely mention Japanese colonialism and the atrocities made. Just hand waved at the end.