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Hello my favorite youtuber. You made video about Shinsengumi. "Subsequently", can you do video about the four hitokiri (manslayers) of the Bakumatsu? (Kawakami Gensai, Kirino Toshiaki, Tanaka Shinbei, Okada Izō). Thank you and sorry for my English.
i'd like to know more about the boshin war, im aware you made videos about it in the past but it's one of my favorite periods of japanese history to research
"this is a super famous story that every japanese person would 100% learn in history class" moments like these i continue to lament the anglo-american centric history classes of the US... of course most countries only really teach their own histories, but it's so frustrating; there's so much richness to be learned from the stories of other places. thank you again, shogo!
I really love Saigo Takamori, imagine leading the Imperial army to defeat the shogunate but in the end fighting the very men you lead in battle because of your values and principles not afraid to charge and die, that's how badass he is.
I'd say it's more of a sad example of his own men's loyalty towards him, considering a french guy prefered to be treated like a traitor and to die with his japanese trainees rather than leaving them alone to die
Nobunaga is badass as hell :D I kinda imagine him having a constant dramatic soundtrack going on, either metal or full-on classical orchestra and pipe organ with Ominous Latin Chanting.
Minamoto no Yushitsune, fought along side his older brother, Minamoto no Yoritomo in the Genpei war against the Taira clan. He was also the one who commanded the Minamoto froces at the epic final clash with Taira clan at the battle Dan no Ura, that was the end of the Genpei war. Oda Nobunaga, defeated the massive Imagawa army, at Okehzama, and went on to counqer the entire country defeating many clans like the Saito, Azai, Asakura, and especially the Takeda. Along side his subordinates, including Hashiba Hideyoshi, or later known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the future 2nd great unifier of Japan. As well as the traitor Akechi Mitsuhide, who would be later defeated by Hideyoshi at the battle of Yamazki. Those two are my most favourite, out of the five you mentioned in this video :D. But if you asked me who is my most favourite Samurai figures they are, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Taira no Kiomori, Shimazu Yoshihiro, and Mori Motonari.
Congratz on 1mil subs! you deserve it. I think i saw your channel before but i wasnt subbed... i am now! I love samurai history , its so interesting , and i adore them. I might start training Kendo even , next month. Thanks for this cool video full of info! really enjoyed it
Thank you for this wonderful video! I also love your second camera, i think it improves the video a lot, which I didn't even think was possible because the videos are already so good! I think if you could talk about movies like "Ran" or "Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa or "Silence" by Martin Scorsese, that it would deepen my understanding of Japanese culture through its own art ( like with Kurosawa) or from and outside prospective (like with Scorsese). Again thank you for this video and if you could talk about just one of these movies I would be deeply grateful!
fascinating subject ! Thank you very much, I don't know why but I am attracted to your culture and way of living especially in the so-called Middle-Age. Such sophistication compared to the western world ! I've started learning Japanese but... it's a bit difficult, especially the writing... (Hira ga na)...
Very interesting video, I'm glad that you talk about the famous samurai (something I am always willing to hear about Japan). Incredibly unfair how some of the victims had to commit Seppuku because someone else felt a bit negatively of them! (In Yoshitsune's case, by his own brother no less) By the way, what are those things leaning on your sword rack? (Also by the way, nice olive clothing you got!)
Not to detract from your very useful and informative video...correction is that Tom Cruise wasn't the Last Samurai the title was referencing but Ken Watanabe's character.
I never tire of absorbing this type of history about the sengoku era in particular. I have read that Oda Nobunaga was also called devil because he took up Christianity in an effort to make the foreign people sell him rifles. His people took them and began making their own versions and trained his army with the firing squad tactics he learned. I forgot what battle it was now but his army massacred the enemy army with simple teams of firing volleys into charging into it and then they switch with the next squad and reload to keep it alternating like machine gun suppressing fire.
I wish I could live in Japan for at least one year if not forever. It is the most beautiful place on Earth and I love no other culture more then Japanese Samurai and how they served.
General Yamagata Aritomo's letter to Saigo Takamori before the battle of Shiroyama shows how highly regarded and well respected Saigo Takamori is. Also a great Sabaton song.
One thing I think confuses people is that the title "The Last Samurai" was meant to refer to Samurai in plural, not that Tom Cruise was the "last samurai". They probably should have titled it "The Last of the Samurai" or something to make it seem a little less silly.
@@LetsaskShogo sorry to bother again, but how much does the average katana cost? im not looking to buy antique or anything, just the price of something that is genuine
This vid is Old I know but I just want to share with anyone interested in Japanese cinema try to see Harakiri dir. Masaka Kobayashi (1962). An absolute must if you are interested in how Bushido was really applied/followed during the Shogunate period, 🌞
As a German if find it a disgrace for Japanese Samurai and their extraordinary warrior codex and self conduct to mention Tom Cruises name. The movie was great, yes, was it a Samurai movie? Not at all
Others Tokugawa Ieyasu 1st son Matsudaira Nobuyasu, October 5, 1579 Kanpaku Toyotomi Hidetsugu, July 15, 1595 Chamberlain to Toyotomi Hideyori, Katagiri Katsumoto, June 24, 1615 Tokugawa Tadanaga, January 5, 1634 Tanaka Shinbei, July 11, 1863 Mishima Yukio, November 25, 1970 Mishima portrayed Tanaka's seppuku in Gosha's film Hitokiri. The film was withheld from distribution for years afterwards. Maybe I will have some more examples later.
When I've watched the Last Samurai I got the impression that the character played by Ken Watanabe was the last samurai not the one played by Tom Cruise. Who do you guys think is the last samurai in the movie?
That was also my impression, cemented in my mind when he was so very insistent that he die in battle at the end, rather than live in submission to those who were wiping out the old traditions.
Thank you for the video content you make. In addition they're always filled with a lot of entertainment & education. Also in the future if you could for a video idea, please make one on other historical heroes of Japan that were like the true last samurai Saigo Takamori. Especially since I like his story alot & am curious if other heroic people like him existed & whether they were samurai or not.
I like how you summarize at the end of the video. Also Saigo’s school for samurais is a problem we all face in different time periods. They basically lost their livelihood and need to start from scratch.
Didn't became Sen-no Rikyû only the most famous tea master under Hideyoshi. Under Oda he had the same position with his two peers Imai Sôkyû (今井 宗久) and Tsuda Sōgyū (津田 宗及,). Can you elaborate more on this?
So this the first time I’ve heard the Taira clan referred to as the Heiji… I usually hear them referred to as the Heike. I wonder if this is a regional thing.
Yes , Harakiri is more descriptive a term , hara = (stomach region). There's no direct English translation. And Kiri from the verb Kiru, to cut. So hara Kiri means belly/. Stomach cutting---- .the pure" mechanics" of seppuku.
Now, I know when Japan started the tradition of collecting expensive things that only worth for the collector groups. Oda is the Ōsensei of model trains, bishoujo figures and many kind of collectors.
Just a quick question: In later years almost all seppuku rituals had a close friend or respected member of his entourage behead the samurai after the initial abdomen thrust, beheading them to release them from the pain. Yet you say common criminals or perpetrators of grave crimes got beheaded, which was "dishonorable". But yet both end up with their head rolling over the courtyard.
A key thing about the seppuku rituals is that the 'beheading' of the samurai was not complete - they were meant to leave a sliver of skin so that the head would stay on rather than fall to the ground specifically to avoid the shame of having the head 'roll across the ground' which would have been shameful.
ive always been so interested in the way eastern and western cultures tend to look at the idea of defeat or being killed. in western culture is considered cowardly to not fight tooth and nail to your last dying breath, and suicide is a way to avoid fighting hard for yourself. but there's something really powerful about japanese warriors in the past refusing to give their enemy the satisfaction of killing them, or the possibility of getting information out of them.
I would like to learn about the origins of the modern day Japanese. The English have their origins in northern Europe, from which part of Asia do the Japanese originate, because I know that there are indigenous tribes of Japan.
But wait! How could you neglect the death of Yukio Mishima!?!?!?!?! ;-> Seriously, great video on a subject that's misunderstood by a lot of westerners. It's interesting how this one act can be used to denote so many things. A while ago, I read a good book on the subject that I'd like to recommend fellow viewers: "Seppuki: A History Of Samurai Suicide" (2011) by Andrew Rankin. It gives a great overview of the history, techniques/protocols and reasons for this. At 255pp, a good short read
Could you talk about the Japanese media and Naomi Osaka? I feel like there's a lot of context missing from the Japanese perspective. Also do you support the Olympics? I hear it's unpopular over there
Its probably unfair to say that Oda Nobunaga was the most famous Samurai, there were many others not including Tokugawa Ieyasu or Toyatomi Hideyoshi, During the Sengoku Jidai there were many more, like Date Masamune, Maeda Toshie, Uesugi Kenshin, Sanada Yukimura, Kusunoki Masashige, Honda Tadakatsu, Shimazu Yoshihisa, and not forgetting the great man himself, Takeda Shingen, the only one who could have stopped Nobunaga, he defeated Tokugawa Ieyasu at Mikatagahara, what if he killed the Tokugawa, that would have been an entirely different ball game and a game changer, and why did Nobunaga only send 3000 men to aid Ieyasu??, was he edging his bets, did he think Shingen would kill Ieyasu, i think when the 3 are mentioned, you have to also mention Shingen, sadly Shingen was dying, No he wasn't shot by a sniper, thats something Ieyasu would have people believe, he would love to have that on his resume..
That was a nice video, Yamaguchi-San. But you have missed a few other famous people that comitted Seppuku. Chuihi Nagumo~The WW2 Naval Captain who committed Seppuku shortly after Japan's defeat at the Battle of Midway. Yukio Mishima~The Japanese Author who also committed Seppuku after a failed attempt at staging a revolution in Japan.
Hmmm, Sen-No Rikyu statue ... Do you think SOMEONE delibratly placed the statue in the temple to get rid of Sen-No Rikyu? and is it correct that a CERTAIN ITEM that Hideyoshi wanted from him was also a motive? and is the rumor that Sen-No Rikyu BLACKENED THE CHA-WAN in protest againts Hideyoshi's Korean Campaign correct?
Maaybe, but nevertheless his ideals were in contrary to Hideyoshi. The fact that a MERCHANT was ALLOWED to commit SEPPUKU, which was a PRIVILEGE for the SAMURAI-CLASS also speaks volumes. We shouldn't forget that
Roman general takes new territory. He is awarded a large pagant were he brags all his accomplishments for a day. Japanese samurai takes new territory. " You are awarded a tea party"
Saigo Takamori sounds amazing. To have such determined conviction in the face of adversity and that too from those that should understand you, is not easy. Minamoto yushitsune’s death is quite understandable. Being in power was not easy in those days and having someone overshadow you, to potentially lead rebels against you, that is a risk that needs to be eliminated. Very sad though that the brothers couldn’t communicate and come to an agreement. I let out a big sigh of relief that Hideyoshi did not let the traitor succeed. Once again Hiseyoshi’s need to take out Shimizu Muneharu makes sense and honestly I’m not sure that was a death / issue worth dying over.
The story about Sen-no-Rikyu seems very similar to that of Socrates. He angered many powerful people by embarrassing them while seeking answers to difficult questions. He was accused of false crimes, and sentenced to death. Instead of fleeing, he chose to accept the judgement of the court and drank poison to end his own life.
Socrates being ordered to drink hemlock to die was supposed to humble and reign him in.but he did the last thing they expected him to do ----- he called their bluff......
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Hello my favorite youtuber. You made video about Shinsengumi. "Subsequently", can you do video about the four hitokiri (manslayers) of the Bakumatsu? (Kawakami Gensai, Kirino Toshiaki, Tanaka Shinbei, Okada Izō). Thank you and sorry for my English.
The time of the "Bubble Economy" would be an interesting topic and a nice change of pace.
i'd like to know more about the boshin war, im aware you made videos about it in the past but it's one of my favorite periods of japanese history to research
Go more into the aesthetics parts of tea ceremony i.e the 名物 (meibitsu) and where are they now (when where they lost etc.) and especially 天下三肩衝
Make an episode about a ninja outfit. Facts and Myths.
This channel is like a tour of Japan with a really nice tour guide.
I agree.
"this is a super famous story that every japanese person would 100% learn in history class"
moments like these i continue to lament the anglo-american centric history classes of the US... of course most countries only really teach their own histories, but it's so frustrating; there's so much richness to be learned from the stories of other places. thank you again, shogo!
In Japan they teach Japanese history more than schools would elsewhere, does this fact surprise you?
@@bruhmomenthdr7575 I don't think you read all of the comment, or comprehension practice is needed.
@@DMWatchesUA-cam Rest assured; I read the WHOLE comment.
You are.. complaining that Americans learn about their own history, which involves most of the entire world.. in their own country?
@@haleyl.248 i think he meant every country should learn every country history.
I really love all of these videos and Japanese history and culture.
I really love Saigo Takamori, imagine leading the Imperial army to defeat the shogunate but in the end fighting the very men you lead in battle because of your values and principles not afraid to charge and die, that's how badass he is.
I'd say it's more of a sad example of his own men's loyalty towards him, considering a french guy prefered to be treated like a traitor and to die with his japanese trainees rather than leaving them alone to die
Nobunaga, one of my favourite historical figures. He wasnt the called the Demonking of the sixth heaven just for show.
He took compliment for that demonic title (considering what he did in battle, especially that one Buddhist hill temple I forgot the name of)
Nobunaga is badass as hell :D I kinda imagine him having a constant dramatic soundtrack going on, either metal or full-on classical orchestra and pipe organ with Ominous Latin Chanting.
@@akechijubeimitsuhide Why do i hear japaneese drums?
Those are not drums, its bossmusic.
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 temple of mt hiei ?
@@josephli4885 uhhhhhh I think so
Glad to see you working towards your dreams, Shogo. Keep up the great work!
I’m Cambodian next store to Japan. I CANT GET ENOUGH OF JAPANESE CULTURES.. I need more please!
Once again I learned something new about your history and I find your style of teaching unique.
この動画のおかげで、勉強になった！
This is real Japanese history class. I cannot believe, one of them was a tea ceremony master.
Fascinating content as always, Shogo! I am always happy when your videos are posted as it gives me something fun and educational to look forward to.
Wow, one of your videos i like the most
Nice to see the quality of the videos improving, it looks awesome.
Quite recent (when we think about the scope of Japanese history), writer Yukio Mishima (:
He certainly tried. It wasn't the cleanest Seppuku.
Yukio Mishima. Any thoughts? He was my introduction to Japanese culture.
Yeah in foreign countries Mishima is the only name people associate with seppuku.
It’s eerie that he committed seppuku not-so-long time ago. I thought seppuku was really ancient obsolete tradition.
Minamoto no Yushitsune, fought along side his older brother, Minamoto no Yoritomo in the Genpei war against the Taira clan. He was also the one who commanded the Minamoto froces at the epic final clash with Taira clan at the battle Dan no Ura, that was the end of the Genpei war. Oda Nobunaga, defeated the massive Imagawa army, at Okehzama, and went on to counqer the entire country defeating many clans like the Saito, Azai, Asakura, and especially the Takeda. Along side his subordinates, including Hashiba Hideyoshi, or later known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the future 2nd great unifier of Japan. As well as the traitor Akechi Mitsuhide, who would be later defeated by Hideyoshi at the battle of Yamazki. Those two are my most favourite, out of the five you mentioned in this video :D. But if you asked me who is my most favourite Samurai figures they are, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Taira no Kiomori, Shimazu Yoshihiro, and Mori Motonari.
this video changed my perspective on the Samurai, I thought they were all very loyal to their leader, but there were so much betrayal.
Congratz on 1mil subs! you deserve it. I think i saw your channel before but i wasnt subbed... i am now! I love samurai history , its so interesting , and i adore them. I might start training Kendo even , next month. Thanks for this cool video full of info! really enjoyed it
I've heard of seppuku and now I know who did it. Thank you
Nice video! 👍
遅く見させていただいているけど、本当に素晴らしいビデオでござる！
I love Benkei and Yoshitsune history so much! It really saddens me that he had to die this way.
Easy to see how the story of Yoshitsune is considered the saddest! 😭
Ow..i love your explanation! Feels like my knowledge has increased :D
btw, i guess topics from sengoku era will be very interesting ^ ^
Please make a video on yukio Mishima please
Very controversial in Japan... as a young man I read all his books...
Harakiri aka Seppuku the film from 1962 is one my absolute favorites. This video is very informative, thumps up :)
Thank you for this wonderful video! I also love your second camera, i think it improves the video a lot, which I didn't even think was possible because the videos are already so good! I think if you could talk about movies like "Ran" or "Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa or "Silence" by Martin Scorsese, that it would deepen my understanding of Japanese culture through its own art ( like with Kurosawa) or from and outside prospective (like with Scorsese). Again thank you for this video and if you could talk about just one of these movies I would be deeply grateful!
イギリスからこちらこそありがとうございます！
fascinating subject ! Thank you very much, I don't know why but I am attracted to your culture and way of living especially in the so-called Middle-Age. Such sophistication compared to the western world ! I've started learning Japanese but... it's a bit difficult, especially the writing... (Hira ga na)...
Very interesting video, I'm glad that you talk about the famous samurai (something I am always willing to hear about Japan). Incredibly unfair how some of the victims had to commit Seppuku because someone else felt a bit negatively of them! (In Yoshitsune's case, by his own brother no less) By the way, what are those things leaning on your sword rack? (Also by the way, nice olive clothing you got!)
Not to detract from your very useful and informative video...correction is that Tom Cruise wasn't the Last Samurai the title was referencing but Ken Watanabe's character.
I never tire of absorbing this type of history about the sengoku era in particular. I have read that Oda Nobunaga was also called devil because he took up Christianity in an effort to make the foreign people sell him rifles. His people took them and began making their own versions and trained his army with the firing squad tactics he learned. I forgot what battle it was now but his army massacred the enemy army with simple teams of firing volleys into charging into it and then they switch with the next squad and reload to keep it alternating like machine gun suppressing fire.
I wish I could live in Japan for at least one year if not forever. It is the most beautiful place on Earth and I love no other culture more then Japanese Samurai and how they served.
Thank you.
Thank you Shogo I really do know so much more about Japanese history, culture & social issues !!! 😊 ✌️
i like this channel
I didn't expected this to come lol
I was surprised when I saw it.
Also, when the camera went sideways, I got very scared of it
General Yamagata Aritomo's letter to Saigo Takamori before the battle of Shiroyama shows how highly regarded and well respected Saigo Takamori is. Also a great Sabaton song.
One thing I think confuses people is that the title "The Last Samurai" was meant to refer to Samurai in plural, not that Tom Cruise was the "last samurai". They probably should have titled it "The Last of the Samurai" or something to make it seem a little less silly.
I thought that you'd at least mention Mishima Yukio (三島 由紀夫). ;)
Where is a good place to get a katana from in the USA? I am having trouble finding a good looking website to buy from.
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@@LetsaskShogo sorry to bother again, but how much does the average katana cost? im not looking to buy antique or anything, just the price of something that is genuine
@@beansupplier2360 He already made a video about that.
@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y can you link me that video please? im struggling to find it
@@beansupplier2360 The sites linked by him sell new Katana for about $7,500 US
Just watches Kubi (2023) the seppuku of Shimizu guy is quite funny
Can you please make a video about miyamoto musashi
I thought i was gonna gind Asano Naganori mentioned...it shows how little i know of Japanese history.
This vid is Old I know but I just want to share with anyone interested in Japanese cinema try to see Harakiri dir. Masaka Kobayashi (1962). An absolute must if you are interested in how Bushido was really applied/followed during the Shogunate period,
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As a German if find it a disgrace for Japanese Samurai and their extraordinary warrior codex and self conduct to mention Tom Cruises name. The movie was great, yes, was it a Samurai movie? Not at all
Others
Tokugawa Ieyasu 1st son Matsudaira Nobuyasu, October 5, 1579
Kanpaku Toyotomi Hidetsugu, July 15, 1595
Chamberlain to Toyotomi Hideyori, Katagiri Katsumoto, June 24, 1615
Tokugawa Tadanaga, January 5, 1634
Tanaka Shinbei, July 11, 1863
Mishima Yukio, November 25, 1970
Mishima portrayed Tanaka's seppuku in Gosha's film Hitokiri. The film was withheld from distribution for years afterwards.
Maybe I will have some more examples later.
Like your blades,art, and Women.
20:16 till the dawwwn, they hold ooon
Only 40 left at the end
None aliiive, none surviiive
*丂卄丨尺ㄖㄚ卂爪卂卂卂卂卂卂卂卂*
Your English is very good, better than my English and I’m yon-se, hahah. What is the difference between Seppoku and harakiri?
I would like to see you talk about the 47 Ronin and their leader, and about how they all committed seppuku.
Nvm just saw a video you uploaded sorry :)
Guess who’s still pissed at mitsuhide akechi nearly 400 years later??? THIS GIRL! 😅😂
As a history teacher I know the feeling😂
Could you make a video about the Samurai armor, like does color show a higher ranking?
No but the rich warriors like daimyo they afforded more decirated and higher quality of armror
What about Yukio Mishima
Is the 150 year civil war in the むろまち shogunate and sengoku period are same?
I like the background song
When I've watched the Last Samurai I got the impression that the character played by Ken Watanabe was the last samurai not the one played by Tom Cruise.
Who do you guys think is the last samurai in the movie?
That was also my impression, cemented in my mind when he was so very insistent that he die in battle at the end, rather than live in submission to those who were wiping out the old traditions.
During saigo's story , you said he committed seppuku but in your subtitles it was harakiri, it may cause confusion so please change it
Thank you for the video content you make. In addition they're always filled with a lot of entertainment & education. Also in the future if you could for a video idea, please make one on other historical heroes of Japan that were like the true last samurai Saigo Takamori. Especially since I like his story alot & am curious if other heroic people like him existed & whether they were samurai or not.
I like how you summarize at the end of the video. Also Saigo’s school for samurais is a problem we all face in different time periods. They basically lost their livelihood and need to start from scratch.
Eiyasu Tokugawa childhood please!
Didn't became Sen-no Rikyû only the most famous tea master under Hideyoshi. Under Oda he had the same position with his two peers Imai Sôkyû (今井 宗久) and Tsuda Sōgyū (津田 宗及,). Can you elaborate more on this?
I noticed in the movie Unbroken that some of the Japanese soldiers in WW2 did seppuku near the end of the war. The US POWs were liberated .
1:53 Ushiwakamaru my waifu
Someday I will go to Japan and learn more about the story of the Samurai and the 47 Ronin of Japan also want to learn the Japanese language
Rikyu committed seppuku? i thought he was killed by Hideyoshi in Jurakutei, this is news to me, thanks.
There’s a documentary about Oda Nodunaga
Is there any history that you can tell about japanese or nipon when they started to last lived in indonesia
So this the first time I’ve heard the Taira clan referred to as the Heiji… I usually hear them referred to as the Heike. I wonder if this is a regional thing.
what is the difference between seppuku and harakiri? are they just different names for the same thing?
Yes , Harakiri is more descriptive a term , hara = (stomach region). There's no direct English translation.
And Kiri from the verb Kiru, to cut.
So hara Kiri means belly/. Stomach cutting---- .the pure" mechanics" of seppuku.
Now, I know when Japan started the tradition of collecting expensive things that only worth for the collector groups. Oda is the Ōsensei of model trains, bishoujo figures and many kind of collectors.
They are legendary but Shogo also is for doing this video
Taira no Masakado please
I will drop again Hyougemono here. Best historical manga in my eyes (sans sime some conspiracy theories regarding certain events) ;).
It's so good! I hope the translation picks up again, I'm all caught up.
Just a quick question: In later years almost all seppuku rituals had a close friend or respected member of his entourage behead the samurai after the initial abdomen thrust, beheading them to release them from the pain. Yet you say common criminals or perpetrators of grave crimes got beheaded, which was "dishonorable". But yet both end up with their head rolling over the courtyard.
A key thing about the seppuku rituals is that the 'beheading' of the samurai was not complete - they were meant to leave a sliver of skin so that the head would stay on rather than fall to the ground specifically to avoid the shame of having the head 'roll across the ground' which would have been shameful.
ive always been so interested in the way eastern and western cultures tend to look at the idea of defeat or being killed. in western culture is considered cowardly to not fight tooth and nail to your last dying breath, and suicide is a way to avoid fighting hard for yourself. but there's something really powerful about japanese warriors in the past refusing to give their enemy the satisfaction of killing them, or the possibility of getting information out of them.
I would like to learn about the origins of the modern day Japanese. The English have their origins in northern Europe, from which part of Asia do the Japanese originate, because I know that there are indigenous tribes of Japan.
Is The Last Samurai is a bit of a knockoff of Shogun which starred, I believe, Richard Chamberlain?
But wait! How could you neglect the death of Yukio Mishima!?!?!?!?! ;->
Seriously, great video on a subject that's misunderstood by a lot of westerners. It's interesting how this one act can be used to denote so many things. A while ago, I read a good book on the subject that I'd like to recommend fellow viewers: "Seppuki: A History Of Samurai Suicide" (2011) by Andrew Rankin.
It gives a great overview of the history, techniques/protocols and reasons for this. At 255pp, a good short read
Don't mess around with Yoshitsune if you can't handle Hassou Tobi.
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As for ne the most noble case was the case of Suzuki Shigenari who has sacrificed himself to make shogun reduce taxes for paysans.
Could you talk about the Japanese media and Naomi Osaka? I feel like there's a lot of context missing from the Japanese perspective. Also do you support the Olympics? I hear it's unpopular over there
I didn't know Tom cruise killed himself. that's really sad
Tom Cruise wasn't the last Samurai. He was narrating the story of the real last Samurai
What about the author who wrote poetry
Its probably unfair to say that Oda Nobunaga was the most famous Samurai, there were many others not including Tokugawa Ieyasu or Toyatomi Hideyoshi, During the Sengoku Jidai there were many more, like Date Masamune, Maeda Toshie, Uesugi Kenshin, Sanada Yukimura, Kusunoki Masashige, Honda Tadakatsu, Shimazu Yoshihisa, and not forgetting the great man himself, Takeda Shingen, the only one who could have stopped Nobunaga, he defeated Tokugawa Ieyasu at Mikatagahara, what if he killed the Tokugawa, that would have been an entirely different ball game and a game changer, and why did Nobunaga only send 3000 men to aid Ieyasu??, was he edging his bets, did he think Shingen would kill Ieyasu, i think when the 3 are mentioned, you have to also mention Shingen, sadly Shingen was dying, No he wasn't shot by a sniper, thats something Ieyasu would have people believe, he would love to have that on his resume..
I used to believe Mishima was the last samurai
As far as I know Saigo commited seppuku at the end of the battle of Shiroyama
That was a nice video, Yamaguchi-San. But you have missed a few other famous people that comitted Seppuku.
Chuihi Nagumo~The WW2 Naval Captain who committed Seppuku shortly after Japan's defeat at the Battle of Midway.
Yukio Mishima~The Japanese Author who also committed Seppuku after a failed attempt at staging a revolution in Japan.
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I would be happy as lord of a small village with servants and wives. i would never seek more power that led me to my death
Hmmm, Sen-No Rikyu statue ...
Do you think SOMEONE delibratly placed the statue in the temple to get rid of Sen-No Rikyu?
and is it correct that a CERTAIN ITEM that Hideyoshi wanted from him was also a motive?
and is the rumor that Sen-No Rikyu BLACKENED THE CHA-WAN in protest againts Hideyoshi's Korean Campaign correct?
Maaybe, but nevertheless his ideals were in contrary to Hideyoshi. The fact that a MERCHANT was ALLOWED to commit SEPPUKU, which was a PRIVILEGE for the SAMURAI-CLASS also speaks volumes. We shouldn't forget that
In mitsuhedes defense....didn't nobunaga knowingly cause mitsuhedes mothers death.....as well as belittle him and treat him like crap...
Demon king of sixth heaven De-Monking mount Hiei.
Roman general takes new territory. He is awarded a large pagant were he brags all his accomplishments for a day.
Japanese samurai takes new territory.
" You are awarded a tea party"
Yoshitsune was called Ushiwakamaru in his youth.
I certify you as a pro weeb if you recognize this name.
Saigo Takamori sounds amazing. To have such determined conviction in the face of adversity and that too from those that should understand you, is not easy.
Minamoto yushitsune’s death is quite understandable. Being in power was not easy in those days and having someone overshadow you, to potentially lead rebels against you, that is a risk that needs to be eliminated. Very sad though that the brothers couldn’t communicate and come to an agreement.
I let out a big sigh of relief that Hideyoshi did not let the traitor succeed. Once again Hiseyoshi’s need to take out Shimizu Muneharu makes sense and honestly I’m not sure that was a death / issue worth dying over.
Sorry I am late. :(
The story about Sen-no-Rikyu seems very similar to that of Socrates. He angered many powerful people by embarrassing them while seeking answers to difficult questions. He was accused of false crimes, and sentenced to death. Instead of fleeing, he chose to accept the judgement of the court and drank poison to end his own life.
Socrates being ordered to drink hemlock to die was supposed to humble and reign him in.but he did the last thing they expected him to do ----- he called their bluff......
My depressed friend showed me this and then told me to watch this and tell him how good suicide is