The CRAZY Ways Japanese Courtesans Proved Their Love to Clients

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  • @Linfamy
    @Linfamy  Рік тому +298

    Long video this time. Which of these methods would move you?
    Want my finger? Click here: www.patreon.com/Linfamy

    • @moncmaru
      @moncmaru Рік тому

      Balla ,pero si de por si eran cortezanas, por logica hay que ser imbecil pa creer que salvo la comprases como dijo, no hay tal amor XD es mas si elas pagaban a la casa de citas esas tarifas por los clientes que les daban plata¿la casa no perdia si ella perdia clientes? osea XD Xd

    • @robertjarman3703
      @robertjarman3703 Рік тому +1

      Ah, where Monk Miroku went before he met Sango.

    • @PoisonxAlchemist
      @PoisonxAlchemist Рік тому +5

      What if I want your thumbnail images instead?

    • @hyr1972
      @hyr1972 Рік тому +1

      Reminds me of The Realm of the Senses 🙂

    • @rocketgrunthyunho
      @rocketgrunthyunho Рік тому +2

      I have three words for this video. COME ON TOSHI!

  • @Randamono
    @Randamono Рік тому +5674

    Don’t let a courtesan tattooing your name on her skin distract you from the fact that the Fujiwara famously married their daughters into the Imperial family, allowing them control into the Heian court for 200 years.

    • @sarahisatitagain
      @sarahisatitagain Рік тому +342

      I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +740

      Tattooing that onto your body? Hot.

    • @pitaalfereti58
      @pitaalfereti58 Рік тому +75

      ​@@Linfamy He knows what's on, man. 😏

    • @wintergreen9949
      @wintergreen9949 Рік тому +102

      its weird that anybody would get that long of a tattoo, where would you fit "your name on her skin distract you from the fact that the fujiwara famously married their daughters into the imperial family, allowing them control into the heian court for 200 years?" I imagine the only place is the back

    • @bachvandals3259
      @bachvandals3259 Рік тому +40

      @@wintergreen9949 from the neck to the toes actually

  • @TBoneTony
    @TBoneTony Рік тому +5309

    Customer - Asks if she loves him
    Entertainer - Says No
    Customer - Asks if she can write a poem about why she doesn't love him.
    Entertainer - Writes a poem about how much she hates him.
    Customer - Enjoys it.
    Tsundere is born.

    • @skeetsmcgrew3282
      @skeetsmcgrew3282 Рік тому +299

      Oh fk yea babe, now tell me I'm dirt

    • @cjthebeesknees
      @cjthebeesknees Рік тому +128

      Invest, INvest, INVest, INVEst, INVESt, INVEST!

    • @Danothyus1
      @Danothyus1 Рік тому +158

      the dude was ahead of his time.

    • @spudthepug
      @spudthepug Рік тому +1

      The degradation kink rears it’s ugly ugly horny head!

    • @zainmudassir2964
      @zainmudassir2964 Рік тому +56

      Birth of an M.

  • @GirtheAlienGoldfish
    @GirtheAlienGoldfish Рік тому +3329

    I imagine myself as a courtesan in the Edo Period with a client. The conversation is as follows:
    "Do you love me?"
    "Of course!"
    "Enough to self-mutilate?"
    "Look, man. I just think you're okay."

    • @deepvoidmanufacturing
      @deepvoidmanufacturing Рік тому +334

      To me Japanese seggs workers feel like modern Japanese idol minus the segg part.
      After all both plays on fantasy of love , lies and daggers.

    • @Zeni-th.
      @Zeni-th. Рік тому +73

      *Leaves*💀

    • @Mortablunt
      @Mortablunt Рік тому

      “How about you just fuck me again, instead?”

    • @shostysboo
      @shostysboo Рік тому +37

      @@deepvoidmanufacturing a modern day love story

    • @PichuElric
      @PichuElric Рік тому +25

      @@deepvoidmanufacturing Omg. That's literally IT dude

  • @AGS363
    @AGS363 Рік тому +2352

    So, with other words: Yonosuke just spend all his money on seks workers and used their "advertising gifts" to build a creepy collection.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +294

      What a guy!

    • @mattisvov
      @mattisvov Рік тому +223

      In a roundabout way, he is just showing off how rich he is.

    • @2ndMess
      @2ndMess Рік тому +173

      But what if he was just really good friends with the grave digger, himself, and got a bulk discount? 🤔

    • @soragranda
      @soragranda Рік тому +29

      Such a chad.
      ... huh?

    • @hyr1972
      @hyr1972 Рік тому +119

      Plot Twist: Yunosuke owns a cemetery...

  • @mehrishsaleem7884
    @mehrishsaleem7884 Рік тому +1028

    I like the real one who wrote how much she didn’t like him 😂

  • @YingofDarkness
    @YingofDarkness Рік тому +2367

    Just when I thought these poor women's lives couldn't get worse. These poor women had to go through such hell just to survive

    • @peopleofearth6250
      @peopleofearth6250 Рік тому +22

      Why are you only concerned about the women?

    • @lalamanana1912
      @lalamanana1912 Рік тому +354

      @@peopleofearth6250 The video didn't mention male courtesans, don't know how common this was among male sex workers

    • @cam4636
      @cam4636 Рік тому +651

      @@lalamanana1912 Dude really watched a whole video about women mutilating themselves and said "but why are you talking about women?!?!?!"

    • @aprilbennett4161
      @aprilbennett4161 Рік тому +329

      @@peopleofearth6250 I don't know, probably because the video only pertains to female courtesans? C'mon dude. That argument doesn't work in this context.

    • @stansman5461
      @stansman5461 Рік тому +7

      There were some pretty rich women doing the same.

  • @blackcatcreations7897
    @blackcatcreations7897 Рік тому +436

    "A client couldn't see into his lover's heart. His view was blocked by her boobs."
    Top 10 quotes of 2023 right there

  • @chubbydinosaur9148
    @chubbydinosaur9148 Рік тому +1297

    The tattoo part was very interesting and helped me understand the issues with tattoos in Japan these days even more. The main argument is Yakuza, but I can imagine that there's still a whiff of "only hoes have tattoos" lingering in the air like a thick broccoli fart that follows you around.

    • @AmericanMeiling
      @AmericanMeiling Рік тому +34

      😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹 God they would just love me 🙈

    • @PichuElric
      @PichuElric Рік тому +76

      Lmaooo thick broccoli fart

    • @m9nu4lRJM
      @m9nu4lRJM Рік тому

      It Is, AND for criminals , ITS really ugly AND you are making damage to a perfect body just to feel cool in the under world? , ITS the same kind of Grotesque that self mutilate , oh way the coursesans get It years ago.

    • @cjthebeesknees
      @cjthebeesknees Рік тому +16

      @@AmericanMeiling matching dots then? No shame in my game.

    • @hollowed4306
      @hollowed4306 Рік тому

      Still a thing in Russia lol
      Tattoes means a whore and daddy issues

  • @Aresydatch
    @Aresydatch Рік тому +1039

    It's kind of ironic how one of Japan's symbolic cultures is the Kitsune and how they trick people and make fantasies for them with warnings about them
    Yet the Edo folk actively tried making an illusion for themselves, they foxed themselves

    • @saymyname2417
      @saymyname2417 Рік тому +120

      The kitsune is basically a succubus. So, that in combination with weird over-the-top Japanese actions... yes, you're correct - the Edo people did fox themselves.

    • @somerandomdude712
      @somerandomdude712 Рік тому +19

      @@saymyname2417 even better, if kitsune is basically a succubus, then both succubus and kitsune are 10/10

    • @eldritchcupcakes3195
      @eldritchcupcakes3195 Рік тому +36

      That’s why all the fun stories about spirits are from before or after then, the kitsune showed up and went “I genuinely don’t think I could make this worse”

  • @deadby15
    @deadby15 Рік тому +770

    In the edo period, a Double Suicide was considered to be the purest form of love, because it indicates Love transcending Life. Such disdain for life is deeply ingrained in the Japanese mindset, and also enabled things like Kamikaze Attacks and Banzai charges.

    • @ms.chuisin7727
      @ms.chuisin7727 Рік тому +29

      Double suicide doesn't only exist in Japan. So don't blame it on love.

    • @annakapp7087
      @annakapp7087 Рік тому +78

      @@ms.chuisin7727 Yeah, Romeo and Juliet is basically a double suicide and Swan Lake definitely is (at least the original version is).

    • @liselottehildegarde5367
      @liselottehildegarde5367 Рік тому +101

      @@annakapp7087 But Romeo and Juliet is seen as a tragic story in Western cultures and is not seen as the purest form of love because suicide is highly discouraged in Christianity due to the inability for penance to be done unlike what's viewed by the Japanese of the Edo period.

    • @insertname3977
      @insertname3977 Рік тому +25

      ​@liselottehildegarde5367 Right but the suicide itself was done out of "love", there was still an acknowledgement of dying for your partner was suppose to be seen as romantic even in many western societies.
      The issue with Romeo and Juliette was that it was written as a tragic comedy, people were suppose to mock their "love" and their actions as something to consider absurd.

    • @abcdefghij337
      @abcdefghij337 Рік тому +18

      “Romeo and Juliet” is supposed to give you the conclusion of: horny teenagers who don't think good be horny and the forbidden fruit tastes gooder.

  • @cryptbeast3222
    @cryptbeast3222 Рік тому +271

    Ugh, I can't imagine the infections and diseases from the more extreme practices. No wonder these women didn't live very long.

  • @tomorrow4eva
    @tomorrow4eva Рік тому +75

    "No woman from the pleasure district can be trusted". Well, you are literally paying them to lie to you...

  • @jaime_lynn
    @jaime_lynn Рік тому +222

    Courtesan experience: the OG parasocial relationship or a new VTuber trend. You decide.

  • @BINDSALLMIGHTY
    @BINDSALLMIGHTY Рік тому +506

    I just wanted to thank you for the hard work that you put into these videos

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +35

      Glad you like em!

    • @BINDSALLMIGHTY
      @BINDSALLMIGHTY Рік тому +13

      I watched all your Japanese history videos and never got bored thank you for making these videos lol

  • @PouresMaggie
    @PouresMaggie Рік тому +210

    You slide your jokes/puns in the script in such a way, I almost always get caught off guard and now I have to stifle my cackling at 4AM to risk getting hollered at. Thanks for that, but seriously, thanks for that!!!

  • @CrazyPangolinLady
    @CrazyPangolinLady Рік тому +330

    I’d stock up on menstrual blood for gifts

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +181

      "What's in all these jars?"
      "Er...tomato sauce."

    • @aureliaavalon
      @aureliaavalon Рік тому +121

      I bet some of them wrote those notes with menstrual blood instead of pricking their finger

    • @MsLilly200
      @MsLilly200 Рік тому +105

      @@aureliaavalon I bet loads of them did. I mean, it's painfree blood several days a month (well, extra pain). And like, I dunno if they could _work_ during their periods? Like, most societies back then (and a lot even now) thought periods were super gross. If Japan was the same, she could still do some work those days, writing letters in blood without having to constantly prick or cut herself cause the wound stopped bleeding. And then just space those letters out a little so the clients didn't go "hey, how come she only gives me blood letters exactly 5 days every month?"

    • @westrim
      @westrim Рік тому +16

      @@MsLilly200 The Historians Craft has a video about the high esteem women were held in during the Heian period, which was tied in part to the fact that they menstruated. I don't know how much of that may have carried into the Edo period, but food for thought

    • @twiggyjali
      @twiggyjali Рік тому +11

      @@MsLilly200courtesans worked unless they had broken bones or severe medical illness. so menstruation was no excuse to take the night off.
      sexworkers were encouraged not to take time off because of the debt looming over their heads.

  • @TojiFushigoroWasTaken
    @TojiFushigoroWasTaken Рік тому +147

    "Nothing spends more money than your di-"
    Bro just said something so silly yet so profound and true.....damn

  • @pantitapalittapongarnpim1581
    @pantitapalittapongarnpim1581 Рік тому +129

    Either Yonosuke is the courtesans' most popular client, or he's their most popular supplier. I'm not sure which side I'm on on this. But either way, that guy's loaded.

    • @aureliaavalon
      @aureliaavalon Рік тому +17

      I can't believe I hadn't considered that he could've also started a business supplying extra fingers back to other courtesans 😂hopefully not the ones he took them from

  • @thatonedrainedplatter5421
    @thatonedrainedplatter5421 Рік тому +237

    Only Linfamy can teach me history and I’ll be happy to listen.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +18

      ;)

    • @vibhav_m
      @vibhav_m Рік тому +2

      Have you watched Oversimplified?

  • @TumblinWeeds
    @TumblinWeeds Рік тому +67

    The finger cutting explanation was insightful 😂 explains a lot of why a practice might escalate to something so fucked up neither side wanted it.

  • @bigfootpart4therevengeancing
    @bigfootpart4therevengeancing Рік тому +83

    I suppose if the prostitute died of sepsis from a missing fingernail or digit, then maybe it really was proof of love.
    That or she'd rather be dead than have to deal with him.
    What a life!

  • @Naharu.
    @Naharu. Рік тому +173

    6:09 did none of them thought of using their period or smth? Thats like a free subscription for paint to write to people you hate almost every month or so

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +125

      "She loves me, she sends me a love letter every month."

    • @femkevanwageningen6068
      @femkevanwageningen6068 5 місяців тому +6

      I think period blood is usually a bit to thick and full of uterus lining cloths to be able to work with it all that well, but it's a interesting thought🤔

    • @Averiiie
      @Averiiie 5 місяців тому +8

      @@femkevanwageningen6068 It really depends on the flow

  • @OLDMANWAFFLES
    @OLDMANWAFFLES Рік тому +211

    WE MAKIN IT OUT THE EDO PERIOD WITH THIS ONE 🔥🙏🏼

    • @akechijubeimitsuhide
      @akechijubeimitsuhide Рік тому +13

      We still haven't made it out of the Kamakura historically tho.

    • @pitaalfereti58
      @pitaalfereti58 Рік тому +8

      @@akechijubeimitsuhide 👹 Nah bro, we still haven't made it out the Heian period. 💀💀💀

  • @BewareTheCarpenter
    @BewareTheCarpenter Рік тому +164

    Imagine being so messed up you think that true love is defined as someone wanting you to maim yourself.

    • @0RedTree0
      @0RedTree0 8 місяців тому +5

      The women did it because they had to or they would lose their livelihood (ie. Their main $$$ supporter). These sex workers were probably not falling in love with the hundreds of the men who bought them.

    • @vaska1999
      @vaska1999 2 місяці тому +1

      Imagine being so naive as to think the courtesans were in love with any of their clients. They did what they had to do to survive, and certainly not out of love for the losers who frequented them.

  • @TBoneTony
    @TBoneTony Рік тому +93

    And people thought that Demon Slayer's Entertainment District was crazy.
    But no, the Entertainment District was a real thing in Edo Japan.

  • @sofreli4643
    @sofreli4643 Рік тому +240

    I used to watch your videos alot in 2020-2021 and have picked them up again and have been watching the history of japan series. its really cool to see how your drawing style has changed over the years

  • @murlocchieftain5176
    @murlocchieftain5176 Рік тому +92

    "They actually had a primitive tattoo laser removal....called burning" cracked me up

  • @nothanks5162
    @nothanks5162 Рік тому +157

    Sure...the courtesans are horrible liars. Although, they'd probably be beaten, starved or worse by those who owned them if they lose their clients. But also, the men who would promise to free them, to marry them, to love them, etc and who never did. Someone who is lonely, forced to please men all day long who only care about themselves...would probably fall in love often and then get disappointed. Again and again. Women were forced to lie to survive. Men though? They were free. They just lied to get the 'girlfriend experience.'

    • @janerecluse4344
      @janerecluse4344 10 місяців тому

      💯 My whole life, I've been sick of men complaining about conniving women. Set up whole fucking societies where the only way to even survive, let alone accomplish anything, is to manipulate men, and then whine that women lie! NO SHIT, SHERLOCK!

    • @Gelato41_
      @Gelato41_ 9 місяців тому

      And now a guy cant even get fucking tinder matches.

  • @AshtaAJ
    @AshtaAJ Рік тому +29

    “Daibu did none of that. It must have been her first time.”
    I chortled.

  • @CarolineBearoline
    @CarolineBearoline Рік тому +338

    These were terrible conditions, but how else was she supposed to pay for college? 😂

    • @flashahhasavedeveryoneofus2824
      @flashahhasavedeveryoneofus2824 Рік тому

      Yr so lucky to have a money kitty between yr legs

    • @bravery2047
      @bravery2047 Рік тому +60

      they were mostly sold to the pleasure houses by their parents or was abducted when they were small.

    • @CarolineBearoline
      @CarolineBearoline Рік тому +34

      @@bravery2047 I ripped that line directly from the video, didn't mean any disrespect

    • @bravery2047
      @bravery2047 Рік тому +22

      @@CarolineBearoline thanks, I just wanted to give context to the circumstances as it was not in the video.

    • @blue_pullover
      @blue_pullover Рік тому +1

      @@bravery2047 /whooosh

  • @mommachupacabra
    @mommachupacabra Рік тому +45

    Ooh, now I'm remembering a scene in "Bridge of Birds" (tale of an Ancient China that never was) where the skeevy thieves are digging up a rich woman's grave for her jewelry, and also her fingernails and hair (the secret observer good guy learns to his horror.)

  • @Fenrisson
    @Fenrisson Рік тому +103

    No need for a vow or finger, mate. I trust you.

  • @akashgarg6553
    @akashgarg6553 Рік тому +164

    I like the grave digger guy .. such a saver😅

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +43

      A true friend and hero.

    • @davidribeiro1064
      @davidribeiro1064 Рік тому +11

      I'm pretty sure the grave digger was pulling the strings behind this.
      Shinju was good for business.

  • @NieroDraegon
    @NieroDraegon Рік тому +142

    I really love your stories, the give me a lot of inspiration for a japan themed D&D campaign ive been working on. Please contine to build more!!

    • @PoisonxAlchemist
      @PoisonxAlchemist Рік тому +2

      If you like D&D you should also try Legend of the Five Rings.

    • @audreyandremington5265
      @audreyandremington5265 Рік тому +3

      Bros gonna make a red light district dnd story 💀

    • @Gelato41_
      @Gelato41_ 9 місяців тому

      @@audreyandremington5265But with katanas and fucking ninja stars

    • @Gelato41_
      @Gelato41_ 9 місяців тому

      @@audreyandremington5265and ninjitsu

  • @michirucarrera
    @michirucarrera Рік тому +1923

    Selling Women by Amy Stanley is a great book introducing historical prostitution in Japan. Prostitutes were mostly children sold into slavery by families who couldn't afford them; swords were kept away from them so they couldn't kill themselves. The only way out was for someone to buy her freedom, and hopefully to become a mistress (as a "fallen women" she probably couldn't marry). It's depressing and grotesque, but fascinating to read their stories.

    • @magnadramon0068
      @magnadramon0068 Рік тому +220

      This was mainly true for women in the red light districts during the Edo period. Originally Japanese sex workers worked independently. But the vilification of sex work by religious authorities, led to the creation of red light districts by the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to control sex workers. And any sex workers that worked outside of the red light district were punished and forced to work inside the red light district against their will.

    • @amberkat8147
      @amberkat8147 Рік тому +83

      @@magnadramon0068 That's sad. Religious bleepers really do ruin everything.

    • @seraph_dalgon_9216
      @seraph_dalgon_9216 Рік тому

      @@magnadramon0068 smart move by the shogunate and those religious authorities. You get uphold a higher standard, gather all the sex workers into one place under your supervision, and you em get wash profits to fill the treasury. Truly big brain

    • @vivvy_0
      @vivvy_0 Рік тому +21

      the origin of the lolicon obsession

    • @ibelieveinyourgalaxy
      @ibelieveinyourgalaxy Рік тому +10

      Anyone know an affordable way to read this book?

  • @jacobshore5115
    @jacobshore5115 Рік тому +38

    I bet those Gravediggers who stole hair from corpses probably got haunted by Onryō?

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +10

      Wouldn't be surprised

  • @yesthatmousyiris4887
    @yesthatmousyiris4887 Рік тому +491

    I feel bad for these workers

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +156

      Not the greatest life, for sure

    • @nerdwisdomyo9563
      @nerdwisdomyo9563 Рік тому +19

      Yeah that’s fair

    • @jerriapproves
      @jerriapproves Рік тому +67

      The average life span for those sex workers was so short. Heart breaking for sure.

    • @msbroomstick1
      @msbroomstick1 Рік тому +85

      ​@@Linfamy when you think about it. It's really funny to demand gestures of loyalty and love from someone so economically inferior she has to mutilate her body to survive. Really shows how little empathy and compassion rich men had too poor people and women. Can you imagine it today? "Oh so you want to keep eating from my church's soup kitchen but you have yet to show your true devotion for our saviour! Please deliver a kidney so we can trust your love. That is if you're fond of eating. A very reasonable request from an untrustworthy poor such as you"

    • @jasminkrieger8464
      @jasminkrieger8464 Рік тому +9

      ​@@Linfamy Yeah that or starving getting killed work your bone off or getting a disease by intercourse or pregnant or die at child birth

  • @ZealPropht
    @ZealPropht Рік тому +21

    Another wonderful video! The Naruto references made me laugh more than I should have. Pure gold!

  • @aff77141
    @aff77141 Рік тому +18

    "The grass is always greener on the other vagina"
    I came for the history and I stayed for shit like this 😂 😂 😂

  • @KendallM0219
    @KendallM0219 Рік тому +38

    I always enjoy your videos they have just the right sprinkle of humor and history. Thank You!

  • @astestatelement1525
    @astestatelement1525 Рік тому +17

    I couldn't help but think about period blood when it got to that part...

  • @mbsyggd
    @mbsyggd Рік тому +60

    It's like an in-person version of being an 'online-couple'. With nail pulling.

  • @tyn999
    @tyn999 Рік тому +17

    Linfamy humor makes these stories way more interesting! I love the drawings too!

  • @telinhajp
    @telinhajp Рік тому +10

    Heeello, Linfamy! Big hugs from Japan! ❤🤗

  • @liquidpaper1349
    @liquidpaper1349 Рік тому +36

    That finger-cutting fake out thing feels a lot like Abraham being told to murder his son. You have to actually try to do it if you want to stand any chance of getting out of there with finger/son intact.

  • @kmgg5005
    @kmgg5005 Рік тому +121

    and they say women are the 'weaker' sex :)...thank you for this amazing channel- your research and delivery are perfection!

    • @jasminkrieger8464
      @jasminkrieger8464 Рік тому +1

      Unfortunate guys were curtisan To young guys just different names dir man until they reached adulthood and had Not to do it

    • @jasminkrieger8464
      @jasminkrieger8464 Рік тому +1

      Just to survive money food Drinks medicine

    • @mikagesdiary
      @mikagesdiary Рік тому +7

      @@jasminkrieger8464r/ihadastroke

    • @janerecluse4344
      @janerecluse4344 10 місяців тому +2

      Come on, childbirth debunks that one! 😂

  • @Zeni-th.
    @Zeni-th. Рік тому +30

    Never have I seen a person better at reciting history tham Limfany, too bad I don't have the money to join the Patreon

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak Рік тому +7

    Daki has entered the chat

  • @ridleysage
    @ridleysage Рік тому +3

    I just thought "what is linfamy doing?" then I get this video. Excellent!

  • @mattisvov
    @mattisvov Рік тому +106

    Well this was kinda disturbing.
    Like, since you know it is all a game, let the poor girl hand you fake finger and be "wink-wink" about it.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +48

      Maybe those where the guys who accepted the rice dough fingers 😂

    • @Ass_of_Amalek
      @Ass_of_Amalek Рік тому +26

      weird situation though - she would have had to cut a finger off to end up missing one, so one guy would get the real one. kinda awkward to get one of the fake ones then...
      though I suppose one could also try to wear a prosthetic for the first couple of times meeting a new client, and then pretend to cut off a finger that was already missing.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +20

      @@Ass_of_Amalek Smart. Thinking like a true courtesan.

    • @Ass_of_Amalek
      @Ass_of_Amalek Рік тому +10

      @@Linfamy to get the best mileage out of just one finger

    • @skeetsmcgrew3282
      @skeetsmcgrew3282 Рік тому +9

      Idk man, I feel like only a majority of guys knew it was all a game. Like how would you find out if you were some sheltered otaku? The prostitutes had a whole network of women to talk to and get tips and tricks

  • @Lakadaizical
    @Lakadaizical Рік тому +20

    A client couldn't see into his lover's heart, his view was blocked by her boobs" Oh my god 😭

  • @1000Tomatoes
    @1000Tomatoes Рік тому +101

    And somehow this "well if you really love me then you would..." arms race resulted in a weird double suicide obsession. Even thought I conceptually understand it is still pretty bizarre. It is interesting how heavily this whole thing is tied into the fantasy created by literature. To the point where double suicide stories were banned because people kept being inspired to do it. The Edo government was often censor happy but that one I kind of get. It's like if the scenario of Romeo and Juliet was a lot more similar to real life and didn't have those comedic contrivances that get them to commit suicide, so people in those situations thought it was the best way to show thier love if they couldn't be together.

    • @insertname3977
      @insertname3977 Рік тому +15

      You also have a culture that doesn't shun suicide for the most part compared to Christian Europe where suicide is one of the worst sins you could ever commit. It's also part of the reason why the ending of Romeo and Juliette is suppose to be considered obscene because of the fact that they damn their eternal souls for such a fleeting moment of "love".

    • @kellharris2491
      @kellharris2491 Рік тому +8

      But another thing is that life is sometimes awful. For them suicide was in many ways honorable. So they get 'relief in death' but also a measure of honor. I can see why it is so common even now.

  • @KytanY
    @KytanY Рік тому +30

    Little cuts in your mouth, especially on the gum near the teeth, bleed more for longer than the same cut on fingers, but heal a lot faster... So yeah, it was better... Just throwing it out there....

  • @RabidSnarf
    @RabidSnarf Рік тому +3

    Sttttaaahhhhpppppp.....I'm so sick and my throat is killing me. I can't keep barking out unladylike laughter at your commentary. You are killing me lol

  • @DouglasMeloche
    @DouglasMeloche 9 місяців тому +2

    @16:00 love your rendition^^ cannot wait for the REMIX

  • @minisnakali
    @minisnakali Рік тому +7

    This mans comedy is so on point it has me rolling on the floor 😂
    I absolutely love

  • @deumnoctis
    @deumnoctis Рік тому +8

    humor is on point with this one

  • @ChekkoM
    @ChekkoM Рік тому +7

    this video is brilliant! Kinda made me think about how onlyfans culture and its related "make-believe" is developing nowadays.

  • @nellyomega8866
    @nellyomega8866 8 місяців тому

    Guy the way you end your videos with a whole new topic, has led my down a rabbit hole of your content😂

  • @scraperindustry
    @scraperindustry Рік тому +43

    I'm sorry we keep asking for more vids on the lewd side of Japanese history, but these are seriously my favorite videos and they are just so fascinating 😂

    • @roronoa_kenshin
      @roronoa_kenshin Рік тому

      Spotted a fan of lewd side of japanese history🙃

  • @Some_guy_passing_by
    @Some_guy_passing_by 2 місяці тому +2

    11:00 Where is Kishimoto??😂😂😂 He needs to see this😂

  • @dragonofsomething2820
    @dragonofsomething2820 Рік тому +10

    This has given a lot of cultural context to one very specific Gintama arc

  • @Amadeo790
    @Amadeo790 Рік тому +9

    Not gana lie, using Sakura for the nail example was hilarious.

  • @mystruggletobeadecenthuman5121

    Ngnl the matching dot tattoo on the hand actually sounds very romantic

  • @keyofallworlds7549
    @keyofallworlds7549 Рік тому +41

    Why do I see the trope in anime and manga about a rando killing courtisans shouting something about “cheating” or like “omg you lied about only loving me cause you keep seeing clients” Like were men really that stupid, selfish, or both?

    • @insertname3977
      @insertname3977 Рік тому +20

      Some people just get caught up in the fantasy. You see it today with people getting bent out of shape because their favourite streamer or idol actually doesn't consider them a close friend or whatever.

  • @OneWingedAngelsBand
    @OneWingedAngelsBand Рік тому +5

    The Shogunate is covering the Edo period now on his channel. Would be nice to see you guys collaborate again. 🙂

  • @seraph_dalgon_9216
    @seraph_dalgon_9216 Рік тому +2

    Is it strange that I already knew much of these details from reading Ateya no Tsubaki. That series goes in

  • @jeanfalconer6377
    @jeanfalconer6377 Рік тому +4

    Yay, you're back! I missed these vids. This is going to be the strangest, most fascinating video I'll see all week, I'm pretty sure.

  • @Someone-kg8qf
    @Someone-kg8qf Рік тому +1

    Totally unrelated but the amount of phone wallpapers I can get out of this video is amazing lol Thank you for the history lesson!

  • @magscat3161
    @magscat3161 Рік тому +13

    "nothing spends more money than your dick" 😂 I blew tea out of my nose laughing at this

  • @MrBoltstrike
    @MrBoltstrike 11 місяців тому

    Chilling. Educational. Decent comedic timing.
    I hate that these are structured like a rabbit hole going from video to video.

  • @HeraclesN-fp1bw
    @HeraclesN-fp1bw Рік тому +6

    This is why there is so many Rakugo stories focusing on Courtesans & their relationships

  • @dewiapt7387
    @dewiapt7387 Рік тому +2

    This was chilling to listen to, things were so extreme

  • @veiledrecalcitrance4314
    @veiledrecalcitrance4314 Рік тому +36

    Damn is this a depressing subject, sex workers are treated pretty awful in almost every era of every land, which sucks when you think about it, most women are forced into it, have to endure it for their time doing it and apparently in the edo period in Japan the clients added a whole other ego based, creepy layer on top of the basic sex the women had to perform to survive. I’ve never understood why any man would want to have sex with someone who really doesn’t want to have sex them, it’s beyond creepy. You have to be some kind of pathetic guy to hire a prostitute to have sex with you

    • @Oznerock
      @Oznerock Рік тому +3

      That is exactly why this scheme of lying exists. Because they want it to feel real, even if it really isn't.

  • @UtahGal
    @UtahGal Рік тому +1

    DANG 😮 on a different note... this is the funniest tragically morbid "slice" of history. Amazing job of telling this tale 👏 👏👏👏

  • @lynxoffinland
    @lynxoffinland Рік тому +15

    I want to read that vow of not loving the guy. Sounds like worthwhile writings in history.

  • @Mikeztarp
    @Mikeztarp Рік тому +7

    The expressions on their faces at 14:57 are hilarious! xD

  • @kwakkuchen
    @kwakkuchen Рік тому +4

    I missed these type of videos! I hope you'll make more 🎉

  • @PsiJuicu
    @PsiJuicu Рік тому +8

    The manga at 1:32 is from "Akatsuki no Yona" and yes it's a edited panel

  • @Lucious410
    @Lucious410 Рік тому +3

    Thanks for sharing. Your videos are always amazing.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for watching :)

  • @AshenForest1
    @AshenForest1 Рік тому +2

    I'm so happy you posted!!

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +2

      I'm so happy you commented!

    • @pitaalfereti58
      @pitaalfereti58 Рік тому

      ​@@Linfamy I'm so happy you replied!

  • @Infinitebrandon
    @Infinitebrandon Рік тому +3

    Lin sama, you're so ba at teasing the Japanese lol. My favorite veterans are Japanese and my style of food is Japanese-Mexican. I'm certain I'm top ten. I owe a debt to Japan and they also owe me. Thanks for making me lol again . I can't wait to be your ronin again but I'm busy as a magnificent 7 . Good to hear you again 🤙

  • @JamesMadisonsSpiritAnimal
    @JamesMadisonsSpiritAnimal Рік тому +23

    "Yendere behavior has a long culturally significant history among the people of the rising sun"

    • @Gelato41_
      @Gelato41_ 9 місяців тому

      its as if... that makes them who they are

    • @Gelato41_
      @Gelato41_ 9 місяців тому

      HONORABLE

  • @DavidCruickshank
    @DavidCruickshank Рік тому +3

    I love all the puns and straight up dirty jokes you put in every video!😅

  • @edi9892
    @edi9892 Рік тому +1

    Wow. Whenever I think that it can't possibly get any crazier...

  • @IGUniverse
    @IGUniverse Рік тому +3

    The Naruto example just got me XD

  • @TellurcatIsaidpspsps
    @TellurcatIsaidpspsps Рік тому +4

    Did you put your own tattoo in the video? Bc I LOVE IT omg!!! You’ve given me some good ideas for some ink :)

  • @PetShopCrazy101
    @PetShopCrazy101 Рік тому +2

    I'm at a loss for words at all the shade thrown in this video. 😂

  • @ryanfinley7297
    @ryanfinley7297 Рік тому +8

    Oh My God, He Finally Uploaded.
    PRAISE THE JAPANESE GODS

  • @RickJW-OSM
    @RickJW-OSM Рік тому +7

    So that's where 'Rent-a-Girlfriend' came from.

  • @NanaBowana
    @NanaBowana Рік тому +14

    The more I learn about the lives of these women the worse it gets

  • @billsummy2412
    @billsummy2412 Рік тому +1

    WOW ..... That was AMAZING pard !

  • @b1ngnx33
    @b1ngnx33 Рік тому +3

    DAMN!!!! I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!!!!!
    THANK YOU!!!!

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  Рік тому +1

      GLAD YOU LIKE THEM

  • @TheHonoredOne_GoandJo
    @TheHonoredOne_GoandJo Місяць тому +1

    “A client couldn’t see through his lovers heart, his view was blocked by her boobs.”
    LMAOO I LOVE YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

  • @chrisjags
    @chrisjags Рік тому +72

    Wait... the women of the pleasure district couldn't be trusted?
    Sounds like it was the dudes who couldn't be trusted.

    • @VsevolodSidorenko
      @VsevolodSidorenko Рік тому +14

      No one can be trusted

    • @Naharu.
      @Naharu. Рік тому +5

      Is there anyone that can be trusted, tho?

    • @echoblue3859
      @echoblue3859 Рік тому +10

      Be careful - the truth of the matter will summon the manosphere.

    • @papoprimearchon9910
      @papoprimearchon9910 Рік тому

      Cannot trust sex workers AND sex contractors

  • @estherbeirne
    @estherbeirne Рік тому +1

    the art looks fantastic

  • @Video_Game_Artist
    @Video_Game_Artist 11 місяців тому +3

    What if we all made our ocs in linfamy’s style and made a roleplay video about our ocs’ daily lives in ancient Japan

  • @myvox143
    @myvox143 Рік тому +1

    I find your explanation very fun! 👍💖

  • @jerriapproves
    @jerriapproves Рік тому +7

    Tbh if there is a Time Machine, I would go back in history and ask them few questions. I can never understand how can you love someone to the point that you want to pull nails out or chop fingers down to prove it. 😅